How Teachers Influence Pupil Learning And Success

How might teachers influence pupil learning and success? Consider some of the key features of high-quality teaching and how teachers might promote children’s success in the primary classroom? Teachers unquestionably have a major influence on pupil learning and success, this influence has increased further with the implementation of the new National Curriculum which has placed an onus on the teacher, making it their responsibility for assessing pupils’ learning and the progress which the pupils’ are making. The levels system from previous National Curriculums had been in service in the English education system for the past 20 years has been scrapped and with its removal it has given teachers â€Å"greater flexibility in the way that they plan†¦show more content†¦Another key feature of high quality teaching is the teachers ability to adapt to the different style of learners which they have in their class. Koshy, Ernest Casey (2000) carried out an interesting piece of research which investigated the retention of learning when different teaching strategies were used. The results findings were very interesting, 5% of a maths class retained information when presented in a formal lecture, 10% retained information when the same words were read, 20% retained information when the teacher used audio-visual aids, 30% of the class retained the information when a practical demonstration was carried out, 50% retained the information when they were challenged to