Rosenshine’s principles in action for primary schools

Bring your curriculum to life by adopting Barak Rosenshine’s 10 principles of instruction. Alex Pethick covers these research and evidence-based principles to improve teaching, learning and classroom practice. They include carrying out daily reviews of learning, constructive ways to present information and how to use questioning effectively.

Last reviewed on 5 February 2025
School types: AllSchool phases: AllRef: 50010
Contents
  1. Watch our on-demand talk 
  2. Resources for these talks
  3. Alex's recommended further reading and resources
  4. Meet our speaker

Watch our on-demand talk 

This video offers 'bite-sized' CPD for teachers, with accompanying handouts/resources.

It represents the speaker's role and approach (and where relevant, their school/trust's approach) at the time it was recorded, but still serves as both a source of inspiration and practical tips for you to use in practice.

Please note: any commercial providers, products or resources mentioned in this talk, and relevant links here, are on the speaker's own recommendation and should not be considered an endorsement by The Key.

Rosenshine's principles (part 1)

 

Rosenshine's principles (part 2)

 

Resources for these talks

Rosenshine’s principles in action for primary schools: key points – part 1 PDF, 178.9 KB
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Rosenshine’s principles in action for primary schools: key points – part 2 PDF, 179.0 KB
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Rosenshine's principles in action for primary schools part 1: note-taking template DOCX, 66.4 KB
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Rosenshine's principles in action for primary schools part 2: note-taking template DOCX, 66.4 KB
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Principles of instruction: research-based