Doug Lemov's field notes

Reflections on teaching, literacy, coaching, and practice.

05.25.16 “We spend hours, sometimes, thinking about our words”

Last week I posted a very short clip of a famous soccer/football coach, Dick Bate, running a training session. In it you can see that he has carefully planned the words he will use to describe the concept he is teaching.  And he uses those words every time.  Because he has planned the phrase to go…


05.19.16 10 Seconds with an Elite Soccer/Football Coach

I’ve been writing a lot of “10 seconds in…” posts lately.  The idea is to watch just ten seconds of a teacher in action (like here and here). Close study of just a few seconds in a top classroom can yield a bunch of useful takeaways. I kind of stumbled on to the idea, but it’s…