A researcher becoming a primary teacher
Learning to teach
Sharing as I go.
I'm Kieran Green, a researcher beginning a Primary PGCE in September 2026. I use this site to share the reading, questions and reflections shaping my development as a teacher—with the hope that fellow trainees, educators and schools find something useful here.
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Three strands of learning.
Move between ideas from taught sessions, reflections from practice, and my engagement with course reading and resources.
Ideas from lectures and seminars
Theory
The concepts, debates and classroom approaches I am encountering through taught sessions.
Explore theory →The course and classroom as they happen
Practice Reflections
An open account of what I notice, learn, find difficult and want to try next.
Read reflections →Texts, guidance, podcasts and resources
Reading Notes
My notes, questions and reflections from material encountered before and during the course.
Browse reading notes →Highlighted theory note
A whistle-stop tour of attention, motivation and behaviour
Why these are not separate classroom problems—and how routines, belonging and warm, clear expectations can support learning.
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