Is efficiency a waste of time?

Find out in the 17 April issue of Tes magazine [Open in browser]( [Tes. For teaching]( [Is efficiency a waste of time?]( Hello {NAME} With pupils missing huge swathes of schooling, the temptation when teaching remotely – and when schools eventually restart – will be to try and help them catch up in the most efficient way possible. But that may not be wise, argues David Gibbons – forcing pupils to learn things more quickly impacts on knowledge retention and risks student and teacher burn-out. Find out more in the 17 April issue of Tes magazine. Simply subscribe by Monday 13 April to get your copy delivered to your door. [Subscribe now]( PLUS...The Weekly Plenary A collection of the week's best news stories, features, blogs, lists, facts, quotes, humour and more. AND...this issue's regular features [Tes focus on...] Dealing with boredom Boredom has a bad reputation and most of us will go to great lengths to avoid it. But this little-researched emotion is less straightforward than it seems and can actually serve an important function in education, finds Carly Page. [Leadership] Is PE the last bastion of homophobia? PE has always been a bit of a ‘macho’ subject, and PE teachers who are gay can face isolation and abuse – yet when incidents occur, schools are not doing enough to protect their LGBT+ staff, say Andrew Prestidge and Grant Huddlestone. [Left-field lessons] Hive of activity takes the sting out of going to school Karen Harper and Jacqui Cottam initially set up a small bee colony to support children who find ‘academic’ subjects difficult. Today, they have six hives, three after-school bee clubs and the youngest group of qualified beekeepers in the country. [Research in action] Get your in-house in order External CPD providers can be expensive and – in the current crisis – impractical, so while giving senior staff responsibility for coaching might sound daunting, it could be the way forward, as long as the right systems and structure are in place, says Maria O’Neill. [Technical focus] Joined-up mental health strategy covers all bases The introduction of a comprehensive staff training programme and a raft of measures to tackle wellbeing issues has had a notably positive impact on staff and students at one FE college, says Joanne Green and Eileen Nicholson. [Subscribe now]( [Get expert advice on how to teach the new statutory curriculum]( [Out now! Order your copy of the Tes guide to delivering the RSE curriculum, just £5.99]( With schools closed for the foreseeable future, it may be that when you do return, you'll need to be ready to teach the new RSE curriculum. Our guide is packed with expert advice to help you. Order your copy now for just £5.99. [Find out more and order]( [Coronavirus: the latest updates and resources]( [icon for emails] Manage your email preferences Help us to send you the right emails. You [can change your email preference settings]( or [unsubscribe]( anytime. Customer services T: +44 (0)20 3194 3000 E: help@tesglobal.com [icon for download our app] Download our app [link to App store]( [Tes for Teachers on the App Store]( [link to Google Play]( [Tes on Google Play]( [icon for stay connected] Stay connected [icon-Community link]( [icon-Facebook link]( [icon-Twitter link]( [icon-Linkedin link]( [icon-Reddit link]( [icon-Pintrest link]( [icon-Youtube link]( [icon-Instagram link]( [Resources]( [Jobs]( [Community]( [News]( [Courses]( [Store]( [Tes for schools]( [icon for map link]( Tes Global is registered in England (Company No. 02017289) with its registered offices at 26 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4HQ.