If learning is the commitment of knowledge to long-term memory, then you'd see 'memory skills' on the curriculum, right? You wouldn't just expect children to remember, you'd teach them how, surely. And CPD would include the art and science of 'making learning memorable' - the cognitive stuff, yes?

This content would be a topic within the subject called 'How to Think and Learn'.

Do you formally teach children how their memory works? Does your curriculum include a progression of memory techniques and a continuity of cognitive understanding?

This time I'm talking with master educator Jordan Mac about Active Recall, Spaced Repetition and Mixed Learning - three easy wins if you want to start developing a Memory Curriculum.