Fröjd’s toolbox Avsnitt 65: Inclusive Practices at Their Best! Roundtable on Explicit Instruction with Carl Hendrick, Nidhi Sachdeva, Nathaniel Swain, and Pritesh Raichura
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Oct 9, 2025 
Join Nidhi Sachdeva, a Toronto-based educator focusing on equitable practices, and Carl Hendrick, a thought leader in explicit instruction, along with Nathaniel Swain and Pritesh Raichura, as they delve into the power of explicit instruction in leveling the educational playing field. They explore misconceptions, the importance of scaffolding, and how knowledge drives curiosity and creativity. The discussion is a treasure trove of practical insights for teachers aiming to enhance their classroom strategies and foster inclusivity.
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Evidence First Teaching
- Direct/explicit instruction is evidence-backed and predicts learning when curriculum and examples are sequenced correctly.
- It offers the highest probability of success, especially for core skills like reading and maths.
Leveling Prior-Knowledge Gaps
- Explicit instruction levels the playing field by sequencing knowledge and providing guided practice to those lacking prior knowledge.
- It reduces privilege-driven advantages that discovery learning amplifies.
From Skeptic To Advocate
- Pritesh described his evolution from distrusting direct instruction to actively championing it after seeing classroom results.
- He now uses many questions and high participation to build knowledge then ask un-told application questions.
