Sam
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I loved this episode. Christine really *gets* education, and has done the hard intellectual work required to come to sophisticated and challenging opinions. Everyone should listen to what she has to say. Please share if you can 🙏
It was a tremendous honour to interview @Counsell_C on TBFM this week. She's been a huge influence on me, and her war against genericism has influenced the national and international picture. Tune in and share! 😍😍😍😍 open.spotify.com/episode/4UZrev…
The encroaching adoption of AI in education presents some interesting questions to us. Why do we put children through school? If you think it’s ’to jump through hoops and get certificates’ then you’ll believe it should be used as much as possible. If you believe ‘it’s to learn…
📝 Former education secretaries, union and trust leaders have been revealed as members for an inquiry into the education outcomes of white working class children schoolsweek.co.uk/members-reveal…
I have a great deal of respect for The Sutton Trust but this worries me. This could be a costly investment in something quite damaging to young people. Lord only knows the kinds of “AI Initiatives” schools and companies will make up with no evidence to back it!
AI is already being used in schools across the country. But our research found growing inequalities in how schools are adopting the technology and what they’re doing to help teachers to use it. Here are our thoughts on tackling this rapidly emerging issue ⬇️
Honoured to announce my appointment to the UNESCO IBE Science of Learning editorial board. I’m excited to support the work of bringing clear, actionable research to educators worldwide.
Behaviour always comes first. You cannot do anything until behaviour is sorted, and fundamentally the main driver of that change is leadership. Centralised systems, robust escalatory processes, consistent strategies and unwavering support. All necessary conditions. 👇🔥👇🔥
Before spending hours telling teachers what new found research that they need to know about for their teaching, make sure the behaviour they are being confronted with is manageable enough that they can think about more than just surviving another day.
Before spending hours telling teachers what new found research that they need to know about for their teaching, make sure the behaviour they are being confronted with is manageable enough that they can think about more than just surviving another day.
My children worked hard to prep for their sats & told me they enjoyed them Their results are good & they have had a positive experience which prepares them well for secondary This is because we have great staff, great kids & the right culture These tests are far from harmful
It’s inconceivable to me that a quarter of the UK population is mentally ill. Rather, the language of ‘mental illness’ - depression, anxiety, autism, ADHD - has become a culturally acceptable way to express our dissatisfaction with, and rejection of, the demands of society.
Brilliant piece on the humility and triumphs of Sweller and his peers. open.substack.com/pub/paulkirsch…
How can Labour provide the world-class professional development entitlement they promised in their manifesto? 🧵Here’s our vision for professional development that empowers teachers and leaders to meet the challenges in their schools, set out in our new report with @IPPR. (1/9)
Our brains are selective when it comes to building knowledge. We typically forget most academic content we encounter... unless we take proactive steps to remember it.
When I advocate lots of ‘morning’ ‘thank you’ ‘after you!’ Often get; ‘if it’s not spontaneous it’s not sincere so meaningless’. Social niceties are caught/taught thru family & peers. We fit in. Heads can’t leave this to chance. Head must teach school culture norms.
Head teachers need to teach staff & pupils what ‘extra polite’ looks like ‘in THIS school’. Head teachers have to do this very explicitly & unapologetically. And continue to do this when attacked, lied about, under pressure to back down to vexatious parents/media/activists.
📵Read @TJWA_Ashford headteacher @damianmcbeath's piece for Mumsnet on the incredible impact of his school's smartphone ban - and why the government should act now to keep smartphones out of schools. 📖 mumsnet.com/news/school-sm…… #RageAgainstTheScreen
Adolescence is a really good watch but let’s keep perspective that it’s a TV show - not a documentary, not a DSL’s bible guide. I’m not sure airing it to kids will achieve more than lose 4 hours of teaching time.
Resonating today @researchED_US “Without an understanding of human cognitive architecture, instruction is blind.” ~John Sweller
What in the: “yeah mate I just guessed the multiple choice questions to that CPD training” is going on there then?
10 years ago, a boy joined our school. Parents moved to the UK after being told he couldn't be educated. In year 6 he brought a knife to school. I did not exclude him. I listened to him. I heard him. I met him today. Final year doing Eng Lit, History and Philosophy A Levels.
Tomorrow, weve been asked to read a paragraph from our favourite book to our classes after the do now. Im struggling between TLAC 3.0 by @Doug_Lemov and Teaching secondary science by @adamboxer1 😁
A really important question; how often do students need to encounter something to remember it? I first encountered this idea through Graham Nuthall's work and his estimation based on close examination of students thinking processes that students learn concepts when they…
So you literally need to forget and retrieve three times to remember, or is that just for the graphic?