Teacher trainer Primary & Computer Science, iSTEM+ facilitator, Prof Doc, hacker mindset, lifelong learner
Portsmouth
Joined May 2014
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We need to talk about recruitment to primary ITT. This year so far numbers are down 19% on the same time last year 😱
Last year primary did not meet its recruitment target, and is on track to reach around 75% of last year's target by year end
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🚨Recruitment to primary initial teacher training courses have fallen by almost a fifth year-on-year in what expert @JackWorthNFER has called a “worrying” trend...
In April 2023, there were 6,527 “placed” ITT applicants on primary courses, down from 8,100 in April 2022.
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If you want a good podcast about #hacking stories, listen to @DarknetDiaries.
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An example of the liking-learning gap: what students like is not what they learn from.
Students like graphics on slides, but seductive graphics (interesting but not relevant) hurt long-term recall in online courses, while more boring instructive, directly relevant graphics help.
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I'm very dubious about this thing of inspectors quizzing children on what they can remember. It's hardly likely to be an accurate measure of either memory or curriculum for a stranger to put a child on the spot. @Ofstednews
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To reduce the stress when SATs hit, I thought it might be really helpful to have a thread of useful resources for Year 6 teachers to share which help teach tricky concepts, revise or just good activities.
If you have something which you love using, pop it below! 👇🏼
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This ITT recruitment cycle has gone from very good to poor really, really quickly. It raises important questions about next year and beyond and potentially rockets teacher supply back towards the top of the policy agenda (or at least, it should)
Here's what happened, and why 👇
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Two former ITT inspectors consider recent Ofsted inspections in this blog for #TeachBest: "Having read the published reports, we are appalled at the tenor of the narratives given to providers – particularly those who have been downgraded to inadequate." teachbest.education/a-look-a…
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ITT is not perfect and needs reform. But strong subject-specific ITT courses linked to universities should be the model for this improvement. It is these which create subject communities across this country. End. #ITTreview – at Bromley, London
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The Government’s ITT Market Review report threatens to undermine teacher education. #TeachBest @CamEdFac Our response here: education.ox.ac.uk/governmen…
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David Walliams is trending - many of you know that I own and run a children's bookshop now and there are so many amazing authors out there whose work often flies under the radar as Walliams is considered the must read. So now I'm going to share some recomendations!
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ValidCC, a dark web crime store that over 6 years sold payment card data that it pillaged firsthand from hundreds of hacked online merchants, closes permanently after claiming their servers and backups were seized by police. krebsonsecurity.com/2021/02/…
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Lord grant me the confidence of a man appearing in an article criticising teachers for not planning/delivering their own content....and using a PowerPoint from Classroom Secrets that he hasn’t planned himself.
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ICYMI: Meet our first microcontroller-class product: Raspberry Pi Pico. Priced at just $4 and built on RP2040, a new chip developed here at Raspberry Pi, Pico is for experienced users and beginners alike, and it's on the cover of @HackSpaceMag today raspberrypi.org/blog/raspber…
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Just checking out the content at #BettFest I'm listening to all the great things @NickGibbUK says the DfE have implemented to get technology to those pupils who need it. As an infant school governor I continue to wonder why vulnerable 4-7 year olds are not eligible for funding.
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Ofsted has been deluged with 5,000 emails praising schools since @GavinWilliamson told parents to contact the watchdog with complaints
schoolsweek.co.uk/ofsted-del…
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New lockdown means new challenges for learning. If you're a Primary teacher who delivers computing, here are some free lessons you could give the children to do independently, or learn alongside them in a live session: rundontwalk.co.uk/online-les… @Baggiepr @PeterMarshman @scratch
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Just to clarify, DfE 'Guidance for full opening of schools' states that Primary Schools should be setting around 3 hours of online/remote learning a day as a minimum. There are teachers I see on FB being asked to plan 4-5 hours LIVE lessons: gov.uk/government/publicatio…
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Emergency Zoom meetings
NEU branch Secretaries and reps tomorrow (Saturday) 12 noon
NEU members Sunday 11 am
Check your email.
Please share.
These meetings will follow an emergency meeting of the National Executive on Saturday morning.
Please share.
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***THE FEEDBACK PENDULUM***
I’m giving away two copies of my new book leading up to publication as a New Year gift! 😊
RT and like to enter the draw ✅
Winners announced on the 8th Jan 😁
#thefeedbackpendulum