Very pleased to have my first article published! @CharteredColl When 2 + 2 = 3: Why lesson observation and feedback for student teachers is not the sum of its parts : My College my.chartered.college/impact_…
Today’s award for disgusting excess packaging goes to @IKEAUKSupport for delivering a single drawer rail in a 3ft by 2ft box. And it gets worse, the actual drawer itself was sent in a separate box and delivered by a different driver!!!!!!
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New: Ofsted, worried about "outdated and discredited" research theories in initial teacher education, cannot say which ones it means: educationuncovered.co.uk/the…
Staggering Ofsted respose to FOI from Janet Downs says "we do not have the information".
Parsing the practice of teaching.
I know others have said this before me but it definitely is a MUST READ imo.
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#ukedchat #teaching
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3. What needs doing?
Many of the bursary cuts need to be at least partially reversed. Biology, English, Geography are looking particularly in need of boosting
It's also time to plan for teacher pay increases. Another pay freeze would likely lead to a teacher shortage disaster
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"We cannot, in all conscience, envisage our continuing involvement with initial teacher training should the proposals be implemented in their current format." HT @DrRLofthouse inews.co.uk/news/education/c…
The problem with edu-books is that they are overly reductive (do this and you too can achieve great results!) and they ignore the context each teacher is working in. Teachers can then start to blame themselves when the strategies don’t work for them.
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Well done @OxfordDeptofEd for their clear statement in opposition of #ITTMarketReview - how ironic that the DfE claims to be wanting to create world leading provision by marginalising world leading universities! education.ox.ac.uk/initial-t…
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New: Oxford and Cambridge respond to DfE consultation on teacher education reforms saying they will pull out of the sector unless plans are "halted": educationuncovered.co.uk/new…
Applications for teacher training back down to 2019 levels. #ITTmarketreview #ukedchat johnohowson.wordpress.com/20…
Seen this from Nick Gibb?? Do Alan Bennett plays now count as evidence on which to inform curriculum design? @DrRLofthouse tinyurl.com/ut2dvnv4
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The DfE Market Review of ITT could decimate teacher supply. Sign and share to help make our voices heard: petition.parliament.uk/petit…
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Teacher education: to ‘build back better’ we should start from the sound foundations already in place blogs.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/2021/07/…
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Group-think: this explains quite a lot of what we see on edutwitter I think (eg around cogsci). I’ll pick out the key aspects of the article in thread theconversation.com/group-th… via @ConversationUK
When teaching waterfalls do you just do the hard rock on top of soft rock model or do you cover hanging valleys and relative fall in sea level as other mechanisms as well? #geographyteacher
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The Big Picture - your one-stop shop for EEF resources on 12 key themes chosen in collaboration with teachers: eef.li/NRQWKL/
Should Rosenshine really be teachers' definitive guide? | Published over a year ago but well worth revisiting sometimes I think. #ukedchat tes.com/magazine/article/sho…
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