English teacher. Misadventurer. Advocate for critical thought.
England, United Kingdom
Joined August 2019
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‘Public sector workers are being penalised by reductions in their pay for reasons that do not bear up to scrutiny. Public sector pay increases do not translate into higher inflation.’ blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp…
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New Blog Post... Thriving Teams #3: Psychological Safety. How and why you should build psychological safety in your teams
pocketwisdom.blog/2022/01/08…
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🚨How can you *speed up pupil learning* using their prior knowledge (schemas)?
Take just 5 mins to read about how schemas can catalyse learning🧠!
Then, see how this underpins 3 pieces of advice for teachers.
All in this blog 👇
overpractised.wordpress.com/…
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Michael Rosen’s message to teachers - via the NEU.
Thank you Michael.
youtu.be/_uOThs4HDHI
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Help us to understand our brain's dictionary!! This word association study only takes 5 min of your time, it´s fun and you can use any device 📱💻
smallworldofwords.org/en
Please RT! No age limits.
#LANGUAGE
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Teachers deserve better!! Every teacher can now get free, anonymous emotional support from MeeToo Connect.
Register for your school's code today MeeToo.Help/connect
#wellbeing #mentalhealth #support #education
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We Need to Reboot This Year! linkedin.com/pulse/we-need-r… via @LinkedIn
With one of the earliest school starts in the world it is well within our power to give back the #SchoolYearCovidStole
Join me in calling on government to #Reboot20_21
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***NEW POST***
How Radio 1 helps me to teach all about the literary canon. codexterous.home.blog/2021/0…
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Expect a lot more of this......
Ill timed attack on #teachers by someone close to No10 after all that #schools are doing, but perhaps tells us what #Boris really thinks? Instead of writing about the “NEU problem” @JGForsyth perhaps engage with teachers, all hugely committed to children’s success? #r4today
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This is the truth we all knew. Well done to all of those who pushed for this data to be released.
tes.com/news/exclusive-teach… – at Brentwood, East
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Disconfirmation via @greg_ashman > if we’re not seeking disconfirming evidence we’re ‘baking in failure’. gregashman.wordpress.com/202…
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Tanzania, once envy of the region, watches democracy slide independent.co.uk/news/world…
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✋261 AYE✋322 NO
MPs just voted to let children go hungry this #halfterm
As educators we know children can't keep up with their education if they're worried about their next meal. Every child should have the basics to succeed.
RT & sign if you agree: bit.ly/leavenochildbehind
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I've had a parent insist over and over again that I answer them about whether I have children and that I was unqualified to do my job unless I had given birth. I refused to answer, but probably the most hurtful conversation. The functionality of my womb is none of your business.
In your @tes magazine today - @heymrshallahan looks at the shocking assumptions made about, and treatment of, female teachers without children and what that says about perceptions of teaching itself tes.com/magazine/article/wha…
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Reduced school budgets and LEA services on a shoestring. A “world-class education” indeed...
I know this will be incredibly frustrating for parents and school leaders whose hands will be tied...
bbc.com/news/education-54464… #SEND #FreeSchoolMeals #ukedchat
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If @dylanwiliam asserts that CLT is the most important piece of research for teachers, I’m growing increasingly confident in saying that Bjork’s new theory of disuse is running a close second. researchgate.net/profile/Rob…
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Opening the can of worms & fear of trauma informed practice marymered.com/2020/09/27/ope…
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Asynchronous doesn't mean passive. Here are words and phrases that @Doug_Lemov finds in asynchronous videos that encourage students to own their learning.
teachlikeachampion.com/blog/…
Owned learning = enjoyed, appreciated, and optimized learning.
TY for this, Doug.