Notre Dame Uni’s Faculty of Education and Philosophy & Theology is pleased to present a trio of lectures outlining why behaviour still isn’t where it needs to be, and exploring what we can do about it. Presented by Tom Bennett OBE. Register now: bit.ly/4ck1D51

Lots of controversy after my post about explicit, systematic instruction! Discussions are good!

But watch what happens when, yesterday, I decided to take an inquiry-based approach in a literacy lesson….

I asked students to guess the meaning of a new word (Château). Two…

Hamilton leads an int'l ed-tech organization that among other things promises to teach students using 'teams of personalized AI Avatars.' Rarely will you find a clearer example of someone peddling AI snake oil.

The education sector must do much more to abolish corporal punishment

New Center for Global Development research with Gabriela Smarrelli DongYi Wu, with a foreword by Judith Herbertson Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

#EndCorporalPunishment End Corporal Punishment

Blog: cgdev.org/blog/urgent-co…
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'Teacher-made materials may sacrifice the thoughtful sequencing of topics planned by curriculum designers.  When teachers create or take materials from various sources, it is hard to maintain a “coherent development” of ideas'
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When schools go phone free, this is what always seems to happen: Kids spend far more time talking to each other, playing, and laughing. School is more fun, and, as a side benefit, they learn more.

Let's make all schools phone free next fall.

'To think critically or be creative in any domain you need to draw on connected webs of knowledge built up over the course of the curriculum...starting in primary and building on that in secondary rather than repeating it' Lucy Crehan arguing for a shift in Curriculum for Wales.

This description of Shelley at Oxford is something else. wordsworth.org.uk/blog/2022/10/0…

'An educational approach or idea may seem great in principle, but what really matters is how it manifests itself in the day-to-day work of people in schools, colleges, and early years settings.'

The latest edition of the Schools Guide to Implementation has been published by the…

Agree or disagree but a teacher starting salary of £30K doesn’t cut the mustard.

I’ve read nonsense that it’s well paid. Tosh.

I feel like this latest phase of the explicit/inquiry debate went by too fast. Here’s the reply you should read. researchgate.net/publication/37…

This is *not* surprising. We've known for quite some time that nearly every teacher in the U.S. creates, curates, or customizes their curriculum. The question is whether that standard practices yields any measurable benefit for students.

Alfie Kohn What absolute nonsense

Good grief. In the words of Wolfgang Pauli, this is “not only not right; it is not even wrong.”

This keynote by Daniel Willingham is a much needed discussion.
Evidence can guide us all in making better decisions for our instructional practice.

See you this weekend.
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'This is not about isolated facts. In fact I'm arguing for the opposite. Isolated facts are what you end up with if you don't deliberately plan a curriculum around progression and knowledge.'👏 So much brilliance in this talk from Lucy. A must-watch ⬇️

Really insightful thread on sustainable professional development from Sam Gibbs and Jennifer Barker

NEW BLOG: Modelling effective discussion in mathematics

EEF recently released the latest in their 'Voices from the Classroom' series.

Our blog provides questions to consider as you watch the video.

Read it here: researchschool.org.uk/blackpool/news…

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