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*** NEW POST *** Teachers of English have a huge amount of freedom to select the texts they teach, argues @greeborunner.bsky.socialteachreal.wordpress.com/2024/09/29/h...#EduSky#EduBlogUK
I am a firm believer that English is a subject which is quite lucky in relation to others. While other subjects have prescriptive lists of what they must teach in their curriculum, English has a lo…
If there is I haven't heard of it.
Using cognitive science to make better decisions via @scottinghatt.bsky.socialcognitivecoaching.substack.com/p/using-cogn...
Teachers across the UK are thinking about how learning happens from a cognitive science perspective in the form of the simple model of memory (Willingham, 2009):
So I tried to read Killing Floor on a plane recently and I could only last 50 pages
Who is your best/worst novelist? (terrible books you can't stop reading)
NEW BLOG POST! How do we make decisions in the classroom? Why it is important to unpick what why and how we do things when we plan lessons. Linked to Aristotle's notion of phronesis. #UKEd#EduSky#AcademicSky#EduBlogUKwww.researchtoclassroom.com/post/how-do-...
How do teachers make decisions in the classroom and how do we make sure they are the right ones?
When does homework go wrong, and how can we put it right? By me for @tesmagazine.bsky.socialwww.tes.com/magazine/arc...
Too often, homework is a waste of time for all involved. So here, Mark Enser gives his view on what worthwhile homework looks like
*NEW POST* Art through poetry (part 2): what happened when we tried using poetry as art research, and why I think I might end up with a room full of flamingos... 🦩🧑🎨 #EduSky#EduBlogShareimpressionthatiget.wordpress.com/2024/09/28/a...
We’ve started the poetry in art lessons and it seemed to go reasonable well. Firstly, I was right, they found the process of talking about words and alternative meanings easier than they have…