This was such a fantastic conference last time around. YOU. MUST. ATTEND. 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️
Delighted to launch tickets for our next national conference @litdrive.bsky.social! A brilliant day to hear from a range of English teachers providing a lens into their classroom. Subject specific CPD gold 💫
Why do some people benefit more from testing than others? New study 🔓 shows that the benefits of testing for learning depend on how much working memory (WM) an individual has. Also very interesting how this study aligns with the desirable difficulty framework ⬇️ nature.com/articles/s41...
The Curriculum & Assessment Review’s call for evidence launches TODAY Have your say on how to ➡️provide an excellent foundation in English & maths ➡️support CYP from disadvantaged backgrounds ➡️ensure access to a broad & balanced curriculum. You can submit evidence here👇 www.gov.uk/government/n...
I've written a blog about possible pitfalls for writers of the new subject content for the national curriculum. heatherfblog.wordpress.com/2024/09/24/t...
It’s good to see a broad panel of experts being consulted on the new National Curriculum. However, no matter what the intentions of that group, it will be subject specialists who will ‘translate’ thos...
There are aspects here that I think benefit from explicitly taught content and structured discussion, that establishing and narrating a school culture as a microcosm might not quite deliver on.
Agree. There are certain disciplines that enable us to look at specific ideologies to ensure PSHE isn’t viewed as a panacea.
I think you said the term might fit in a sociology essay, as opposed to teaching sociology. That’s why I was interested in your thoughts on how schools might approach appropriate space and scope to teach such ideas (albeit slightly less ridiculous)
An indicator of how to approach. I’ve not seen schools position TM as knowledge (and this might be the case!) but I wonder if this is an example of social media compensating/substituting formal education. Not ideal, but a pause for thought.
I think a lot of neologisms could be deemed at nebulous or outlandish, but I think it’s an interesting discussion in regards to how and why schools have a role in tackling key ideologies. If we consider the proposition of misogyny as hate crime as an example, schools will look to the curriculum as..