Excellent and thought provoking day at #hten2006 - huge thanks to everyone at @htenuk.bsky.social for organising

Pondering how little I've engaged with professional social media over the last couple of years, and thinking about trying to do more this term. Doesn't help everything seems so siloed these days. Any tips from those who have it working for them?

Very interesting morning at the Camau symposiwm hearing how different schools are developing in Curriculum for Wales #CfW Are there any online spaces in the style of #networkED or #addcym where people are sharing experiences & ideas

Teaching and Educational Research in Wales: How Does Teachers' Engagement with Educational Research Differ in Wales from those in England? The purpose of this study was to better understand how teachers in Wales differ from their counterparts in England in regard to their engagement with educational research. In 2010, the National Founda...

Just read - journal.uwp.co.uk/wje/article/...

"How do teachers in Wales differ from those in England in using research? A study reveals Welsh teachers are more engaged with action research and find it more useful in teaching."

It’s always better to know Over the last few years I've made a habit of teaching demonstration lessons in the schools I work with in order to make it clearer how to teach effectively. One of the things that makes this useful is...

Just read: learningspy.co.uk/featured/its... by @didau.bsky.social .
Really like this framing: "I tried to explain that the point of teaching is to know, the best of our ability, what students have and haven’t learned." - I suspect that will be helpful for our student-teachers wrestling with AfL
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How have we got historical enquiry so wrong? re-empowering young people through a radical reset of historical enquiry A few days ago, I wrote a blog responding to the DfE’s interim curriculum and assessment review . In it I expressed deep concerns that there was too little critical evaluation of concepts like...

Just read: www.andallthat.co.uk/blog/how-hav... by @apf102.bsky.social - I especially like the 6 point summary - lots there to take into curriculum conversations here in Wales too.

Is Written Feedback a Waste of Time? New study finds 1 in 5 students completely ignore feedback, while nearly half of those who did try to act on the feedback, don't improve at all.

Is Written Feedback a Waste of Time? open.substack.com/pub/carlhend... - Thought this was interesting - timely given how many assignments I have to mark this weekend!

Supporting Children With Additional Learning Needs | Autism Wellbeing Autism Wellbeing have produced a range of resources for children, parents and professionals that offer a different perspective on what it might be like to be a child with additional learning needs.

www.autismwellbeing.org.uk/ALN - link from the first of our speakers this morning, including resources for practicioners

Being introduced to three new (to me) sensory experiences which can be swamped or muted) in people with autism. Really interesting way of thinking about why rewards may not work - addressing the wrong problem. Rorie from Autism Wellbeing. #adyaln

Welcoming hundreds of our students to the Carmarthen Campus for our ALN Conference. Looking forward to hearing from Rorie from Autism Wellbeing, Chris and Kerrie from Ysgol Y Deri and loads of students, staff and guests in this afternoonvs workshop #adyaln

Teacher professional development in the Global South Most children in the Global South now attend school. But: There’s often no teacher in the classroom. When there is a teacher, they often aren’t teaching. When they are teaching, they of…

Just read: improvingteaching.co.uk/2024/12/01/t... - good news story, but lots to learn for anyone wondering why their pilot doesn't scale!

What’s in a name? I learnt a new acronym yesterday: SWAN. It stands for Syndromes Without A Name. The term specifically refers to undiagnosed genetic conditions which are variously described as ‘global develop…

Just read: educontrarianblog.com/2024/12/01/w...

We're looking forward to welcoming 300 of our student-teachers to our ALN and Wellbeing conference on Wed and I need to write the welcome. I can pretty much guarantee this post and some of these ideas are getting a mention!

Writing and the 'final mile' problem Do your pupils have a problem with 'writing stamina'? The teachers and leaders I work with routinely describe the problem of pupils lacking writing stamina as a vital issue they want to address.  But...

Just read: alexquigley.co.uk/writing-and-...

Really enjoyed this. Writing remains a real challenge with child 2 and @alexquigley.bsky.social is as practical and thoughtful as ever

With respect, I don't think that it says at all. Schools and practitioners should consider and take into account. Surely the whole point of the PPs is that you pick your suitable pedagogy and do it well? Surely age appropate play is a key pedagogy throughout school and beyond?

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Just read: researchschool.org.uk/gloucestersh...

Why behaviour systems matter Numerous blogs have been written on the subject of behaviour management, and rightly so, every student has the right to disruption free learning. However, the vast majority of blogs focus on ‘how’ …

Just read: classteaching.wordpress.com/2024/10/04/w... - really enjoyed this. Will be sharing with our PGCE students to see what they make of it!

A brilliant couple of days at #practped24 - will try and share some coherent thoughts when I have time process! Thanks to Russel, @hywelroberts.bsky.social
and the whole team for a great conference

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Practical Pedagogies: A unique training conference BY teachers, FOR teachers | 125 sessions across two days | Nov 1st/2nd, Cologne, Germany Teacher Training Conference: Cologne, Germany, 1st/2nd Nov. 2024

Just picked my workshops for www.pracped.net - really looking forward to this now!

Exploring some new social media spaces that hopefully feel a little like social media used to!