Following a new generation to understand childhood and inequality | Research for the Real World How research on babies and families can inform early years policy before inequalities widen.

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In this latest UCL IOE podcast, I ask Dr Alissa Goodman about her new cohort study of 30000 babies born in 2026

Just spent 3 days with this group of Portuguese school leaders in Zaragoza at the mid point of our UCL Leadership for Learning programme in Spain and Portugal. Truly inspiring.

Teacher recruitment and retention are separate issues – they need tackling in different ways The reasons why people do not become teachers are not the same reasons why people leave the classroom.

'Teacher recruitment and retention are separate issues – they need tackling in different ways'

My new article in @uk.theconversation.com is now out (1/5 🧵)

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I think, whether you mentor teacher trainees or early career teachers, this podcast is for you. It's about mentoring which educative, avoids the trap of the 'easy answer' and understands the duality of the mentor conversation. #EduSky

Learning teaching: Why mindset matters and what this means for mentors | The Staffroom | IOE insights | Episode Tessa Blair (East London Teaching School Hub) tells us how mentors can support the development of positive orientations to learning.She tells Mark and Elaine how a professional culture tied to learnin...

The latest episode of @elainelong.bsky.social and my Staffroom podcast, this from mentoring expert Tessa Blair from East London TSH
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Votes at 16: Is Citizenship Education up to Scratch? The UK is lowering the voting age to 16, but how prepared are young people to take part in elections?

'Votes at 16' is coming, but how prepared are young people?

Next Thursday, join Hattie Andrews @politicsproject.bsky.social, Emma Connolly @uclspeechlab.bsky.social and Hans Svennevig @citizenshippgceioe.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social at this in-person event with @uclspp.bsky.social.

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Just returned from a week in Riyadh, working with 50 Saudi teacher trainers for UCL's new school leaders development programme. Powerful learning for us all.

Charlotte Hacking is great in this lecture.
She also guested, with Dominic Wyse, on our Staffroom podcast on the same topic www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news/202...

Bringing balance to the 'reading wars' debate | The Staffroom: S06E01 A holistic view of how phonics, writing, reading and language come together to make a child truly literate.

Season 6 opener of my Staffroom podcast with @elainelong.bsky.social

Bringing some sanity to the 'reading wars' we hope.
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Making sure everyone matters: Evelyn Forde tells 'herstory' | The Staffroom: S05E04 Evelyn Forde shares her lived experience, from not feeling she mattered in school to becoming headteacher of the year.

A must listen for teachers and leaders. @evelynforde1.bsky.social tells us why mattering is so important @markquinn1968.bsky.social

Surely no one can think this is right

What happens to the ‘could have beens’ who decided not to teach? | ECF Staffroom: S04E05 | IOE - Faculty of Education and Society Mark and Elaine hear from researcher Emily Macleod, who says that if we want more people to try out teaching, we have to stop thinking of it as a vocation.

Thank you for reading this far! If you're still interested you can hear me talk this all through on IOE's Staffroom podcast with @markquinn1968.bsky.social & @elainelong.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news/202... And papers incoming!

"If we don't create opportunities for talk, we build in disadvantage" | The Staffroom: S05E02 | IOE - Faculty of Education and Society Julie Dockrell talks to us about how oral language is the foundation for all other learning and what the implications of this are for teachers.

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Great episode of The Staffroom with Julie Dockrell: literacy and talk with me and @long_enl

#EduSky has been listening to our podcast in UK, US, and south east Asia. Teachers everywhere have similar concerns.

"If we don't create opportunities for talk, we build in disadvantage" | The Staffroom: S05E02 | IOE - Faculty of Education and Society Julie Dockrell talks to us about how oral language is the foundation for all other learning and what the implications of this are for teachers.

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Great episode of The Staffroom with Julie Dockrell: literacy and talk with me and @long_enl

If you are in teaching or teacher ed, this is worth reading. Schools as we know them are often toxic for yp, but they needn't be.

"Asking the awkward questions" | The Staffroom: S05E01 | IOE - Faculty of Education and Society In this episode, Guy Claxton takes us beyond simplified conceptions of the learning sciences and explains why teachers are sometimes vulnerable to fads and trends.

If you want to go beyond simplified conceptions of the learning sciences, this is a must listen @markquinn1968.bsky.social

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#amreading2024 I began doctoral study in October ’23, so much of my reading time was taken up with that. I don’t curate my study reading but, despite this, 4 of my 22 books this year are educational. …

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For the 9th consecutive year, I have curated my 12 months in reading. Here is my 2024. #amreading #literature #books

From the early years school to the research school | ECF Staffroom: S04E06 | IOE - Faculty of Education and Society In this episode, Sally Adams tells us about her new role leading adult learning – and the ways teaching can be a great stepping stone for a host of different careers.

There many jobs in 'teaching'. In this ECF Staffroom episode, @elainelong.bsky.social and I quizzed Sally Adams about her route from #EarlyYears teacher to research lead. #Education @ioe.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news/202...

This is one of our most provocative episodes of ECF Staffroom, dispelling some #EdNeuroSci myths. @elainelong.bsky.social with Dr Rebecca Gordon youtube.com/watch?v=__zw...

IOE insights: What happens to the ‘could have beens’ who decided not to teach? | ECF Staffroom Mark and Elaine hear from researcher Emily Macleod, who says that if we want more people to try out teaching, we have to stop thinking of it as a vocation."These trajectories into teaching, they're...

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This podcast, co-hosted with @elainelong.bsky.social, has Dr Emily Mac lead discussing why young people - who could have become teachers - didn't
#Teaching #Education

What happens to the ‘could have beens’? Emily tells us we should really think more about this if we want to improve teacher recruitment. A must listen for anyone wanting to broaden their knowledge of teacher recruitment

IOE insights: What happens to the ‘could have beens’ who decided not to teach? | ECF Staffroom Mark and Elaine hear from researcher Emily Macleod, who says that if we want more people to try out teaching, we have to stop thinking of it as a vocation."These trajectories into teaching, they're...

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This podcast, co-hosted with @elainelong.bsky.social, has Dr Emily Mac lead discussing why young people - who could have become teachers - didn't
#Teaching #Education

Well done, Tara GFC London for winning the all-Britain #GAA champs today.
Shout out to brother, Niall, team manager.

Teachers at top academy in Hackney ‘screamed at’ and humiliated pupils, say angry parents Mossbourne academy accused of bullying and damaging children’s mental health as local authority asked to step in

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Can this be how we want our schools to be?