Adaptive teaching: in search of conceptual clarity Just because it swims, doesn’t mean its a fish. I think we can all agree that naming things correctly is important. To do this, we must have a proper conception of what does and does not fall…

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Attention, meaning and mastery: The questions every teacher needs to answer every lesson After a loooong hiatus from blogging I've decided to give substack a try. You can subscribe here. For the next few blogs I'll also post here on the Learning Spy site but, depending on how things go, ...

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Taking the ‘forever’ out of ‘forever chemicals’: we worked out how to destroy the PFAS in batteries The PFAS in lithium-ion batteries is a major obstacle to recycling or disposing of these batteries safely. But we have a way to fix this problem.

Clearly, the battery recycling rate must improve. This is where everyday people can help. In the future, manufacturers should avoid using forever chemicals in batteries altogether.
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Reform Scotland, an independent think tank, has published a paper advocating how a knowledge-based curriculum could transform Scottish Education. www.reformscotland.com/wp-content/u...

“this is probably the biggest problem with teaching for learning, is that performance is easy to see and measure while learning isn’t.” @paulkirschner.bsky.social

"To be able to think critically about something and deeply understand a text on a particular topic, you need a solid base of background knowledge on that topic. Making sense of things and being able to apply it in novel situations is, in fact, memory in disguise." link.springer.com/content/pdf/...

“Content in the absence of thinking is inert and meaningless; but thinking in the absence of content is vacuous.” (Robert. J. Sternberg, cited in Tobias and Duffy (2009, p. 10)
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New stadiums, airports and oil links: the environmental cost of Saudi Arabia’s 2034 World Cup The Saudis have won the right to host football’s biggest tournament. But its bid doesn’t seriously address the environmental issues.

New stadiums, airports and oil links: the environmental cost of Saudi Arabia’s 2034 World Cup theconversation.com/new-stadiums... #geographyteachet

Developing Curriculum for Deep Thinking
The Knowledge Revival.

Coauthored by Tim Surma, Claudio Vanhees, Michiel Wils, Jasper Nijlunsing, Nuno Crato, John Hattie, Daniel Muijs, Elizabeth Rata, Dylan Wiliam, and Paul A. Kirschner.

Freely available here: link.springer.com/content/pdf/...

This looks like it will be gold. Thanks for sharing @shaun-allison.bsky.social

Leading Through People: The Power of Consultation in educational leadership is the antidote to the leadership pitfall of Bypassing. This blog leans on Viviane Robinson’s book Reduce Change to Increase Improvement and a wonderful blog by Joe Kirby. Effective leadership, particularly in the educational sector, is not about dictat…

Leading Through People: The Power of Consultation in educational leadership is the antidote to the leadership pitfall of Bypassing.
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The Most Compassionate and Student-Centric Approach to Learning: A Knowledge-Rich Curriculum and Explicit Teaching In recent years, discussions surrounding educational methods have often framed a choice between knowledge-rich, teacher-directed approaches and more progressive models that emphasise student autono…

Thank you @P_A_Kirschner for writing this beautiful succinct blog.
The link to my original post can be found here. failthinklearn.wordpress.com/2024/09/20/t...

You must first learn to draw within the lines… - kirschner-ED The most compassionate and student-centered approach to learning is a knowledge-rich curriculum and explicit instruction.

You must first learn to draw within the lines…
As my colleague @robmarchetto.bsky.social wisely said: The most compassionate and student-centered approach to learning is a knowledge-rich curriculum and explicit instruction.
#EduSky
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The importance of explicit instruction leads to success!