Dear Lord. Imagine training to be a teacher only to come out with this balderdash...

Are teachers never to take advice from anyone? Not from reading researchers? Not from child psychologists? Not from doctors? Not from management systems analysts? Not from accountants? Not from cognitive scientists? Wow. Teachers know sooooo much...

This is an ugly point of view, and it isn't true...

This is rather wonderful...

Some really interesting ideas from my pal / former student / former boss (!) Alan Gillespie ✍️! Keeping S6 engaged can be an issue in any school. Especially like the idea of giving students a head start on their driving theory exam.

Definitely this...

There we have it. A teacher dismissing education as "insane" and "stupid" while lauding what he euphemistically calls "the average man". The very essence of Trumpism.

Prescribed spanking never causes bruising. Just like a rubber hose, then...

.English and Literacy Scotland These will be essential CPD for anyone teaching English.

Brilliant thread...

All together now; "Memorisation is not learning..."

A really good article.

Raymond Soltysek Spot-on! One of the reasons that I recommend this video and song by The Doves, to any students or NQTs, as a kind of ambient/emotional insight into a lot of the learners we work with and a toe-dip into understanding them: youtu.be/7sX4K0JRIDM?si…

What if your doctorate is in pre-5 learning, or in post-retirement education, or memory and information retention after brain trauma such as strokes?

This is relevant to how we place non-English speakers. Why do we put children who can speak 3 or 4 languages in the "bottom" sections when they are linguistically able and need a rich environment? Get them in top sections. Better yet, let's have mixed ability classes throughout.

Is it proper for taxpayers to fund EV discounts? Why not demand car manufacturers equalise prices across their range? Petrol / diesel model cost £30K, EV £39k: why not price each at £33K?

Scandalous.

A grand day out!

Off hillwalking this weekend. Checked my Garmin satnav, found my OS maps weren't working. Online chat with an adviser to discover the £125 I paid last year only lasts 12 months, yet NOWHERE on the product page does it say it runs out annually. Really poor stealth subscription.