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'10 low impact activities to do less of or or stop alltogether'. To improve, we need to stop teachers doing good things to make time for even better things (quoting @dylanwiliam here). But we can also straight up stop doing bad things too! Via @teacherhead
teacherhead.com/2017/12/01/10-…
Caveat, not totally sold on these two points. Purpose of both of them is to stimulate a very valuable process (reflection and detailed planning respectively), in a way that makes the thinking of the reflector/planner visible. That said, reflections much better scaffolded...
And enabled though conversation and shifting of culture, but I think that written reflections by students have a place in classrooms when there isn't time to chat 1 on 1 with all students (e.g., an exit ticket can be a short reflection). Also...
A clarification. I'm only suggesting detailed plans for teachers in training as they force in-depth thinking and make this visible to a mentor. Congrats on 4 million hits @teacherhead!
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Just finished, and thoroughly enjoyed, reading the @OracyCambridge paper 'The development of Oracy skills in school-aged learners' by @profneilmercer and @LynDawesMercer (ht @RethinkingJames). It outlines the 'why' of Oracy, breaks down skills, and... languageresearch.cambridge.org/images/Languag…
touches on teaching. It begins with an argument that explicit Oracy instruction provides a crucial 'second chance' for students. And relates the development of speech to the development of thought.
Then breaks Oracy skills down into four categories, as presented in the Cambridge Oracy Skills Framework below. A clearer explication of the skills of Oracy I've not yet seen.
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Previously, I've shared the short booklet 'MARGE' by Prof Arthur Shiamura. It's a booklet on memory and learning using an acronym for Motivate, Attend, Relate, Generate, Evaluate. I wanted to share some takeaways, as summarised by @teacherhead in teacherhead.com/2018/10/03/int…
Motivate: We need students to focus in order to learn (see 'Attend') and for this we need motivation. We can motivate through Qs 'What do you think? How does it make you feel?' Stories (psychologically privileged). Or framing learning as big Qs (see: ollielovell.com/errr/jaymctigh…)
Attend: Students remember what they attend to (@PepsMccrea )/think about (@DTWillingham ). However, we should expect students' minds to wander, and it's the job of the teacher to bring back focus at key pts. We can do so by asking students to categorise, compare, and contrast.
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"Lightbulb moments for teachers: threshold concepts in teacher education". @HFletcherWood has done it again! Making connections between diff research areas and the offering invaluable insights. This first snippet reminds me of @dylanwiliam's EFA PD pack. improvingteaching.co.uk/2018/11/25/lig…
This snippet brings together a creative idea to incorporate into a PD session to help the penny drop for teachers that 'memory is the residue of thought' (if you're US based, you could actually use a penny! Might make it more memorable, just ensure it's memorable in right way).
True to form were thoughtfully offered a list of limitations to an insights based approach and reminded that, just because teaching this way is hit and miss, with learning hard to measure and less than concrete outcomes, it's still powerful enough to make time for.
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