Ok edu-nerds: here is the MEGA-THREAD you have been waiting for...blogs from times gone past that you probably haven't read, but probably should. Buckle up. Rules go in the second tweet, blogs start in the third tweet.
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https://twitter.com/adamboxer1/status/1431709062354415625
Rules for contributing:
1. Blog must be from 2017 or earlier
2. Blog must be accompanied by a blurb from the contributor
3. If you contribute, do it as a reply to the last tweet on the thread to save repeats and keep things neat
4. Include @'s if you know it
1. Blog must be from 2017 or earlier
2. Blog must be accompanied by a blurb from the contributor
3. If you contribute, do it as a reply to the last tweet on the thread to save repeats and keep things neat
4. Include @'s if you know it
First up is @ClareSealy's marvellous tour de force through a number of key aspects of cognitive science, thinking hard about different types of memory and how we teach for long term learning. primarytimery.com/2017/09/16/mem…
@daisychristo used to smash out some MINT blogs, and this blog about the History Aptitude Test is (ironically - read on for why) not just about the History Aptitude Test, but about knowledge, skills and cognitive science. daisychristodoulou.com/2016/04/how-to…
A list like this could never be complete without a blog by @P_A_Kirschner and Mirjam Neelen, this one on why Google can't replace human knowledge
3starlearningexperiences.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/why…
3starlearningexperiences.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/why…
Everyone be going on about Whole Class Feedback, but back in 2017, it was quite a new and shiny thing. This article by @TLPMrsL clinically gets to the core of what it is and what it's for. thelearningprofession.com/2017/03/30/on-…
@DavidDidau has long been a stalwart of the edu-blogosphere, and this post about AfL literally BLEW MY MIND when I first read it. learningspy.co.uk/myths/afl-migh…
It gets better, because @dylanwiliam himself wrote a response, which you can and should read here: learningspy.co.uk/assessment/dyl…
Talking of posts that blew my mind, this one by @C_Hendrick is still one of the ones I reference and share the most. Engagement...NOT A PROXY FOR LEARNING chronotopeblog.com/2015/03/22/eng…
This blog by @Benneypenyrheol is less general than the previous ones, but for me its a masterclass of how to do good, thoughtful and honest action research. In this case, about the optimum spacing gap for retrieval practice. mrbenney.wordpress.com/2016/11/03/opt…
On behaviour, I have never read as good a piece as @mssfax's blog about binary systems and how to set them up so that students thrive and learn. roundlearning.org/2017/02/09/lea…
GOD THERE ARE SO MANY AMAZING BLOGS
Next up is @jo_facer's blog about overcomplicating teaching. Interestingly, I'm not sure I agree with the main premise any more, but it's an extremely challenging and worthwhile read that had a massive impact on me back in the day. readingallthebooks.com/2016/09/17/we-…
Andrew Old is perhaps the most influential blogger of education history, and has been blogging since before the internet existed. Here's one of my favourite pieces of his on behaviour...from 2006!! teachingbattleground.wordpress.com/2006/10/30/the…
A blog which shaped Ofsted, the DfE and pretty much everyone blogging about curriculum now (even though many of them won't have read it)...@Counsell_C's stonkingly beautiful and incisive Genericism's Children. thedignityofthethingblog.wordpress.com/2016/01/11/gen…
@kevbartle was slowing down blogging around this time, but his articles about pupil premium and working as a community head are beautiful and inspiring. Taster here dailygenius.wordpress.com/2017/03/25/com…
Interested in social mobility? Policy? Education writ large? Read anything by @profbeckyallen, but this is a good place to start rebeccaallen.co.uk/2016/10/13/we-…
Back in '17 when everyone was first starting to talk about curriculum @crispinweston wrote a MASSIVE blog about why everybody was wrong, and it's a really great read, full of absolute gems. Was challenging then, and still is now. edtechnow.net/2017/11/20/cur…
I would post something from @tombennett71's blog but I'm allergic to blogspot, so something from Tes will have to do! How to solve the behaviour crisis: tes.com/news/how-we-so…
Some schools still grade lessons. This is daft, and we've known this for ages. Print this by @ProfCoe from 2014 out and leave it on your headteacher's desk. Trust me. I literally did this at my last school, and it worked. cem.org/blog/414
@Nick_J_Rose blogged about evidence based education and cogsci before it was cool, and all his stuff is excellent. His very last blog is a romp through a ton of evidence and beautifully technical and erudite. evidenceintopractice.wordpress.com/2017/10/21/put…
There's also that fab blog about Hornets and Butterflies from @joe__kirby that I posted yesterday, but there is tons of super stuff on his website that you should read. This is another great read on behaviour pragmaticreform.wordpress.com/2013/03/09/beh…
Alright that will have to do for tonight. This isn't the last tweet yet, so please hold on a sec. Proviso: these blogs were written in 2017 and earlier. Times have changed a lot since then and they aren't gospel, and I imagine their authors wouldn't want them thought of as
such. For me, back then. They were HUGE. Challenging, controversial and a bit inspirational too. For the main, I still think they hold up. Read them. Be challenged. Think hard.
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