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Dave Taylor Profile picture
@taylorda01
Nov 28, 2021 • 8 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
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Why is every answer to education problems 'More money' instead of 'As a society, let's reform how we view and support education'?
"My Year 9s aren't doing their homework"
"Punctuality is poor"
"I'm afraid that you're not going to pass your GCSE in French"
"What do you need to help you revise?"
"Today, we're going to practise times tables facts"
"We've noticed that there's an attainment gap between the more and less affluent"

"Have you thought about giving them more money?"
"Hi Dave, we've noticed that you're not achieving your target grades. What will help you to get better grades?"

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Dave Taylor Profile picture
Mar 26, 2024
I also took a little time to note down some big things...
Teach kids the right maths. Year 8 calculating using numbers in standard form because they're 13 is not the way. I recently took on a class who, when dividing numbers in standard form, couldn't divide 7 by 2 (6.1, apparently). Get prerequisites nailed before you move them on.
Don't expect classroom teachers to back-fill knowledge. The curriculum should adapt to the needs of learners, rather than requiring eight members of staff to think on their feet, with varying degrees of expertise.
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Mar 26, 2024
I took a little time to make a few notes on some little things that I think make a massive difference.
Know pupils' names. Greet them by name with a smile, no matter how badly their last lesson went.
Say Hi on the corridors, and be approachable.
We're on the same team.
Have a seating plan, that YOU've set. It helps with maintaining order, and it helps with learning names. Have a copy inside a plastic wallet to annotate any rewards and warnings, and so on. If it's not working, explain that you're changing it, and why.
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Nov 10, 2023
Curriculum... a thread 🧵

Since 2017 I've thought a lot about curriculum. In my sixteen years in the classroom, I've followed schemes of learning based on textbooks, from exam boards and 'for our kids'.
Most of them (most... the one which had Pythagoras before squares and roots stands out) had a decent sequence for learning mathematics. The problem was that they never seemed to get the job done.
The problem was, almost always, the scheme played out in the same way for every child. It wasn't the journey that had been mapped out, but the implementation of the journey.
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Dave Taylor Profile picture
Nov 4, 2023
I think that my least favourite thing in the maths work room is when someone doesn't put the whole ream of paper in the photocopier.
My second least favourite thing is when someone says USE MINI WHITEBOARDS without giving any further instruction.
A long(ish) thread 🧵...
I can think of a few uses of mini whiteboards which are sub-optimal, such as:
- using them as plates
- using them as a 'steel chair' and whacking your mate over the head
- using them to doodle
- using them instead of an exercise book
The power of the mini whiteboard, in terms of its utility and efficiency, is unparalleled. This isn't because students can rub out any incorrect workings and it lowers anxiety because the work isn't permanent - I actually feel that this goes in the 'cons' column.
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Dave Taylor Profile picture
May 20, 2023
I thought that the OCR Higher Maths P4 yesterday was nice and accessible, whilst being suitably challenging for the more able pupils.
Here are a couple of notable absences that I'll be directing my 11s to over the next few weeks.
Laws of Indices
HCF and LCM
Reverse Percentages
Completing the Square
Volume of Pyramids, Cones and Spheres
Error Intervals and Calculations
Right-angled Trigonometry
Area and Volume in Similar Shapes
Scatter Diagrams
Recurring Decimals and Fractions
Algebraic Proof
Histograms
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Mar 6, 2023
Teaching year 10 higher attainers last week.
Solving 2x + 2 > 8 (or something), and G writes 2x = 6, x = 3.
Me: "That's not right mate. x isn't equal to 3. What does that sign in the question mean? What is it?"
G: "It's a crocodile."
I slam my hand on the desk and everyone stops working. G laughs as I walk to the front with a smile on my face to write the question on the board.
Me: "V, what is this?" *gesturing at the >*
V: "..."

Me: "...and don't say crocodile. That made me cross before."
C, under her breath: "Crocodile".
V: "..."
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