New research 🧵

1. Mary Kennedy famously outlined the ‘parsing problem’. Teaching is complicated, meaning that teacher educators have always needed to: 2. But breaking teaching down into constituent practices like this risks decontextualising them:

Does adding modelling to PD help early-career teachers develop evidence-based practice?

The first paper from the @Ambition_Inst research team, with @HFletcherWood @thomgf @stefaniemeliss Models are observable examples of a specific teaching practice. They are thought to help teachers develop a 'mental image' of a teaching technique, which can help bridge the theory-practice gap.

Many countries suffer persistent shortages of maths/sci teachers

So govt has been experimenting with financial incentives to address the problem. Indeed teachers in some subjects/cohorts qualify for £29k in extra pay over 4 years!

Do incentives work?

A 🧵on some new research There are many reasons people enter/exit teaching.

But maths and physics teachers stand out:
- They are harder to recruit
- They leave the profession faster

What explains this? 🤔