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Tweeting about higher education, school science education, Leeds Trinity University and Leeds. All ideas mine.
Feb 2, 2023 13 tweets 7 min read
SCIENCE TEACHING AND EVIDENCE: A THREAD
#ASEChat #SciEd #ScEd

@ESERA_org @NARSTorg @chrisharriKings @BestEvSciTeach @JustinDillonUCL @JaumeAmetller1 @DignaCouso @mrjimene @adamboxer1 @sci_challenge @IOPTeaching @TheRSC @RoyalSocBio @agittner @chemDrK Image Current discourse on t=l (sec) sci ignores decades of research. @BestEvSciTeach host a fab website, not widely enough used, ignored in 'evidence-based practice' discourse.
Nov 15, 2022 17 tweets 3 min read
THE PRACTICE OF TEACHING AND EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH: A THREAD

There’s been about academic research (eg British Educational Research Journal) and its irrelevance and inaccessibility for teachers (and by implication its uselessness). This thread aims to clarify and illuminate. WHO DOES RESEARCH? (2) Adam Boxer on Twitter: "Ed acaemics shouldn't be surprised teachers don't read their research. They don't find it relevant, useful, accessible, or even interesting. Look at the four most recent blogs on the BERA site: > ImageImageImageImage" /Twitter