Teacher Ollie's Takeaways is a weekly post bringing together al of the fascinating things that Ollie read throughout the week! Find all past posts of Teacher Ollie's Takeaways here,
Astrophysicists and feminism
A great post, prompted by a meme shared for International Womens' Day, on how young women aspiring to be astrophysicists is great, but os is little girls aspiring to be princesses…
We can be many things! https://t.co/TvcxEN7i7y pic.twitter.com/KydDS1LSUm
— The Echo Chamber (@TheEchoChamber2) March 12, 2017
What makes a good PD?
Turns out that almost all professional development for teachers fails, that is, it doesn't have any measurable impact on student learning (great citations for this in this article). In the face of this, should we give up on PD all together? In this article @HfFletcherWood tells us some of the keys to good PD.
Fantastic overview of key considerations when designing PD. Think culture and in-classroom focus https://t.co/8r9PK6Tyaa via @HFletcherWood
— Oliver Lovell (@ollie_lovell) March 13, 2017
PISA and Technology in the Classroom
Here's a nice glimpse into what pisa had to say about the impacts of technology in the classroom https://t.co/Jtli8VGpXI
— Oliver Lovell (@ollie_lovell) March 13, 2017
20 good youtube channels for Maths Teachers
20 Excellent YouTube Channels for Maths Teachers https://t.co/EGYdyGwL0g
— Angela Kotsiras (@MathsTeachOnly) March 14, 2017
The back and forth on explicit instruction
If you want to hear leaders in their field engaging in the constructivism vs. explicit instruction debate, the articles linked to in the comments of this article are a fantastic place to start. I'm working my way through them at the moment.
Next on the reading list, papers 2 and 3 exchanged between @greg_ashman and @steve_Thornton in the comment here. https://t.co/S4PtagrfVD
— Oliver Lovell (@ollie_lovell) March 15, 2017
The performance of partially selective schools in England
Do partially selective schools improve results for students? Here's a moderate scale study suggesting partially selective schools maybe don't have such beneficial effects for those who attend…
What the heck? Whoda thunk it!?! https://t.co/UHmo0NrLEx pic.twitter.com/Jv05PF45v8
— Oliver Lovell (@ollie_lovell) March 15, 2017
Philosophy For Children. Effective or not?
Philosophy for Children is a program that aims to teach students how to think philosophically, and to improve oracy skills, and communication more broadly. Here's a study attesting to its efficacy, see replies to this tweet for an alternative view…
Remarkable results for a ‘general skill' intervention. Have others analysed this before? Philosophy for children https://t.co/pRzMdnRASn
— Oliver Lovell (@ollie_lovell) March 16, 2017
The Mighty, A website highlighting the writing of Mighty People
Just found this great website thnks2 @erincanavan95. Inspiring words from people seeing the best in their situation https://t.co/SAI3B8Ro6t
— Oliver Lovell (@ollie_lovell) March 16, 2017
Eloquent argument against the same old ‘new education' assumptions
Tom Bennett argues agains a new film that rips on our educational system. Film states all the usual ‘stifles creativity', ‘rote learning', tropes. Great reply from Tom Bennett.
NEW BLOG! I just countersued: Why the school system isn't the villain in Prince Ea's video https://t.co/6RJuZhHfNQ pic.twitter.com/YfbsEjCGEn
— Tom Bennett (@tombennett71) March 16, 2017
What to do when your child stares at another child with a disability?
Great post from Daniel Willingham. Hot tip, ensure it's a social interaction. Follow the link for more.
Willingham blog: To the parents of children who stare at my disabled daughter https://t.co/WsTj5VWaF6
— Daniel Willingham (@DTWillingham) March 17, 2017
Trump's policies in perspective
Just because…
Preach pic.twitter.com/vXnAVCZWyj
— Tom Bennett (@tombennett71) March 17, 2017