Teacher Ollie's Takeaways is a weekly-ish post (and sometimes a podcast!) bringing together some of the fascinating things that Ollie read throughout the week-ish. Find all past Teacher Ollie's Takeaways here,
More on retrieval practice
Drilling key content knowledge is imperative. Here's a number of (quite regimented) ways of doing it.
More info on retrieval practice for anyone who had their interest piqued in last @TERPodcast episode https://t.co/GrigEGOzGA @Doug_Lemov
— Oliver Lovell (@ollie_lovell) October 6, 2017
Stop Berating Black and Brown Parents Over Charters
Nice one for liberals (us liberals?) to read.
http://www.natebowling.com/a-teachers-evolving-mind/2017/10/4/stop-berating-black-and-brown-parents-over-charters-or-give-your-twitter-fingers-a-rest
Desmos is a powerful tool. An Bryn is your man
Bryn is a legend on Desmos. Well worth checking out his stuff! https://t.co/obfJ6BnGdD
— Oliver Lovell (@ollie_lovell) October 11, 2017
More that challenges growth mindset
Interesting article challenging growth mindset. Fair few people quoted https://t.co/ZUPbkVB4Vb
— Oliver Lovell (@ollie_lovell) October 11, 2017
Daniel Willingham on reading and listening comprehension
Oh my lord. Boosting listening comprehension can boost reading comprehension. @DTWillingham, you've done it again! https://t.co/sJJY5JkqdN
— Oliver Lovell (@ollie_lovell) October 11, 2017
Education in singapore. Insightful thread
This is a great set of tweets on education in Singapore 🙂 https://t.co/CnSAltRlRA
— Oliver Lovell (@ollie_lovell) October 16, 2017
The future (or lack thereof) of male teachers
(Fails to mention the unreliability of extrapolation)
Male teachers at 18 % in primary and 40% in secondary, with numbers set to decline further… https://t.co/QhEGSiGXii
— Oliver Lovell (@ollie_lovell) October 18, 2017