This week, @NoraOswald provides some excellent classroom management advice in takeaway 1. I enjoyed reading through this short piece and considering which of these I do best, and which I still need to work on. I think that this piece could be used particularly well as a discussion prompt between a mentor and a pre-service teacher.
I'm sure many will be keen to hear some of Dan Willingham's vision for teacher education in takeaway 2.
The EEF's recently released report on supporting student meta-cognition is well worth a look. As well is Adam Boxer's tweet on the graphic from it that he found most helpful.
Takeaways 4 and 5 are by Doug Lemov are good for those in English.
6 is some interesting historical background to Gonski 2.0. It's amazing to see how many reviews of Aussie education there have been over the years.
I hope you find some value in takeaways 7 and 8 as well.
Enjoy : )
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Great short piece on classroom management, via @NoraOswald
Short, sharp, solid advice on classroom management from @NoraOswald https://t.co/EvhHKHHA3w
— Oliver Lovell (@ollie_lovell) May 2, 2018
Dan Willingham's vision for teacher education
Original thread here.
Here's @DTWillingham on what he believes is a productive vision for teacher education. Fundamentally, a focus upon consistencies in children's thinking.
As well as plenty of practice in recognising, teaching to, and responding to such consistencies. Not to mention an exploration of how these consistencies manifest in different ways, for different students, at different times.
A final point from Willingham on the importance of practice.
The EEF's great summary on strategies to support student meta-cognition, via @EducEndowFound @HuntingEnglish @cbokhove
A nice collection of strategies to support meta-cognition in students. Via @EducEndowFoundn @HuntingEnglish @cbokhove https://t.co/C39AzrRHIK pic.twitter.com/Oz2Mz0y7cu
— Oliver Lovell (@ollie_lovell) April 28, 2018
I found Adam Boxer's tweet (and the resulting thread) on this helpful as well.
This is the most important graphic from the @EducEndowFoundn metacognition report imo. When teaching a problem solving strategy, follow these steps and you won't go wrong. pic.twitter.com/G3ygc1X36c
— Adam Boxer (@adamboxer1) April 30, 2018
On developing ‘language sense', via @DougLemov
Variation theory used to develop 'language sense' an interesting idea https://t.co/vmkO7Ox38I via @Doug_Lemov pic.twitter.com/HsOlfNS4T3
— Oliver Lovell (@ollie_lovell) April 27, 2018
More from @DougLemov… a nice passage on reading aloud to your kids/students
On the importance of reading aloud to your kids (and students) https://t.co/nY3fOgbs1v via @Doug_Lemov pic.twitter.com/zcW2pIfGda
— Oliver Lovell (@ollie_lovell) April 27, 2018
Bill Louden puts some of Gonski 2.0 into historical perspective
Bill Louden looking at Gonski 2.0 against historical curriculum discussions in Aussie Ed https://t.co/O9pFwhliYu pic.twitter.com/ci7yVojR12
— Oliver Lovell (@ollie_lovell) May 3, 2018
What are the major drop out risk factors to students at university?, via @GrattanInst
Aftr controlling for part time & mature age,@GrattanInst says no big diff bet online v bricks mortar drop out rates https://t.co/xxQEV3Cz5a
— Oliver Lovell (@ollie_lovell) May 2, 2018
Wise words from Dan Willingham on courteous tweeting
Sharing a mental trick I've found useful. When responding on Twitter I ask “Would I be willing to show this thread to my students with my responses as a model of logic and courtesy?” Deleted a lot of tweet drafts that way.
— Daniel Willingham (@DTWillingham) May 1, 2018