Oh no, IT'S A MONSTER!!!!! (It was the holidays and I didn't blog for a week : s)

Unfortunately TOT has grown a bit gargantuan this week. But fear not, here's the stuff that I found particularly interesting.

T1: This article is fantastic. It classifies teachers (simplistically, but a helpful model) as being motivated by the drive to create scholars, promote social efficiency, centre on the learner, or reconstruct society. It sheds much light on the prog vs. trad false dichotomy and helped me to understand myself more as a teacher. I'll be referring to this much in future methinks.

T2: Great list of resources for literacy instruction. Back when I interviewed Prof. Pamela Snow (listen here) on phonics based instruction one of the questions I had was ‘what programs out there exist that are evidence-based and teachers can apply straight away?' (or something to that effect). Well, here's a great list. (Make sure you read the comments too, lots of great resources in them as well)

In line with T2, T3 is a MUST LISTEN podcast about the reading wars. I'm not an English or literacy teacher but I found this podcast compelling. Please also share in particular with your primary school teacher friends. It simply must be heard.

T4 is a great summary of the science of learning as applied to science teaching.

T5 is me sharing the slides and quizzes that I used last year for four PD sessions on the Science of Learning. Free to download and check out. The teachers participating really enjoyed it.

It's probably going to take you long enough to read through all the titles of the links, so I'll leave it there for now.

Enjoy : )

Ps: T6 was also incredible. This Doug Belshaw bloke is really insightful! I just found him last week…

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Understanding your motivations for teaching: Scholar Academic/Social Efficiency/Learner Centred/Social Reconstruction. Via @dajbelshaw

Evidence based literacy instruction programs, as shared via @DrLSHammond

Make sure you read the comments too. Lots of great resources linked to within them.

Must listen podcast on the ‘Reading Wars', via @Educate Podcast

A concise summary of cognitive science as applied to science teaching, via @chemDrK

PD resources on the Science of Learning

Some values-based career advice. For budding teachers, students, or anyone! Via @dajbelshaw

Singapore abolishes school exam rankings!

Michael FD Young changes his mind after an entire career in education

It is helpful for students to think that their peers are doing much more revision than them? via @Psych_Writer

Similarities between education interventions that work, via @RobertSlavin

Teacher notes for the book ‘Growing up Aboriginal in Australia', book via @anitaheiss

Poster summarising a massive variety of Cognitive biases. ht @tombennett71

‘My-side bias': Our ability to critique a logic statement is dependent upon whether or not we agree with it, via @Psych_Writer

A brief exercise break from study sharpens the mind, new research finds, via @Psych_Writer

Alphabet Code Charts (phonics), free to download

Increasing screen time the most plausible cause for decreasing wellbeing amongst youth, via @alexfradera

Physics teachers: Great teaching materials

Seven coaching questions

2 minute video that gives a sense of the scale of the universe

Maths Teachers: Some great ratio problems

Common English words that still confuse everyone, via @GrammarUpdates

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