Dawn Cox
@missdcox.bsky.social
Education. Education. Education.
Secondary, Teaching, Learning, Religious Education, Assessment…
Devil’s advocate. Still not who you think I am.
Secondary, Teaching, Learning, Religious Education, Assessment…
Devil’s advocate. Still not who you think I am.
This is Dawns partner Roy posting. Dawn was badly hurt in a car crash earlier today and is in hospital. Sorry to let you know this way roywd.bsky.social
March 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This is Dawns partner Roy posting. Dawn was badly hurt in a car crash earlier today and is in hospital. Sorry to let you know this way roywd.bsky.social
Reposted by Dawn Cox
It's revision time! But do you have a revision curriculum?
New blog - Creating a revision curriculum
Putting structure and clarity into the lessons before the exam (based on an old classic blog!)
missdcoxblog.wordpress.com/2025/03/29/c...
New blog - Creating a revision curriculum
Putting structure and clarity into the lessons before the exam (based on an old classic blog!)
missdcoxblog.wordpress.com/2025/03/29/c...
March 29, 2025 at 7:43 AM
It's revision time! But do you have a revision curriculum?
New blog - Creating a revision curriculum
Putting structure and clarity into the lessons before the exam (based on an old classic blog!)
missdcoxblog.wordpress.com/2025/03/29/c...
New blog - Creating a revision curriculum
Putting structure and clarity into the lessons before the exam (based on an old classic blog!)
missdcoxblog.wordpress.com/2025/03/29/c...
An odd spike in my blog stats today (I only looked today because I wrote a new post) but it doesn't show who the referrer is....then I did my @teachertapp.bsky.social questions 🙂
March 29, 2025 at 8:39 PM
An odd spike in my blog stats today (I only looked today because I wrote a new post) but it doesn't show who the referrer is....then I did my @teachertapp.bsky.social questions 🙂
March 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
#TeamRE an activity would be to show this to students and then get them to consider what it would be for England and Wales. You could then use the census data to compare and discuss similarities/differences. How would it differ for Europe? the world? How has it changed 10/30/50/100 years?
If American religion were 100 people
63 Christians:
23 Evangelicals
19 Catholics
11 Mainline
5 Black Protestants
3 Other Christians
2 LDS
7 Other World Religions:
2 Jews
2 Other
1 Buddhist
1 Hindu
1 Muslim
30 Unaffiliated:
19 Nothing in particular
6 Agnostics
5 Atheists
63 Christians:
23 Evangelicals
19 Catholics
11 Mainline
5 Black Protestants
3 Other Christians
2 LDS
7 Other World Religions:
2 Jews
2 Other
1 Buddhist
1 Hindu
1 Muslim
30 Unaffiliated:
19 Nothing in particular
6 Agnostics
5 Atheists
March 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
#TeamRE an activity would be to show this to students and then get them to consider what it would be for England and Wales. You could then use the census data to compare and discuss similarities/differences. How would it differ for Europe? the world? How has it changed 10/30/50/100 years?
Reposted by Dawn Cox
If American religion were 100 people
63 Christians:
23 Evangelicals
19 Catholics
11 Mainline
5 Black Protestants
3 Other Christians
2 LDS
7 Other World Religions:
2 Jews
2 Other
1 Buddhist
1 Hindu
1 Muslim
30 Unaffiliated:
19 Nothing in particular
6 Agnostics
5 Atheists
63 Christians:
23 Evangelicals
19 Catholics
11 Mainline
5 Black Protestants
3 Other Christians
2 LDS
7 Other World Religions:
2 Jews
2 Other
1 Buddhist
1 Hindu
1 Muslim
30 Unaffiliated:
19 Nothing in particular
6 Agnostics
5 Atheists
March 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
If American religion were 100 people
63 Christians:
23 Evangelicals
19 Catholics
11 Mainline
5 Black Protestants
3 Other Christians
2 LDS
7 Other World Religions:
2 Jews
2 Other
1 Buddhist
1 Hindu
1 Muslim
30 Unaffiliated:
19 Nothing in particular
6 Agnostics
5 Atheists
63 Christians:
23 Evangelicals
19 Catholics
11 Mainline
5 Black Protestants
3 Other Christians
2 LDS
7 Other World Religions:
2 Jews
2 Other
1 Buddhist
1 Hindu
1 Muslim
30 Unaffiliated:
19 Nothing in particular
6 Agnostics
5 Atheists
#TeamRE Eid Mubarak!
#EidMubarak
Saudi Arabia have just confirmed Eid-Ul-Fitr for tomorrow, Sunday.
Waiting for confirmation in 🏴 now.
Saudi Arabia have just confirmed Eid-Ul-Fitr for tomorrow, Sunday.
Waiting for confirmation in 🏴 now.
March 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
#TeamRE Eid Mubarak!
🤪
Every year, around a third of GCSE pupils in England miss out on passes in English and maths. We spoke to some of the school that are quietly turning things around for the 'forgotten third'...
buff.ly
March 29, 2025 at 7:46 AM
🤪
It's revision time! But do you have a revision curriculum?
New blog - Creating a revision curriculum
Putting structure and clarity into the lessons before the exam (based on an old classic blog!)
missdcoxblog.wordpress.com/2025/03/29/c...
New blog - Creating a revision curriculum
Putting structure and clarity into the lessons before the exam (based on an old classic blog!)
missdcoxblog.wordpress.com/2025/03/29/c...
March 29, 2025 at 7:43 AM
It's revision time! But do you have a revision curriculum?
New blog - Creating a revision curriculum
Putting structure and clarity into the lessons before the exam (based on an old classic blog!)
missdcoxblog.wordpress.com/2025/03/29/c...
New blog - Creating a revision curriculum
Putting structure and clarity into the lessons before the exam (based on an old classic blog!)
missdcoxblog.wordpress.com/2025/03/29/c...
Spotted on FB. New podcast for RE teachers #TeamRE
The Missing Link
Cerys de Vekey & Ian Harris
open.spotify.com/show/32YNu52...
The Missing Link
Cerys de Vekey & Ian Harris
open.spotify.com/show/32YNu52...
The Missing Link
Podcast · Cerys de Vekey & Ian Harris · A podcast series aimed at RS teachers, offering short summaries from leading experts in RS. Each episode will introduce a different teaching strategy or idea, a...
open.spotify.com
March 29, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Spotted on FB. New podcast for RE teachers #TeamRE
The Missing Link
Cerys de Vekey & Ian Harris
open.spotify.com/show/32YNu52...
The Missing Link
Cerys de Vekey & Ian Harris
open.spotify.com/show/32YNu52...
March 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Classic.
Mutually planned to have a no strings attached one-night stand with someone I'd met online. During foreplay I sucked her toes, but her feet were so ticklish she kicked me in the face & broke my nose. Sat with me in A&E for the rest of the night. Been married to her 8 years now.
March 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Classic.
Reposted by Dawn Cox
“Why are 80% of yoga practitioners in North America white women?” asks Paul Bramadat, a half Indo-Trinidadian sociologist, longtime Ashtanga yoga practicioner and author of the new book "Yogalands."
In 'Yogalands,' religion scholar discusses the role of politics, spirituality on the mat
(RNS) — In Paul Bramadat’s upcoming book, ‘Yogalands: In Search of Practice on the Mat and in the World,’ he shares how modern yoga as we know it intersects with spirituality, identity and power.
religionnews.com
March 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
“Why are 80% of yoga practitioners in North America white women?” asks Paul Bramadat, a half Indo-Trinidadian sociologist, longtime Ashtanga yoga practicioner and author of the new book "Yogalands."
🚨New Paper Klaxon 🚨
Belief in Belief: Even Atheists in Secular Countries Show Intuitive Preferences Favoring Religious Belief.
Now out at PNAS
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Here's a quick 🧵 on what we did and found!👇
1/ 11
🧪
#atheism
#religion
#culture
#evolution
Belief in Belief: Even Atheists in Secular Countries Show Intuitive Preferences Favoring Religious Belief.
Now out at PNAS
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Here's a quick 🧵 on what we did and found!👇
1/ 11
🧪
#atheism
#religion
#culture
#evolution
Belief in belief: Even atheists in secular countries show intuitive preferences favoring religious belief | PNAS
We find evidence of belief in belief—intuitive preferences for religious belief over
atheism, even among atheist participants—across eight comparat...
www.pnas.org
March 28, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Reposted by Dawn Cox
🚨New Paper Klaxon 🚨
Belief in Belief: Even Atheists in Secular Countries Show Intuitive Preferences Favoring Religious Belief.
Now out at PNAS
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Here's a quick 🧵 on what we did and found!👇
1/ 11
🧪
#atheism
#religion
#culture
#evolution
Belief in Belief: Even Atheists in Secular Countries Show Intuitive Preferences Favoring Religious Belief.
Now out at PNAS
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Here's a quick 🧵 on what we did and found!👇
1/ 11
🧪
#atheism
#religion
#culture
#evolution
Belief in belief: Even atheists in secular countries show intuitive preferences favoring religious belief | PNAS
We find evidence of belief in belief—intuitive preferences for religious belief over
atheism, even among atheist participants—across eight comparat...
www.pnas.org
March 28, 2025 at 10:33 AM
🚨New Paper Klaxon 🚨
Belief in Belief: Even Atheists in Secular Countries Show Intuitive Preferences Favoring Religious Belief.
Now out at PNAS
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Here's a quick 🧵 on what we did and found!👇
1/ 11
🧪
#atheism
#religion
#culture
#evolution
Belief in Belief: Even Atheists in Secular Countries Show Intuitive Preferences Favoring Religious Belief.
Now out at PNAS
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Here's a quick 🧵 on what we did and found!👇
1/ 11
🧪
#atheism
#religion
#culture
#evolution
Shout out to school leaders and teachers that are dealing with significant issues at home. You’re amazing!
March 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Shout out to school leaders and teachers that are dealing with significant issues at home. You’re amazing!
Reposted by Dawn Cox
I love teaching with props and I love teaching about predestination and free will- especially in Muslim beliefs- new Oak Academy lessons up now online for GCSE RE #teamre take a look and please share/repost @missdcox.bsky.social @adamrobertson.bsky.social www.thenational.academy/teachers/pro...
March 27, 2025 at 11:48 AM
I love teaching with props and I love teaching about predestination and free will- especially in Muslim beliefs- new Oak Academy lessons up now online for GCSE RE #teamre take a look and please share/repost @missdcox.bsky.social @adamrobertson.bsky.social www.thenational.academy/teachers/pro...
‘Spirit will be set free’: remains of young Aboriginal man returned to Tasmania after 170 years in UK
‘Spirit will be set free’: remains of young Aboriginal man returned to Tasmania after 170 years in UK
Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre says ‘tide is turning’ in its negotiations to repatriate ancestral remains and important cultural items
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After more than 170 years at a Scottish university, the remains of a young Aboriginal man killed on his traditional land have returned home.
The skull of the unknown man was taken from Tasmania in the 1830s and had been held by the University of Aberdeen since the early 1850s. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
March 27, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Surely he poached them?
Man who stole 325 Creme Eggs banned from Cambridgeshire for three months
Man who stole 325 Creme Eggs banned from Cambridgeshire for three months
Deon De Groot, 26, was spotted stuffing eggs worth £220.50 into a duffle bag at a Tesco Express in Peterborough
A man who stole 325 Cadbury Creme Eggs from a petrol station has been banned from Cambridgeshire for three months.
Deon De Groot, 26, was spotted when he stuffed £220.50 worth of the eggs into a duffle bag at a Tesco Express in Dogsthorpe, Peterborough, and left without paying on Saturday. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
March 26, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Surely he poached them?
If you are a senior leader and you won't let teachers see the whole school development plan (or at least a summary), there's something very wrong
March 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
If you are a senior leader and you won't let teachers see the whole school development plan (or at least a summary), there's something very wrong
Interesting that it is classified as PSHE by the BBC (?)
Beyond excited to finally share this project! I am so proud to be co-creator and education consultant on this show.
Narrated by the incredible Stephen Fry, Fantastic Philosophy aims to help children develop critical thinking and oracy.
#PhilosophyMatters ##philsky
www.bbc.co.uk/teach/articl...
Narrated by the incredible Stephen Fry, Fantastic Philosophy aims to help children develop critical thinking and oracy.
#PhilosophyMatters ##philsky
www.bbc.co.uk/teach/articl...
Fantastic Philosophy: Primary philosophy teaching resources
In this illustrated series narrated by Sir Stephen Fry, a community of animals living in a fictional savannah try to navigate some tricky philosophical questions. Aimed at pupils studying at KS2 level...
www.bbc.co.uk
March 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Interesting that it is classified as PSHE by the BBC (?)
Beyond excited to finally share this project! I am so proud to be co-creator and education consultant on this show.
Narrated by the incredible Stephen Fry, Fantastic Philosophy aims to help children develop critical thinking and oracy.
#PhilosophyMatters ##philsky
www.bbc.co.uk/teach/articl...
Narrated by the incredible Stephen Fry, Fantastic Philosophy aims to help children develop critical thinking and oracy.
#PhilosophyMatters ##philsky
www.bbc.co.uk/teach/articl...
Fantastic Philosophy: Primary philosophy teaching resources
In this illustrated series narrated by Sir Stephen Fry, a community of animals living in a fictional savannah try to navigate some tricky philosophical questions. Aimed at pupils studying at KS2 level...
www.bbc.co.uk
March 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Reposted by Dawn Cox
Beyond excited to finally share this project! I am so proud to be co-creator and education consultant on this show.
Narrated by the incredible Stephen Fry, Fantastic Philosophy aims to help children develop critical thinking and oracy.
#PhilosophyMatters ##philsky
www.bbc.co.uk/teach/articl...
Narrated by the incredible Stephen Fry, Fantastic Philosophy aims to help children develop critical thinking and oracy.
#PhilosophyMatters ##philsky
www.bbc.co.uk/teach/articl...
Fantastic Philosophy: Primary philosophy teaching resources
In this illustrated series narrated by Sir Stephen Fry, a community of animals living in a fictional savannah try to navigate some tricky philosophical questions. Aimed at pupils studying at KS2 level...
www.bbc.co.uk
March 26, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Beyond excited to finally share this project! I am so proud to be co-creator and education consultant on this show.
Narrated by the incredible Stephen Fry, Fantastic Philosophy aims to help children develop critical thinking and oracy.
#PhilosophyMatters ##philsky
www.bbc.co.uk/teach/articl...
Narrated by the incredible Stephen Fry, Fantastic Philosophy aims to help children develop critical thinking and oracy.
#PhilosophyMatters ##philsky
www.bbc.co.uk/teach/articl...
Reposted by Dawn Cox
New @theeef.bsky.social guidance on the ‘Deployment of Teaching Assistants’ has gone live today. Take a look here:
educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/education-ev...
educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/education-ev...
March 26, 2025 at 7:46 AM
New @theeef.bsky.social guidance on the ‘Deployment of Teaching Assistants’ has gone live today. Take a look here:
educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/education-ev...
educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/education-ev...
Wow! Never realised how huge the new extended complex of the Holy Kabbah in Makkah now is.For the 1st time in 20 yrs,the cranes are gone as the work is now complete. It can house 4 million worshippers. Pilgrimage in #Ramadan is considered the same value as the Hajj.
youtube.com/shorts/Ew3_M...
youtube.com/shorts/Ew3_M...
Worshippers packed Al-Haram Al-Makki
YouTube video by Islam Channel
youtube.com
March 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM