Absolutely superb episode of BDSM here with @samfr.bsky.social - Well worth a listen for all educationalists… great job @adamboxereducation.bsky.social & @amymayforrester.bsky.social overcast.fm/+BE0-0A3zRk

Drawing and visuals are a great way to manage cognitive load and deepen learning. Take a look at our sketchnote on 4 ways they improve learning.

Professional learning for schools that has impact www.impact.wales

I quite like this memory model from the Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) particularly the distinction between facts, concepts and procedures. A very helpful way to think about how learning happens.

#EDUSKY Thread: Why deliberate practice and habituation might accidently lead to reduced teacher motivation.
There is a strange phenomena in teaching. In some cases new teachers join the profession and over a few years we teach them all the best ways to do things and they become amazing teachers...

@goodwilllibrarian.bsky.social

🚨Review of Edu-Research in 2023/24

→ 11 standout papers
→ 5 emerging themes
→ My finding/sharing process

(this is my first crack at a vid—would love any feedback, esp how it could be better next time)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=egdN...

📢The Building Belonging Project 📢

So happy to share a big project that I’ve been working on for the last few years with my LSX teammates.

The building belonging project features insights from world experts, as well as classroom resources.

And we’re just getting started!

youtu.be/t1suFA6BXvg?...

✨We are very excited to share our new bitesize video explanation series.✨
@mrspearce.bsky.social , one of our amazing ELEs, explains evidence informed strategies and how they can be applied in the classroom.
Subscribe to the series by clicking on the link below👇
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Another summary!

This time it's the EXCELLENT In Action books - all 11 of them. Thanks Tom Sherrington/John Catt Publishing.

A Do This blank version available for personal PD/CPD purposes.

Thanks to the authors - see comments.

pdfs here: tinyurl.com/yk5z36ce

#EduSky #cogscisci #iteachphysics

Tonight's challenge: you have been given ten million pounds to improve education.

What do you spend it on?

(For reference, that's roughly the combined annual budget of two smallish secondary schools)

Huge thanks to @jofacer.bsky.social @tombennett71.bsky.social and John Catt for the opportunity to write about the importance of high quality PD and how we can build more of it.

My daughter asked if it ‘has sharks in it’. You’ll have to read to find out.

Teaching your students effective learning strategies doesn’t mean they’ll use them – but they’re more likely to if they understand why the strategies are so effective…

Neuroscientist Jared Cooney Horvath explains the concept of 'mechanistic' metacognition in our long read ⬇️

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Reviewing already covered material can feel like a step backward – yet it can make all the difference to student learning 👨‍🏫

But the question is, when should students revisit material?
www.innerdrive.co.uk/blog/when-sh...

Feedback from the most important people 👥

Survey your students to generate powerful insights in as little as 10 minutes.

💪 Identify strengths
📝Set specific goals for improvement

Find out more about learner surveys here: evidencebased.education/toolkit-inst...

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