Mark Enser
@ensermark.bsky.social
Yorkshire based freelance writer, TES columnist, author of books and school support person.
Ex-HMI and national geography lead
Once a teacher
Wanderer of hills, wonderer of everything else.
Posting on Education, Folklore, Dungeons & Dragons and music.
Ex-HMI and national geography lead
Once a teacher
Wanderer of hills, wonderer of everything else.
Posting on Education, Folklore, Dungeons & Dragons and music.
Hope you are doing something suitably curious to celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Hope you are doing something suitably curious to celebrate.
Full post here ⬇️
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And if you’re exploring generative learning further, see Generative Learning in Action (with @EnserZoe).
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Helping Pupils Revise Effectively at KS4
Every year, as exam season approaches, teachers face a familiar challenge: helping pupils move from knowing some things about a subject to knowing enough of the right things, in the right way, to succ...
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November 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Full post here ⬇️
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And if you’re exploring generative learning further, see Generative Learning in Action (with @EnserZoe).
www.amazon.co.uk/Fiorella-May...
#EduTwitter #Teaching #KS4 #Revision #GenerativeLearning #Geography
📘 enserm.substack.com/p/helping-pupils-revise-effectively
And if you’re exploring generative learning further, see Generative Learning in Action (with @EnserZoe).
www.amazon.co.uk/Fiorella-May...
#EduTwitter #Teaching #KS4 #Revision #GenerativeLearning #Geography
In geography (and beyond), this means helping pupils connect ideas, compare examples, and think about why knowledge matters — not just what it is.
Revision should be a habit, not a panic response.
Revision should be a habit, not a panic response.
November 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
In geography (and beyond), this means helping pupils connect ideas, compare examples, and think about why knowledge matters — not just what it is.
Revision should be a habit, not a panic response.
Revision should be a habit, not a panic response.
Key ideas:
✅ Retrieval practice strengthens memory.
✅ Generative learning helps pupils Select → Organise → Integrate ideas.
✅ Revision needs to be taught, not just set.
✅ Scaffolding builds independence over time.
✅ Retrieval practice strengthens memory.
✅ Generative learning helps pupils Select → Organise → Integrate ideas.
✅ Revision needs to be taught, not just set.
✅ Scaffolding builds independence over time.
November 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Key ideas:
✅ Retrieval practice strengthens memory.
✅ Generative learning helps pupils Select → Organise → Integrate ideas.
✅ Revision needs to be taught, not just set.
✅ Scaffolding builds independence over time.
✅ Retrieval practice strengthens memory.
✅ Generative learning helps pupils Select → Organise → Integrate ideas.
✅ Revision needs to be taught, not just set.
✅ Scaffolding builds independence over time.
Too often, revision means rereading notes and hoping something sticks.
But learning doesn’t happen by looking — it happens by thinking.
Retrieval practice, generative learning and purposeful case study work make the difference.
But learning doesn’t happen by looking — it happens by thinking.
Retrieval practice, generative learning and purposeful case study work make the difference.
November 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Too often, revision means rereading notes and hoping something sticks.
But learning doesn’t happen by looking — it happens by thinking.
Retrieval practice, generative learning and purposeful case study work make the difference.
But learning doesn’t happen by looking — it happens by thinking.
Retrieval practice, generative learning and purposeful case study work make the difference.
Always up for a natter
November 9, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Always up for a natter
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November 9, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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The final post of the week looked at criticisms of The Curriculum and Assessment Review and asked whether it really was calling for the 'dumbing down' of education.
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Is the Curriculum and Assessment Review “Dumbing Down” Education – or Simply Redefining Rigour?
What does a mature education system set out to achieve?
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November 9, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The final post of the week looked at criticisms of The Curriculum and Assessment Review and asked whether it really was calling for the 'dumbing down' of education.
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Then the Curriculum and Assessment Review landed and I gave three reflections on what this might mean for geography.
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Reading the Curriculum Review as a Geography Teacher (Part 1)
Curriculum coherence and geographical knowledge
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November 9, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Then the Curriculum and Assessment Review landed and I gave three reflections on what this might mean for geography.
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Followed by - Make Time for Learning - raising a concern that too much time can be taken up with ineffective checks for understanding at the expense of learning.
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Make Time for Learning
When Checking Becomes the Lesson
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November 9, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Followed by - Make Time for Learning - raising a concern that too much time can be taken up with ineffective checks for understanding at the expense of learning.
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Then - Powerful for What - questioning whether a knowledge-rich curriculum can exisit without a knowledge-rich supporting pedagogy.
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Powerful for What?
Why Powerful Knowledge Needs a Pedagogy to Match
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November 9, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Then - Powerful for What - questioning whether a knowledge-rich curriculum can exisit without a knowledge-rich supporting pedagogy.
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Next - The Delicate Art of School Improvement - why leaders need to ask more of those who provide school support.
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The Delicate Art of School Improvement
It’s coming up to a year since I began working with schools on improvement.
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November 9, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Next - The Delicate Art of School Improvement - why leaders need to ask more of those who provide school support.
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2. Tame Impala. Dracula
3. The Vines. Get free
4. Confide in me. Kylie
5. The greatest view. Silverchair
2. Tame Impala. Dracula
3. The Vines. Get free
4. Confide in me. Kylie
5. The greatest view. Silverchair
November 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
1. Never tear us apart. INXS
2. Tame Impala. Dracula
3. The Vines. Get free
4. Confide in me. Kylie
5. The greatest view. Silverchair
2. Tame Impala. Dracula
3. The Vines. Get free
4. Confide in me. Kylie
5. The greatest view. Silverchair