Gillian Brady
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Gillian Brady
@gbrady.bsky.social
Assistant Principal (Teaching & Learning) | Politics & RS Teacher | Balancing motherhood, teaching and leadership.
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4. Also wonder if we're missing a trick in attendance by not focusing on friendships. It's unrealistic to think all children will find the academic offer enough to want to come to school. A lot maybe most care more about seeing their mates.
September 4, 2024 at 1:08 PM
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Doesn't seem like a valid basis for a seating plan and, I think, often unfair to diligent girls who ended up being unofficial TAs for naughty boys. Doesn't mean I wouldn't ever put girls next to boys, but I wouldn't base a seating plan around it.
August 28, 2024 at 6:10 PM
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I imagine they often have a sort of random effect on progress. Another bonkers thing is how people say they're doing "targeted intervention" based on target grades. That's random intervention.
August 18, 2024 at 6:50 AM
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Mine is ‘The Power of Teacher Expectations’:

alexquigley.co.uk/pygmalion-ef...

If is personal one for me, whilst speaking to a lot of themes I think are important. The evidence is far from settled, but I think it is worth pursuing on teacher expectations, beliefs, and self-efficacy too.
The Power of Teacher Expectations
Mr Laing was my year 8 Maths teacher. He was a rare breed indeed. He helped me, and my fellow pimple-clad teens, find mathematics interesting. Intermittently, he would betray a deep excitement about a...
alexquigley.co.uk
August 11, 2024 at 1:46 PM