A blog- reflecting on Ofsted’s Inclusion criteria and the realities around SEND provision.

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@missmc.bsky.social Hi Laura, could I please DM you about a philatelic question? Thanks.

‘Imagine talking about our imaginings and letting them alter our perceptions’

@michaelt1979.bsky.social is on fire today!

Half-term read.

‘What should parents do if their child’s schoolwork actually involves a lot of computer use? Haidt: … Whenever a kid is on a multifunction device, they will do multiple things. Laptops and tablets are major distraction machines. They are one of the reasons educational performance is going down.’

Exceptionally rigorous, dense and thought-provoking short lecture - thank you for shaping the debate.

Very useful thread for music leads and assembly organisers - a whole range of musical pieces to share

Here is the link: www.mext.go.jp/en/policy/ed...

@evanthompson.bsky.social is a world leading figure on embodied cognition - any pointers?

Planning is thinking… AI doesn’t think - it computes (see computational blind spot in ‘The Blind Spot. Why Science Cannot Ignore Human Experience’).

Characteristically thoughtful by @steverollett.bsky.social

Well put - thank you.

It reminds me of Bertrand Russell’s quote: ‘The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure, while the intelligent are full of doubt’ (1933).

Indeed!

Simone Weil on ‘belonging’ before it became ‘trendy’… 1/2
‘To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognised need of the human soul. A human being has roots by virtue of his real, active and natural participation in the life of a community…’

‘which preserves in living shape certain particular treasures of the past and certain particular expectations of the future …’
The Need for Roots (L'Enracinement) 1943

Education brings forth and shapes what it is to be human-in-the-world.

Sound advice to reflect upon - not just for *new* teachers and leaders.