"by teaching, we learn"
My mum is an exceptional woman. An occupational therapist for most of her career, she was inspired by some voluntary bereavement counselling she did for a few years and then retrained as a psychotherapist in her 50s, completed a degree, and then a Masters, and worked very successfully with all sorts of people struggling with an extraordinary […]
Read More My Mum & MisconceptionsMatt Burnage wrote a somewhat devastating thread about ITT on Twitter recently. I completely understand where he’s coming from and I thought I’d get my thoughts down on each of the points he’s made and some reasons why it might seem like ITT Providers, and/or schools, are dragging their feet. These are just my own […]
Read More Information about ITTMatt Burnage wrote a somewhat devastating thread about ITT on Twitter recently. I completely understand where he’s coming from and I thought I’d get my thoughts down on each of the points he’s made and some reasons why it might seem like ITT Providers, and/or schools, are dragging their feet. These are just my own […]
Read More Why is so much paperwork needed? Seriously!?Matt Burnage wrote a somewhat devastating thread about ITT on Twitter recently. And he’s also written more about the use of the Teachers’ Standards in ITT . I completely understand where he’s coming from and I thought I’d get my thoughts down on each of the points he’s made and some reasons why it might […]
Read More Teachers’ Standards as Level DescriptorsMatt Burnage wrote a somewhat devastating thread about ITT on Twitter recently. You can read it here https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1086971149299388416.html and he’s also written more about the use of the Teachers’ Standards in ITT . I completely understand where he’s coming from and I thought I’d get my thoughts down on each of the points he’s made and […]
Read More Stuff like this is really sad to seeI’d like to acknowledge Ben Arscott’s (2018) article in Impact, as the inspiration for the structure of this blog post, which is part of the Curriculum In Science symposium. Part one of the series is by Adam Boxer. Part two is by Ruth Walker: language of curriculum Part three is by Gethyn Jones: designing curriculum […]
Read More Designing a new SKE curriculumThere is evidence that early-career science teachers are particularly vulnerable in terms of retention (Allen & Sims 2017). Evidence suggests that a number of factors affect teacher retention across all subjects but it is less clear why early-career science teachers are more at risk than teachers of most other subjects. It may simply be that […]
Read More Do we know anything about the impact of subject knowledge on retention of early-career science teachers?