Andrew McCallum

Director, English and Media Centre, author of Creativity and Learning in Secondary English (Routledge). Now posting only on Bluesky @andrewemc.bsky.social

[Andrew McCallum @AndrewEMC]

I've gone across to Bluesky. My infrequent posting will just be there from now on. @andrewemc.bsky.social

[Andrew McCallum @AndrewEMC]

@greeborunner I wish I could share your optimism. The process is well under way now and we haven't heard a single thing, so I suspect putting us there is a holding strategy, certainly for KS3+4

[Andrew McCallum @AndrewEMC]

@greeborunner 3 of the EMC team are on the framework but that shouldn't allay concerns about the limited number of people writing the NC. We haven't been approached by the DFE or the 2 writers. Anyone on this list but not the one published in the TES is not currently involved + might never be

[Andrew McCallum @AndrewEMC]

November's Big Picture Writing webinar with me + @BarbaraBleiman explores 'composition-led writing' - getting something on paper + working with it. It's such an important part of any effective writing pedagogy! https://t.co/xh812JN69L

[Barbara Bleiman 🎓 Education is Conversation @BarbaraBleiman]

A wonderful new blog by @AndrewEMC for @EngMediaCentre describing a lesson he saw taught by one of EMC’s current Associate Teachers & what it reveals about the potential for expansive learning & multiple outcomes from expansive, imaginative, open tasks. https://t.co/cWUcew3Ic2

[Andrew McCallum @AndrewEMC]

@MeghannW1987 @EngMediaCentre Sorry for the late response. It’s a rather ugly phrase to describe having stuff to write about

[Andrew McCallum @AndrewEMC]

5 HOURS TO GO!

Our summer webinar package is available to buy until 5pm this afternoon. Give your team the gift of CPD!

https://t.co/TICintT0Yr...

[Barbara Bleiman 🎓 Education is Conversation @BarbaraBleiman]

This is an absolute must-read by the brilliant @DamsonEd! Some of us have been trying to make these points for a long while, especially about reading being more than decoding, and meaning being more than words in isolation from text.

[English & Media Ctr @EngMediaCentre]

Spring course programme up and ready to book. Including the Spring Webinar Package, with access for all your department!
https://t.co/YdFaiTSFDT

https://t.co/JNUy1kb69V

[Warwick Mansell @warwickmansell]

Jaw is dropping afresh on reading this, even tho general position on Ofsted's misuse of research ev in these reviews is well-known. One finding: Ofsted based a statement in its report on the findings of a study involving only four children,then "generalis[ed] to all children"

[Geoff Barton @RealGeoffBarton]

"Stifle talk and you stifle thinking. Stifle thinking and you stifle learning ... ": a terrific, uplifting account of #oracy in action from @AndrewEMC (HT @BarbaraBleiman): https://t.co/9vOfOrgR4l

[Andrew McCallum @AndrewEMC]

@BarbaraBleiman Brilliant blog, Barbara, and well done for speaking out. It's time to move on from the 'discourse of derision' used for so long to discredit + erroneously label sound, established practices

[Barbara Bleiman 🎓 Education is Conversation @BarbaraBleiman]

I offered some thoughts to the arguments about knowledge that blew up on X a few days ago. X isn't great for extended thinking, so I've done a short blog, raising a few points about the past period from my pov & interest in knowledge in subject English. https://t.co/IAXXBgHuvI

[Andrew McCallum @AndrewEMC]

@EngMediaCentre @thecockerill @NATEfeed Get in touch when you officially start - so pleased for you and for NATE

[Barbara Bleiman 🎓 Education is Conversation @BarbaraBleiman]

Terrific piece, opening up serious questions that go well beyond what to ‘keep in’, ‘add’ or ‘lose’ in curriculum reform. Great on linearity, subject differences, complexity & the journey not being the same as the outcome.

[Barbara Bleiman 🎓 Education is Conversation @BarbaraBleiman]

At what point will govt sit up & take notice? GCSE English results are of critical importance to students, for future study & employment. Also to schools & teachers proving 'success' to Ofsted. Yet, as @mr_englishteach says, the system is broken! It's not reliable.

[English & Media Ctr @EngMediaCentre]

EMC CPD Online: Grammar – Getting the Balance Right at KS3 (6.11.24)

Andrew cuts through the myths and misconceptions to help you get your grammar teaching right at KS3.

Book your place by 8.00am on 4 Nov
https://t.co/k3fvndTRot
@AndrewEMC

[English & Media Ctr @EngMediaCentre]

EMC CPD Face-to-Face: Assessment – Principles & Practices (19.11.24)

"I came away buzzing with ideas and a vision of how I would love to change what we do, and elements of how we do it."

Book your place by 8.00am on 15 Nov
https://t.co/qMuNp6anpC
@AndrewEMC

[English & Media Ctr @EngMediaCentre]

EMC CPD Online: Audience with a GCSE Poet – Liz Berry, AQA Worlds and Lives (24.10.24)

A chance to hear live from poet Liz Berry and put your questions to her.

Book your place by 8.00am on 22 Oct
https://t.co/WWvqYMJNKz
@AndrewEMC

[Andrew McCallum @AndrewEMC]

@ahernahern @BarbaraBleiman We're not advocating just showing students texts. We're advocating getting students working on texts, noticing things in texts, big + small. Our concern is with the excessive focus on bottom up, component-led approaches + assumption that this is what 'some kids' need most