Mark McCourt

Chief Executive @AcademyTrust; Chairman @advschools; Chairman @Frequencyltd

[Mark McCourt @EmathsUK]

What an amazing line up.

This is going to be a fantastic event.

Grab your tickets now.

[ATT Institute @ATTInstitute]

An✨epic✨group of voices coming to #rEDEastAnglia in Suffolk on 13 June, including a Keynote from @Counsell_C! ✈️
This amount of INCREDIBLE expertise under one roof... don't miss it! 🤩
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#TransformingPD
@tombennett71 @hgaldinoshea @AcademyTrust

[ATT Institute @ATTInstitute]

An✨epic✨group of voices coming to #rEDEastAnglia in Suffolk on 13 June, including a Keynote from @Counsell_C! ✈️
This amount of INCREDIBLE expertise under one roof... don't miss it! 🤩
📍Book now: https://t.co/PcqemSa2i7
#TransformingPD
@tombennett71 @hgaldinoshea @AcademyTrust

[John Bald @JohnBaldLangLit]

https://t.co/FO2M8M5cuj Mark McCourt, @EmathsUK correctly says that maths learning is based on mastery. This is consistent with the brain research evidence, particularly @StanDehaene Mastery does not come from grinding, or, as @simonjenkins4 says, from doing more maths of the wrong kind. Mastery grows from counting and begins with understanding how numbers work - not with mindless repetition. An example is my wife's giving her grandson, aged 6, five 20p pieces from the tooth fairy instead of a £1 coin.

This takes time. The present national curriculum, and the work of @joboaler and associates introduces too much too soon, and is not consistent with evidence of development. Like excessive grinding, it is a recipe for cognitive overload. Both lead to failure.

[Farhan Adam MBE @123FAdam]

Beautiful words and so very rarely understood by leaders in education...sincerity is the missing part...leading to just make things better for the sake of making it better!

[Mark Lehain @lehain]

Great piece by @EmathsUK:

"This is the perverse incentive at the heart of the system. The very people who hold the keys to consolidation are the people who stand to lose the most from it."

https://t.co/9s7UcGv8CT

[Ben Carter @Mr_B_Carter]

@EmathsUK Really interesting article. Having worked under three heads in one school in only 6 years I absolutely hear what you’re saying.

[Matthew Evans @head_teach]

I am in strong agreement with Mark on this. We diminish the role at our peril.

[John Bald @JohnBaldLangLit]

This gets to the essence of learning, consistent with Vygotsky (making his "non-spontaneous concepts second nature), Dehaene and the other FRS who have worked so hard to make brain research accessible and understandable to the rest of us.

One point of detail. I'm not sure I'd have a five year old learning to count in twos, unless they could keep track of how many twos they have. In other words, I'd learn the table at the same time, so they couldn't get it wrong - aka second nature - and build further investigation on that.

[Mark McCourt @EmathsUK]

@JohnBaldLangLit @RobJLow And much in common with learning mathematics. They are near cousins.

[Mark McCourt @EmathsUK]

NEW BLOG: Teach Until They Can't Get It Wrong

https://t.co/8lIrilFk9i

[Mark McCourt @EmathsUK]

NEW BLOG: The Pinnacle of Education

https://t.co/9vnLN4PiNk

[Siobhan Meredith @SiobhanMered123]

🧠 Teach until they can’t get it wrong – I really enjoyed this blog from @EmathsUK on making learning stick.
Mark McCourt reminds us: it’s not about coverage, it’s about mastery.
My favourite takeaway is:
💬 “Treat a correct answer as the start of learning, not the end.”

[Mark McCourt @EmathsUK]

@mrallanmaths This makes me want to throw up

[Bodil Isaksen @BodilUK]

@EmathsUK Was desperately searching for this earlier this week to share with others - so glad it reappeared on my feed. Thanks so much for writing! Curious about your thoughts on dyscalculia also.

[Mark McCourt @EmathsUK]

NEW BLOG: Teach is a Transitive Verb

https://t.co/v6ah8TuDGa

[Mark McCourt @EmathsUK]

@RufusWilliam Just have a contract with O2. It’s pretty much the same as having no connectivity whatsoever

[Mark McCourt @EmathsUK]

@C_Hendrick In the field of mathematics, there is no boring stuff.

[Mark McCourt @EmathsUK]

I see the DCSF has reopened

[David F @DagsMaths]

Great oopportunity to join our team
https://t.co/QG8meHWP2L @DrFrostMaths @EmathsUK @mathsjem @MrMattock @RJS2212 @robeastaway

[Mark McCourt @EmathsUK]

@adamboxer1 Perhaps because we have forgotten the role is (or should be) the pinnacle of a career in education.

I wrote this about the issue…

https://t.co/9vnLN4PiNk

[Mark McCourt @EmathsUK]

NEW BLOG: Teach is a Transitive Verb

https://t.co/v6ah8TuDGa