Lightning Jay

Getting smarter about teaching and history.

[TRSE @TRSE_Editor]

Check out this year's Curated Article Collection. The theme is social studies teacher education. All eight articles are OPEN ACCESS until the end of January 2025!

https://t.co/KAU3Inw5Vt

[Lightning Jay @Lightning__Jay]

This comes out of the Philly DISCUSS project with @ReismanAbby @newlyfast @WendyChanw @CitizenAJS @JoeyEisman @tmalkaa and team!

[Lightning Jay @Lightning__Jay]

New Teacher Ed. Paper! How are we thinking about what social studies teachers need to know?

🧵

https://t.co/XIdqJFsD1L

[Lightning Jay @Lightning__Jay]

If teacher learning is mostly about identity development and that change is highly situated, it should prompt us to rethink some of how we approach teacher education.

[Lightning Jay @Lightning__Jay]

I'm thrilled to be included in @TRSE_Editor 's Rethinking Social Studies Teacher Education collection. Some wonderful thinking about the work of preparing teachers, now open access! https://t.co/mVu0vB7wPX

[Jennifer Berkshire @BisforBerkshire]

The figure of the edu-grifter, selling a 'fix schools quick' silver bullet, is as olde as America. In the latest @HaveYouHeardPod @AdamLaats introduces us to the OG edu-grifter. Think of him as the original voucher bro https://t.co/bC6iBTStjt

[Lightning Jay @Lightning__Jay]

I got to talk with Parents Mag again! "In many classrooms students are diligently working their way through tough texts and in many homes families are finding delight, meaning, and connection through books.”
https://t.co/B9I4RzzvIX

[Tiferet Ani @tmalkaa]

Join the Towards Just Histories Project to learn from the Reparations Won Curriculum & the MOVE Activist Archive about community-based archival & curricular efforts to teach local histories of injustice for repair & connect with others. @misskstrong @ReismanAbby

[Lightning Jay @Lightning__Jay]

Learning to teach and supporting new teachers is hard. More precise descriptive language could add clarity to the work and help support new collaborations.

[Lightning Jay @Lightning__Jay]

New teacher education research! What are we talking about, when we talk about practice? This framework helps explain some of the nuanced choices teacher educators make. 🧵

https://t.co/YhhP1Lyva9

[Lightning Jay @Lightning__Jay]

Sometimes when we ask new teachers to practice, we want them to do it in a specific way. Sometimes we're using their practice to explore the messiness and unpredictability of teaching. Sometimes we steer, sometimes we let novices find their own way.

[American Historical Association @AHAhistorians]

Today, the AHA published a major report with findings from the most comprehensive study of secondary US history education undertaken in the 21st century. The AHA did not find indoctrination, politicization, or classroom malpractice. (1/10) https://t.co/PFS9B60RBZ

[UCL Press Education Books & Journals @uclpress_ed]

Don't miss! The latest articles of the History Education Research Journal are now available! Topics include #HistoricallyResponsiveLiteracy, #Community and #Motivation. Read free: #HERJ @ArthurJChapman @UCLpress https://t.co/pUuJCnZYUa

[Lightning Jay @Lightning__Jay]

@AlexaMQuinn Switched from my little screen to my medium screen to reply to this.

[Lightning Jay @Lightning__Jay]

If you're more of a TV person, here's me talking about supporting civic dialogue in classrooms https://t.co/wuw2clxtqv

[Lightning Jay @Lightning__Jay]

Got the chance to chat with Parents Magazine. The punchline? We've got to rally behind teachers, now more than ever.

https://t.co/FadFEknfUw

[UCL Press Education Books & Journals @uclpress_ed]

#OpenAccess research: The latest articles of the History Education Research Journal are now available! Topics include #HistoricalNarratives, #HistoricalConsciousness and #NationalNarratives. Read free: #HERJ @ArthurJChapman @UCLpress https://t.co/Yvb7ENXaBw

[Lightning Jay @Lightning__Jay]

@ls_gibson @ArthurJChapman International perspectives on teaching about RW mobs? That's my HERJ pitch.