Rob Monk

Science Teacher, Skeptic, Assistant Principal, Education Consultant and Bike Racer.
Married to Jenn Davies.
Children: Cyrus & Jessie.

[Rob Monk @monkrob]

Why duplicating Michaela in Aus will be difficult https://t.co/FPynl4Thn9

[Rob Monk @monkrob]

@oldandrewuk @MsJasmineMN The bigger issue is why he could legally go to the scene of a riot openly carrying an assault weapon. Jasmin, Andrew and I thankfully live in countries where that is not even remotely possible to do legally. This is the wicked problem the US won’t be able to solve.

[Sarah Gannon @Sarahabbottganz]

My new response to “the drill
And kill” retort! ❤️ #SoR #saygoodbyetobalancedliteracy

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We need better reporting of NAPLAN Online so we can see how hard students tried. https://t.co/yzUsulWBZ0

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@Miss_Snuffy @2Markdavid When a measure becomes a target it ceases to be and effective measure. We see this often in education.

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@msrebeccabirch @EnserMark @ollie_lovell does a coaching / research role. I argue with people on Twitter. Does that count?

[Rob Monk @monkrob]

@JaneFCSupport They are born undisciplined. We scocialize them into a culture which involves rules and social norms. Hardly a controversial concept.

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@dianna60607965 @greg_ashman @AlanTudgeMP got it right. 1. Curriculum 2. Pedagogy 3. Behavior. Sweller is addressing 1&2 here. We also need a national conversation on #3.

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@emel_dub @AlanTudgeMP Still massively better off than we were 20 years ago. See the Forrest Not the trees. Or just be miserable 😭. The choice is yours to make.

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@emel_dub @AlanTudgeMP The mess we are leaving is better than every previous generation has left. The balance factual view of history is pretty positive. https://t.co/gMEDvFj1BS

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@kittypurrzog Who didn’t Dave Chappelle have a dig at? Blacks, Whites, Asians, Jews, Men, Women, Trans. He didn’t miss many. No Aussie jokes. I feel excluded. Cancel him.

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@HPluckrose Pluckrose wins Twitter again. You make me think and smile. Thank you.

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@greg_ashman How will students be co-creators of knowledge if we just tell them?

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@michaelshermer @sapinker @MrDeity Looking forward to it. What is the collective noun for reason. This podcast with Shermer and Pinker will be a …… of rationality.

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@tombennett71 @oldandrewuk That’s so glass 4/5th full of you Tom.

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@Hitchslap1 @StuartM21825168 @Quillette I read Charles Murray’s Human Diversity. Great book.

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@StuartM21825168 @Quillette I just finished GGS and thought it was amazing. What would you recommend I read next that has more “credibility”.

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@teacherhead I don’t think @GuyClaxton is seeing the Nuance.

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@Trivium21c @ShakinthatChalk Rigorous is aspirational when referring to education research.

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@Trivium21c @ShakinthatChalk The discourse in education is semi scientific. Some apply rigorous falsification to educational interventions in the hope it will reveal their efficacy, while others suggest this scientific approach is not appropriate in education. It’s a strange game we play.

[Rob Monk @monkrob]

@jdtdobson But you have to get in the water to learn to swim. Impossible to learn to swim without water.