Will Mac

Maths teacher. MEd. Studying Ed Doctorate in Mathematical cognition. 👨‍🏫 Resource developer @AddvanceMaths ➕ Interested in CogSci, SoL.

[Will Mac @MrMac_Math]

As we get ready for a new school year, I hope @AddvanceMaths can support your students.

We 100s of free resources to help students revise.

😊👍

[AddvanceMaths ➕ @AddvanceMaths]

Welcome to Addvance Maths, here is a thread of all our resources for revision and teaching 😊

[Claudia Lewis @MBDscience]

Doing a joint observation with my trainee's university tutor. Said tutor has just said the video clip "supported the visual learners", so if you were wondering whether learning styles were dead, there's your answer.

[Will Mac @MrMac_Math]

You wouldn’t believe the original message in this thread 🤣🫠

[Bennimak 🟢🟢🟢🟢🛰️🟢 @Bennimak1]

Being a child in the UK sounds like fucking hell tbh, no wonder knife crime is the most popular hobby here, they can’t do anything else

[Will Mac @MrMac_Math]

@lgbtaegi @sixsevencherki Genuinely everything you have said implies you are clueless about the safeguarding disaster which inevitably unfolds when young people have unrestricted access to phones.

How many years have you worked in schools for?

[Will Mac @MrMac_Math]

@Leedsfan456 @oldandrewuk @Miss_Snuffy @daisychristo The reason I suggested it is that your arguments come across as someone who has never read a counter argument to your current position. You disparage knowledge using tired arguments.

You are arguing a position that has been refuted repeatedly.

[Will Mac @MrMac_Math]

@Leedsfan456 @oldandrewuk @Miss_Snuffy @daisychristo

Available on amazon

7 Myths about Education

Eager to hear what you think

[Will Mac @MrMac_Math]

@Leedsfan456 @Miss_Snuffy @oldandrewuk You answer my Q first.

How do you define critical thinking and how do you operationalise it?

Please refer to the big influences on your position from the literature.

[Will Mac @MrMac_Math]

@Leedsfan456 @Miss_Snuffy @oldandrewuk Which critical thinking assessment do you plan to use?

It would be helpful to see how you operationalised critical thinking.

Furthermore, do you acknowledge Michaela’s incredible GCSE and A-level results, and that these courses include large amounts of critical thinking?

[Will Mac @MrMac_Math]

@Leedsfan456 @Miss_Snuffy @oldandrewuk Yep

[Will Mac @MrMac_Math]

@Leedsfan456 @oldandrewuk @Miss_Snuffy Very good book about education.

It deals with a lot of these debates in Ed.

It’s very good, and worth a read.

[Will Mac @MrMac_Math]

@Leedsfan456 @Miss_Snuffy @oldandrewuk Which critical thinking assessment do you plan to use?

It would be helpful to see how you operationalised critical thinking.

Furthermore, do you acknowledge Michaela’s incredible GCSE and A-level results, and that these courses include large amounts of critical thinking?

[Will Mac @MrMac_Math]

@Leedsfan456 @oldandrewuk @Miss_Snuffy Have you read 7 Myths?

I’d start there

[Will Mac @MrMac_Math]

Rare Powell W

[Lucy Powell MP @LucyMPowell]

School should be a place for learning and friendship, not scrolling.

That’s why I am strengthening the guidance to take the next step in truly phone-free schools, giving heads and teachers the clarity they are asking for.

[Will Mac @MrMac_Math]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 has a state education system which is the envy of the world, it’s one of the few things they do right

Don’t mess with it, simple yo

[Lucy Powell MP @LucyMPowell]

As part of our once in a generation reforms to the curriculum, Key Stage 3 will get the focus it needs to be engaging, exciting, and richer so that more children participate and progress.

To do this, schools should not routinely bring forward GSCE content and options into this important and distinct part of a child’s education.
https://t.co/vdULSkSSA5

[Will Mac @MrMac_Math]

@TodBrennanEng @MrDanielBuck Yahhhh, I’ll default to the expertise of primary teachers on this one. But for me, it’s seems wholesome and positive 👍😊

[Will Mac @MrMac_Math]

@TodBrennanEng @MrDanielBuck Yes. 100% this is what every maths lesson is like for me in secondary.

Form time I try to be more personable.

I like the football line 👌

In primary though, spending the full day with them, the 10 second greetings seems sensible

[Will Mac @MrMac_Math]

@TodBrennanEng @MrDanielBuck 10 seconds per kid,
30 kids in class

5 mins at the start of the day

I’m fine with it.

Purely from an optimising instructional time perspective, I think the investment in relationship / culture building pays off.

[Will Mac @MrMac_Math]

RT @1917AndAllThat: Agree with Will. The steady engine of joy in the trad classroom is that kids get a buzz from learning loads and feeling…

[Will Mac @MrMac_Math]

@MrDanielBuck I’m as much of a cynical trad as the next guy, but I must gently disagree.

Bringing joy, relationships and individuality into our classrooms, especially young kids, can pay off when we get them to engage with effortful learning later on

[Claudia Lewis @MBDscience]

Had an interesting conversation with a visiting American teacher - their position is that the push back against explicit teaching* is because it exposes the problems with the systems. It exposes the poor behaviour, it exposes the kids who can't read, it exposes the students who don't get it.

If you have discovery learning, and kids milling around and chatting and copying off each other, everyone looks engaged and like they're learning. Once you try to get them to sit down and actually teach them, you have to have systems in place for the kids who refuse.

*They said direct instruction, but they were talking about explicit teaching more generally

[Will Mac @MrMac_Math]

Excited to be presenting my first Webinar live on 10th November, 5pm UAE time.

Hope you can join!

https://t.co/6a42aIAS48