Philip Bruce

An international teacher of MYP and DP English Language and Literature, and Theory of Knowledge. Now masquerading as an assistant principal.

[International School of Zug and Luzern (ISZL) @ISZL]

🌍 Callout to Schools: Join us! 🌍
#ISZL students are starting the 'Global Changemakers' initiative and seek schools to join in this January 2021 virtual event. Please email [email protected] to learn more & express your interest. #yfs #iszlcares #education #school

[Daisy Christodoulou @daisychristo]

Latest blog: What does the research say about designing video lessons?
https://t.co/1x7dXs4ct2
Featuring some insights from Richard Mayer's Handbook on Multimedia Learning.

[Tom Sherrington @teacherhead]

A model for the learning process. And why it helps to have one. – https://t.co/lwE9ncZ9kY

[Philip Bruce @MrPhilBruce]

There's something touchingly humble about a conference that doesn't take it self so seriously that it can pack itself away. A beautiful self-organising system. Would other conferences be more credible if this were the norm? #yfs2020

[Philip Bruce @MrPhilBruce]

Hypothesis: struck by clarity, passion & as a consequence, inspiration of speakers at #yfs2020. Crucially all also seeking to solve a concrete problem. Might the best missions & visions perhaps benefit from a unifying, purposeful, clear problem(s) to solve.

[Philip Bruce @MrPhilBruce]

Fascinating seeing the growth in confidence (and number of) student speakers over the last three years as the exceptional becomes the expectation. Where next? #yfs2020

[Tom Sherrington @teacherhead]

Myth: Teacher-led instruction and student-centred learning are opposites.  https://t.co/E5vAoMN5dQ

[Philip Bruce @MrPhilBruce]

@MrTTattle @FabioParon1 @ClintMcCowan Lesson 2: while sarcasm may not be an area of knowledge, it is perhaps a methodology of expression within the area of knowledge of the arts. And, the last sentence is meta-satirical. And, the last sentence is meta-satirical. Synergy.

[Philip Bruce @MrPhilBruce]

@zoebadcock @DaveSecomb @Dequanne @EdSurge Lessons for our updated mission: build shared understanding, strategically match form & function, & have ways of knowing impact (in/directly). It's easy to think we're doing something when, in reality, we don't know, especially when that thing is abstract & glitteringly virtuous.

[Philip Bruce @MrPhilBruce]

Interesting, detailed review, with implications for use (or not) of flipped classrooms, and other suggestions for benefits of retrieval practice (frequent, low stakes) and ideal group sizes for challenging, intellectual discussions (5-7 suggested).

[Dylan Wiliam @dylanwiliam]

A review of research on "flipped" classrooms finds that there is little evidence either way about impact on student achievement, and most studies are so poorly theorized that studies are difficult, if not impossible, to compare: https://t.co/LUzCtEINlJ

[Philip Bruce @MrPhilBruce]

@MrTTattle @BDN_Neil @wanderingteachr an informative writing guide for blogs and op-eds.

[Dylan Wiliam @dylanwiliam]

Useful guide to writing blogs and op-ed pieces from @ulrichboser and his colleagues: https://t.co/OwOexy9PPG. Even if you don't use it, it may change the way that you look at other blogs and op-ed pieces...

[Youth Forum Switzerland @YouthForumCh]

The official YFS 2019 recap video is here. Take a look back: https://t.co/rN7cuLKiOk

[Philip Bruce @MrPhilBruce]

#eagleed low stakes, learning focused quiz procedure. Thanks @thephysicsboss

[Adam Cross @thephysicsboss]

Quiz procedure that has been working in physics class:
- make 4 quizzes and have students do 1
- return them as soon as possible
- allow students to attempt a different quiz when they demonstrate learning
https://t.co/ZEW14HdcBg

[Youth Forum Switzerland @YouthForumCh]

International school of Luxembourg students discussing the panel with @WilliamCStubbs and Cathal Murphy #yfs2019

[Barry Dequanne @Dequanne]

ISZL’s Youth Forum Switzerland pre-forum: Youth Mental Health in Crisis: Myth or Reality? #EagleEd #iszl @ISZL #yfs2019

[Margaret E Atwood @MargaretAtwood]

Yes indeed to those who asked: I’m writing a sequel to The #HandmaidsTale. #TheTestaments is set 15 years after Offred’s final scene and is narrated by three female characters. It will be published in Sept 2019. More details: https://t.co/e1umh5FwpX

[Philip Bruce @MrPhilBruce]

#eagleed another interesting paper which pose fundamental questions about any given school's vision and purpose. Takes a lot of institutional confidence to know which path to take, and hold course.

[Dylan Wiliam @dylanwiliam]

Increased use of student-centered teaching methods is linked to increased student wellbeing but lower achievement, which in turn, link to increased adult life satisfaction, but lower earnings—the "achievement-wellbeing tradeoff", discussed by @CfEdnEcon: https://t.co/81hXMr90A4

[Philip Bruce @MrPhilBruce]

@Elfdaws @MrTTattle Well @dylanwiliam might well agree with you about extensive written, individualized comments. An expensive PR exercise? Challenge is to break habits, change expectations and dependencies, and construct assessment and feedback experiences that move the learners forward.

[Philip Bruce @MrPhilBruce]

Well, that's one to ponder. #eagleed

[Dylan Wiliam @dylanwiliam]

@rpondiscio Most leaders try to improve schools by looking for unproductive things to stop doing. There aren't enough of them to make a difference. The essence of effective leadership is stopping teachers doing good things, to give them more time to spend on even better things.

[Philip Bruce @MrPhilBruce]

@MrTTattle 2) it's even harder to meaningfully encode complexity of (flawed) judgements of learning into singular letters, numbers, emojis, dots on a line. Of course, we are beguiled by its convenient simplicity and our meritocratic desire to rank and sort uni apps, job apps etc.

[Philip Bruce @MrPhilBruce]

@MrTTattle Certainly. Though disentangling assessment (evidence based feedback cycles) from grades (coded judgements of learning) helps. Two fundamental issue: 1) it's v. hard to design contextualized valid, reliable assessments...