Shaun Ellis

No tweep has their complete meaning alone.

[Dylan Wiliam @dylanwiliam]

If you teach anyone at all, and you don't know about @helenrey's CogSci book summaries, you are missing out. It's a wonderful resource summarizing the most important books on cognitive science: https://t.co/TB0bPExfck

[Jamie Clark @XpatEducator]

The NEW ⚗️DistillED website is live! Designed for busy educators, it’s now cleaner, faster, and easier to navigate — with exclusive CPD content neatly organised into clear collections. Explore the one-pagers, slide decks, checklists and resources that support evidence-informed practice and boost learning.

https://t.co/TiPSYeW9TD

[Carl Hendrick @C_Hendrick]

Responsive teaching: 7 guiding principles https://t.co/ar9IyQt57E

[Education Week @educationweek]

"With each decision we make, we feel the scrutiny of every student, parent, educator, and community member.

Under this immense pressure, we become hyperaware of our limitations. Often, we attempt to overcome our imposter syndromes through unsustainable workloads and unrealistic expectations for ourselves."

This former school leader is sharing why he believes far too many principals have to carry a crushing amount of responsibility alone. #EWOpinion
https://t.co/JiPt09TEMT

[The Saturday Paper @SatPaper]

"Dutton disrespects the Aboriginal flag, saying that if he is prime minister, he will not stand to have it displayed behind him,” writes Thomas Mayo. “Right-wing political players claim to be conservatives, but their politics is radical." https://t.co/QRTQ8DDfDh

[Caroline Spalding @MrsSpalding]

PPTs and booklets for all sessions here to download for free:
https://t.co/3lnWY0oZuW

Please credit Littleover Community School if you use them.

[Anthony McGowan @anthony_mcgowan]

A mutual friend pointed me towards this incredibly moving and inspiring piece. If courage is grace under pressure, then here is courage. It deserves a wide readership. https://t.co/xV7Zek6cXN

[The Saturday Paper @SatPaper]

“The pull towards transactional types of development assistance comes at a direct cost of development results.”

The Coalition’s decision to merge AusAID into DFAT continues to see an exodus of expertise and Australia’s diminished status in the Pacific. https://t.co/7G7U7URPUx

[Jade Pearce @PearceMrs]

🧵🧵Some great education resources/guides have been published (or come to my attention) recently. A thread on those that I have found most useful. 🧵🧵

[Peps @PepsMccrea]

1/ On effort & appetite during retrieval:

🎓 The Role of Mental Effort in Students’ Perceptions of the Effectiveness of Interleaved and Blocked Study Strategies and Their Willingness to Use Them

https://t.co/m8ldGOx8x3

[SCC English @sccenglish]

(New) Why studying poetry in school is essential.

With refs to Heaney, Auden, Donne, Molly Twomey, Elizabeth Bishop, Roger Robinson, James Harpur, Derek Mahon, Katherine Rundell, Victoria Kennefick, Coleridge, Julia Bell, Anthony Joseph, Tracy K.Smith

https://t.co/uRG16Y2HDa

[Alice Leung @aliceleung]

“education degrees received just 1,935 first preferences this year, a 19.24% decline compared with 2023 and the lowest rate since at least 2016, when public records became available” https://t.co/Kt8EceHM5X

[BBC Bitesize for Teachers @BBC_Teach]

National Poetry Day is on October 5.

Our teaching resources for primary and secondary schools, help you bring poetry to life in the classroom.

#NationalPoetryDay

[Peps @PepsMccrea]

Holding back test marks for a bit can increase student* engagement with feedback and boost performance.

🎓Effects of Temporary Mark Withholding on Academic Performance by Kuepper-Tetzel & Gardner

https://t.co/k2QPoIctLa (🔓)

*Study done on Uni students

[Shaun Ellis @shaunellispop]

Link to the new UNESCO report on technology in education
https://t.co/udRYNkeKDt

[Doug Lemov @Doug_Lemov]

Unesco calls for global ban on phones in schools

"Excessive mobile phone use was linked to reduced educational performance and that high levels of screen time had a negative effect on children’s emotional stability."

ht @C_Hendrick

https://t.co/tEExirHxTq

[Sam Djodan @samdjodan]

Thought we had seen this before. Jonny Bairstow attempting to catch Marnus Labuschagne stepping out of his crease two days ago. #Ashes @wwos @9NewsAUS

[Alex Hormozi @AlexHormozi]

Fathers:

What’s the single best piece of fatherly advice you have either given or received?

[Mark Roberts @mr_englishteach]

All teachers think they have high expectations of their students. But these expectations are difficult to define. Far better, I think, to define signs of low expectations. A THREAD on what these look like... 1/n

[Essayful @SeeCathedrals]

“Throw the whole thing on paper.

Never rewrite until the whole thing is down.

Rewrite-in-process is usually an excuse for not going on. It also interferes with flow and rhythm which can only come from a kind of unconscious association with the material.”

— John Steinbeck, 1975