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BIG NEWS: I'm launching a new podcast!
Making Change Stick: The Art and Science of School Improvement is for anyone who has watched a brilliant new idea implemented with great fanfare, only to fizzle out with in a few short months.
(And that's basically everyone in education).
long time coming - 12 years, to be precise. I wrote a book about it - Making Change Stick - which came out last year. But a book... is just a book.
And so now I am finally (finally!) at the stage in my journey where I can start dropping these brilliant ideas and strategies into the ears (and eyes) of time-pressed educators through a podcast / YouTube channel.
Every Wednesday at midday I'll publish a short episode with practical tools, research and conversations with educators walking the talk, always focused on two questions:
-> How can we improve outcomes?
-> How can we make it last?
Because great ideas don't improve schools. Implementation does.
Trailer out now!
Episode 1 drops Wed 28th October
Where to listen:
Youtube - youtube.com/playlist?list=…
Apple - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mak…
Spotify - open.spotify.com/show/7EWtWCriX…
Win a 60-minute implementation coaching session!
To mark the launch, I'm giving away a one-to-one coaching session to help you tackle a real school improvement challenge. Five runners-up will each win a signed copy of Making Change Stick.
To enter, you need to do 3 simple things (it's one thing really):
1. Post something nice about the pod on LinkedIn
2. Include the link: bit.ly/mcs-pod
3. Tag me (@ James Mannion)
Entries close midnight Sun 15th Nov, and I'll announce the winners (chosen at random) on Mon 16th Nov.
Making Change Stick: The Art and Science of School Improvement is for anyone who has watched a brilliant new idea implemented with great fanfare, only to fizzle out with in a few short months.
(And that's basically everyone in education).
long time coming - 12 years, to be precise. I wrote a book about it - Making Change Stick - which came out last year. But a book... is just a book.
And so now I am finally (finally!) at the stage in my journey where I can start dropping these brilliant ideas and strategies into the ears (and eyes) of time-pressed educators through a podcast / YouTube channel.
Every Wednesday at midday I'll publish a short episode with practical tools, research and conversations with educators walking the talk, always focused on two questions:
-> How can we improve outcomes?
-> How can we make it last?
Because great ideas don't improve schools. Implementation does.
Trailer out now!
Episode 1 drops Wed 28th October
Where to listen:
Youtube - youtube.com/playlist?list=…
Apple - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mak…
Spotify - open.spotify.com/show/7EWtWCriX…
Win a 60-minute implementation coaching session!
To mark the launch, I'm giving away a one-to-one coaching session to help you tackle a real school improvement challenge. Five runners-up will each win a signed copy of Making Change Stick.
To enter, you need to do 3 simple things (it's one thing really):
1. Post something nice about the pod on LinkedIn
2. Include the link: bit.ly/mcs-pod
3. Tag me (@ James Mannion)
Entries close midnight Sun 15th Nov, and I'll announce the winners (chosen at random) on Mon 16th Nov.
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Deadline ends midnight Sunday!
1. Post about the pod on LinkedIn
2. Include the link bit.ly/mcs-pod
3. Tag me - James Mannion
Winners will be selected at random an announced next Monday 16h Nov
1. Post about the pod on LinkedIn
2. Include the link bit.ly/mcs-pod
3. Tag me - James Mannion
Winners will be selected at random an announced next Monday 16h Nov
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RETRIEVAL PRACTICE... A hammer in search of a nail?
Ep 2 of MCS dropped this week - and it's all about how we need to stop treating the symptoms and address the root causes of the challenges we face. Follow, like and subscribe on your platform(s) of choice:
Youtube - youtube.com/playlist?list=…
Apple - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mak…
Spotify - open.spotify.com/show/7EWtWCriX…
Ep 2 of MCS dropped this week - and it's all about how we need to stop treating the symptoms and address the root causes of the challenges we face. Follow, like and subscribe on your platform(s) of choice:
Youtube - youtube.com/playlist?list=…
Apple - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mak…
Spotify - open.spotify.com/show/7EWtWCriX…
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The time @HYWEL_ROBERTS got stuck in an airlock with Maxwell, a Year 7 who "couldn't be doing with the Romans" 😂
A clip from Session 1 of Implementing Botheredness, which kicked off this week
50 educators | 6 sessions, online | Weekly support and accountability
Join the s://t.co/D9xNBt0RI6
A clip from Session 1 of Implementing Botheredness, which kicked off this week
50 educators | 6 sessions, online | Weekly support and accountability
Join the s://t.co/D9xNBt0RI6
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We're going to build an *amazing* school system together
Where have we been?
Where are we now?
Where do we want to be?
How will we get there?
Let's map the journey!
Episode 1 out now...
makingchangestick.co/podcast
Where have we been?
Where are we now?
Where do we want to be?
How will we get there?
Let's map the journey!
Episode 1 out now...
makingchangestick.co/podcast
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We need to stop treating the SYMPTOMS
Episode 2 of Making Change Stick: The Art and Science of School Improvement is OUT NOW!
Includes a free 17-page Root Cause Analysis resource, with templates and worked examples
makingchangestick.co.podcast
Episode 2 of Making Change Stick: The Art and Science of School Improvement is OUT NOW!
Includes a free 17-page Root Cause Analysis resource, with templates and worked examples
makingchangestick.co.podcast
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James Mannion retweeted
Here's some of what you might hear in classrooms up & down the country. Some people seem to want to correct all but 'Standard English' in the name of high standards. They'll be rejecting lots of their own language, local dialect phrases, new grammatical forms in common use. Why?
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👀 Starting the week after half-term.
It's filling up nicely but there are still some places left if you want to get in at the ground floor!
Low cost, low friction, high impact weekly online sessions with me and @HYWEL_ROBERTS
It's filling up nicely but there are still some places left if you want to get in at the ground floor!
Low cost, low friction, high impact weekly online sessions with me and @HYWEL_ROBERTS
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Here's a sneak preview of my new podcast Making Change Stick: The Art and Science of School Improvement
Ep 1 drops Wed 28th Oct!
Watch the full trailer: lnkd.in/p/e6ty8Hns
Win free DPD for your school: lnkd.in/p/epn3qswu
Weekly episodes thereafter
Keep an eye out sode with headteacher Gavin Barnett- it's a belter!!
#schools #education #ukedchat #schoolleadership #makingchangestick
Ep 1 drops Wed 28th Oct!
Watch the full trailer: lnkd.in/p/e6ty8Hns
Win free DPD for your school: lnkd.in/p/epn3qswu
Weekly episodes thereafter
Keep an eye out sode with headteacher Gavin Barnett- it's a belter!!
#schools #education #ukedchat #schoolleadership #makingchangestick
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James Mannion retweeted
This moment has been *12 years* in the making, which I guess makes me old.
Attending an implementation science conference in 2014 which blew the top of my head clean off.
Trawling the change management literature from a wide range of fields.
Finding *loads* of amazing ideas.
undreds of schools around the world and finding out what works.
Assembling them into a framework: Make a start, Make a plan, Make it happen.
Publishing a book with Hachette Learning.
And now - finally! - making a podcast to drop these brilliant ideas and strategies - and interviews with inspiring educators walking the walk - into the ears (and eyes) of time-pressed educators.
To mark the launch, I'm running a competition. To enter:
1. Post about the pod on LinkedIn
2. Include the link: bit.ly/mcs-pod
3. Tag James Mannion
And that's it!
Attending an implementation science conference in 2014 which blew the top of my head clean off.
Trawling the change management literature from a wide range of fields.
Finding *loads* of amazing ideas.
undreds of schools around the world and finding out what works.
Assembling them into a framework: Make a start, Make a plan, Make it happen.
Publishing a book with Hachette Learning.
And now - finally! - making a podcast to drop these brilliant ideas and strategies - and interviews with inspiring educators walking the walk - into the ears (and eyes) of time-pressed educators.
To mark the launch, I'm running a competition. To enter:
1. Post about the pod on LinkedIn
2. Include the link: bit.ly/mcs-pod
3. Tag James Mannion
And that's it!
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This moment has been *12 years* in the making, which I guess makes me old.
Attending an implementation science conference in 2014 which blew the top of my head clean off.
Trawling the change management literature from a wide range of fields.
Finding *loads* of amazing ideas.
undreds of schools around the world and finding out what works.
Assembling them into a framework: Make a start, Make a plan, Make it happen.
Publishing a book with Hachette Learning.
And now - finally! - making a podcast to drop these brilliant ideas and strategies - and interviews with inspiring educators walking the walk - into the ears (and eyes) of time-pressed educators.
To mark the launch, I'm running a competition. To enter:
1. Post about the pod on LinkedIn
2. Include the link: bit.ly/mcs-pod
3. Tag James Mannion
And that's it!
Attending an implementation science conference in 2014 which blew the top of my head clean off.
Trawling the change management literature from a wide range of fields.
Finding *loads* of amazing ideas.
undreds of schools around the world and finding out what works.
Assembling them into a framework: Make a start, Make a plan, Make it happen.
Publishing a book with Hachette Learning.
And now - finally! - making a podcast to drop these brilliant ideas and strategies - and interviews with inspiring educators walking the walk - into the ears (and eyes) of time-pressed educators.
To mark the launch, I'm running a competition. To enter:
1. Post about the pod on LinkedIn
2. Include the link: bit.ly/mcs-pod
3. Tag James Mannion
And that's it!
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James Mannion retweeted
Over the years I've seen policies by Ed Secs & advisors - Kenneth Baker, Ken Clarke, Blunkett, Estelle Morris, Gavin Williamson, Michael Barber, Michael Gove, Nick Gibb, Bridget Phillipson, Lucy Powell. I've been cheered/impressed/troubled by policies from reps of all parties. 1/
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James Mannion retweeted
The way this is written is so telling - heroism in the face of ‘vandalism’, a battle, war, digging in, routed by the Prog ‘enemy’. Honestly, this whole rhetorical stance tells you so much about what’s been wrong & needs to change. Education should not be viewed as a battleground.
There's been a lot of talk in the last few weeks in edu circles about whether the trad education movement has failed, what it needs to do next, etc.
This article is just the latest in a succession of examples that shows how us edu-trads have not been nearly as successful as we hoped in altering elite consensus on education.
We have obviously seen with all the Labour party policies that we completely failed to convince Labour.
But actually, it's not like we've really convinced the Conservatives either. This is Dan Hannan, major figure in Brexit, major figure in Conservative politics, presumably has some idea of who Michael Gove is - and here he is in the Telegraph confidently asserting that we no longer need to know things because we can look things up.
(The ironies in this piece abound, by the way. He argues for lessons in spotting bad bogus arguments at the same time as building an article around the argument that memory doesn't matter any more. He argues that "identifying improbable claims" is a generic skill that can be taught in the abstract, at the same time as claiming that handwriting and geography are obsolete. He says that you can always just look up what you need, whilst signally failing to look up any of the evidence on the role of long-term memory...I could go on.)
I wrote a few weeks ago that there was some evidence journalists at the Financial Times were waking up to all the evidence on cognitive science, its implications for schools, the international test evidence.
But the elite understanding of this is a very thin layer, absolutely skin deep.
The mass of second-hand dealers in ideas are still distilling their frenzy from Romantic pedagogy.
Depressing. I honestly don't know what else we can do.
We wrote the books. We had the debates. We built the schools. We aced the tests.
And then it turned out nobody cared.
Right now it is definitely a bleak time to be a trad. It feels like we are on Athelney Marshes, beset by vandals without and dissension within.
BUT we have to keep the faith. Reality is an undefeated champion. Despair is a sin! What we do works!
It may well be that for now, the New World with all its power & might etc., is going to have to step in to save our bacon for a bit. Maybe the momentum is shifting to @ehanford and Sold a Story, @rastokke and Chalk & Talk, @jettybe3 , etc.
We have got to dig in. As Declan Rice said, it's not done!
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James Mannion retweeted
I go on and on sharing the blog I wrote in 2017 saying just this - not either/or but both, in response to the absurdly rigid turn away from *any* talk, peer dialogue, student voices, only teacher transmission. Now they want to deny that ‘just tell ‘em’ ever happened. It’s grim!
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Starting the week after half-term, me and @TaraElietweets are running a 6-week programme - Behaviour Unlocked - combining Tara’s expertise in behaviour and the psychology of mattering with my implementation know-how.
One hour a week after school, online. Low cost, low friction, or a weekly dose of fresh ideas, combined with friendly support and gentle accountability, and learn how to improve behaviour by making people feel valued - and that they add value.
Find out more: makingchangestick.co/behaviour-unlo…
One hour a week after school, online. Low cost, low friction, or a weekly dose of fresh ideas, combined with friendly support and gentle accountability, and learn how to improve behaviour by making people feel valued - and that they add value.
Find out more: makingchangestick.co/behaviour-unlo…
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Lots of hand-wringing about this but I really don't see the problem with a 30-minute dedicated oracy lesson. Yes oracy is underpinned by domain knowledge but aspects of oracy are domain-general and - depending on how it's done of course - I think it's an excellent idea to dedicate time to practising speaking and listening. I have taught many such oracy lessons. Practising turn-taking, exploratory talk, presentational talk, debates - this stuff is really hard to do well in the context of subject learning
New addition to my kid's timetable this year:
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Starting the week after half-term, me and @HYWEL_ROBERTS (Hywel and I?) are running a 6-week programme - Implementing Botheredness - combining Hywel's pedagogy of botheredness with my implementation know-how.
One hour a week after school, online. Low cost, low friction, high weekly dose of fresh ideas, combined with friendly support and gentle accountability, and learn how to get your students really invested in their learning - by design.
Find out more:
makingchangestick.co/implementing-b…
One hour a week after school, online. Low cost, low friction, high weekly dose of fresh ideas, combined with friendly support and gentle accountability, and learn how to get your students really invested in their learning - by design.
Find out more:
makingchangestick.co/implementing-b…
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An excerpt from 'It's time to end the academic obsession (with Sugata Mitra) - on the Rethinking Ed podcast
Full episode: rethinking-ed.org/it-s-time-to-e…
Full episode: rethinking-ed.org/it-s-time-to-e…
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