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The arch above - disciplinary thinking & enactive work - is where pupils begin to think as historians, scientists, writers and reach for more through experience.
Reaching it requires scaffolds, adaptive teaching and opportunity - structural supports to ensure equity.
The arch above - disciplinary thinking & enactive work - is where pupils begin to think as historians, scientists, writers and reach for more through experience.
Reaching it requires scaffolds, adaptive teaching and opportunity - structural supports to ensure equity.
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On that foundation we build a floor of substantive knowledge.
This is the secure base pupils walk on daily.
Upon it rises the pillar of agency & application - the means by which knowledge is used, tested & made purposeful.
On that foundation we build a floor of substantive knowledge.
This is the secure base pupils walk on daily.
Upon it rises the pillar of agency & application - the means by which knowledge is used, tested & made purposeful.
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Too often we treat cognitive science as the ceiling of teaching. It isn’t.
It’s the foundation - the non-negotiable ground of memory, attention and load. Without it, everything else collapses. But it cannot end there.
Too often we treat cognitive science as the ceiling of teaching. It isn’t.
It’s the foundation - the non-negotiable ground of memory, attention and load. Without it, everything else collapses. But it cannot end there.
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If professional identity depends on never conceding ground, then it’s a fragile identity.
True conviction doesn’t fear nuance - it should be strengthened by it.
If professional identity depends on never conceding ground, then it’s a fragile identity.
True conviction doesn’t fear nuance - it should be strengthened by it.
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In school corridors, teachers compromise daily - it’s called teaching.
But in bigger debates, compromise gets dressed up as weakness. We need to learn from the classroom: nuance isn’t capitulation, it’s craft.
In school corridors, teachers compromise daily - it’s called teaching.
But in bigger debates, compromise gets dressed up as weakness. We need to learn from the classroom: nuance isn’t capitulation, it’s craft.
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Perhaps the test of intellectual maturity in our field is the ability to compromise without feeling diminished.
In larger arenas, the fear of loss of status often outweighs the gain of shared understanding.
Perhaps the test of intellectual maturity in our field is the ability to compromise without feeling diminished.
In larger arenas, the fear of loss of status often outweighs the gain of shared understanding.
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Humanities so often miss out in CPD because compliance (safeguarding, SEND) and core subjects absorb the oxygen.
But when history, geography & RE are undernourished, pupils lose breadth, cultural capital and intellectual curiosity.
Narrow CPD = narrowing minds.
@TeacherTapp
But when history, geography & RE are undernourished, pupils lose breadth, cultural capital and intellectual curiosity.
Narrow CPD = narrowing minds.
@TeacherTapp
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Helping children distinguish reading for pleasure from reading for purpose matters. One nourishes identity & joy, the other secures knowledge & discernment. Teaching both frames ensures reading not performative drudgery, but a habit of mind that flexes between delight & inquiry.
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Six week school breaks at age 8 was 3% of your life.
Six weeks at 40 is 0.3% of it.
Childhood summers felt endless because they were vast slices of our lived time.
Adulthood shrinks them not by days lost, but by proportion.
And it stinks.
Six weeks at 40 is 0.3% of it.
Childhood summers felt endless because they were vast slices of our lived time.
Adulthood shrinks them not by days lost, but by proportion.
And it stinks.
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Hmm.
"Censory smearing" is real.
Words like fascist/racist get thrown around too easily to close debate. But hyperbole doesn’t erase fact that some behaviours are reprehensible. Being humbled is sometimes necessary; dismissal of all critique as smear is a dodge for some...
"Censory smearing" is real.
Words like fascist/racist get thrown around too easily to close debate. But hyperbole doesn’t erase fact that some behaviours are reprehensible. Being humbled is sometimes necessary; dismissal of all critique as smear is a dodge for some...
Lots of us have had this done to us - @Adrian_Hilton gives us a phrase for it: censory smearing.
They try to shut you down by calling your whole moral being into question.
Use this to push back against the practice! 💪🏽 spectator.co.uk/article/the-ri…
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And the fact I even reach for “women’s work” as a shorthand (semi-derogatory) is embarrassing in itself.
It shows how deep the cultural grooves of gendered attitudes run, even today.
It shows how deep the cultural grooves of gendered attitudes run, even today.
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What strikes me most is the infantilisation of primary teaching in England.
In other nations it is seen as intellectual, civic work. Here it’s too often framed as childcare, ‘women’s work’ or policy delivery. That gap between cultures has been bitterly disappointing to witness.
In other nations it is seen as intellectual, civic work. Here it’s too often framed as childcare, ‘women’s work’ or policy delivery. That gap between cultures has been bitterly disappointing to witness.
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I've read this before, I think.
The “moral panic” around men in early years says more about our culture than about children’s needs.
Media suspicion + lazy stereotypes turn care into “women’s work” and men into risks.
The real losers? Kids, starved of diverse role models.
The “moral panic” around men in early years says more about our culture than about children’s needs.
Media suspicion + lazy stereotypes turn care into “women’s work” and men into risks.
The real losers? Kids, starved of diverse role models.
This may be of interest sciendo.com/article/10.247…
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Ownership & politics of legacy media matter. It's lazy, but easy.
A few billionaires shape coverage.
Demonising immigrants deflects anger from structural crises - housing, health, wages - onto scapegoats.
Look over here...not at us.
A few billionaires shape coverage.
Demonising immigrants deflects anger from structural crises - housing, health, wages - onto scapegoats.
Look over here...not at us.
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Immigration stories are “high-yield” for clicks & sales.
Outrage sells.
Older, whiter, anxious audiences = loyal readership.
Legacy titles know how to stoke their market.
Outrage sells.
Older, whiter, anxious audiences = loyal readership.
Legacy titles know how to stoke their market.
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That's one I've only ever heard once from someone a long time ago. I was absolutely enraged.
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Stuart Rowntree retweeted
I think it’s even worse in early years. Male student teachers often have their motives questioned.
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"That's not real teaching then is it?"
"Isn't that just crayons and that?"
"You just did it to work with women, I know your game!"
And these are family members and friends...
"Isn't that just crayons and that?"
"You just did it to work with women, I know your game!"
And these are family members and friends...
Nearly half of male primary teachers (45%) say they’ve received negative comments about their role - and 18% heard them as recently as this year. 👎
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