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❌ POOR PROXIES FOR LEARNING! Just because students are busy, engaged, or writing lots, doesn’t mean they’re learning. Learning happens when students have to think hard! This guide explores poor proxies for learning highlighted by @ProfCoe and what to do instead. 🌱 Support my work by tapping REPOST and grab a FREE high-quality copy here: newsletter.jamieleeclark.com/p/poor-proxies…

@Strickomaster Totally agree - what in your experience are the best approaches to take to readdress this balance?

Lovely to read so many positive comments & hearing of immediate impact / inspiration for teachers. Constructive criticism: super helpful for generating dialogue, a key goal. Minority rude comments: how are you not embarrassed? Do you not think it makes you a poor role model?

@chloebannan Where do you buy a suit like that! 😎

What to thank @Josh_CPD for allowing me to use his images for our teaching and learning handbook, have been using this model on our ECTs this week and felt the coaching sessions were really purposeful

📣 **COGNITIVE ENGAGEMENT** For new knowledge to be encoded in long-term memory, we must drive thinking and ensure that students are cognitively engaged throughout the lesson. This new poster summarises how you can push ALL students to “think hard”. Featuring work from the inspirational @ProfCoe @olicav and more!

I am delighted to share the second poster that @Bruce_NextLevel and I have collaborated on. It’s a summary of key messages from the Pedagogical Principles chapter from Bruce’s The Teaching Delusion 2. You can download an HQ PDF version here nextleveleducational.com/wp-content/upl…

@MirafitOfficial - brand new moulded weights arrived only to have holes and rust! 😞

Top tier teaching requires regular checking for understanding. Ideally C4U that is both valid and efficient... ↓

Thank you for the very kind comments about the History Help mat. It’s been well-received by my KS3. If you would like a copy of the mat, please click on this link drive.google.com/drive/folders/… #historyteacher

@KKNTeachLearn Hope it all goes well. I’m sure you’ll be amazing! 🫡

Use these neat tricks from @adamboxer1 to get students to really pay attention ⏬ edu.rsc.org/ideas/how-to-e… #scienceteachers #edchat #edutwitter

@MissKAllen89 @mrsmacteach33 @SPryke2 @SaysMiss @britishlibrary @TheRSC @MissSidney8

Wanted to make homework more challenging and purposeful, so I created critical thinking booklets, which have some fab reading materials for students to critique. Thanks: @mrsmacteach33 @SPryke2 @SaysMiss @britishlibrary @TheRSC amongst others! Access: drive.google.com/drive/folders/…

Welcome to my display hack/tricks thread. I get loads of questions about my displays so here's to not gatekeeping. Firstly, here are some of my previous displays. Let's begin.... 1/n

@lamb_heart_tea @ChimamandaReal @matthaig1 I love the idea of dipping in and out of chapters of various texts to promote reading and provoke interest but was criticised by an English teacher who thought that extracts were a preposterous idea… thoughts!? 😳

Year 12 focusing on influential extracts to support debate and discussion. Broad range of excerpts incl. @ChimamandaReal @matthaig1 and many others

Prep for tutor time whole class reading. Supporting and empowering tutor to be knowledgeable about text is a key part of success&helps to limit workload. Year 9 - Klara and the Sun.Teacher crib sheets with overview, KO, chapter overview with key words/questions, frayer models 1/3