Jeff Thomas

Very pleased to share our new report on the impact of furniture and spatial settings in collaboration with Sydney Catholic Schools, BFX and Civic furniture @EduMelb @UniMelb doi.org/10.46580/124374

Pupil being frequently removed or suspended? That's not working then. Try this. 👇 edpsy.org.uk/blog/2023/usin…

It’s the same when it comes to school suspensions. The evidence is there, in spades, that it doesn’t work and that there are much better ways. 🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗

“Instead, we need to see refusal as a symptom. It alerts us to the presence of a problem, but the problem itself must still be understood.” @naomicfisher @NotFineinSchool @_MissingTheMark School refusal - what’s the alternative? theheadteacher.com/attainment-and…

We shouldn’t punish kids for being kids. If they sit in desks too long, don’t be surprised if they get fidgety or talkative. They need more time & places to play, move, socialize & be kids. That's how they naturally learn. And don't take away recess as punishment. They need it

So the tender for the Review of the Reasonable Adjustment model went out ‘prior to November’ at any point @RockliffTeam were you planning to consult at all on the terms of reference? Release them now. #politas @solskjaer025 @JoshWillie1 @aeutasmania

1. Punishment uses fear. It says, unless you stop behaving that way, I will make you unhappy. Some children learn to use that on others. ‘If you don’t stop shouting at me then I’m going to break your favourite vase’ makes adults angry - but the logic is learnt from us. 2/

When a young person is in a dysregulated state this is not the time for reasoning and questions. What happened?.Why did you do this?.You should have know better?.The highest part of the brain(Pre-frontal Cortex) thinking ,reasoning,decision making ,learning memory is offline.

LOVE this. I tell classes early and often this is my signal that they're ready and listening. "Your pen down and your eyes on me is my signal you're ready." I'm performative and *bothered* about EVERYONE doing this. "Just a sec.. Chantelle you still working? Ready? Cheers."

I'm old enough to remember when "evidence-based" meant "based on evidence." Now it denotes practices derived from behaviorism - direct instruction, systematic phonics instruction, ABA & PBIS - even though (as I've argued at length) all these rest more on ideology than on evidence

@msrebeccabirch I’m hearing a lot of schools/systems talking about an attendance crisis. It’s actually an engagement crisis. We need to start with why the pandemic has changed the way kids view school kqed.org/mindshift/5897…

This is a great article about the importance of student motivation and engagement in the classroom. edutopia.org/article/to-inc…

Students' brains need to be in a calm state before behavioral change can happen, and these strategies can help. 🧠 edutopia.org/article/aiming…

The way a teacher talks about grades can influence students and parents. Find out how you can keep the focus on the *skills* students are mastering. edutopia.org/article/5-ways…

'If Your Behaviour Doesn't Improve...'. Parents often tell me about the behaviour systems used in their children's classrooms. Children's names are moved from the sun to the clouds, or from green zone to red zone. Here's why I think this should stop. (with @_MissingTheMark) 1/

What is 'good' behaviour and how can teachers encourage it? Download our eBook here 👉 hubs.la/Q01sQMQm0 Retweet & share with colleagues!

Today we looked at the differences between Universal Design for Learning and Differentiated Instruction in the Alsalamah (2017) and Griful-Freixenet et al. (2020) articles.

'Every minute is mapped out': teacher's formula for thriving classroom environments — EducationHQ educationhq.com/news/every-min…

Anyone used this as a whole school approach? @Headteacherchat @gfreeman2012 Please retweet - keen to hear from people who are looking at it and better still settings who have it embedded. zonesofregulation.com/index.html#

3 actually exciting ways to get students to engage in class discussion. 😉 edutopia.org/article/3-grea…