Kurt Challinor

Keeping track of the books I've read for 2023. 📔🧵

@LynSharratt @acelaustralia Congratulations, Lyn and John! Looking forward to reading this one.

Having a fabulous 6wks in Au - with a high-impact session with my co-author John Hattie -a fun day introducing Learning to Listen - Listening to Learn (Corwin 2025)Thank you @acelaustralia

@Peter_Fitz Eastern Catholic believe in Transubstantiation while the beliefs of Anglicans and Lutherans might better be defined as Consubstantiation. Though this might not be how they define themselves.

@Peter_Fitz On non members receiving communion. Some denominations believe Communion is a mere symbolic act. Others believe in the real presence of Christ in the form of the bread and wine. There are distinctions of belief within these denominations also. Roman Catholics, Orthodox and…

You'll excuse my profound ignorance, but is Holy Communion restricted to just one strand of Christianity, or is it across the board? Thank you

@MFWitches @AlboMP It’s pretty important issue for me. Great to see action on this from the government.

@AlboMP Give it a rest. Is this really the hill you choose to die on? Please do something about housing, poverty, genocide and the outrageous lies of the mainstream media instead. Oh and fire your entire comms and strategy teams, they’re useless.

I know parents are worried about the impacts of social media on their children. That’s why we're implementing a minimum age of 16. It will help protect kids and give parents peace of mind. Great to chat about it with Craig this morning on ABC Sydney.

Congrats to all of our competitors in the Zone Athletics Carnival held at Woodlawn today! St Joseph's placed second of all the schools. A fantastic achievement! Well done to Hugo and Jordy, who were both named Age Champion Runners Up for their age groups! #GrowthThroughLove

This platform has changed a lot in 15 years... #MyXAnniversary

Team Challinor Family is taking part in MS Readathon & would love your support. We'll read as many books as we can to raise $ to fund vital support services for people living with MS. You can support us by making a donation here - msreadathon.org.au/fundraisers/Ch… msreadathon.org.au/st/27716/t

Keep going with those CLARITY 5 Questions Kurt! They tell you everything about ‘Precsion-in-Practice’ 🥳🤗🥳

Working hard to build clarity with our students about what they are learning in mathematics. Today’s focus is on data. #GrowthThroughLove

Amazing lesson on data. High levels of engagement and accountable talk from our kindergarten teacher, Jenna.

This school is offering concrete advice to students & parents for how to study for exams, including putting away your phone. "Improving academic achievement has a stronger influence on students’ self-perception than the reverse: motivation may come at the end of a study session." Great quotes from @C_Hendrick thetimes.co.uk/article/parent…

@DrCraig_B Oh, nevermind, missed the 1982 date...

@DrCraig_B Dave Grohl?

It’s Wednesday night trivia time #homepubquiz Later this year Coldplay will be come the first act to headline the Glastonbury Festival five times. But which male performer has appeared at the most Glastonbury festivals having played the Pyramid Stage 8 times between 1982-2013?

Ireland has been among the highest performing English-speaking countries in PIRLS and PISA for almost two decades. In a report I wrote after visiting Ireland last year, I concluded that these high levels of literacy have a number of mutually reinforcing contributing factors. The societal foundation is a high level of cultural and social value attached to language and literacy, which supports the work of schools. Teachers are high academic achievers who have rigorous initial teacher education. As a result, teachers are respected and trusted and have professional autonomy. Mandatory testing, reporting and inspection are not universally welcomed but are accepted and not seen as a professional insult. Low teacher attrition is an indication that, although workload is still an issue, teaching is a rewarding and stable job. Low attrition also creates a workforce environment where there is little pressure to graduate large numbers of teachers each year, allowing teacher education courses to emphasise quality over quantity. Teacher education and the primary language curriculum are rigorous and generally well-aligned with evidence-based practice and do not seem to have been subject to the dramatic shifts in practice seen in other countries. Literacy teaching is generally high quality. Systematic instruction in phonics, for example, seems to have been a constant feature in reading instruction. This is sufficient to get the majority of students on the path to reading. However, there is enduring disadvantage associated with socioeconomic status. The long-term dominant intervention program has been Reading Recovery. Since this program has not been evaluated in Ireland, it is difficult to know with certainty how much improvement could have been achieved if it had been replaced with a more effective intervention but, based on international research on Reading Recovery that has demonstrated it has weak and even negative effects on reading achievement, there is a powerful case for the Irish education system to investigate effective, evidence-based alternatives. @ChurchillTrust Read the full report: churchilltrust.com.au/project/to-inv…

@RayBoyd007 It is a challenge. Have you read the Anxious Generation by Johnathan Haidt? It is also quite scary and it is well worth a read! Hope you’re well.

@PaulKiem No, it doesn't have the same feel as Old Twitter.

@kchalls Thank Kurt. Linkedin is on the list but I don't see it operating in the same way.

What's the alternative to X? Probably a silly question to put on this forum, but where have, for example, academic users gone for the sort of very useful networking & sharing that used to happen on old Twitter. Belatedly, I realise it no longer functions without the blue tick.

Saddened to hear of the passing of Bruce Dennett. A towering figure in the NSW history teaching community. ‘Question everything, even Bruce’, but his legacy is very secure in the positive influence he had over many thousands of students and colleagues at many levels.

@PaulKiem Very sad. I heard him present a number of times and he was terrific. He was my wife's prac supervisor at Baulkham Hills 20+ years ago and she is the best history teacher I have ever met. He was an inspiration. Requiem aeternam...