Dr James Mannion

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How I wish I'd taught science

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"I swore I’d never return to my old school..." A guest post by Andrew Speight

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"This had me in tears! What an amazing thing to do."

An email I received this morning in response to this guest post by Andrew Speight

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FREE GUIDE | Implementing botheredness

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We spend a lot of time talking about engagement.

Much less time talking about investment.

This short, free guide explores how schools can move from "what's the point" to kids getting properly stuck in - day in, day out - by design

📘 Implementing botheredness (12-min read)

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"The deportations started - and that set the alarm bells ringing for my grandmother..."

An astonishing, profoundly moving and timely conversation to mark #holocaustmemorialday

Full episode: www.rethinking-ed.org/holocaust-ed...

@crownhousepub.bsky.social @realdavidc.bsky.social

I am *super excited* to be working with @hywelroberts.bsky.social on a new programme for teachers and school leaders. It combines Hywel's pedagogy of botheredness with my implementation know-how to create classrooms where kids get properly stuck in - by design.

If you're interested, click below

IMPLEMENTING BOTHEREDNESS 2026 | Making Change Stick IMPLEMENTING BOTHEREDNESS | Making Change Stick

www.makingchangestick.co/implementing...

I am *super excited* to be working with @hywelroberts.bsky.social on a new programme for teachers and school leaders. It combines Hywel's pedagogy of botheredness with my implementation know-how to create classrooms where kids get properly stuck in - by design.

If you're interested, click below

The Kindness Principle Making relational behaviour management work in schools

If you enjoyed this conversation, we’d really recommend Dave’s book, The Kindness Principle, which advocates a behaviour management approach rooted in values, acceptance and a genuine understanding of children's behaviour. Find out more: buff.ly/UhP2WPw

Dave Whitaker on relational practice, inclusive culture, and “battering them with kindness” In this energising and wide-ranging conversation, Dave Whitaker joins James and David to explore behaviour, belonging, learner effectiveness, and the courageous cultural work needed to create schools…

New episode of the Rethinking Education Podcast!

This time, Dave Whitaker joins @rethinkingjames.bsky.social & @realdavidc.bsky.social for a wide-ranging conversation on behaviour, belonging, & the courageous cultural work needed to create schools in which every child can thrive: buff.ly/M9IsLhC

Lunch with a legend

Coming soon... A *fascinating* conversation with Jon Hutchinson and Lisa O'Loughlin about the CAR - what changed, what didn’t – and why...

Hi Gayle. That makes three of us :) 🥳

Have your book - on my shelf - excited about this!

Please take a look at this thread if you are an interested #educator.
@rethinkingjames.bsky.social and I are running a programme next year that’s all about #implementing #Botheredness. Thanks

Implementing oracy: Four practical ideas for your classroom - Headteacher Update The new oracy framework will help teachers to improve discussions in their classrooms – here are some practical ideas

To mark the launch of the Implementing Oracy programme, Neil Mercer, @topsypage.bsky.social & @rethinkingjames.bsky.social from Oracy Cambridge discuss how we can engage students in productive classroom discussion – with 4 practical & concrete ideas: buff.ly/xMOf2VP #teaching #teachers #schools

IMPLEMENTING BOTHEREDNESS 2026 | Making Change Stick IMPLEMENTING BOTHEREDNESS | Making Change Stick

We're now recruiting our first cohort of teachers and school leaders. Primary, secondary, post-16 - all are welcome.

See here for details:

www.makingchangestick.co/implementing...

Here's the low-down:

✔️ 4 days in central London - always on a Friday and always followed by a social
✔️ 2 online check-ins to see how people are getting on
✔️ Half in the summer term and half in the autumn term, so it bestrides the summer

So I'm absolutely delighted to have teamed up with Hywel to create a new professional learning programme called 'Implementing Botheredness'.

It combines Hywel’s work around the pedagogy of botheredness with the practical tools of implementation and improvement science.

But understanding how to get students really invested in their learning is one thing.

Making it happen as a part of routine practice is quite another.

That's why I've been so excited to learn about @hywelroberts.bsky.social work around the pedagogy of #Botheredness.

If there's one book I wish I'd had when I started teaching, this is it.

‘I wish they were more motivated to learn’

But what if we don't need a magic wand?

What if it's possible to teach in such a way that students develop these qualities?

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"What's the one thing you'd change about your learners?"

Over the years I've asked this question to 1000's of teachers and school leaders.

The answer is *almost always* a variation on a theme:

‘I wish they were more independent’

‘I wish they were more resilient’

Implementing oracy: Four practical ideas for your classroom - SecEd The new oracy framework will help teachers to improve discussions in their classrooms – here are some practical ideas

To mark the launch of the Implementing Oracy programme, Neil Mercer, @topsypage.bsky.social & @rethinkingjames.bsky.social from Oracy Cambridge discuss how we can engage students in productive classroom discussion – with 4 practical & concrete ideas: buff.ly/6ZafphG #teaching #teachers #schools

Implementing oracy: Four practical ideas for your classroom - Headteacher Update The new oracy framework will help teachers to improve discussions in their classrooms – here are some practical ideas

To mark the launch of the Implementing Oracy programme, Neil Mercer, @topsypage.bsky.social & @rethinkingjames.bsky.social from Oracy Cambridge discuss how we can engage students in productive classroom discussion – with 4 practical & concrete ideas: buff.ly/xMOf2VP #teaching #teachers #schools

Implementing oracy: Four practical ideas for your classroom - SecEd The new oracy framework will help teachers to improve discussions in their classrooms – here are some practical ideas

To mark the launch of the Implementing Oracy programme, Neil Mercer, @topsypage.bsky.social & @rethinkingjames.bsky.social from Oracy Cambridge discuss how we can engage students in productive classroom discussion – with 4 practical & concrete ideas: buff.ly/6ZafphG #teaching #teachers #schools

Three for FREE! Tomorrow 11am-12noon: The last in a series of three webinars on Making Change Stick, hosted by the good people at @hachettelearning.bsky.social

If you sign up you'll be sent recordings of all three

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A SecEd best practice guide to teaching oracy in schools - SecEd This free guide offers ideas, advice and case studies for teaching oracy skills in the secondary school classroom

A free 21-page SecEd guide to #teaching #oracy skills with lots of practical ideas for #schools: Defining oracy – Disciplinary oracy – Teaching vocabulary – Assessing oracy – Oracy in year 7 – A culture of oracy – Oracy & disadvantage – Case studies & more:

Implementing oracy: Four practical ideas for your classroom - SecEd The new oracy framework will help teachers to improve discussions in their classrooms – here are some practical ideas

To mark the launch of the Implementing Oracy programme, Neil Mercer, @topsypage.bsky.social & @rethinkingjames.bsky.social from Oracy Cambridge discuss how we can engage students in productive classroom discussion – with 4 practical & concrete ideas: buff.ly/6ZafphG #teaching #teachers #schools