Edinburgh Napier University - Teacher Education

Want to find out more about our PGDE programmes in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Maths & English? Want to find out what it's like to study to become a teacher at @edinburghnapier.bsky.social? Come and meet us on Thu 20 Nov at our Merchiston campus.
www.napier.ac.uk/study-with-u...

Curious Teacher Conference 2025 Curious about improving your pedagogy? Curious about aspects of inclusion? Curious about thriving in teaching? We have the conference for you!

The Curious Teacher Conference

Sat 04 Oct 2025

@edinburghnapier.bsky.social, Sighthill Campus

£50 (£35 for student teachers).

Registration/details: sway.cloud.microsoft/uiY35a9sitDV...

Keynotes: @nuthmani.bsky.social (Education is not neutral) and Kirsten Leask (Learning for Sustainability)

What should you expect as a new student teacher in Scotland? With many students starting their teacher education journey in Scotland, Colin McGill offers some words of advice and says it’s an exciting time to join the profession

What should you expect as a new student teacher in Scotland?
@colinmcgill.bsky.social of @enuteachered.bsky.social offers some sound advice in @tesmagazine.bsky.social
(and subscribing to TES weekly is something I'd add to his advice!)
www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

Last call for #MICER25

#ChemEdResearch
@cerg.bsky.social

YouTube video by RSC Chemical Education Research Group Dr Audrey Cameron: Teaching Deaf Children Chemistry

Recording of @aud2526.bsky.social presentation "Signing to Know: Unlocking chemistry concepts" from symposium in her honour last week is now on @cerg.bsky.social YouTube channel. Thanks to Dr Helen Pain for her warm introduction to Audrey and the symposium youtu.be/9cWN4oD39kw

The third episode of Talking Scottish Education is available now.

In it @stuartphysics.bsky.social & I speak with Carole Ford & Lindsay Paterson on the importance of a knowledge-based curriculum, the role of assessment, and the need for coherence in educational practices.

The Curious Teacher Conference Edinburgh Napier University (Sighthill Campus) Saturday 07 June 2025 £35 (£18 for student teachers) Lunch and great chat included

📢The Curious Teacher Conference: a 1 day professional learning event to enhance knowledge, skills and wellbeing of school teachers.

Keynote speaker: @olliebray.bsky.social (update on the Curriculum Improvement Cycle).

Methods in Chemistry Education Research Portal Post by @seerymk.

#MICER25 update:

Prof. Paul Ashwin will be leading a workshop on the use of interview data and phenomenography.

MICER takes place at @edinburghnapier.bsky.social on Wednesday 21 May 2025.

Details at micerportal.wordpress.com

#ChemEd #ITeachChem #ChemEdResearch #ChemSky

I'm really looking forward to hosting a full day focusing on evidence informed and actionable feedback strategies for the classroom. This includes written, verbal, self & peer assessment, the use of technology & whole class feedback. More info & tickets events.bookitbee.com/lead-equate-...

New books available at @enulibrary.bsky.social:
@strickomaster.bsky.social @katejonesteach.bsky.social @brucenextlevel.bsky.social @johncattedu.bsky.social

Memory is the residue of thought: “one of the most useful questions when teaching or observing a lesson: who is thinking about what right now?”

It's book launch day! Listen to myself and Jamie talking about The Essentials of Learning to Teach: Thriving as a new secondary teacher

open.spotify.com/episode/1Wcr...

Cheat Codes for New Teachers Beyond Survival: The New Teacher Podcast · Episode

NEW EPISODE: Beyond Survival: the new teacher podcast.

Myself and @kirstencolquhoun.bsky.social discuss "Cheat Codes for New Teachers"

open.spotify.com/episode/2QxI...

"So, instead of turning on the ‘bells and whistles’ of teaching when the material is complex, do the opposite. Streamline and simplify instruction."

PGDE Professional Graduate Diploma in Education (FT/PT) at Edinburgh Napier University YouTube video by Edinburgh Napier University

Interested in secondary teaching? Want to show your passion for teaching Maths, English, Biology, Chemistry or Physics? Check out our webinar for more info about our PGDE programmes at @edinburghnapier.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/live/Y3sVT9I...

Scotland’s schools are accused of ‘harming pupils permanently’ with curriculum Professor Lindsay Paterson talks to our Writer at Large about the decline and fall of the once great Scottish school

“We’re producing less literate, less numerate people than society used to… What we expect by the end of primary school is weaker than what was expected in the past.”

A fascinating read from @NeilMackay speaking to Prof Lindsay Paterson.

www.heraldscotland.com/news/2485038...

This morning, our PGDE Scientists got fantastic input from @roysocchem.bsky.social and @stuartphysics.bsky.social

Responsive Teaching:  The challenge and necessity of checking in on every student. The theme of so much of my recent blogging and discussions in schools has been the very real challenge of teaching everyone in a class effectively – simultaneously.  I still don’t t…

The #ENUTeacherEdAdventBlogPost Day 24

Responsive Teaching:  The challenge and necessity of checking in on every student by @teacherhead.bsky.social

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You’re Already Harnessing the Science of Learning (You Just Don’t Know It) - EdSurge News Ten years ago, I read an article in the New York Times with dismay. It was about how clickers were all the rage in schools across the country. It ...

The #ENUTeacherEdAdventBlogPost Day 23

You’re Already Harnessing the Science of Learning (You Just Don’t Know It) by @retrievelearn.bsky.social

www.edsurge.com/news/2018-07...

On building relationships Recently, I heard a teacher say how good they were at building relationships in their classroom. They suggested that their subject (PE) meant they found it easier to do so and that as a result the …

The #ENUTeacherEdAdventBlogPost Day 22

On building relationships by @drcastelino.bsky.social

drcastelino.wordpress.com/2024/11/30/o...

Writing A Better Multiple-Choice Question: What Does Research Indicate? - The Effortful Educator Writing A Better Multiple-Choice Question: What Does Research Indicate?

The #ENUTeacherEdAdventBlogPost Day 21

Writing A Better Multiple-Choice Question: What Does Research Indicate? by @blakeharvard.bsky.social

theeffortfuleducator.com/2018/09/26/w...

I'd forgotten that I'd written this - I think it still holds up.

Problem solving or explicit instruction: Which should go first when element interactivity is high? I have had a paper that I have co-written with my PhD supervisors accepted for publication in Educational Psychology Review. Having studied the copyright statement, I am clear that I am able to pub…

The #ENUTeacherEdAdventBlogPost Day 20

Problem solving or explicit instruction: Which should go first when element interactivity is high? by @gregashman.bsky.social

gregashman.wordpress.com/2019/07/30/p...

Putting theory into practice I love a good teaching and learning book, as anyone who has popped into my classroom or tried to find something on my desk can attest. I also really enjoy attending research conferences (I’m …

The #ENUTeacherEdAdventBlogPost Day 19

Putting theory into practice by @ensermark.bsky.social

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The power of “by” Quick heads-up: this blog uses a lot of technical jargon that you may be unfamiliar with. The jargon springs from the work of Doug Lemov and Paul Bambrick-Santoyo, and if you wish to know more, the…

The #ENUTeacherEdAdventBlogPost Day 18

The power of “by” by @adamboxereducation.bsky.social

achemicalorthodoxy.co.uk/2021/04/27/t...

“Power of by”- spot on nuance for framing action steps from @adamboxereducation.bsky.social

Also, really important side note on ‘Sins of Enthusiasm’ (another must read if you value equity in the classroom)

The power of “by” Quick heads-up: this blog uses a lot of technical jargon that you may be unfamiliar with. The jargon springs from the work of Doug Lemov and Paul Bambrick-Santoyo, and if you wish to know more, the…

The #ENUTeacherEdAdventBlogPost Day 18

The power of “by” by @adamboxereducation.bsky.social

achemicalorthodoxy.co.uk/2021/04/27/t...

A good list. Most of these points are things I learned with experience and tried to do.

10 things: Establishing expectations with a new class. Those first few lessons with a class are a golden period for setting out expectations. You have the opportunity to establish routines, norms that will then become their habits over time. Some of th…

The #ENUTeacherEdAdventBlogPost Day 17

10 things: Establishing expectations with a new class by @teacherhead.bsky.social

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Excellent suggestions in this blog for simple tweaks to your lesson that can help improve learning.