Bela Meghani

A reminder that ‘knowing’ is not binary, it's not an on/off thing. We move through stages; hearing, recognising, recalling, mastering, before knowledge becomes truly usable. This example of of children's different phrases of 'knowing' words from Beck, McKeown, and Kucan is so useful

Very much this. Bear in mind that independent schools cite ‘dyslexia’ and ‘special needs’ as justification for 25% of their students having exam access arrangements. Even the teachers know it’s gamed.

A recent article claimed that the Science of Learning and Direct Instruction is "neoliberal ‘dogma’ that is working to de-skill the teaching profession". This is my response to that ⬇️ carlhendrick.substack.com/p/defending-...

So yes, autonomy is important, but it's much less important imo than learning and mastering a set series of basic tools and skills, which requires directive and authoritative feedback and training.

I guess the most important rule is "children are not guinea pigs"

Six decades later, Star Trek may still be the only franchise based on the ideas that diversity is strength, justice is the measure of civilization, bounty is to be shared, peace is worth the price, and all these things can be achieved.

We need more shows that look ahead and find goodness.

Memory not memories – teaching for long term learning It seems like a life time ago but this time last week I should have been at ResearchEd, listening to great speakers and getting butterflies about my session later that day. Except that I slipped on…

Lots of yours! But elsewhere this from @claresealy.bsky.social was really influential for me:

primarytimery.com/2017/09/16/m...

Good morning. I recently created a starter pack called Mutual Aid for the Rebellion, which includes folks in immigration law, cultural historians, abortion access, and much more. It’s below, but following in a thread of other starter packs in kind—wave to be added to mine:
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Understanding Memory and Learning 🧠

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Guest blogger Harriett Janetos reviews “The Balancing Act,” by Dominic Wyse and Charlotte Hacking ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Grab a cup, kick back, and enjoy!
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This nuanced analysis is important when going up against the Balanced Literacy proponents!

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We had a big push on this in my previous school, and you could see the increased engagement immediately.

I'm still investigating, but it's quite quickly popping up to the top of my priority list in my new place.

It's such a small tweak for a really massive impact.

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Fluency and Comprehension – The Bridge Over the Reading Gap revisited (Part 3) Following up the long list of questions from our researched Home presentation on 30 April 2020, we are providing more detailed answers in a series of short blogs about different aspects of the topi…

3. Fluency and Comprehension
How can I make sure that my students understand what they read?

Five Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Teaching 1. Motivation doesn't always lead to achievement, but achievement often leads to motivation. While there is a strong correlation between self perception and achievement and we tend to think of it in t...

For any new teachers: Five Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Teaching carlhendrick.com/2017/05/06/f...

It seems like cybernetics. It's not necessarily true that trees need wind, but probably true they develop differently in environments with varying wind. Organism adapting to fit their environment. But, adaptation to stress in humans will have varying outputs, good or bad. Biology is complex.

If you've read the amazing How Learning Happens 2nd Ed. from @cnhen.bsky.social /@paulkirschner.bsky.social ?
and How Teaching Happens then:

Here's the summaries - one with a blank column so you can jot down so action things to do at the start of the year... yay!
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Cogsci Reading List

Saw a post about game changing lists...

Here's my compilation of cogsci books...

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Give them their fish. I promised to write this blogpost a mere four years ago. What the hell's taken me so long? I have EXCUSES. But before we get to those, let's do a quick recap. Way back in 2018 we were on a mission at ...

Give Them Their Fish

A blogpost from me which concludes 5 or 6 years of curriculum thinking, designing, creating and enacting.

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Elem./Primary Schools: where students are across-the-board novices, parents need sig. support, and teachers first form and guide group social interactions, are mandated to monitor care gaps, and teach multiple foundational topics to mastery, daily. Absurd. See point 2 below. Give them their fish.

What can the science of learning do for teachers? It can help us overcome biases: how we *think* we learn and how we *actually* learn are often very different. This also applies to instruction: the approaches which might appear to work in the short term often do not lead to long term gains.

When we talk about the science of learning, we're talking about a subset of interrelated fields involving neuroscience, cognitive science and education psychology. Mayer's distinction between the 3 elements of learning, instruction and assessment in "educationally relevant settings" are very helpful

A Model for Great Teaching.

The fantastic evidence review from @evidencebasededu.bsky.social is really helpful for professional learning, development, dialogue & thinking about the key dimensions & elements of teaching & learning.

Find out more here evidencebased.education/great-teachi...