Peter Lacey 🇺🇦
@ecarda1.bsky.social
Enthusiastic about educating but suspicious about schooling.
Interested and experienced in school and system governance.
Career spent investigating how mathematics teaching can best effect mathematics learning.
Interested and experienced in school and system governance.
Career spent investigating how mathematics teaching can best effect mathematics learning.
I think a reason might be in your headline:
....resistance from the schools THEY are trying to turn around......
School 'improvement' can be effected only by those within. However, it can be facilitated by careful external assistance.
....resistance from the schools THEY are trying to turn around......
School 'improvement' can be effected only by those within. However, it can be facilitated by careful external assistance.
November 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I think a reason might be in your headline:
....resistance from the schools THEY are trying to turn around......
School 'improvement' can be effected only by those within. However, it can be facilitated by careful external assistance.
....resistance from the schools THEY are trying to turn around......
School 'improvement' can be effected only by those within. However, it can be facilitated by careful external assistance.
But here is a wonderful example of how assessment can enrich learning and teaching..
November 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
But here is a wonderful example of how assessment can enrich learning and teaching..
And on the proposals for mathematics...
November 5, 2025 at 8:45 AM
And on the proposals for mathematics...
I know the area.
Not far from Nantes.
See www.lesmachines-nantes.fr/en/
Well worth a visit. If you go let me know. My daughter works in the design school next door.
Not far from Nantes.
See www.lesmachines-nantes.fr/en/
Well worth a visit. If you go let me know. My daughter works in the design school next door.
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October 22, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I know the area.
Not far from Nantes.
See www.lesmachines-nantes.fr/en/
Well worth a visit. If you go let me know. My daughter works in the design school next door.
Not far from Nantes.
See www.lesmachines-nantes.fr/en/
Well worth a visit. If you go let me know. My daughter works in the design school next door.
Where in Brittany?
October 21, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Where in Brittany?
I welcome new thinking on the "resit" roundabout. Without compromising WHAT is assessed, perhaps look anew at HOW. Timed written unseen examination papers do not necessarily reveal all that a student knows and can do.
October 21, 2025 at 6:19 AM
I welcome new thinking on the "resit" roundabout. Without compromising WHAT is assessed, perhaps look anew at HOW. Timed written unseen examination papers do not necessarily reveal all that a student knows and can do.
Learning is a process of creating and recreating schemata.
Thus recreation aka play is fundamental to learning.
Thus recreation aka play is fundamental to learning.
October 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Learning is a process of creating and recreating schemata.
Thus recreation aka play is fundamental to learning.
Thus recreation aka play is fundamental to learning.
But let's not forget NCETM is funded by govt. It's a govt agency
There's an important place for an independent subscription member-funded maths subject association
Controlled by members not govt: putting the interests & needs of learners first
@atmmathematics.bsky.social
@mathematicala.bsky.social
There's an important place for an independent subscription member-funded maths subject association
Controlled by members not govt: putting the interests & needs of learners first
@atmmathematics.bsky.social
@mathematicala.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 7:46 PM
But let's not forget NCETM is funded by govt. It's a govt agency
There's an important place for an independent subscription member-funded maths subject association
Controlled by members not govt: putting the interests & needs of learners first
@atmmathematics.bsky.social
@mathematicala.bsky.social
There's an important place for an independent subscription member-funded maths subject association
Controlled by members not govt: putting the interests & needs of learners first
@atmmathematics.bsky.social
@mathematicala.bsky.social
which, by their nature are unlikely to address the wide spectrum of individual needs
October 15, 2025 at 6:40 PM
which, by their nature are unlikely to address the wide spectrum of individual needs
Agreed. Exploring causes of behaviours that inhibit learning and social & emotional development should go beyond & behind categorisation and labelling.
Many labels are associated with generic & expensive off-the-shelf remedial packages
Many labels are associated with generic & expensive off-the-shelf remedial packages
October 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Agreed. Exploring causes of behaviours that inhibit learning and social & emotional development should go beyond & behind categorisation and labelling.
Many labels are associated with generic & expensive off-the-shelf remedial packages
Many labels are associated with generic & expensive off-the-shelf remedial packages
A one-time HMCI said in a presentation that Ofsted not really needed for all schools. If school was oversubscribed it must be good.
October 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
A one-time HMCI said in a presentation that Ofsted not really needed for all schools. If school was oversubscribed it must be good.
1988 ERA gave parental choice & LMS emulating market choice. Oversubscribed schls became de facto selective. Less pop & undersubscribed forced to take all applicants.
So pop schls became exclusive making them more pop in some applicants eyes.
Suspect Ofsted grades reflect this polarity.
So pop schls became exclusive making them more pop in some applicants eyes.
Suspect Ofsted grades reflect this polarity.
October 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
1988 ERA gave parental choice & LMS emulating market choice. Oversubscribed schls became de facto selective. Less pop & undersubscribed forced to take all applicants.
So pop schls became exclusive making them more pop in some applicants eyes.
Suspect Ofsted grades reflect this polarity.
So pop schls became exclusive making them more pop in some applicants eyes.
Suspect Ofsted grades reflect this polarity.
Money makes the world go around...
There was the day when members of independent subject associations would create, test and share ideas and resources with each other, not to make a buck, but to make life better for learners in the classroom.
Those days have gone.
Monetisation is now the motive.
There was the day when members of independent subject associations would create, test and share ideas and resources with each other, not to make a buck, but to make life better for learners in the classroom.
Those days have gone.
Monetisation is now the motive.
October 13, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Money makes the world go around...
There was the day when members of independent subject associations would create, test and share ideas and resources with each other, not to make a buck, but to make life better for learners in the classroom.
Those days have gone.
Monetisation is now the motive.
There was the day when members of independent subject associations would create, test and share ideas and resources with each other, not to make a buck, but to make life better for learners in the classroom.
Those days have gone.
Monetisation is now the motive.
Reminds me of the reflective prayer my Michel Quoist
Some time in the 1950s I think.
Some time in the 1950s I think.
October 8, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Reminds me of the reflective prayer my Michel Quoist
Some time in the 1950s I think.
Some time in the 1950s I think.
Time back NCC designed a curriculum checking in with subject associations. It was about selecting what was beneficial to learning the subject. After which SEAC designed instruments to assess a sample of the intended curriculum. A separation of powers to ensure curriculum not reduced the testable.
October 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Time back NCC designed a curriculum checking in with subject associations. It was about selecting what was beneficial to learning the subject. After which SEAC designed instruments to assess a sample of the intended curriculum. A separation of powers to ensure curriculum not reduced the testable.
Big listen merits a report on loudest heard.
September 12, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Big listen merits a report on loudest heard.
The alleviation of poverty is a driver of growth not a consequence.
The current economic model needs turning inside out.
The current economic model needs turning inside out.
September 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The alleviation of poverty is a driver of growth not a consequence.
The current economic model needs turning inside out.
The current economic model needs turning inside out.
Because they are not part of the cancel culture.
September 6, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Because they are not part of the cancel culture.
Quote from conference:
"[You’re] not allowed to question what’s going on…You’re just told to think a certain way.”
Is Reform suggesting that compliance and control is killing off curiosity and questioning?
A curriculum based on questioning rather than being told is quite radical. Tell us more...
"[You’re] not allowed to question what’s going on…You’re just told to think a certain way.”
Is Reform suggesting that compliance and control is killing off curiosity and questioning?
A curriculum based on questioning rather than being told is quite radical. Tell us more...
September 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Quote from conference:
"[You’re] not allowed to question what’s going on…You’re just told to think a certain way.”
Is Reform suggesting that compliance and control is killing off curiosity and questioning?
A curriculum based on questioning rather than being told is quite radical. Tell us more...
"[You’re] not allowed to question what’s going on…You’re just told to think a certain way.”
Is Reform suggesting that compliance and control is killing off curiosity and questioning?
A curriculum based on questioning rather than being told is quite radical. Tell us more...
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I've found the second recent article which draws on the work of the first.
I hope you find them of some interest.
I've found the second recent article which draws on the work of the first.
I hope you find them of some interest.
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September 2, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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I've found the second recent article which draws on the work of the first.
I hope you find them of some interest.
I've found the second recent article which draws on the work of the first.
I hope you find them of some interest.
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Here's a link to the original written in 1990 & shared in 1991. A bit dated! But I kept a diary when I was an adviser & used this to reflect my observations and constructions back to those schools I had the privelege of serving.
The later version tomorrow.
Here's a link to the original written in 1990 & shared in 1991. A bit dated! But I kept a diary when I was an adviser & used this to reflect my observations and constructions back to those schools I had the privelege of serving.
The later version tomorrow.
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September 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Here's a link to the original written in 1990 & shared in 1991. A bit dated! But I kept a diary when I was an adviser & used this to reflect my observations and constructions back to those schools I had the privelege of serving.
The later version tomorrow.
Here's a link to the original written in 1990 & shared in 1991. A bit dated! But I kept a diary when I was an adviser & used this to reflect my observations and constructions back to those schools I had the privelege of serving.
The later version tomorrow.
I started my training as a teacher 60 years ago this month. Piaget featured prominently in our "psychology of education" strand.
Looking at some of my writing of 1990, more recently republished, shows how much Piaget's theory continues to influence my thinking.
Looking at some of my writing of 1990, more recently republished, shows how much Piaget's theory continues to influence my thinking.
September 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I started my training as a teacher 60 years ago this month. Piaget featured prominently in our "psychology of education" strand.
Looking at some of my writing of 1990, more recently republished, shows how much Piaget's theory continues to influence my thinking.
Looking at some of my writing of 1990, more recently republished, shows how much Piaget's theory continues to influence my thinking.