Sterling
@sterlingshade.bsky.social
Primary teacher, book lover, curriculum design evangelist
Yep read it, used it with my Year 1 learners. Makes perfect sense. Has brought us together as a team, prompting innovation from all the team members and making us stop to think about why we are doing what we are doing.
December 2, 2024 at 6:56 PM
Yep read it, used it with my Year 1 learners. Makes perfect sense. Has brought us together as a team, prompting innovation from all the team members and making us stop to think about why we are doing what we are doing.
That's a very cynical view.
December 2, 2024 at 6:28 PM
That's a very cynical view.
From an education perspective (with the insight of the variability and quality of the inspectors themselves) that is an incredibly narrow evidence base. Schools pay little heed to Estyn 'research' as it often has a weak basis. I do know that one team of consultants obsessively analyses them though.
October 24, 2024 at 7:23 AM
From an education perspective (with the insight of the variability and quality of the inspectors themselves) that is an incredibly narrow evidence base. Schools pay little heed to Estyn 'research' as it often has a weak basis. I do know that one team of consultants obsessively analyses them though.
I think that's the point. I don't know any schools that aren't using synthetic phonics, nor that would use cueing as anything more than a passing comment as part of 'book talk'....certainly not as a key strategy. I fear that there are some educational commentators jumping on a bandwagon
October 22, 2024 at 4:34 PM
I think that's the point. I don't know any schools that aren't using synthetic phonics, nor that would use cueing as anything more than a passing comment as part of 'book talk'....certainly not as a key strategy. I fear that there are some educational commentators jumping on a bandwagon
As human beings, we suffer from an innate tendency to jump to conclusions, to judge people too quickly, and to pronounce them failures or heroes without due consideration. Whereas I have given the person in question 18 months of my professional time and commitment, to be left with nothing actionable
October 20, 2024 at 2:27 PM
As human beings, we suffer from an innate tendency to jump to conclusions, to judge people too quickly, and to pronounce them failures or heroes without due consideration. Whereas I have given the person in question 18 months of my professional time and commitment, to be left with nothing actionable
I'm not professing to be an international expert on curriculum design, whereas she is. How much of the research has she conducted herself? Anything?? She is good at talking about the work of others, so more of a communicator than educational researcher
October 20, 2024 at 2:24 PM
I'm not professing to be an international expert on curriculum design, whereas she is. How much of the research has she conducted herself? Anything?? She is good at talking about the work of others, so more of a communicator than educational researcher
She might have travelled a lot but her experience is very limited. Very strong on theory but very poor on execution in a practical sense; something I can attest to from first hand experience.
October 20, 2024 at 1:47 PM
She might have travelled a lot but her experience is very limited. Very strong on theory but very poor on execution in a practical sense; something I can attest to from first hand experience.
Couldn't disagree more. Crehan has really missed the point about the curriculum. The failures are of the past...deskilling teachers through schemes and prescriptive guidance. This is a chance to bring the real, professional craft of teaching back. It will take time and effort but really valuable.
October 20, 2024 at 9:51 AM
Couldn't disagree more. Crehan has really missed the point about the curriculum. The failures are of the past...deskilling teachers through schemes and prescriptive guidance. This is a chance to bring the real, professional craft of teaching back. It will take time and effort but really valuable.
Stemming from your swipe at a curriculum you don't understand.
October 18, 2024 at 6:39 PM
Stemming from your swipe at a curriculum you don't understand.
Again, no. Just reporters, ministers and independent consultants playing politics. None of it is reflected in schools.
October 18, 2024 at 6:38 PM
Again, no. Just reporters, ministers and independent consultants playing politics. None of it is reflected in schools.
In the same way as jumping to conclusions about an education system you know nothing about, based on a news report that is fundamentally wrong and based on poor research??
October 18, 2024 at 6:35 PM
In the same way as jumping to conclusions about an education system you know nothing about, based on a news report that is fundamentally wrong and based on poor research??
...well England couldn't be much further into the dark ages when it comes to future proofing curriculum. The academy trust model is a major issue, often with the focus in all the wrong places. Not learning focused but corporate consistency driven
October 18, 2024 at 5:10 PM
...well England couldn't be much further into the dark ages when it comes to future proofing curriculum. The academy trust model is a major issue, often with the focus in all the wrong places. Not learning focused but corporate consistency driven
I fear that you are chasing a big story that simply doesn't exist. Looking at pictures in books is the least of our worries. The significant reduction in family reading is THE most damaging issue. Parents NOT reading to or with their children, in favour of a device occupying them.
October 18, 2024 at 5:08 PM
I fear that you are chasing a big story that simply doesn't exist. Looking at pictures in books is the least of our worries. The significant reduction in family reading is THE most damaging issue. Parents NOT reading to or with their children, in favour of a device occupying them.
Absolutely agree...to disagree. I do think you can do a lot of good and I have enjoyed listening but over the past year or so there has been a creeping cynicism. It seems that the establishment can't do anything right. It feels combative, whereas discourse and collaboration are the way ahead.
October 17, 2024 at 6:28 PM
Absolutely agree...to disagree. I do think you can do a lot of good and I have enjoyed listening but over the past year or so there has been a creeping cynicism. It seems that the establishment can't do anything right. It feels combative, whereas discourse and collaboration are the way ahead.
Where is this explicitly promoted and by who????
October 17, 2024 at 3:07 PM
Where is this explicitly promoted and by who????
Calling for a senedd minister to resign isn't my idea of subtle.
October 17, 2024 at 3:05 PM
Calling for a senedd minister to resign isn't my idea of subtle.
Obviously this then also gives an anchor to every unregulated 'consultant' who has a book to sell, training to offer or axe to grind...which could well result in them getting a foot in school doors that they otherwise wouldn't have. Dangerous ground.
October 17, 2024 at 7:17 AM
Obviously this then also gives an anchor to every unregulated 'consultant' who has a book to sell, training to offer or axe to grind...which could well result in them getting a foot in school doors that they otherwise wouldn't have. Dangerous ground.
Data is ever present and highlights needs but you and the reporter seem to be catastrophising. You're not helping the profession by doing this...you're 'scaring' parents and feeding media furore.
October 17, 2024 at 7:15 AM
Data is ever present and highlights needs but you and the reporter seem to be catastrophising. You're not helping the profession by doing this...you're 'scaring' parents and feeding media furore.
Cueing can mean a host of effective strategies but you seem to be focusing on the one isolated, ineffective example which I have never witnessed colleagues resorting to.
October 17, 2024 at 7:15 AM
Cueing can mean a host of effective strategies but you seem to be focusing on the one isolated, ineffective example which I have never witnessed colleagues resorting to.
Great way to pull it all together. Just a question, out of interest and not criticism, are any of the practitioner speakers working in schools in Wales?
September 1, 2024 at 4:35 PM
Great way to pull it all together. Just a question, out of interest and not criticism, are any of the practitioner speakers working in schools in Wales?
Cereal (nut free obvs!!)
August 31, 2024 at 3:22 PM
Cereal (nut free obvs!!)