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John Catterson (@jfcatto) and Pete Whiting (@mr_van_w) are two Australian Flipped Educators. Together they talk education, pedagogy and current practice. Find more of Pete and John: Website - www.catfisheducation.com YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/MrCattersonScience YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/PWhiting
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Now displaying: March, 2019
Mar 28, 2019

Pete (mr_van_w) discusses Scientism, Scepticism with a K also with a K, tells us that sometimes proper Science doesn't matter in Education Research. Stuff your double blind RCTs are just evidence.

John (@jfcatto) then regales us with a Puff Listicle to make us feel better about our life choices. #Experienceisstillexperience. 

 

 

Pete: The problem with using scientific evidence in education (why teachers should stop trying to be more like doctors) - Lucinda McKnight and Andy Morgan

https://www.aare.edu.au/blog/?p=3874

 

John: Should I Be A Teacher? Here Are 24 Awe-Inspiring Reasons To Consider It - Dave Saba

https://www.teachersoftomorrow.org/blog/insights/should-i-be-a-teacher

Mar 28, 2019

Pete (mr_van_w) discusses Scientism, Scepticism with a K also with a K, tells us that sometimes proper Science doesn't matter in Education Research. Stuff your double blind RCTs are just evidence.

John (@jfcatto) then regales us with a Puff Listicle to make us feel better about our life choices. #Experienceisstillexperience. 

 

 

Pete: The problem with using scientific evidence in education (why teachers should stop trying to be more like doctors) - Lucinda McKnight and Andy Morgan

https://www.aare.edu.au/blog/?p=3874

 

John: Should I Be A Teacher? Here Are 24 Awe-Inspiring Reasons To Consider It - Dave Saba

https://www.teachersoftomorrow.org/blog/insights/should-i-be-a-teacher

Mar 28, 2019

Pete (mr_van_w) discusses Scientism, Scepticism with a K also with a K, tells us that sometimes proper Science doesn't matter in Education Research. Stuff your double blind RCTs are just evidence.

John (@jfcatto) then regales us with a Puff Listicle to make us feel better about our life choices. #Experienceisstillexperience. 

 

 

Pete: The problem with using scientific evidence in education (why teachers should stop trying to be more like doctors) - Lucinda McKnight and Andy Morgan

https://www.aare.edu.au/blog/?p=3874

 

John: Should I Be A Teacher? Here Are 24 Awe-Inspiring Reasons To Consider It - Dave Saba

https://www.teachersoftomorrow.org/blog/insights/should-i-be-a-teacher

Mar 21, 2019

Pete (@mr_van_w) tries to view NAPLAN from the perspective of parents. They went to a school so they are experts after all.

John (@jfcatto) discusses how important it is for teachers to display their values and love of learning through actions and what the prioritise rather than empty rhetoric a piles of busy work. 

 

 

'Not without a fight': The radical plan to overhaul NAPLAN - Jordan Baker

https://www.smh.com.au/education/not-without-a-fight-parents-reject-plan-to-revamp-naplan-20190320-p515ve.html

 

Schools as Places of Joy: We Are Responsible For the Cultures That We Create - Mike Crowley (@crowley_mike)

https://crowleym.com/2018/11/18/schools-as-places-of-joy-we-are-responsible-for-the-cultures-that-we-create/

Mar 14, 2019

This week Pete (@mr_van_w) delves into why we should take no notice of the demonisation of technology in the media and the flawed/misreported Science that leads to it.

John (@jfcatto) considers the introverts in the class and how we should stop hassling them to fit our "participation" expectations and think of more flexible measures of "engagement".

 

 

References

Flipped 3.0 Problem Based Learning - Dan Jones (@ideasforteacher)

https://flippedtrainer.weebly.com/ 

 

The Kids (Who Use Tech) Seem to Be Alright - Lydia Denworth

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-kids-who-use-tech-seem-to-be-all-right/ 

 

The TeachThought Podcast - Jared Cooney Horvath

https://www.teachthought.com/podcast/the-teachthought-podcast-ep-159-the-science-of-deeper-learning-and-why-were-not-doing-more-of-it/ 

 

How to teach and young introvert - Kate Torgovnik May

https://ideas.ted.com/how-to-teach-a-young-introvert/ 

Susan Cain's TED Talk - The Power of Introverts

https://youtu.be/c0KYU2j0TM4 

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking 

https://youtu.be/zNYPKkx1bhs 

 

 

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