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
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
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
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
Schools as Places of Joy: We Are Responsible For the Cultures That We Create - Mike Crowley (@crowley_mike)
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
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
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking