Now available to everyone. Wednesday's blog post. RAS syndrome and SEND needs open.substack.com/pub/andrewol...

NEW If assessment is the bridge between teaching & learning, what happens when the bridge is raised? Too often poor assessment leads to labelling, misplaced intervention & children stranded on the far bank. Thanks to @rlrossi64.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...

@didau.bsky.social Have they discovered that the answer to training teachers is... you...?

Delighted to see that research clearly supports what I’ve always called Didaugogy

NEW - on the difficulties of representation in the curriculum

Should students really “see themselves” in the curriculum?Does this risk turning subjects into mirrors instead of windows? Is representation is a poor principle of selection? Does knowledge matter more than census-taking? open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...

Should students really “see themselves” in the curriculum?Does this risk turning subjects into mirrors instead of windows? Is representation is a poor principle of selection? Does knowledge matter more than census-taking? open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...

If you were tasked with designing a fully inclusive curriculum, where would you start? What is absolutely key? Please repost for coverage. #send

If you don't already, why not try Teacher Tapp and help raise money for a good cause in the process refer.teachertapp.com/c/00a47ffad6...

Great thread here from Rossiter

This was a great read, David. There are soundbites in the context of SEND: ‘good teaching is teaching for all’/QFT/adaptive practice etc but the area of assessment is often ignored (unless it’s assessment relating to diagnosis/label). Curriculum assessment for ALL students requires more focus. /1 ..

Assessment isn’t a post-mortem. It’s the lifeblood of teaching. Specify what counts, teach it, check it, fix it. Stop sorting, start teaching. Make 100% possible for everyone. New piece on five principles of assessment that actually improves teaching 👇 open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...

Assessment isn’t a post-mortem. It’s the lifeblood of teaching. Specify what counts, teach it, check it, fix it. Stop sorting, start teaching. Make 100% possible for everyone. New piece on five principles of assessment that actually improves teaching 👇 open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...

This is tomorrow. We start at 5am

I’m joining my friend Matt for an epic 56k trek from Frome to Clevedon on Friday. He’s racing money for Swallows Community Cafes who provide training & employment for people with learning difficulties. Please consider donating a few £ if you can. www.justgiving.com/page/matt-wa...

I’m joining my friend Matt for an epic 56k trek from Frome to Clevedon on Friday. He’s racing money for Swallows Community Cafes who provide training & employment for people with learning difficulties. Please consider donating a few £ if you can. www.justgiving.com/page/matt-wa...

*NEW* The day I do nothing is the day I get faster. The minute after you teach is when learning happens. Spacing isn’t a strategy; it’s a timetable. Protect the gap: quiet recap, sleep, early return. Cramming isn't rigour; it’s sabotage.

*NEW* The day I do nothing is the day I get faster. The minute after you teach is when learning happens. Spacing isn’t a strategy; it’s a timetable. Protect the gap: quiet recap, sleep, early return. Cramming isn't rigour; it’s sabotage.

I’ve got a new book coming out next year: ‘Couch to 5k Writing - A structured programme of writing mastery from sentences to essays’. I’m also putting together a training package for schools & MATs. If you’d like to hear more, sign up for a FREE webinar on 16th October linkedin.com/posts/katie-ca…

I’ve got a new book coming out next year: ‘Couch to 5k Writing - A structured programme of writing mastery from sentences to essays’. I’m also putting together a training package for schools & MATs. If you’d like to hear more, sign up for a FREE webinar on 16th October linkedin.com/posts/katie-ca…

Not sure anyone wants or needs to know this but my toes are obliterated

New from me

I feel that this might be one of the most valuable things for new teachers to know.

New: We keep trying to teach grit as if it were something students can just learn. Instead, if we make progress visible students will persist. Swap pep talks for clear modelling, sequenced practice & precise feedback. Teach the subject well & resilience will follow open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...

New: We keep trying to teach grit as if it were something students can just learn. Instead, if we make progress visible students will persist. Swap pep talks for clear modelling, sequenced practice & precise feedback. Teach the subject well & resilience will follow open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...

Next Friday, I’m doing a 56k walk (estimated 13 hours!) with my friend Matt who’s raising money for Swallow Community Cafes who provide training opportunities for people with learning difficulties. If you have anything to spare, please consider sponsoring Matt www.justgiving.com/page/matt-wa...

Slides from my sessions at researchED open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...

Slides from my sessions at researchED open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...

Most students can spot a metaphor. Few can define one. Teach tenor, vehicle and ground. Metaphor is transport: the vehicle carries the tenor across the ground. Stop device-spotting. Start explaining how the image reshapes the idea and why it matters. open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...

Most students can spot a metaphor. Few can define one. Teach tenor, vehicle and ground. Metaphor is transport: the vehicle carries the tenor across the ground. Stop device-spotting. Start explaining how the image reshapes the idea and why it matters. open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...

Next Friday, I’m doing a 56k walk (estimated 13 hours!) with my friend Matt who’s raising money for Swallow Community Cafes who provide training opportunities for people with learning difficulties. If you have anything to spare, please consider sponsoring Matt www.justgiving.com/page/matt-wa...

Play helps kids learn to talk, cooperate, and build absurdly tall Lego towers. But it won’t grow synapses 40x faster. It won’t teach algebra. And it won’t replace school. Good intentions aren’t enough. open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...

Play helps kids learn to talk, cooperate, and build absurdly tall Lego towers. But it won’t grow synapses 40x faster. It won’t teach algebra. And it won’t replace school. Good intentions aren’t enough. open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...

Back to school - the first lesson i teach with a new class: open.substack.com/pub/martinro...

We know what happens if we stop going to the gym: our bodies get weaker. Why pretend our minds are any different? In the age of AI, should schools become gymnasia for the boady and mind? open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...

The Magician by Colm Tóibín (2021) Another fictionalised biography by Tóibín, this time exploring the life and times of the greatest German writer of the 20th Century – Thomas Mann. In his 2004’s ‘The Master’, Tóibín gave Henry James the same treatment – but with more success. Indeed, Tóibín’s…

Fast food tills have pictures not words. Text messages can be played as audio. The modern world makes it easier to cope without literacy. What should schools do in response? substack.nomoremarking.com/p/are-we-liv...

A major UNSW Sydney study found teachers suffer depression, anxiety, and stress at rates three to four times higher than the national average, largely driven by excessive administrative tasks. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

🧵Read more here ➡️ carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-parado...

*NEW* Round-up of research on learning - latest evidence on phone bans, practice testing, belonging, digital reading, absenteeism, AI feedback, and more. ⬇️ carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-resear...

If we tolerate this, our children will be next. The more excuses we make for bad behaviour, the more we teach kids that rules are optional, authority is negotiable, and responsibility is someone else’s problem. Imposing authority should be an act of compassion. open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...

If we tolerate this, our children will be next. The more excuses we make for bad behaviour, the more we teach kids that rules are optional, authority is negotiable, and responsibility is someone else’s problem. Imposing authority should be an act of compassion. open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...

I'm not an English teacher but this is a very interesting insight and I can see how it applies to science (and any other subject) too. A great read.

Why do students say “it make the reader want to read on”? Because it feels right. Because they don’t know what else to say. Because we never taught them how to say anything better. If we want analysis, we need to teach it: one sentence at a time. open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...

English shouldn't be PSHE with novels. If curriculum time is finite, every book taught has an opportunity cost. Why waste it on what’s easy, immediate and disposable when students could join the great conversation of literature? open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...

English shouldn't be PSHE with novels. If curriculum time is finite, every book taught has an opportunity cost. Why waste it on what’s easy, immediate and disposable when students could join the great conversation of literature? open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...

Brilliant and thought-provoking piece by @daisychristo.bsky.social. open.substack.com/pub/daisychr...

We told ourselves kids were “digital natives.” Turns out they’re just digitally captive. Conscientiousness is falling, anxiety is rising, and 70% see porn before 18 while TikTok feeds them self-harm. The real online safety crisis is what it’s doing to personality. open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...

We told ourselves kids were “digital natives.” Turns out they’re just digitally captive. Conscientiousness is falling, anxiety is rising, and 70% see porn before 18 while TikTok feeds them self-harm. The real online safety crisis is what it’s doing to personality. open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...

Are the changes in young people’s personalities just down to mobile phones and social media or do schools have a role too? I discuss this with @didau.bsky.social - www.youtube.com/live/FWHZBsQ...