Canoe Polo - the best sport you've probably never played. Today my son and I played together with his team (D, W, D, W, W). #sport #watersports #canoepolo #canoeing #kayaking

Your first year teaching is as much about parent relations as pedagogy. In the article below, I unpack 7 common parent “types” — and how to work with each effectively.👇 #edusky #education #uked #teachers #parents mrjoneswhiteboard.blog/2025/10/11/m...

Do GCSE and A-level examiners penalise pupils for nuance? Textbook simplifications get rewarded; deeper, accurate perspectives may not. Do exams credit authenticity or punish it? #teaching #exams #sociology #edu #uked #education #edusky mrjoneswhiteboard.blog/2025/09/27/t...

Not sure. Green, pink or both? This question is somewhat vexing me. #Lego #bonsaitrees

Teachers today walk a fine line: upholding British values vs staying ‘politically neutral’. My piece explores how populist rhetoric makes that line thinner, and what educators can do to navigate it. #BritishValues #Teaching #PoliticalImpartiality #Education mrjoneswhiteboard.blog/2025/09/14/p...

Upcoming event Leadership in a Time of Monsters: Responding to Contemporary Challenges 7 Oct 2025 Register here: bera.ac.uk/event/leader...

@nickpointer.bsky.social Great talk on autonomy and PD at #red25. Very interesting. I have, however, a preference for agency as a term that's inclusive of autonomy. A few people objected to this: mrjoneswhiteboard.blog/2025/06/08/b...

Should we ever allow swearing in schools? Arguments for and against - including a consideration of context. 👇 Contains offensive words. Originally written for @seced.bsky.social #education #edusky #uked #school #behaviour #swearing #offensive #teachers mrjoneswhiteboard.blog/2025/08/30/i...

1/2 Interesting blog as always @teachertapp.bsky.social, but some reference to sigma's misogynistic use would be helpful too. #education #uked #edusky teachertapp.com/uk/articles/...

I should’ve read this ages ago. Perfect travel read and a sharp political satire that still hits hard when home. #literature #books #reading #classics

Lots of protests this weekend. What makes Great Britain great is mutual respect and tolerance. Not division and intolerance. #Britain #England #diversity #respect

นิทรรศการจิตรกรรมบัวหลวง ครั้งที่ 46 ณ หอศิลป์สมเด็จพระนางเจ้าสิริกิติ์ กรุงเทพฯ ฉันชอบการพรรณนาเรื่องราวชีวิตของพระพุทธเจ้าและตำนานพุทธศาสนา #TeamRE #Buddhism #Thailand #Art #Bangkok

My son's been diving for only three days, and he gets to encounter a whale shark! #diving #scuba #KohTao #Thailand

เยี่ยมวัดมหาธาตุวรวิหาร ที่เพชรบุรี ประเทศไทย (Wat Wat Mahathat Worawihan in Phetchaburi, Thailand) Khmer style chedi and Thai style 'ubosot' (ordination hall) and vihara (monks accommodation). #TeamRE #Buddhism #Thailand

วัดพระนอน ที่เพชรบุรี ประเทศไทย (Wat Pranon in Phetchaburi, Thailand) Chance to see a reclining Buddha plus various celestial beings, including some yaks guarding the temple. #TeamRE #Buddhism #Thailand

Too many of the loudest edu voices ignore research paradigms beyond cognitive science. Preferring one isn't a problem - pretending it's the only valid approach is. 📚 #education #teaching #pedagogy #educationresearch #uked #edusky 🔗 mrjoneswhiteboard.blog/2025/07/24/l...

Ancient India: Living Traditions - fantastic exhibition. Worth seeing if you are in London. Explains the development of Buddhism and Jainism and their roots in Hinduism. Not too taxing an exhibition either. #TeamRE #education #religion #India #Buddhism #Jainism #Hinduism

... but don't let them teach our kids! From Dorset Eye. #education #uked #edusky

Loved this book. As mad as a bag of spiders. Just sought out more by #MikhailBulgakov. #literature #surrealism #Russia #magicalrealism #books

Politely shared this with quite a popular edu-influancer yesterday and was told: "it is a matter of semantics" (OK) but later "unsurprisingly, you don't actually engage with teachers". Despite being a senior leader and mentor, I guess I should know my place! mrjoneswhiteboard.blog/2025/06/08/b...

More from the Oshwal Centre. #TeamRE #Jainism #ReligiousStudies

The incredible Oshwel Centre in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire. A Jain temple that's well worth a visit during the summer. The centre welcomes curious visitors. #TeamRE #RE #religion #religiousstudies #Jainism #learn

As good as 1984. Written in 1940 and just as dystopian as Orwell's classic. Karin Boyle and Kallicain deserve to be read. #literature #books #dystopian #orwell

Article originally written for @seced.bsky.social on critical pedagogy. Out of favour and often "debunked" but it couldn't be more relevant. #education #uked #edusky #criticalpedagogy Critical pedagogy: Empowering minds, transforming classrooms - share.google/SQzF43tqnLjw...

Article for the @seced.bsky.social 2025 ECT supplement. Whilst genuine, I suppose you could say I’m having a bit of a pop at some of the adult characters we have to deal with day in, day out. Download for free here: www.sec-ed.co.uk/content/down... #education #schools #ECTs #edusku #uked #parents

Towards a Buddhist Critical Realism? Or am I just over thinking things? #Buddhism #criticalrealism #religion #philosophy @jacknewman.bsky.social mrjoneswhiteboard.blog/2025/06/25/m...

SecEd’s 21-page guide for early career #teachers is out now. It includes expert advice from the wonderful @mattbromley.bsky.social @jonesedu.bsky.social @edsupportuk.bsky.social @catscutt.bsky.social among many many others. Get your free pdf buff.ly/2FeSYa3 #teaching #edusky

A good critique by @apf102.bsky.social of Policy Exchange's 'Lessons from the Past'. It's called 'grey literature' for a reason. #education #policy #uked #history #historyteacher

Misreading British Values: How Reform UK’s version diverges from the DfE’s vision👇 Personal views on the differences between Reform UK's interpretation of our values and the DfE's. I prefer the DfE's. #education #uked #edusky #ukpolitics #BritishValues mrjoneswhiteboard.blog/2025/06/15/m...

Fantastic afternoon of CPD yesterday celebrating all this education with The Watford Partnership for Teacher Training, @teachertoolkit.bsky.social, @kellie093.bsky.social & @apjsmith.bsky.social. Ross Morrison-McGill took our trainees & ECTs through his research on memory. #uked #education #edusky

An interesting blog by @mrarobbins.bsky.social got me thinking about autonomy and agency. Not sure what others will make of this. @adamboxereducation.bsky.social #education #teaching #edusky #uked mrjoneswhiteboard.blog/2025/06/08/b...

#Teachers must navigate the difficult line between remaining politically impartial yet upholding British values. @jonesedu.bsky.social explores how we can walk this tightrope when addressing harmful rhetoric & offers eight practical suggestions buff.ly/kwcHrYL #teaching #schools #edusky

A rather cool gift from my departing sociology students. Dead white men. No feminists. Perhaps I need to review my teaching. #sociology #socialtheory #edusky #uked

If interested, you can read the article here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

I am concerned at the use of culture war rhetoric/mild conspiracy theory point scoring from right wing politicians in the UK. It can lead some pupils to dark places. I wrote this in response 👇. #education #edusky #uked #safeguarding #radicalisation #extremism #schools #teaching #Britishpolitics

Nurturing civic minds: The place of citizenship education in 2025. Article originally written for @seced.bsky.social. Reposted. @acitizenshipt.bsky.social @citizenlj.bsky.social @citizenshippgceioe.bsky.social #citizenship #education #edusky #uked mrjoneswhiteboard.blog/2025/05/15/n...

New article in SecEd👇 I defend Critical Pedagogy, which isn't in favour with the DfE, pedagogical populists and other eduinfluencers. #education #uked #pedagogy #teaching #learning #socialtheory

One dimensional teachers? Herbert Marcuse, "what works" evidence-based practice and the flattening of education thought. #education #edusky #uked #teaching #socialtheory #research #philosophy mrjoneswhiteboard.blog/2025/05/01/o...

This was very good. #environment #theatre #london

Podcast: Navigating British Values and political neutrality in the classroom (I think they can conflict). #education #edusky #uked #politics #sociology #teaching #citizenship #teachers open.spotify.com/episode/0SPE...

Due to Easter (you cannot have a saint's day in the week following), St George's Day is on Monday 28th. My mistake. Even Google got that wrong. #stgeorgesday #uked #google

St George's Day tomorrow. Is your school acknowledging or celebrating it? If not, could pupils look elsewhere for a sense of 'national pride'? Could that be problematic? #education #edusky #uked #schools #nationalism #England #stgeorge #citizenship mrjoneswhiteboard.blog/2025/04/07/n...

Wow... as multilayered and as magically real (or unreal) as Gabriel García Márquez and Salmon Rushdie. #books #fantasy #literature #reading

"Homework is probably as unpopular as ever with children, but today seven in 10 people think pupils should have to do homework in their own time after school. In 1937 it was just two in 10, while 79% opposed it." @drcastelino.bsky.social #homework #eduky #uked www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

The dialectic of educational enlightenment: Questioning ‘what works’ - critiquing the ideas of evidence-based practice and 'edumyths' with Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer! #education #research #socialtheory #edusky #uked #criticaltheory #edumyths #teaching mrjoneswhiteboard.blog/2025/04/15/t...

@vincewall.bsky.social I never thought my degree in #InternationalRelations has any real bearing on pedagogy, but you have proved me wrong!

The Epistemic Fallacy in Education: Beyond ‘What Works’ EdD thoughts. Criticism welcome. #education #edusky #uked #research #criticalrealism #whatworks #cogsci #RoyBhaskar mrjoneswhiteboard.blog/2025/03/21/t...

I am trying to visualise how critical discourse analysis and critical realism explain how the Early Career Framework shapes early career teachers' (ECTs) practice. Not sure whether this makes sense to anyone but me. #uked #edusky #education #criticalralism #teachertraining #teacherdevelopment

Pedagogical Prophet? David Hargreaves' 1996 Vision for a Research-Based Profession: A 2024 Reality Check David Hargreaves promoted evidence-informed practice before it became trendy. #education #research #uked #edusky openjournals.ljmu.ac.uk/prism/articl...

Critical discourse analysis as dialectical reasoning: Researching the Early Career Framework. EdD research poster on combining CDA with CR to better understand the impact of the ECF. #education #edusky #uked #research #ect #ecf #criticalrealism #cda #teacherdevelopnent