In this paper a study was conducted to identify curricular goals for colligation in students’ causal arguments. The study finds that students were capable constructing their own causal colligation, appreciating the disciplinary framework that underpinned those constructions: doi.org/10.14324/HER...

New open access article! Racist epithets in the classroom: Unpacking attitudes to the N-word in teaching English TLDR: White students and teachers should not say/ read the n-word aloud (But please do click on the link anyway!) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

***NEW*** My new (free!) article in the History Education Research Journal exploring what ‘colligation’ is and how it might help teachers develop students’ causal arguments. Based on a case study with one of my Y13 classes. journals.uclpress.co.uk/herj/article...

***NEW*** My new (free!) article in the History Education Research Journal exploring what ‘colligation’ is and how it might help teachers develop students’ causal arguments. Based on a case study with one of my Y13 classes. journals.uclpress.co.uk/herj/article...

Really honoured to be a part of this. Well done editorial team!

It was such a privilege to help edit this book- I learnt something from each chapter about what it means to teach history and do it well.

An honour to finally be able to stand up and launch The Practical Guide to Teaching History to the history teaching community at #SHP25! Thank you to @joshpreyegarry.bsky.social and @mrmayhew.bsky.social Thank you to Matt Stanford and @corinnegoullee.bsky.social for getting us to this place

And even if you weren't able to join @alistairdickins.bsky.social you should still check out these resources, they are phenomenal. On a par with the work of @jcarrollhistory.bsky.social and that's saying something!

Huge thanks to @citoyenneclaire.bsky.social for a wonderful @1972shp.bsky.social workshop on storytelling at KS5! Following an earlier blog on @arthurjchapman.bsky.social workshop, here are some (incomplete) thoughts stimulated by Claire Holliss' session. istorikteach.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-...

Tom Allen masterpiece. Watch his @histassoc.bsky.social session before it expires if you can

Claire Hollis reflecting on the effectiveness of story telling with her A Level students: the answer, much deeper planning on how to get a viable and sustained response

Settling down 2 hear the stellar @citoyenneclaire.bsky.social reflect on & explore the affordances & constraints of narrative @ A Level. Do stories bias towards the individual not the general? How can we tell stories about those who leaves few archival traces? Does story bias to the dramatic? #SHP25

I've spent years encouraging students to use causal verbs alongside conjunctions. But this can lead to confused language/mixed metaphors. Inspired by @jcarrollhistory.bsky.social, I'm planning to explicitly integrate metaphors into KS5 using targeted vocab 🧵 #historyteacher #historyeducation

🚨Teacher of History Job Vacancy🚨 at Maiden Erlegh School in Reading. Lovely team & supportive HOD at this school which is part of ⁦the Maiden Erlegh Trust! Brilliant work being done here 👏 #History #Historyteacher #TeachingJobs mynewterm.com/jobs/141886/...

Thank you @citoyenneclaire.bsky.social for an excellent session on LGBT history at A Level. I have followed Claire’s speaking and writing for a while and delighted to finally hear her live! So knowledgeable 🤩 #HAConf25

Thinking about your teaching of the History A-level? I will be running a series of webinars with @histassoc.bsky.social between the 12th June and the 3rd July! Details are included in the link below, but feel free to ask me any questions about the course. www.history.org.uk/secondary/ca...

Dr Katharine Burn and Professor Trevor Mutton have been awarded the @beranews.bsky.social Research Intelligence Article of the Year Award 2024, for their article, "Understanding research & research approaches appropriate for teacher education settings". Congratulations! 🎉 Read more ➡️ bit.ly/4jOImvB

Today is publication day for a Practical Guide to Teaching History in the Secondary School. 19 years after the first edition, this is a complete re-write by so many wonderful experts in the history teaching community. Thanks to @terryhaydn.bsky.social for offering the opportunity 5 years ago!

@jcarrollhistory.bsky.social says "historical writing is hard!" Well he makes it look easy as he draws on his years of experience in this area of history teaching to provide a tour-de-force of how to teach extended writing in history.

V. excited for the new edition of ‘A Practical Guide to Teaching History in Secondary Schools’. Thanks to the amazing editors @dankeates.bsky.social, Matt Stanford and Corrine Goullee for inviting me to contribute. So many fantastic authors and it includes a beautiful tribute to Helen Snelson. 1/3

Very, very highly recommend this book. Really superb chapters, steeped in a deep grasp of the debates and advances of history teachers in recent decades. Well written and beautifully edited.

V. excited for the new edition of ‘A Practical Guide to Teaching History in Secondary Schools’. Thanks to the amazing editors @dankeates.bsky.social, Matt Stanford and Corrine Goullee for inviting me to contribute. So many fantastic authors and it includes a beautiful tribute to Helen Snelson. 1/3

Thrilled to be receivin first copies a real team effort by so many great history teachers and educators @victoriacrooks.bsky.social @lauralondo1017.bsky.social @paulalobo.bsky.social @danlyndon.bsky.social @mrmayhew.bsky.social @michaelfordham.bsky.social Dedicated to the great Helen Snelson

Exciting day! It’s arrived and with a beautiful dedication to the inimitable and deeply missed Helen Snelson. What an impact she continues to have. Here’s to being more like Helen. Well done @dankeates.bsky.social Matt Stanford and Corinne Goullée on getting this into the world.

When I became a history teacher, I remember reading from my HoDs huge collection of Teaching History. It feels surreal to now have contributed myself! My article is about teaching local, decolonial history. Wonderful experience, enhanced greatly by Katharine Burn's editorial insights. Happy Easter.

I'm sure we've all had pupils ask us 'What's the point?' My article in TH198 starts from this question and reflects on how as well as teaching/assessing mastery of historical knowledge, it's important (and fun) to engage in the messier realm of what meanings pupils have made of it. I had a go ...

Happening TODAY @4pm #Free & open to all- no need to register! We can't wait to welcome you all & learn more about Ancient History …& pets!🐶🐱 #TeamMET #Rdguk #community #history #lecture #historyteacher

We're Hiring: Departmental Lecturer, Modern Language (Mandarin) Education The post-holder will teach the PGCE Modern Language programme, the MSc in Learning and Teaching programme and the PGDip in Learning and Teaching in Mandarin. If you're interested, apply now! 🔗 bit.ly/43qWzK6

Calling OCR A Level teachers with ten minutes to spare, here is a link to our annual 'History Experience' survey. Thank you very much if you have the time to complete it. forms.office.com/pages/respon...

My daughter, her friend and I will be swimming 1.5km on 30 March to raise money for Marie Curie and Cancer Research UK. Please do help us reach our sponsorship goal by sharing this page. www.givengain.com/project/alex... #swimathon

If you’re a teacher thinking of applying for the MSc in Learning and Teaching at the University of Oxford, this video shows you what our students (including three history teachers 😁) think of the course. Apply by March to be eligible for scholarships. vimeo.com/1053810575

@htenuk.bsky.social recently wrote to SoS at DfE requesting reinstatement of bursaries for beginning #ITT #historyteacher & #primaryteacher s to remove barriers to access & relieve hardship in training. Join us in raising this issue with your MP - support can be found on our website www.hten.org.uk

If you’re a teacher thinking of applying for the MSc in Learning and Teaching at the University of Oxford, this video shows you what our students (including three history teachers 😁) think of the course. Apply by March to be eligible for scholarships. vimeo.com/1053810575

Had the pleasure of speaking at Ark Soane on Saturday about Black British activism in Brixton. Thanks to @michaeldoron.bsky.social and the team for organising! #Soane25

Really interesting session from @jacobolivey.bsky.social on Stalin and the Soviet Union. Love the use of powerful images and posters within the enquiry! #Soane25

Very inspired by @michaeldoron.bsky.social 's use of the story of Hannah Mitchell to build the world of early 20th century socialism and suffrage. Clever storytelling makes her perspective so obvious, as though pupils are looking over her shoulder. #Soane25

Back in Bristol after a brilliant day at #Soane25. Chapeau to @michaeldoron.bsky.social for organising another cracking conference. Delivering that speech at the end with Eamonn Duffy sitting in front row was one of the more marginally terrifying things I've ever done.

History teachers in England now a-bed Shall think themselves accursed they were not here. Spoke to new young teachers pretty much saying the day had changed their life. And no one wanted to leave! Colossal thank you to @michaeldoron.bsky.social @jacobolivey.bsky.social and all the #Soane25 team.

Well no surprise that this did not disappoint. @paulalobo.bsky.social walked us through scholarship relevant to the big freeze of 1962-3 and showed us how to craft stories that enchant her Y9 pupils with the silent, frozen world and the sizzling, shocking sixties that emerged from it #Soane25

This was an INCREDIBLE format for a keynote/plenary. @michaeldoron.bsky.social more of this please- a signature feature of Soane conferences?

The thing I really enjoyed about #soane25 yesterday was the people who explained how things hadn't worked first time. They were honest about their mistakes. Teaching isn't an exact science and it was joyful to hear of people's experimentation. More honesty and failures at conferences please.

I loved presenting at Ark Soane '25 this weekend! I discussed the use of academic historical scholarship at Key Stage 4 and its potential for planning and delivering GCSE History.

Calling all English secondary schools! Your students' voices are needed this term. Take part in our national student survey about the British Empire & help shape support for future teaching and learning in this field. Easy, online, & impactful. Contact [email protected] to get involved.

The UK Government ‘mission’ to prevent violence: What should it involve? Blog by me & Keir Irwin-Rogers - societal-challenges.open.ac.uk/blog/the-uk-...

History teachers! The part-time MSc in Learning and Teaching at the University of Oxford offers history-specific strands. Applications are now open for 2025. Scholarships available; apply before March to be eligible. Find out more at bit.ly/OxfordMLT or let me know if you have any questions.

History teachers! The part-time MSc in Learning and Teaching at the University of Oxford offers history-specific strands. Applications are now open for 2025. Scholarships available; apply before March to be eligible. Find out more at bit.ly/OxfordMLT or let me know if you have any questions.