Nice way to start the long weekend. Time to wind down.

Correcting mock English papers - pointless waste of time. Alternative - return the papers with colour coding and no grades Students use the marking schemes and worked examples to identify gaps and current grade boundaries. The focus is on formative development, not just a grade. Time efficient!

📖 'New Domains of Educational Leadership is set to become a seminal piece in reshaping our shared philosophy of education after the pandemic' @moremorrow.bsky.social reviews @leoracruddas.bsky.social's new book schoolsweek.co.uk/new-domains-...

EERA and Springer Publications' book series "Transdisciplinary Perspectives in Educational Research": VOLUME 7: "The Art and Science of Innovation: Transdisciplinary Work, Learning and Transgression." Author: Lorraine White-Hancock

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EERA and Springer Publications' book series "Transdisciplinary Perspectives in Educational Research": VOLUME 8: "Transdisciplinary Teaching in Inclusive Schools: Promoting Transdisciplinary Education for Learners with Special Needs". Author: Heidi Flavian

Teaching and learning: Principles or policies? "...schools have some flexibility and autonomy to set teaching and learning policies. Should school leaders consider implementing such policies?" NEW blog by Kate Jones Read it here 👇

Want to know more about Leadership for Sustainability in schools? Here are Six Quick Things www.independentthinking.co.uk/resources/si...

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AI in education: SWOT analysis for T&L and student development. Key steps to undetake this school-based research? #edchatie @aiteachingguru.bsky.social

Curriculum Mapping - What is it? Why do it? How do you support the expression of the lived curriculum? How to you capture and evaluate the enacted curriculum? Do we just as Biesta states 'measure what we value'? #edchatie

Junior Cycle Reform. Apart from short courses, L2LP/L1LP, and CBAs, nearly ten years since the JC Framework, is the learning experience for students different than the previous curriculum? If fear the SEC exam still dominates and CBAs and the JCPA have little traction. #edchatie

It's worth a read. 2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/do-not-obey-...

AI in schools - major CPD underpinned by a clear strategy is required. Think of what things will be like foe our current 12 Yr olds in six years time! Great article via link - #edchatie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Look up! Kevin Nolan @tudublin.bsky.social previews the eclipses, supermoons, meteor showers and other celestrial wonders you can expect to see in Irish skies in 2025 www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Good resource to review the scope and purpose of the assessments used in departments and whole school. Usually the only people aware of the assessment landscape are the students. www.linkedin.com/posts/dr-mag...

In our AI and tech obsessed workd, we need to encourage young people to take the time to look and see the world in a way that can 'catch the heart off guard and blow it open.' #edchatie #edchat youtube.com/watch?v=gpr3...

Letter to the future - worth 6 mins of your time www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhhT...

Thrilled that 15 May 2025 is my #book publication day! I explore #education for #environmental #sustainability in the context of #teacher #education drawing on research to consider ideas, concepts & approaches to support EfES in varied contexts & settings www.bloomsbury.com/uk/education...

Time well spent looking at these posts to underpin approaches to action identified areas for consolidation and/or intervention (depending what is outlined from your evaluations to support your SIP)

What acronym is most valued in education: AI, STEM, GCE or ESD? It is interesting to look at the education from the supra theoretical to the nano classroom experience. op.europa.eu/en/publicati...

Our 4 most popular Substacks this year, in reverse order. 4. The tyranny of the progression statement. Progression statements are the global manifestation of a skills-based curriculum. They don't work & waste time. There are better alternatives. substack.nomoremarking.com/p/the-tyrann...

"A request made through ChatGPT, an AI-based virtual assistant, consumes 10 times the electricity of a Google Search" This isn't a game. This is accelerated destruction via huge usage of power, water, resources etc. Stop using it - especially for messing about!! www.unep.org/news-and-sto...

‘If we want to use research, we must honour researchers and their work’: Tes columnist @damsoned.bsky.social on the importance of using education research ethically

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We're cautious about using AI in assessment - but we think our latest AI application solves a real problem. We're using the AI to eliminate admin. Humans still make the judgements. Read more here: https://buff.ly/3ZDIHd4 Sign up for free (and short) demo webinar here: https://buff.ly/3YzOgav

Compassionate Systems Thinking (IB). Like all frameworks, the key is how it is interpreted and enacted in schools by SLT, Teacher. acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:... and youtu.be/2sPP7wguc8k?...

Morning.

This is a fantastic repository of IA ideas. #edchatie @ictevangelist.bsky.social

'This ideology-driven government doesn't value evidence-based policy where it doesn't align with its focus on short-sighted economics.' Similar to many governments worldwide.

Two reports by Patrick Burke and Paula Lenihan. Consider the continuum from Junior infants to Senior Cycle, how are schools designing the curriculum to foster connections and knowledge transfer? Should secondary schools purposefully design integrated learning experiences? ncca.ie/media/6370/c...

From SLT to English teacher. 2024 brought challenges and insights. Key takeaways - 1) The ongoing challenge to support all students equally. 2) Apart from the sanctioned timetable, the lived curriculum is hidden. 3) Student agency is key, but statutory exams encourage spoon feeding.

Colleagues seek survey respondents for a SCoTENS-funded project on supporting EAL (English as an Additional Language) pupils with SEN (Special Educational Needs) or AEN (Additional Educational Needs) in 2nd-level education across the island of Ireland. #edchatie forms.office.com/pages/respon...

What can English teachers do? This ⬇️ www.juliangirdham.com/blog/what-ca...

As we move into the holidays, please remember: READING FOR PLEASURE has the biggest impact of any factor on children's life chances. So never stop sharing books with kids, talking about books, making books central to everything you do. Never stop changing their lives! #literacy #EduSky #books

What do we need to bear in mind as we move forward with a new Primary School Curriculum? In a new article for the Irish Teachers' Journal, @paulalehane.bsky.social and I highlight key points from two research reports we published last year. www.into.ie/app/uploads/... #edchatie #edusky /1

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Consolidating and challenging preconceptions and perceptions. Worth a read.

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How to make the CBA's impactful? Integrate the learning. Intervention for some, an opportunity for all.

Integrated Curticulum approaches in post-primary schools (secondary - middle - high). Keen to collaborate, learn, and exchange ideas on practical approaches and their impact.