Really enjoyed presenting at the SHP Developing Teachers' Conference with @jbhistory.bsky.social, helping ITTs and ECTs to develop their subject-specific pedagogy. Lots of interesting participation from the audience. Thanks to @danlyndon.bsky.social and @historyrichk.bsky.social for organising.

@samdayhistory.bsky.social & @jbhistory.bsky.social using a series of scenarios to raise questions about ECT experiences. This one is a belter. #SHPDTC26

Thoughts on this mess. 🧵👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I am absolutely thrilled that the @1972shp.bsky.social Developing Teachers' Conference has signed up 95 teachers of history for Saturday, nearly doubling last year's attendance. BUT I really want to hit three figures so am offering 5 free places to the first 5 people who DM me asking for them!

"On Holocaust Memorial Day we need more history, not just more memory" bit.ly/4t6wPx6 Dr Andy Pearce, Director of @uclholocaust.bsky.social, writes today on the RHS blog. #Skystorians

Just 4 more days to buy your ticket for the @1972shp.bsky.social Developing Teachers' Conference from Developing Teachers Conference 2026 | Leeds Trinity University Online Store share.google/JAAxEYjGRpkk.... Enjoy this little video teaser and come and join us! youtube.com/watch?v=_pSo...

Well worth attending this. If you're new to history teaching especially then know that @1972shp.bsky.social has a long tradition of really outstanding subject-specific CPD. This is a great programme. Stimulating, varied, topical, rigorous. Check it out or ask @danlyndon.bsky.social for more info.

The final schedule for the SHP Developing Teachers' Conference is now live! www.schoolshistoryproject.co.uk/devteach/ and we are excited to welcome you all on Jan 31. Tickets still available for one more week from store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata.... Plus the final chance to enter our draw ...

SHP's Developing Teachers Conference is not just pitched at teachers who are in their early years of teaching, the workshops are going to be fab for more experienced teachers and HoDs or Lead teachers who want to develop their teams. Tickets still available: store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata...

You just need to buy a ticket for the conference from store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata... and to inspire you here's another look at some of our secondary workshops: Firstly ECTs Josef Bland & Sam Day will help you to navigate the demands of maintaining your disciplinary focus. And ...

We are pleased to announce the first publication from the latest research conducted by the @uclholocaust.bsky.social It can be downloaded for free from: holocausteducation.org.uk/research/80-years/ @andypearce.bsky.social @arthurjchapman.bsky.social @eddorrell.bsky.social

Have you got 49 seconds to spare? Check out our latest promo video for @1972shp.bsky.social's Developing Teachers' Conference, 31/01/26. Early Bird Tickets available from here store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata... #skystorians #historyeducation #edusky www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4s6...

1. Thread. Ed tech and the best lesson I taught this year. The best Ed tech in the world for my subject is a book. It is the ideal delivery method because the effort of concentrating on it helps people learn what's in it.

'It is time to rethink how we teach the Holocaust’, op ed piece by Centre's @andypearce.bsky.social, via www.schoolmanagementplus.com/teaching-lea... @eddorrell.bsky.social @arthurjchapman.bsky.social

Would you like to use more historical stories in your GCSE teaching? Find out more and freely download loads of examples. Spread the word… #historyteacher open.substack.com/pub/petejack...

World Class or Bottom of the Class? A Deep Dive into the Curriculum and Assessment Review It's taken a while to digest but here are my initial thoughts on the Review and its implications for schools and school History #historyteacher #EduSky #CurriculumReview www.andallthat.co.uk/blog/world-c...

We have curated a record-breaking NINE workshops for secondary teachers, covering a huge range of topics. You won't be surprised that we have an awesome roster of presenters including @fredoxby.bsky.social @petejackson.bsky.social @missrcarter89.bsky.social @oblaize.bsky.social

I am absolutely delighted to be able to share the news about our next @1972shp.bsky.social Yorkshire History Forum which will be taking place in York on November 24th. We have a superb line up of workshops for #primary and #secondary #historyteachers and all for a bargain basement price ...

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...

Calling all Cambridge OCR GCSE History Spec B Teachers - you know who you are! Please can you spare 5 minutes to complete this survey and tell us what you think of the current spec. having you say now will only make what we do in the future better. forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Or if you have some suggestions of what we should be offering in our Developing Teachers Conference #DTC26 (use this form forms.office.com/e/u1B14iYYhJ )

Yup. The rate limiting step in almost every context I've seen is attention. And you need a teacher to direct this. Almost every tech model starts from the wrong point because it assumes children will want to study the material and won't need their attention managed.

Last minute speaking slot at #TTRHums today, made me think about the KS4 strategies that have worked for me over the past few years. Absolutely none of this is original. But it’s nice to put things together in one place and share!

New Blog… open.substack.com/pub/petejack...

Does continuity in #history really mean "nothing happens"? Exploratory blog post makes case for a dynamic understanding of continuity as a disciplinary concept Thanks @citoyenneclaire.bsky.social for thoughts on earlier draft! istorikteach.blogspot.com/2025/08/what... #historyteacher #EduSky 🧵

Know someone about to start Teacher Training #ITT #ITE #PGCE #preservice #teaching? It's likely they are starting to feel the nerves. Nudge them to give this a read. uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog/2025/08/13/y...

Scary conversation with Scottish parents at the camp site about the state of Scottish schools. "They can't expel dangerous kids. They can't even really send them home. Our daughter is quiet and not tough and we're frightened of the secondary school for her."

Absolutely fascinating piece about the cluster of underlying beliefs that make people hold onto education myths.

We "replace one meaningless version of history with another that is equally meaningless – even if it is better grounded in the academic discipline” p. 266. Barton, K. (2009). The Denial of Desire: how to make history education meaningless. In L. & W. Wilschut (Eds.), National History Standards...

Interesting and rather prescient point made by Barton in this 2009 chapter: A curriculum focused primarily on disciplinary history “carries with it the danger of discounting students’ perspectives on history, and as a result, the subject may become increasingly meaningless to them” p265.

Thanks so much to @arthurjchapman.bsky.social for a brilliant @1972shp.bsky.social Conference workshop on stories! I've tried to gather my thoughts on one issue raised - of stories as interpretations. Here they are in draft (and very much imperfect) form: istorikteach.blogspot.com/2025/07/resp...

Had such a great time teaching Year 7 today! We explored England from 1087 to 1154 - a whirlwind of power struggles, a fractured empire, and civil war - using @counsellc.bsky.social’s chapter ‘Meanwhile, back in Norman England: Struggling for control after 1087’ from #ChangingHistoriesKS3

I wonder if the more socially enlightened approaches to our emotional states more generally, has underpinned the growth that I'm beginning to see in looking at the past through an emotional lens. It always saddened me that 'empathy' had such a poor status when I started teaching ...

Outsourcing to AI is a disaster for education of humans, with a study today showing people can't quote what they've just written if with help from an LLM. Education is more important than ever. Could this lead to fewer or no computers or devices of any kind in schools in future, rather than more?

Have seen the Policy Exchange "Lessons from the Past" report pop up a bit recently (in rel to Curric review & depts looking at their curriculua). Thought it was time I had a look.. Quick ver: some useful but not novel findings in a problematic package full of contradictions. #historyteacher 🧵 /1

I don't read many edu-books these days but this one was worth making an exception for. An excellent primer condensing lots of writing and discourse in the subject community. Strongly recommended, especially to History ITTs, teachers who didn't get much quality subject input in training and new HoDs.

Exciting news for people in #Liverpool and #Merseyside! We now have a local branch of the @histassoc.bsky.social! If you are a #historian, #history #teacher, or just generally interested in history, feel free to join us! We're here on Bluesky: @merseysideha.bsky.social and online: merseysideha.co.uk

Continually depressing to me how there is no policy area where you don't have to keep litigating the same shit. Essentially every old wealthy country has tried both approaches and we KNOW that having a curriculum that focuses on knowledge, not 'the skills of the future' works better.

Love the clarity of these models for explanation.

Who knew - sometimes when pupils are reading in class, they aren't paying full attention! Evidence here: readingforlearning.org/2025/05/24/t...

1. I am absolutely thrilled to be able to announce the launch of the @1972shp.bsky.social South-West History Forum! The inaugural event will be taking place on June 18 in Bristol, with a stellar lineup: Michael Riley, @paulalobo.bsky.social and @tomallenhistory.bsky.social

I've been saying for a while now the problem is planning is really badly understood. It isn't the resource you make. It's the thinking behind anything you make. If you're just making resources - including a Lesson Plan - then you aren't really planning.

Arguing AI will save teachers time is ludicrous. No new tech has. Instead of thinking "ooohh planning now takes less time" think about what you'll be doing instead.

If you've been following @apf102.bsky.social's insightful reviews of A Practical Guide to Teaching History, then you'll know what a fantastic book it is. So win yourself a copy by getting your ticket for the @1972shp.bsky.social's summer conference from store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata...

Congratulations 2 @ramble14.bsky.social & Heather Hatton on the publication of this fascinating @histedresearch.bsky.social open access article exploring Primary& 2ndary Student Teachers' perspectives on history ed! journals.uclpress.co.uk/herj/article... @uclpress.bsky.social #historyeducation 1/2

The loss of teacher autonomy over the past decade threatens not only our pupils' education but also the future of the profession, warns @samgibbs.bsky.social

Super that @sashasmith.bsky.social and @scl1979.bsky.social 's amazing unit: "How can material objects help us to understand Britain's role in the world?" is now live on @1972shp.bsky.social Curriculum PATHS. Look in the Y8/9 section on our Sharing Hub padlet.com/cpaths/hub #historyteacher

Teaching historical concepts quite literally means teaching a language. Why is this and how do we do it? The first of a three-post blog on substantive concepts and the language of history. istorikteach.blogspot.com/2025/05/lang... #historyteacher #history #EduSky

New blog post ↓ Is "I do, we do, you do" the right vision of a lesson? #UKEd #EduSky #iTeachBio #SciTeachUK

Last chance to get your @1972shp.bsky.social summer conference bargain! Grab your tickets from store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata... before it's too late!