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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · 15d

This will be great for anyone interested in the future of education.

Dr James Mannion @rethinkingjames.bsky.social · 17d

One week today: the most exciting education event of the year!

At this "unconference" there will be no lengthy presentations, no slides, no being talked at... We will all be together for the whole day, working out how to make things better where we are.

Be there or be 🔲 Link below ⬇️

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · Aug 28

I can't imagine Knapper and the owners had any real idea about how this transfer was going affect the Norwich fanbase. They never would have done it if they had. Any goodwill, optimism, or trust has been utterly burned away by this decision. #NCFC #Nunez

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · Aug 22

Is anyone getting the sense that education is preparing for AGI?

Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · Aug 11

Hallmark 4: Effective pedagogies build on students’ prior learning and experience

(Fourth in a series exploring the Nine Hallmarks of Great Pedagogy through the lens of Imaginative Inquiry and Mantle of the Expert) www.mantleoftheexpert.com/blog-post/ha...

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · Jul 28

England played 360mins in the last three games of the Euros and were ahead for 5mins.

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · Jul 27

Come on Lionesses!

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · Jul 23

New Mantle of the Expert context planning: Fire Fighters of the Great Fire of London www.mantleoftheexpert.com/resources/co...

Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · Jul 22

What if long-term learning isn’t about what children remember - but about who they are becoming? In Hallmark 3, we look at how story, curiosity, and responsibility shape lasting understanding.
www.mantleoftheexpert.com/blog-post/ha...
#MantleOfTheExpert

Hallmark 3 – Long-term learning goals

A dramatic-inquiry approach to teaching and learning

www.mantleoftheexpert.com

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · Jul 19

NEW BLOG: The problem with 'knowledge-rich' education isn’t the knowledge. It’s the pedagogy.

When learning feels like delivery, not investigation, students lose.

There’s a better way.
www.mantleoftheexpert.com/blog-post/ha...

Hallmark 2: the interplay of teacher knowledge, behaviour, and beliefs.

A dramatic-inquiry approach to teaching and learning

www.mantleoftheexpert.com

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · Jul 19

NEW BLOG: The problem with 'knowledge-rich' education isn’t the knowledge. It’s the pedagogy.

When learning feels like delivery, not investigation, students lose.

There’s a better way.
www.mantleoftheexpert.com/blog-post/ha...

Hallmark 2: the interplay of teacher knowledge, behaviour, and beliefs.

A dramatic-inquiry approach to teaching and learning

www.mantleoftheexpert.com

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · Jul 17

It was crap. I went big too early.

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · Jul 17

I've create a ChatGPT planning tool for Mantle of the Expert - use this link to discover how it works. chatgpt.com/g/g-68794143...

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · Jul 17

About to start - This might be the most important tech announcement since the iPhone - www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jn_...

Introduction to ChatGPT agent

YouTube video by OpenAI

www.youtube.com

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · Jul 17

This could be a game changer: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Voting age to be lowered to 16 in UK by next general election

16- and 17-year-olds will be able to vote in all elections as part of changes including easier voter registration and crackdown on foreign interference

www.theguardian.com

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · Jul 17

Haha, yes you did. But it has to be said, I don't know who is writing this stuff or how it gets published by the DfE, but it is terrible and needs to be called out before it takes over education and bores a generation out of school.

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · Jul 17

Thanks for this, Ruth. I agree it is very disappointing and reads like a plan written by people who know nothing about child development. Also, no discussion about creativity, self expression or engagement. Hopefully it will soon be assigned to the dustbin of history.

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · Jul 12

NEW - Giving Serious Attention to Student Voice in the everyday moments of classroom life. What happens when we treat children’s ideas as real and valuable?
Read the post: www.mantleoftheexpert.com/blog-post/ha...

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · Jul 11

The result of 10yrs of Behaviourists getting their way, arguing exclusions are a healthy sign of a system working. The alternative wasn't to make schools less save, but to understand why children are in danger of being excluded & giving them support they need. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Rise in school exclusions in England including among pupils six or younger

Charity says system failing youngest children who lost out on socialising due to Covid, as total exclusions pass 10,000

www.theguardian.com

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · Jul 11

Deeply disappointing to see the new Writing Framework reduce creativity to a by-product of structure and transcription. Little space for imagination, self-expression, or playful language. Writing as craft, where is the art? #PrimaryEducation assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/686e78...

assets.publishing.service.gov.uk

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · Jul 10

This is interesting. I've felt for a while the backlash against SM amongst the young was only a matter of time. Human beings naturally learn how to defend themselves- www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Children limiting own smartphone use to manage mental health, survey finds

Teenagers increasingly taking breaks as they control own use of devices rather than relying on parents to enforce limits, experts say

www.theguardian.com

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · Jul 5

New blog: The Nine Hallmarks of Great Pedagogy - saved from the ruins of the NCSL - and how any teaching approach should be evaluated against this list. www.mantleoftheexpert.com/blog-post/ma...

Mantle of the Expert and the Nine Hallmarks of Great Pedagogy

A dramatic-inquiry approach to teaching and learning

www.mantleoftheexpert.com

Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · Jul 3

How do you see the future of teaching, Mike?

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · Jun 29

This is a hopeful blog about the future. Not the dim and distant future, but one that’s on our doorstep, knocking hard. You might roll your eyes at this: “not another fecking future of education article,” but hang on. www.mantleoftheexpert.com/blog-post/an...

An Era of Unstoppable Change

A dramatic-inquiry approach to teaching and learning

www.mantleoftheexpert.com

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · Jun 29

I've little hope for new curriclum. It will likely be a minor tweak to the current one, shaped by a system resistant to change & a belief that things have improved since the last revision. That may be true, but it’s no guide to what education needs over the next decade. Doubt it will even mention AI

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · Jun 29

You're right to point out that AI does not protect us from the real political threat of Putin and Xi Jinping. If they (or Trump now) choose to blow up the world, we are all f*cked.
You're also right that we need to teach young people about important subjects like history, Geography.

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