Pip
@pipmx.bsky.social
Science teacher in Norwich / Deputy T&L Lead. Here to get involved in conversations about Education. they/them
Without Teach First I might not be in teaching - I didn’t know what I wanted to do, applied expecting to move on after the two years, surprised myself by loving it. What an own goal this would be
This is *mental*. The TeachFirst brand is worth a vast sum. And DfE proposes to torch all that? Lunatics.
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
Teach First brand that helps top graduates into poorest s...
Leading brand that trains teachers for most deprived areas of the country will not be allowed to operate under its current name
observer.co.uk
July 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Without Teach First I might not be in teaching - I didn’t know what I wanted to do, applied expecting to move on after the two years, surprised myself by loving it. What an own goal this would be
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For years I have nurtured and refined this list of books which I have mentally filed as "novels you absolutely can't go wrong with if you take them on holiday".
I've shared it with many friends over the years but this is the first time I've published it:
jmarriott.substack.com/p/absorbing-...
I've shared it with many friends over the years but this is the first time I've published it:
jmarriott.substack.com/p/absorbing-...
Absorbing novels to read on holiday
Hello, Welcome to Cultural Capital.
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July 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
For years I have nurtured and refined this list of books which I have mentally filed as "novels you absolutely can't go wrong with if you take them on holiday".
I've shared it with many friends over the years but this is the first time I've published it:
jmarriott.substack.com/p/absorbing-...
I've shared it with many friends over the years but this is the first time I've published it:
jmarriott.substack.com/p/absorbing-...
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📣NEW BLOG📣
Cueing attention in time… AKA the three benefits of a good check for understanding.
hobbolog.wordpress.com/2025/06/24/c...
Cueing attention in time… AKA the three benefits of a good check for understanding.
hobbolog.wordpress.com/2025/06/24/c...
Cueing attention in time… AKA the three benefits of a good check for understanding.
This piece follows on from my last blog post: ‘Managing attention in classrooms is a social justice issue’ Lots of people have written great pieces about checking for understanding (CFU) in the cla…
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June 24, 2025 at 12:09 PM
📣NEW BLOG📣
Cueing attention in time… AKA the three benefits of a good check for understanding.
hobbolog.wordpress.com/2025/06/24/c...
Cueing attention in time… AKA the three benefits of a good check for understanding.
hobbolog.wordpress.com/2025/06/24/c...
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#UKEd #EduSky
"The redundancy effect may occur when the multiple sources of info. can be understood separately without the need for mental integration. Written or spoken text that simply re-describes a diagram that can be fully understood without the text provides an example." CLT p.141
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"The redundancy effect may occur when the multiple sources of info. can be understood separately without the need for mental integration. Written or spoken text that simply re-describes a diagram that can be fully understood without the text provides an example." CLT p.141
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June 22, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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🚨NEW POST 🚨
'Reading every day matters'
Reading every day builds the brain of a young child.
Reading every day is vital to school success.
Reading every day can help rehabilitate people in prison.
alexquigley.co.uk/reading-ever...
'Reading every day matters'
Reading every day builds the brain of a young child.
Reading every day is vital to school success.
Reading every day can help rehabilitate people in prison.
alexquigley.co.uk/reading-ever...
Reading every day matters
In Brazil in 2012, the government offered prisoners the chance to read for their lives.
Their novel approach saw prisoners granted four days of remission for each book they read and reviewed. Prisone...
alexquigley.co.uk
June 22, 2025 at 9:39 AM
🚨NEW POST 🚨
'Reading every day matters'
Reading every day builds the brain of a young child.
Reading every day is vital to school success.
Reading every day can help rehabilitate people in prison.
alexquigley.co.uk/reading-ever...
'Reading every day matters'
Reading every day builds the brain of a young child.
Reading every day is vital to school success.
Reading every day can help rehabilitate people in prison.
alexquigley.co.uk/reading-ever...
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Want to remember more? Mix it up.
Interleaving helps students retain and apply what they learn.
https://www.innerdrive.co.uk/blog/interleaving-and-why-it-works/
Interleaving helps students retain and apply what they learn.
https://www.innerdrive.co.uk/blog/interleaving-and-why-it-works/
June 17, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Want to remember more? Mix it up.
Interleaving helps students retain and apply what they learn.
https://www.innerdrive.co.uk/blog/interleaving-and-why-it-works/
Interleaving helps students retain and apply what they learn.
https://www.innerdrive.co.uk/blog/interleaving-and-why-it-works/
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NEW BLOG: Managing attention in classrooms is a social justice issue
hobbolog.wordpress.com/2025/06/02/m...
#UKEd
#Edusky
#EduBlogUK
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#UKEd
#Edusky
#EduBlogUK
Managing attention in classrooms is a social justice issue
This is a blog about some of my favourite research findings in the field of attention. They are remarkable studies for their simplicity, the scale of the effect that they find, and the deep philoso…
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June 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
NEW BLOG: Managing attention in classrooms is a social justice issue
hobbolog.wordpress.com/2025/06/02/m...
#UKEd
#Edusky
#EduBlogUK
hobbolog.wordpress.com/2025/06/02/m...
#UKEd
#Edusky
#EduBlogUK
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@robertshrimsley.bsky.social having fun as usual but there’s actually a serious point and aome good advice here!
Should I be more of a team player?
It’s the right thing to do but that doesn’t mean you should
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June 14, 2025 at 5:57 AM
@robertshrimsley.bsky.social having fun as usual but there’s actually a serious point and aome good advice here!
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It is 22 years ago today that my best friend, Nick Everton, died. He was 17 years old. Not much time to leave a mark on the world you would think.
But those of us who knew him came away irreversibly altered by even the short time we shared together....
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But those of us who knew him came away irreversibly altered by even the short time we shared together....
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June 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
It is 22 years ago today that my best friend, Nick Everton, died. He was 17 years old. Not much time to leave a mark on the world you would think.
But those of us who knew him came away irreversibly altered by even the short time we shared together....
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But those of us who knew him came away irreversibly altered by even the short time we shared together....
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1. A story. Please read.
Reposts hugely appreciated on this. You'll see why in a bit.
I was born in Pakistan and lived there until I was 4. My parents worked there as doctors. While we were there we were very close to a couple called Christine and Mike Miles.
Reposts hugely appreciated on this. You'll see why in a bit.
I was born in Pakistan and lived there until I was 4. My parents worked there as doctors. While we were there we were very close to a couple called Christine and Mike Miles.
June 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
1. A story. Please read.
Reposts hugely appreciated on this. You'll see why in a bit.
I was born in Pakistan and lived there until I was 4. My parents worked there as doctors. While we were there we were very close to a couple called Christine and Mike Miles.
Reposts hugely appreciated on this. You'll see why in a bit.
I was born in Pakistan and lived there until I was 4. My parents worked there as doctors. While we were there we were very close to a couple called Christine and Mike Miles.
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Q. Why do distractions consume so much learning time?
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June 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Q. Why do distractions consume so much learning time?
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I wrote this about how to read and why.
Books remain the best technology ever invented to understand life and the world. There is no alternative.
Every book you read helps you build a richer picture of the entire world.
jmarriott.substack.com/p/how-i-read
Books remain the best technology ever invented to understand life and the world. There is no alternative.
Every book you read helps you build a richer picture of the entire world.
jmarriott.substack.com/p/how-i-read
How to read and why
I love reading and I love advice about how to read.
jmarriott.substack.com
June 7, 2025 at 9:20 AM
I wrote this about how to read and why.
Books remain the best technology ever invented to understand life and the world. There is no alternative.
Every book you read helps you build a richer picture of the entire world.
jmarriott.substack.com/p/how-i-read
Books remain the best technology ever invented to understand life and the world. There is no alternative.
Every book you read helps you build a richer picture of the entire world.
jmarriott.substack.com/p/how-i-read
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SUMMARY
• The classroom is a distraction-rich environment, the costs of which are often more than we think.
• Eliminating all distractions could improve learning by over 50%.
• Leaders tend to underestimate this effect even more.
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• The classroom is a distraction-rich environment, the costs of which are often more than we think.
• Eliminating all distractions could improve learning by over 50%.
• Leaders tend to underestimate this effect even more.
👊
June 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
SUMMARY
• The classroom is a distraction-rich environment, the costs of which are often more than we think.
• Eliminating all distractions could improve learning by over 50%.
• Leaders tend to underestimate this effect even more.
👊
• The classroom is a distraction-rich environment, the costs of which are often more than we think.
• Eliminating all distractions could improve learning by over 50%.
• Leaders tend to underestimate this effect even more.
👊
Me thinking hard in the front row!
The back of the big brain of @carlhendrick.substack.com whose packed talk with @hugheshaili.bsky.social is looking at lethal mutations of retrieval practice #cogscisci
May 30, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Me thinking hard in the front row!
#CogSciSci What a day. Exploring pedagogy, CPD, curriculum, and meeting some brilliant people!
May 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
#CogSciSci What a day. Exploring pedagogy, CPD, curriculum, and meeting some brilliant people!
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Why AI hype about personalised learning is (likely) overblown.
A thread:
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A thread:
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May 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Why AI hype about personalised learning is (likely) overblown.
A thread:
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A thread:
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Yesterday I contacted the #mentors I work with to suggest some blogs I have written in response to the mentor queries I have received at this time of year. If you work with #ITT beginning teachers in #PGCE #SCITT #TeacherEducation these may be of use.
A 🧵 of 9 blogs for this time of year... 1/
A 🧵 of 9 blogs for this time of year... 1/
May 15, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Yesterday I contacted the #mentors I work with to suggest some blogs I have written in response to the mentor queries I have received at this time of year. If you work with #ITT beginning teachers in #PGCE #SCITT #TeacherEducation these may be of use.
A 🧵 of 9 blogs for this time of year... 1/
A 🧵 of 9 blogs for this time of year... 1/
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NEW POST: A new study shows that silent thinking boosts learning, but only under specific circumstances.
carlhendrick.substack.com/p/does-think...
carlhendrick.substack.com/p/does-think...
Does thinking silently about answers help you learn?
Teachers often assume students think along silently when others answer. A new study shows that unless they're actively engaged, they might not be learning much.
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May 25, 2025 at 7:02 AM
NEW POST: A new study shows that silent thinking boosts learning, but only under specific circumstances.
carlhendrick.substack.com/p/does-think...
carlhendrick.substack.com/p/does-think...
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I think about this poem a lot at the minute
May 24, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I think about this poem a lot at the minute
“Teachers are not simply content explaining automatons, they are bridge builders between the known and the unknown, the misunderstood and the deeply connected. Modelling is the bridge that takes children across this cognitive chasm.” Well said!
Latest blog on the importance but decline of teacher modelling.
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May 12, 2025 at 10:34 AM
“Teachers are not simply content explaining automatons, they are bridge builders between the known and the unknown, the misunderstood and the deeply connected. Modelling is the bridge that takes children across this cognitive chasm.” Well said!
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Have recently begun using hand-drawn slides for our CPD sessions. I find it a more organic way to plan and illustrate what I want to say and I spend less time trying to create diagrams and illustrations.
May 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Have recently begun using hand-drawn slides for our CPD sessions. I find it a more organic way to plan and illustrate what I want to say and I spend less time trying to create diagrams and illustrations.
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“Massive numbers of students are going to emerge from university with degrees, and into the workforce, who are essentially illiterate…Both in the literal sense and in the sense of being historically illiterate and having no knowledge of their own culture, much less anyone else’s.”
Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College
ChatGPT has unraveled the entire academic project.
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May 7, 2025 at 11:08 AM
“Massive numbers of students are going to emerge from university with degrees, and into the workforce, who are essentially illiterate…Both in the literal sense and in the sense of being historically illiterate and having no knowledge of their own culture, much less anyone else’s.”
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‘Rather than simply asking, 'How can we improve educational outcomes for KS3/KS4/KS5/life?', we should also ask, 'Who or what else is shaping the educational journey?’
Excellent piece on why we should be cautious about assuming one model of learning rules them all.
Excellent piece on why we should be cautious about assuming one model of learning rules them all.
The dangerous myth of a universal pedagogy.
nickdennisnrd.substack.com/p/the-proble...
nickdennisnrd.substack.com/p/the-proble...
The problems of fixed teaching models in changing times
If we are living in an age of educational polycrisis, marked by overlapping challenges such as mental health struggles, technological disruption, inequality, climate anxiety, and political polarisatio...
nickdennisnrd.substack.com
May 4, 2025 at 5:57 AM
‘Rather than simply asking, 'How can we improve educational outcomes for KS3/KS4/KS5/life?', we should also ask, 'Who or what else is shaping the educational journey?’
Excellent piece on why we should be cautious about assuming one model of learning rules them all.
Excellent piece on why we should be cautious about assuming one model of learning rules them all.
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SCHEDULE RELEASED #edusky
Cogscisci Surrey is a month away! Here are the amazing talks we have to offer featuring:
@adamboxereducation.bsky.social @drgarethbates.bsky.social @carlhendrick.substack.com @lambhearttea.bsky.social @hugheshaili.bsky.social @mrlockyer.bsky.social @mbdscience.bsky.social
Cogscisci Surrey is a month away! Here are the amazing talks we have to offer featuring:
@adamboxereducation.bsky.social @drgarethbates.bsky.social @carlhendrick.substack.com @lambhearttea.bsky.social @hugheshaili.bsky.social @mrlockyer.bsky.social @mbdscience.bsky.social
April 28, 2025 at 6:05 AM
SCHEDULE RELEASED #edusky
Cogscisci Surrey is a month away! Here are the amazing talks we have to offer featuring:
@adamboxereducation.bsky.social @drgarethbates.bsky.social @carlhendrick.substack.com @lambhearttea.bsky.social @hugheshaili.bsky.social @mrlockyer.bsky.social @mbdscience.bsky.social
Cogscisci Surrey is a month away! Here are the amazing talks we have to offer featuring:
@adamboxereducation.bsky.social @drgarethbates.bsky.social @carlhendrick.substack.com @lambhearttea.bsky.social @hugheshaili.bsky.social @mrlockyer.bsky.social @mbdscience.bsky.social
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1/ 🧵 How Do Children Start Learning to Write Before They Start School?
Children often arrive at school with a surprising amount of writerly knowledge.
Let’s explore how early experiences lay the foundation for writing. 🧠✍️
Children often arrive at school with a surprising amount of writerly knowledge.
Let’s explore how early experiences lay the foundation for writing. 🧠✍️
April 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
1/ 🧵 How Do Children Start Learning to Write Before They Start School?
Children often arrive at school with a surprising amount of writerly knowledge.
Let’s explore how early experiences lay the foundation for writing. 🧠✍️
Children often arrive at school with a surprising amount of writerly knowledge.
Let’s explore how early experiences lay the foundation for writing. 🧠✍️