Daniel Muijs
@danielmuijs.bsky.social
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Professor of Education, Queen’s University Belfast
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This description of the Irish Curriculum spec for the English LC by @finn_mcredmond is a perfect example of the vacuousness of many curricula. Typical of what we often see when curriculum developers are afraid to specify actual content and scared of setting high expectations.
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What is a knowledge-rich curriculum? In any event not just facts, not just math and reading, and not elitist. It is the strongest lever for equity. And thus ultimately a matter of social justice. #EduSky

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Initial reviews for @ensermark.bsky.social and @greeborunner.bsky.social’s new book, #HowDoTheyDoIt? have been glowing! ⭐ Thank you to @danielmuijs.bsky.social for these comments.

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The results (again!) suggest that explicit teaching is the most appropriate way to help low achievers from disadvantaged social backgrounds acquire new, complex, and structured mathematical knowledge
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It’s here 👏🏻 the 5th edition of the social science student journal @danielmuijs.bsky.social
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Hot off the press – Edition 5 is here!
We’re excited to launch the 5th edition of the Undergraduate Social Science Student Journal! Packed with critical thinking, and the incredible talent of our undergraduate students. 🧠💬
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#SSSJ5 #SocialScience#LaunchDay #SSESW
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1. Ensure that subject knowledge is an important part of teacher education programmes
2. Provide CPD opportunities for teachers to develop subject knowledge when & where they need it
3. Provide high quality support materials and textbooks to scaffold teacher knowledge
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Of course, not all teachers can have a subject degree in the subject they teach (in secondary). And in primary all teachers are generalists by definition. So what can we do to ensure that the subject knowledge is there?
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Interestingly, the effect is mediated by teacher confidence, with teachers with a subject degree being more confident. That is similar to what David Reynolds and me found in an earlier study, and a body of evidence on the importance of teacher subject knowledge.
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Subject degree is positively related to attainment in TIMSS (across countries), and explains about 17.5% of differences between teachers in effectiveness, which is a practically important effect. The effect is strongest for pupils from more disadvantaged backgrounds.
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This paper by Pietro Sarcassani is a nice illustration of the importance of subject knowledge to teacher effectiveness. In this study of Science teaching he finds that holding a subject degree in the relevant taught science (e.g. Biology, Physics...). sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The effect of teacher subject-specific qualifications on student science achievement
I investigate the effect of teacher subject-specific qualifications on student science achievement using data from TIMSS 2015, a large-scale assessmen…
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Verjaardagsboeken/birthday books
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Lining up is a sensible thing to do. Sets up the day and expectations and allows for an orderly move into classrooms.
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Spoke to a secondary head who swapped to doing this two years ago and he says it’s really helped with behaviour and monitoring absence.

If you do this, do you like it?
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‪And in more great news Christine Counsell will be chairing the curriculum reform task force.‬
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Lucy Crehan presenting her strategic review of the NI curriculum. Need for reform made clear: we need to move to a new curriculum framework that is specific, focussed, knowledge-rich, purposeful, and flexible and inclusive. A clear and evidence-based direction. #Curriculum #NI
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As ever, the loudest voices calling for the collapse of universities, presumably in the post-92 sector, benefitted from privileged educations.
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Our article 'The role of knowledge-rich curricula in promoting deep thinking and complex skill acquisition' is online and free. #EduSky
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My second order was a usb Ethernet adapter. The excitement never stops in the Muijs household.
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