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oliver caviglioli

@olicav.bsky.social

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Information designer of education schemas and mental models. Author of Dual Coding with Teachers, co-author of Organise Ideas, and The Extended Mind. Co-creator of Teaching WalkThrus book and resources. Websites: olicav.com | walkthrus.co.uk

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oliver caviglioli @olicav.bsky.social · 1d

#UKEd #EduSky
Beware the misuse of the term 'alignment', used to disguise rigid, consistent, high-fidelity uniformity, directed by decades-outdated Command-and-Control management systems.

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Shane Leaning @shaneleaning.com · 1d

I’ve been devouring Coaching Walkthrus this week.

This part on learning walks is particularly relevant- the framing of the observation is everything!

@olicav.bsky.social @teacherhead.bsky.social Matt Stone

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Shane Leaning @shaneleaning.com · 1d

“Hold hypotheses lightly”

Love this page from @scottinghatt.bsky.social @ @mradamkohlbeck.bsky.social in Coaching Walkthrus.

(And you both look like absolute rockstars in the @olicav.bsky.social graphics)

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oliver caviglioli @olicav.bsky.social · 2d

#UKEd #EduSku
A sobering thought.

oliver caviglioli @olicav.bsky.social · 3d

#UKEd #EduSky
Teachers spend 98% of their time in classrooms with no one watching, so hit the coaching sweet spot with WalkThrus and make that 2% really count.

oliver caviglioli @olicav.bsky.social · 5d

Yes and, elsewhere, that prior knowledge is necessary but insufficient.

oliver caviglioli @olicav.bsky.social · 6d

#UKEd #EduSky
Normal learning.

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oliver caviglioli @olicav.bsky.social · 6d

#UKEd #EduSky
So, more is not better. Better is better.

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oliver caviglioli @olicav.bsky.social · 7d

#UKEd #EduSky
Each stage of our coaching model is a full chapter of the Coaching WalkThrus book, chock-a-block with techniques to enrich your coaching project.

oliver caviglioli @olicav.bsky.social · 7d

Yes it's the first thing. Great bonsai story.

oliver caviglioli @olicav.bsky.social · 7d

#EduSky #UKEd
Must simplify.

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oliver caviglioli @olicav.bsky.social · 7d

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Carl Bereiter & Marlene Scardamalia, giving you an unwanted but wise insight.

oliver caviglioli @olicav.bsky.social · 8d

#UKEd #EduSky
The Coaching WalkThrus book is structured around our coaching model, with all its feedback loops.

oliver caviglioli @olicav.bsky.social · 9d

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Do you have, and are you using, our Coaching WalkThrus book yet?
Teachers love WALKTHRUs

oliver caviglioli @olicav.bsky.social · 9d

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Dave Gray is so great. I get his emails (of this type) every week, and each one gets me thinking and re-evaluating what I consider to be true and useful.
His Visual Frameworks (100+) are brilliant. Take a look: visualframeworks.com

oliver caviglioli @olicav.bsky.social · 11d

Just in case you didn't 'get it', you could never consider all 2,304 combinations 'inside your head'. And this is where CLT hasn't sufficiently explored the use of writing/mark-making as a tool to expand the boundaries of cognitive load. As Merlin Donald pointed out with his EXMF

oliver caviglioli @olicav.bsky.social · 11d

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The Zwicky Box is, I think, one of the greatest insights of & tool for creativity. To start, it's very disappointing to see the mechanical nature of our thinking reduced to such humbling combinations. But, soon after, I see how it can contribute marvellously to greater complexity

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oliver caviglioli @olicav.bsky.social · 12d

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Deliberate Practice: the 10,000 hours nonsense.
Yet in this proudly evidence-informed community, we speak with such unwarranted confidence & authority.

From: Nonlinear Pedagogy in Skill
Acquisition.

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oliver caviglioli @olicav.bsky.social · 12d

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Deliberate Practice isn't quite what's believed. How many other such beliefs haven't been updated with superior evidence?
From Nonlinear Pedagogy in Skill Acquisition.

oliver caviglioli @olicav.bsky.social · 13d

The missing part at the start: Lakoff and Johnson's

oliver caviglioli @olicav.bsky.social · 13d

Thank you, Mr E. I followed that.

oliver caviglioli @olicav.bsky.social · 13d

ohnson's Container & Path orientational metaphors. I hope this helps you distinguish schema from mental models.

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oliver caviglioli @olicav.bsky.social · 13d

I worked with an infant teacher who used to tell & show his pupils the knowledge structures they were going to work within before hand. The pupils 'got it' easily & loved the cognitive helicopter ride they afforded.

oliver caviglioli @olicav.bsky.social · 13d

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There's been recent talk of revealing to students the structure of knowledge. Then just generalities. This is far more specific. There's a lot of agreement here, so take note, even if your favourite cog scientist hasn't publicised it.

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oliver caviglioli @olicav.bsky.social · 13d

Or simpler still