GIVEAWAY! We have a few copies of our - @carlhendrick.substack.com, Jim Heal, me - new book to give away. Bonus points if you reply to this tweet telling us something you used to believe about teaching and learning but don’t anymore. RT to be included in the draw. @hachettelearning.bsky.social

We have a national skills council?

Tom Richmond@tom-richmond.com · last yr.

In Ireland, the Government has been urged to embed AI as a 'core component' of the education system after a study suggested that matching OECD levels of digital innovation could create 14,000 jobs and add €1.8 billion to GDP. Who funded the study? Google. 🤔 www.irishtimes.com/business/202...

For me, education is an applied science

Carl Hendrick@carlhendrick.substack.com · last yr.

Is there a science of teaching? Honoured to be on this panel with Dan Willingham, Shana Carpenter and Dylan Wiliam to discuss this topic at the Learning and the Brain conference in NYC

There seems to be revival of the education blogs and I am loving it. Education books probably have had their time A revival of the grassroots education communities would be brilliant thing too. With the way social media is used now, it's harder to establish such groups though.

If anyone on #edchatie has a genuine interest in improving their practice this is the place to go. Awkward time for Irish teachers to go but I've gone twice and presented at it once and still use what I learned there.

CogSciSci@cogscisci.bsky.social · last yr.

Sounds so familiar to #edchatie.

Adam Boxer@adamboxereducation.bsky.social · last yr.

If you're implementing a new idea in your school and it doesn't clearly lead to more learning, you're wasting time. We went this way with "engaging" lessons, group work, marking, target grades and more. We are now going this way, once again, but with AI.

"Right... but can this work on a wet Tuesday night in Stoke?"

Carl Hendrick@carlhendrick.substack.com · last yr.

Only 0.13% of papers in top 100 education journals were replications (far less than any other field of social research, which is already pretty bad for replications btw).

#edchatie

Ben Newmark@bennewmark.bsky.social · last yr.

AI for planning is a category error because planning is thinking and can't be outsourced.

The thing many people don't understand about Rosenshine principles is that they work so much better in a system. #edchatie

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"We should avoid attaching high stakes consequences to low validity inferences" #EdChatie

Peps@pepsmccrea.bsky.social · 2y ago

Short thread where I try to explain what validity is and why it's important. (This stuff is hard: tell me where I'm wrong) ↓

If you are looking for an excellent podcast around education then Sold a Story and Nice White Parents are always a good shout #edchatie

I read aloud in every science class. The opportunity cost is so low. Been at it a year and a half now and can't ever go back. #edchatie

Alex Quigley@alexjquigley.bsky.social · 2y ago

‘Why should we read aloud in class?’ “The teacher reading aloud and expertly modelling fluency (pace, expression, volume etc.) is likely a better bet than selecting underpractised pupils to read.” alexquigley.co.uk/who-should-r...

#edchatie

Adam Smith@mrsmithnorwich.bsky.social · 2y ago

I've been thinking a lot about AI the past year or so and I am growing increasingly firm in my belief that I basically hate it. I do not want to read an AI-written email newsletter or use an AI-generated summary. Education is a human domain and there is something so inhuman about generative AI.

Dara. Science teacher. Using cog science throughout my whole career so far. Think we need to be careful jumping into its use. Things like icons, dual coding and retrieval grids are counterproductive. Formative assessment is key to good cog science use in any subject. #Edchatie

Does anyone know where and when the next @cogscisci.bsky.social conference will be? Missed last year's one so hoping to go again #cogscisci

AI is one of the best things that has happened to education #edchatie

I think we need to seek ways of maintaining the PD up to the point of seeing change in the classroom, rather than up to the end of the PD session itself. Unfortunately, too much PD is evaluated through feedback forms rather than through impact on teaching (and learning).

Ireland is currently going through the lethal mutation stage of our CPD journey #edchatie

If people were up for it we should organise CPD groups around one specific practice. Meet up in person. Discuss, practice, debate and then move on when people feel they've improved #edchatie

Dara, maths and science. Think PD has so much to offer but very little of it has the impact it intends. Fair play to those who do it through talks and webinars, but it's a low input, low output approach #Edchatie

Why Means of Participation are so important, a tiny 🧵 First what are Means of Participation? They are intentionally installed routines for the common ways students will be expected to answer questions in class. Usually:

Ignoring the weighting of the AAC, what would be the ideal AAC for your subject that you could live with and still consider fair? 2nd exam? Interview? Practical? Love to discuss this with people. #edchatie

#edchatie

Adam Grant@adamgrant.bsky.social · 2y ago

We pay too much attention to the most confident voices—and too little attention to the most thoughtful ones. Conviction is not a sign of credibility. Speaking assertively is not a substitute for reflecting deeply. It's better to learn from complex thinkers than smooth talkers.

In some respects, AI has done wonders for raising awareness about the validity and reliability of assessments. #edchatie

Julian Girdham@sccenglish.bsky.social · 2y ago

The only way to maintain academic integrity is to have all high-stakes assessments done in controlled conditions: supervised, with no online access. No citations, references, guidelines or any other attempts to mitigate the power of AI will have any effect. #edchatie

"In the second instance" era has begun... #edchatie

If Monday #edchatie takes off I hope we can discuss AI use by teachers and schools. A debate is needed.

Really enjoy this way of teaching. I used to do a mind map but timeline is way better. Start class with just a horizontal arrow and go from there. Stopping at intervals, minimise the screen and ask students to write down what I just did from memory. Low stakes, of course.

Latest on our Substack - first in a series on designing the perfect assessment system. We start by going back to first principles - what is the point of assessment?

Designing the perfect assessment system, part 1

What's the point of assessment?

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Powerful, prophetic and depressing. A brilliant composition from @conorsmurf.bsky.social which brings to life the unfairness at the heart of Norma Foley’s AAC vision for Irish education. I genuinely hope whoever is the next Minister for Education sees common sense. t.co/7dRlZn8NYo