Under pressure to increase student attainment at GCSE but hesitant about what that might look like? I'm very exciting to be running this webinar series for the @histassoc.bsky.social on improving outcomes at GCSE whilst remaining faithful to our discipline. www.history.org.uk/secondary/ca...

Webinar series: Improving outcomes in GCSE History: rich and authentic encounters with the past at Key Stage 4

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Under pressure to increase student attainment at GCSE but hesitant about what that might look like? I'm very exciting to be running this webinar series for the @histassoc.bsky.social on improving outcomes at GCSE whilst remaining faithful to our discipline. www.history.org.uk/secondary/ca...

Webinar series: Improving outcomes in GCSE History: rich and authentic encounters with the past at Key Stage 4

history.org.uk

Classroom Chairs, Coercion, and the Right to Concentrate This article's basic point is that classroom chairs aren’t neutral objects. This isn’t new as all artifacts can have politics, but... #Edusky open.substack.com/pub/paulkirs...

When Prior Knowledge Helps, and When It Doesn’t Which factors make prior knowledge helpful or unhelpful? And which should we consider first? efratfurst.substack.com/p/when-prior...

When Prior Knowledge Helps, and When It Doesn’t

Four basic considerations and the one that should come first

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#historyteacher Public Health and Bristol folks @edurbin.bsky.social

History at Bristol@uobrishistory.bsky.social · 4mo ago

suggesting that those living beyond city perimeters benefited from their geographic ability to isolate. Matthew conducted the study as part of his BA in History during research that he began amid the COVID-19 pandemic.’

And also take a look at the only GCSE spec written by SHP and that does local history properly!! teach.ocr.org.uk/switch-to-oc...

Dan Lyndon-Cohen @danlyndon.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Local History has been championed by the Schools History Project since the 1970s! When our pioneering predecessors, SCHP, wrote their seminal book, A New Look at History, in 1976 they talked about a new course for history students to study, which they called History Around Us ...

Wait, but coursework is the great saviour of young people from the unbearable pressure and stress of the evil exam system, isn't it? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

New GCSE assessments 'unsustainable' say teachers in Wales

Unions warn teachers will quit and there are fears for pupils' wellbeing as classroom tests increase.

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Release day! The ebook & hardback are live. The first book for teachers based on *enactive* cognitive science, please consider leaving a review when you're done (it really helps). (Paperback readers: Amazon is having a glitch, so it's slightly delayed.) mybook.to/teachingmean...

Early bird booking for the @histassoc.bsky.social conference in Newcastle/Gateshead ends today. Come to our wonderful city and experience brilliant history CPD! www.haconference.com

Think it’s more depressing than that. It’s about convenience. No, I don’t want to have to help my child learn stuff at home. No, I don’t want my child upset because you put them in DT for no HWK I’ve suddenly discovered something that’s important to me, why didn’t you say something sooner?

The problem with journalists’ commentary on British education in a nutshell

Alex Selby-Boothroyd@alexselbyb.bsky.social · 7mo ago

British education in a nutshell

Friends, Claudette Colvin—the 15-year-old who refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in March 1955 & joined the federal case against bus segregation that went to the Supreme Court — died today at age 86. But there are lots of myths and mis-impressions about her. A short corrective thread:

OK. So I got interested in who exactly IS drafting the curriculum. The picture is super mixed but worrying in places - have put a few headlines below but would welcome comment from DfE! If anyone has more information to contribute I would be interested. This is based on a quick search of names /1

Tes magazine@tesmagazine.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Who is drafting England’s new curriculum? Here is the full list of experts...

Catherine Howard lasts four months at the top of government eh? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Reeves’s planning overhaul stalls as senior adviser quits after four months

Exclusive: Catherine Howard’s exit comes amid disagreements at top of government about how far to push deregulation agenda

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@arthurjchapman.bsky.social one for you causal reasoning in the wild - a Sierra Leonian chief reflecting on the 1898 House Tax War and using metaphor to communicate complex causation! www.jstor.org/stable/30210...

@justice2history.bsky.social have a new book coming out in collaboration with Katie Donnington and Nick Draper. It is now available for free download: discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10... #HistoryEducation #historyteacher #TeacherEducation

🚨 History teachers, we’re back! 🚨 Join us on 7 Feb 2026 for a day of workshops and a nice curry – all for £25. Ten years after the ‘knowledge turn’, we’re exploring what knowledge-rich history teaching looks like today. Presenters & link below 👇

On Yom Kippur many Jewish people in Britain have their phones off to mark the holy day. As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time. At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.

The report featured in the Guardian today on the inclusion of women in hustory lessons is really important - lets make women’s voices heard and their actions remembered. www.history.org.uk/secondary/ca...

Report on Reclaiming Women’s Place in the History Curriculum

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Our report in The Guardian www.theguardian.com/education/20...

School history lessons minimise the role of women, report finds

Campaigners say key stage 3 curriculum plays to misogny and teaches a ‘false version of the past’

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In this photo are my two babies....and Rupert and Henry 😂 We're thrilled to announce that Changing Histories: Expanding Worlds c1600-c1870 is now out! Thank you to all the incredible people involved in this project and to everyone who's already ordered a copy/class set! You have impeccable taste. X

It's that time of year when we evaluate our curriculum. I would really appreciate it if anyone could have a look over ours. What are we missing? What needs changing? Does it flow properly? Does it prepare students from KS4 & 5? Any Feedback much appreciated. #historyteacher

No shade on James, who is just playing the game along with the rest of us, but the fact students need to know all *this* as well as the *history* remains bonkers. They have to spend time doing this sort of nonsense in so many subjects - surely we can examine better?

James Fitzgibbon@mrfitzhist.bsky.social · last yr.

So glad to see lots of students outside the exam hall for Paper 1 with their ‘If faced with’ question stem sheets. Juggling the content is difficult enough so having this quick reference point is a big help. #historyteacher docs.google.com/file/d/1x2D1...

Look what’s arrived @colinmccormick.bsky.social @katieamery.bsky.social Looking forward to getting stuck in

Want a free copy of our book? Retweet or like and we'll pick the winner on Friday

In 1665 a recipe for a tea caudle created by Sir Kenelm Digby was published. All you need is to mix together two yolks, sugar, and brewed tea. Suggested for days when ‘you have not the conveniency to eat presently a competent meal’. Stuart Huel? Would that I was brave enough to try it.

#HAConf25 was a blast. Thanks to @jacobolivey.bsky.social @mrsthorne.bsky.social @catherinepriggs.bsky.social @egcarr.bsky.social @davidjhibbert.bsky.social @e-nicholson.bsky.social and @michaeldoron.bsky.social for terrific workshops - and to the @histassoc.bsky.social team for organising!

Will Goodfellow@willgoodfellow82.bsky.social · last yr.

It has been wonderful to spend a few days amongst so many people who genuinely value and appreciate my contribution/role in the history teaching community. Thank you for always making me feel like I belong, even though I'd be a rubbish teacher! You're friends first, authors second. #haconf25

Evidence-based, ‘balanced’ history like this is conducive to national cohesion in modern Britain. Far right denialism & justification of colonialism is not.

Colin McCormick@colinmccormick.bsky.social · last yr.

Buy Now! @richkhistory.bsky.social the "sister book" to his one. One for schools and people interested in Empire/slavery. Email enquiries@cpmmmedia.com with the subject line "Book Order" or alternatively, order on Amazon. @sathnam.bsky.social @corinnefowler.bsky.social @alanlester.bsky.social