Edinburgh Napier University - Teacher Education
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The Teacher Education team at Edinburgh Napier University
Want to find out more about our PGDE programmes in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Maths & English? Want to find out what it's like to study to become a teacher at @edinburghnapier.bsky.social? Come and meet us on Thu 20 Nov at our Merchiston campus. www.napier.ac.uk/study-with-u...
Postgraduate Events
Learn more about postgraduate study by attending a postgraduate event with Edinburgh Napier. Meet academics, student support teams and current students.
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The Curious Teacher Conference Sat 04 Oct 2025 @edinburghnapier.bsky.social, Sighthill Campus £50 (£35 for student teachers). Registration/details: sway.cloud.microsoft/uiY35a9sitDV... Keynotes: @nuthmani.bsky.social (Education is not neutral) and Kirsten Leask (Learning for Sustainability)
Curious Teacher Conference 2025
Curious about improving your pedagogy? Curious about aspects of inclusion? Curious about thriving in teaching? We have the conference for you!
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What should you expect as a new student teacher in Scotland? @colinmcgill.bsky.social of @enuteachered.bsky.social offers some sound advice in @tesmagazine.bsky.social (and subscribing to TES weekly is something I'd add to his advice!) www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
What should you expect as a new student teacher in Scotland?
With many students starting their teacher education journey in Scotland, Colin McGill offers some words of advice and says it’s an exciting time to join the profession
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Recording of @aud2526.bsky.social presentation "Signing to Know: Unlocking chemistry concepts" from symposium in her honour last week is now on @cerg.bsky.social YouTube channel. Thanks to Dr Helen Pain for her warm introduction to Audrey and the symposium youtu.be/9cWN4oD39kw
Dr Audrey Cameron: Teaching Deaf Children Chemistry
YouTube video by RSC Chemical Education Research Group
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The third episode of Talking Scottish Education is available now. In it @stuartphysics.bsky.social & I speak with Carole Ford & Lindsay Paterson on the importance of a knowledge-based curriculum, the role of assessment, and the need for coherence in educational practices.
📢The Curious Teacher Conference: a 1 day professional learning event to enhance knowledge, skills and wellbeing of school teachers. Keynote speaker: @olliebray.bsky.social (update on the Curriculum Improvement Cycle).
#MICER25 update: Prof. Paul Ashwin will be leading a workshop on the use of interview data and phenomenography. MICER takes place at @edinburghnapier.bsky.social on Wednesday 21 May 2025. Details at micerportal.wordpress.com #ChemEd #ITeachChem #ChemEdResearch #ChemSky
Methods in Chemistry Education Research Portal
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I'm really looking forward to hosting a full day focusing on evidence informed and actionable feedback strategies for the classroom. This includes written, verbal, self & peer assessment, the use of technology & whole class feedback. More info & tickets events.bookitbee.com/lead-equate-...
Memory is the residue of thought: “one of the most useful questions when teaching or observing a lesson: who is thinking about what right now?”
Mark Enser@ensermark.bsky.social · 2y ago*** NEW POST *** We may have nodded along with the expression "memory is the residue of thought" but this powerful piece of advice should be at the forefront of our planning www.tes.com/magazine/tea... via @tesmagazine.bsky.social
It's book launch day! Listen to myself and Jamie talking about The Essentials of Learning to Teach: Thriving as a new secondary teacher open.spotify.com/episode/1Wcr...
NEW EPISODE: Beyond Survival: the new teacher podcast. Myself and @kirstencolquhoun.bsky.social discuss "Cheat Codes for New Teachers" open.spotify.com/episode/2QxI...
Cheat Codes for New Teachers
Beyond Survival: The New Teacher Podcast · Episode
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"So, instead of turning on the ‘bells and whistles’ of teaching when the material is complex, do the opposite. Streamline and simplify instruction."
Blake Harvard@blakeharvard.bsky.social · last yr.I was recently asked to consider one piece of advice I'd give to teachers. And, after thinking about it for a bit, I guess I'd suggest doing less, not more. More may be too much. https://theeffortfuleducator.com/2025/02/18/less-is-more-more-is-too-much/
Interested in secondary teaching? Want to show your passion for teaching Maths, English, Biology, Chemistry or Physics? Check out our webinar for more info about our PGDE programmes at @edinburghnapier.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/Y3sVT9I...
PGDE Professional Graduate Diploma in Education (FT/PT) at Edinburgh Napier University
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“We’re producing less literate, less numerate people than society used to… What we expect by the end of primary school is weaker than what was expected in the past.” A fascinating read from @NeilMackay speaking to Prof Lindsay Paterson. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2485038...
Scotland’s schools are accused of ‘harming pupils permanently’ with curriculum
Professor Lindsay Paterson talks to our Writer at Large about the decline and fall of the once great Scottish school
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This morning, our PGDE Scientists got fantastic input from @roysocchem.bsky.social and @stuartphysics.bsky.social
The #ENUTeacherEdAdventBlogPost Day 24 Responsive Teaching: The challenge and necessity of checking in on every student by @teacherhead.bsky.social teacherhead.com/2024/04/29/r...
Responsive Teaching: The challenge and necessity of checking in on every student.
The theme of so much of my recent blogging and discussions in schools has been the very real challenge of teaching everyone in a class effectively – simultaneously. I still don’t t…
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The #ENUTeacherEdAdventBlogPost Day 23 You’re Already Harnessing the Science of Learning (You Just Don’t Know It) by @retrievelearn.bsky.social www.edsurge.com/news/2018-07...
You’re Already Harnessing the Science of Learning (You Just Don’t Know It) - EdSurge News
Ten years ago, I read an article in the New York Times with dismay. It was about how clickers were all the rage in schools across the country. It ...
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The #ENUTeacherEdAdventBlogPost Day 22 On building relationships by @drcastelino.bsky.social drcastelino.wordpress.com/2024/11/30/o...
On building relationships
Recently, I heard a teacher say how good they were at building relationships in their classroom. They suggested that their subject (PE) meant they found it easier to do so and that as a result the …
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The #ENUTeacherEdAdventBlogPost Day 21 Writing A Better Multiple-Choice Question: What Does Research Indicate? by @blakeharvard.bsky.social theeffortfuleducator.com/2018/09/26/w...
Writing A Better Multiple-Choice Question: What Does Research Indicate? - The Effortful Educator
Writing A Better Multiple-Choice Question: What Does Research Indicate?
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The #ENUTeacherEdAdventBlogPost Day 20 Problem solving or explicit instruction: Which should go first when element interactivity is high? by @gregashman.bsky.social gregashman.wordpress.com/2019/07/30/p...
Problem solving or explicit instruction: Which should go first when element interactivity is high?
I have had a paper that I have co-written with my PhD supervisors accepted for publication in Educational Psychology Review. Having studied the copyright statement, I am clear that I am able to pub…
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The #ENUTeacherEdAdventBlogPost Day 19 Putting theory into practice by @ensermark.bsky.social heathfieldteachshare.wordpress.com/2018/04/23/p...
Putting theory into practice
I love a good teaching and learning book, as anyone who has popped into my classroom or tried to find something on my desk can attest. I also really enjoy attending research conferences (I’m …
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The #ENUTeacherEdAdventBlogPost Day 18 The power of “by” by @adamboxereducation.bsky.social achemicalorthodoxy.co.uk/2021/04/27/t...
The power of “by”
Quick heads-up: this blog uses a lot of technical jargon that you may be unfamiliar with. The jargon springs from the work of Doug Lemov and Paul Bambrick-Santoyo, and if you wish to know more, the…
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“Power of by”- spot on nuance for framing action steps from @adamboxereducation.bsky.social Also, really important side note on ‘Sins of Enthusiasm’ (another must read if you value equity in the classroom)
Edinburgh Napier University - Teacher Education @enuteachered.bsky.social · 2y agoThe #ENUTeacherEdAdventBlogPost Day 18 The power of “by” by @adamboxereducation.bsky.social achemicalorthodoxy.co.uk/2021/04/27/t...
The #ENUTeacherEdAdventBlogPost Day 18 The power of “by” by @adamboxereducation.bsky.social achemicalorthodoxy.co.uk/2021/04/27/t...
The power of “by”
Quick heads-up: this blog uses a lot of technical jargon that you may be unfamiliar with. The jargon springs from the work of Doug Lemov and Paul Bambrick-Santoyo, and if you wish to know more, the…
achemicalorthodoxy.co.uk
A good list. Most of these points are things I learned with experience and tried to do.
Edinburgh Napier University - Teacher Education @enuteachered.bsky.social · 2y agoThe #ENUTeacherEdAdventBlogPost Day 17 10 things: Establishing expectations with a new class by @teacherhead.bsky.social teacherhead.com/2023/08/25/1...
The #ENUTeacherEdAdventBlogPost Day 17 10 things: Establishing expectations with a new class by @teacherhead.bsky.social teacherhead.com/2023/08/25/1...
10 things: Establishing expectations with a new class.
Those first few lessons with a class are a golden period for setting out expectations. You have the opportunity to establish routines, norms that will then become their habits over time. Some of th…
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Excellent suggestions in this blog for simple tweaks to your lesson that can help improve learning.
Edinburgh Napier University - Teacher Education @enuteachered.bsky.social · 2y agoThe #ENUTeacherEdAdventBlogPost Day 15 Powerful Learning Is All About Retrieval by @retrievelearn.bsky.social ascd.org/el/articles/...
