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Editor's note: Looking back on 2013, Edutopia has had a fantastic year. With more than 650 blog posts, 6700 comments and thousands of daily interactions with educators on our social media channels, w
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An interesting selection of ideas to pick and choose from...
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A Teacher Makes 1500 Educational Decisions A Day (RT @karenfalcs: A Teacher Makes 1500 Educational Decisions A Day http://t.co/H1b3P41RxR #rcjs #edchat #globaled #ibpyp #4thchat #gtchat)...
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Always a good reminder for education policy wonks and curriculum developers...teaching is one of the most rewarding jobs in the world but it is relentless in the multiple demands made on a good and caring teacher's time!
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Cross-Posted from: http://wsascdel.blogspot.com
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It would be interesting to use these 6 things as a reference test for leaders in your school, system or organisation
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Top adviser backs Pyne over emphasis on teacher quality but says Australia must do more to help disadvantaged students (Senior OECD education official weighs into Australia's debate over teacher quality, funding & equity:
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Its not so much about more money but how and where the money is spent. The disadvantaged schools funding model in the 70s and 80s in Australia saw a lot of money going into "priority" schools that I worked in to help raise the social aspirations of students in low SES communities but not enough was done on students' literacy and numeracy development. Nor was there a commensurate focus on teacher training and development in these and other areas like critrical and creative thinking for example. Teachers want to do the best for their kids and its important that we spend money on helping them do that-and thats not a one size fits all model but one that meets the needs of particular teachers in their particular school contexts.
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RT @TeamTait: What is Flipped Learning? http://t.co/AikHdcIzZj My Flipped Learning guide http://t.co/7mDNX9Ck4A My Flipped results http://t…
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Classroom reform with blended learning approaches includes an increased focus on "flipped learning" or the "flipped classroom"
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The ten most popular research publications from Policy Online's Education section published in 2013, based on the number of page visits according to Google analytics The most popular report from the Education section in 2013 was about the role of...
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Insightful and informative collection, amongst others
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4 Phases of Inquiry-Based Learning: A Guide For Teachers (Via @TeachThought a visual representation of the 4 stages of inquiry based learning: http://t.co/VZ88RRLTrX)...
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An interesting approach that can be applied in different curriculum areas and develop requisite skills
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Are you looking for some free professional development guides to read in the coming Christmas break? Edutopia has generously put up these three guides to help teachers and educators better... Via Dean J. Fusto
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Telegraph.co.uk Test children at seven, says Ofsted chief Telegraph.co.uk The Ofsted chief inspector called on government to consider bringing back formal national tests at the end of infant school amid suggestions that teachers' assessments of...
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Of course lets have external assessment of young children because some teachers are not assessing appropriately! Or maybe we can invest in some professional learning around effective assessment practices...
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How our schools could be so much better than they are now.
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An informative short to the point video in relation to the US- some of the stats may need fact checking but the conclusions on ways forward are consistent with other evidence and applicable beyond the US.
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These are not new lessons but it does make one reflect on how important they are when considered together as a package deal: - Teacher quality comes down to high standards (knowledge, skills, morals) for teacher entry, preparation and education. - Each teacher is important, but the culture of the school and teachers as a team is even more important - School leadership matters as much as teacher quality. - Teachers and schools should have autonomy and authority to plan, teach and assess for their students. - Teacher performance should not be judged by their student’s standardised test results. - Up to two-thirds of what explains student achievement is beyond the control of schools so need to “elevate children out of poverty by other public policies”. ·
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RT @TeachersNet: Nelson Mandela lessons, quotes, teaching support http://t.co/5em6B2hxv0 #Mandiba #RememberingMandela RT
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What a great collection-remembering a great leader
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Bray and McClaskey provide the Top 10 Trends for Personalized Learning in 2014 (RT @joycevalenza: 10 Trends for Personalized Learning in 2014 http://t.co/iVaomo2ExE via @sharethis #tlchat #edchat)...
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I like this because it puts personalised learning into perspective. Whatever the jargon that is used, this is not new for good teachers - it is about being student or learner focused, it is about engaging learners, it is about starting at point of need and then challenging them in realistic ways and it is about encouraging and building reflective learners. It does of course necessitate a curriculum that is flexible enough to enable differentiated and individualised teaching.
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Sugata Mitra has opened the doors of the world’s first School in the Cloud. A look at it and what happens there.
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30 Incredible Ways Technology Will Change Education By 2028 (30 Incredible Ways Technology Will Change Education By 2028 http://t.co/OZZ7jEd789)
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Whether some, all or more of these innovations take place, you will still need really really good teachers!
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National Post Keep accountability in the classroom National Post With Finland's reputation riding high, Hargreaves began urging Albertans, including former Education Minister Dave Hancock, to abandon the so-called “Third Way” of system-wide school...
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There is a lot of grey in this debate..it does not have to be one way or the other. High standards of performance and school/class accountability are essential ingredients of an excellent system but there are some different ways of getting there.
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Make a list of the 5 leaders you most admire. They can be from business, social media, politics, technology, the sciences, any field. Now ask yourself why you admire them.
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So true-the most important contribution you can make as a leader and that your leader can give you-it requires commitment and constant attention.
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![6 Types of Blended Learning [Infographic] - Edudemic | education reform | Scoop.it](https://img.scoop.it/CoAS_EEh1q6PJtIGsq_acDl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBVvK0kTmF0xjctABnaLJIm9)
Blended Learning is not so much an innovation as it is a natural by-product of the digital domain creeping into physical boundaries.
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A nice summary of a growing trend of necessity in our schooling systems of the 21st century.
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An interesting selection of articles on a range of teaching and learning issues - US based but with some currency for other jursidiction
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How do expectations influence students' achievement? A look into research old and new that shows the role of teachers' expectations influences outcomes.
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It is a truism but teachers behaviours are infuenced by their expectations of students
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December 12, 2013 8:39 PM
This is so true! Our preconceived ideas can have such an impact on the children. We need to be very careful, that we remain positive and try to be unbiased in the classroom.
Samantha Hogan's curator insight,
December 12, 2013 8:57 PM
This is so true! Our preconceived ideas can have such an impact on the children. We need to be very careful, that we remain positive and try to be unbiased in the classroom. 
Melissa Marshall's curator insight,
December 12, 2013 10:39 PM
This has always been the case, but it particularly pertinent to how studets will use technology as well. This will line up to your expectations - if you expect them to mess around with their iPads - they will. If you expect they will be engaged in learning and model this - they will.
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Jenny Perlman Robinson and Jenny Alexander discuss the key takeaways from the results of the 2012 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), which tested more than 510,000 15-year-olds in reading, mathematics, and science in 65...
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Teachers in all content areas can use these seven assessment and grading practices to enhance learning and teaching.
Classroom assessment and grading practices have the potential not only to measure and report learning but also to promote it. Indeed, recent research has documented the benefits of regular use of diagnostic and formative assessments as feedback for learning (Black, Harrison, Lee, Marshall, & Wiliam, 2004).
Like successful athletic coaches, the best teachers recognize the importance of ongoing assessments and continual adjustments on the part of both teacher and student as the means to achieve maximum performance.
Unlike the external standardized tests that feature so prominently on the school landscape these days, well-designed classroom assessment and grading practices can provide the kind of specific, personalized, and timely information needed to guide both learning and teaching.
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Very good teaching, and specifically assessment, advice no matter what year level or school context-consistent with good principles of assessment
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We learned the results of the latest PISA (Program for International Student Assessment) last week, and American students performed the same on the well-regarded international exam as they have for the past ten years -- completely stagnant, smack...
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Here’s the problem with cherry picking from other countries - there is an assumption (usually with little evidence) that each of these practises by themselves has an effect; and that somehow each of them if not as a package is transportable to another country with a different set of circumstances and will have a transformative effect. This may not be the case. It may be worth analysing what some common practises are across high performing countries.
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Ontario education is always interesting to follow -some similar themes with other education systems like Australia.
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A pithy five minutes on the art of teaching in all it complexity-its more than knowing what to teach