Apologies - I can't remember who took this and tweeted it to me!
Thank you to everyone who said kind things about my presentation both via Twitter or in person at #TMLondon. It was a great evening and a real privilege to present and share something with the huge number of colleagues in person and online. Here I will outline what I covered:
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I have written a blog post about what I am doing with KS4 classes which is <here>. I have done with my Y10 year group (I am Head of Y10) and my two Y11 RE classes... "Why has no-one ever told us this before?" some gasped. I am also looking to do a KS3 version ready for their end of year tests. I hope to sow some seeds of though; they're not magic beans though!
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Image thanks to Ben Jose
I also hinted at the fact that meta-cognition / cognitive psychology is NOT a magic beans solution. This is something that Carl Hendrick has recently blogged about <here>. As he says, "to my mind there are four areas in education research: philosophy, anthropology, sociology and of course psychology and at the moment I worry that we seem to have hedged all our bets on the latter."
Somehow I also managed to get a reference in from Frank Skinner, my favourite comedian. A few years ago, he discussed how he tries to ensure that his memory doesn't deteriorate with old age by only Googling things he doesn't know, rather than things he doesn't remember. I think this is particularly important when we have the internet often just a button away....
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A few people have said they were surprised by the information on my "Hot or Not" slide. This comes from an article from a number of top cognitive psychologists which can be read <here>. A summary is also available in my student booklet <here>.
Finally, if you fancy watching it again (or indeed for the first time). Check out the video below... fast forward to 37mins:
If you want to read more, see these:
- https://evidenceintopractice.wordpress.com/2015/02/08/can-we-teach-students-effective-revision-skills/
- http://www.huntingenglish.com/2013/04/07/effective-revision-strategies/
- https://classteaching.wordpress.com/2015/01/29/supporting-learning-through-effective-revision-techniques/
- http://johntomsett.com/2015/02/13/this-much-i-know-aboutteaching-students-meta-cognition-self-regulation-skills-for-the-examination-hall/
- https://mrshepstone.wordpress.com/2015/03/30/your-revision-time-is-precious-dont-waste-it/
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