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Optimus Teaching

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Teaching and learning and teacher professional development. Interested in evidence-informed classroom practice. Tweets from Owen Carter @OptimusEd

 London, England
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Joined October 2013
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Has teacher workload reached critical mass? oego.co/workload-critical
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How can schools make homework... work? oego.co/hw-work
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Really interesting study somewhat questioning Daniel Kahneman’s model of the mind digest.bps.org.uk/2016/11/09… @ResearchDigest
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Oh God no - it's this sort of nonsense that sees money wasted on things that will do nothing to improve outcomes tes.com/news/school-news/bre…
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We're more likely to run late with travel routes we're familiar with digest.bps.org.uk/2016/10/27…
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Prof Matt O'Leary@drmattoleary3 Nov 2016
Forgot I'd written this blog! Mindsets are changing as schools/colleges start to reap the benefits of using obs to support rather than sort nitter.gq/teachingoe/status/7941… – at Walsall, England
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.@drmattoleary Interesting comment on your blog here: blog.optimus-education.com/h… Any thoughts?
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.@drmattoleary Interesting comment on your blog here: blog.optimus-education.com/h… Any thoughts?
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Take our quiz! How much do you really know about CPD? oego.co/CPDquiz #ukedchat #SLTchat
“What matters in schools is teachers. Fortunately, teaching can be taught” economist.com/news/leaders/2…
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Very useful article on nature/nurture effect in education. No, there aren't genes for education. theatlantic.com/science/arch…
The Genetics of Staying in School

The Genetics of Staying in School

A huge study found 74 gene variants that are associated with years of formal schooling—but that doesn’t mean there are “education genes."

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Does teaching experience increase teacher effectiveness? Interesting review of the research learningpolicyinstitute.org/…
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The Standard for Professional Development: what are the main messages? @EA_Holmes shows how to make it work blog.optimus-education.com/s…
'Catholic education chief says total religious segregation in schools is dreadful' schoolsimprovement.net/exclu…
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Tes magazine@tes27 Oct 2016
BREAKING NEWS: Reports coming in that the Education for All bill has been scrapped. Story to follow.
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Really interesting paper - hiring teachers during the school year has a negative impact on pupil achievement. scholar.harvard.edu/mkraft/p…
The answer to online pornography - is not just blocking access oego.co/onlin151f
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Liz Worthen@LizLearning26 Oct 2016
I always love a bit of homework discussion. The latest from @EA_Holmes on the #oeblog blog.optimus-education.com/m… via @OptimusEd
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Really interesting hearing David Blunkett's views on current edu landscape - no grammars, boost G&T, focus on kids oego.co/LordBlunkettMATs
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Mental health is important. League tables for it are a stupid idea. bbc.co.uk/news/education-376…
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