🦞Educating Lobsters blogger 🦞 Mathematics educator and trainee counsellor in mental health
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6 Jul 2021
Being part of #EEConQuest by #Empathetic_Educators with @naomi_toland @mindfulmissg was an absolute treat!
Loved being able to connect & talk about #eduwellbeing #mentalhealth
🎥 Watch it here..
youtu.be/f84sBIFpZvo
📖 Or read my latest blog educatinglobsters.co.uk/post…
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This post resonates so much rn.
After a year or so off from education. Stepping back into the classroom - I’m so conscious of the privilege it is to work with young people.
Those 💡moments are the best!
Feb 4
"That kind of community doesn’t happen by accident. It happens when school leaders are intentional about inviting others in, sharing ownership, and building a culture rooted in respect and belonging." Dr. Rachel Edoho-Eket, #ForwardTogether
Forever Their Teacher - mailchi.mp/georgecouros/forw…
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10 Dec 2023
This is a mathematics joke.
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10 Dec 2023
Algebra 1 teachers! I've made @openmiddle Depth of Knowledge matrices to show how a single problem can replace an entire worksheet in Algebra 1. Download it now here: robertkaplinsky.com/depth-of… #iteachmath
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10 Dec 2023
Love this. I’d maybe add in after notice, try to fit something mathematical I already know before use relationships bit.
Love it 🫶🫶🫶
9 Dec 2023
Anyone want to chime in on this graphic that is intended to show how one might "learn" math on your own? Think about mathy people wandering around the world before (much) formal education existed.....
@ProfSmudge @watanabeKSU @pippinsboss @kennedy_tierney @dmarain @SmartJacques
ALT Notice new patterns, use relationships, refine-learn, generalize and formalize
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9 Dec 2023
Math.
A mathematician emerges from a cave, hands you the the slip of paper below, and says "Is it true that a dart thrown at the real number line would never hit a rational number?" What is your response?
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8 Dec 2023
Love a cheeky little maths puzzle to get thinking 🧠 going…
Exponents and logs are definitely properly challenging my 12s atm!
#everyonecansmashmaths
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7 Dec 2023
Do you know why a negative divided by a positive equals a negative? If not, find out in 30 seconds.
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6 Dec 2023
Absolutely fascinating thread. Thanks @C_Hendrick
The world of pedagogy is full of false dichotomies, no absolutes and it’s beautifully confusing!!! Probably the reason I love it.. you are never done knowing how to teach!
10 Sep 2023
A thread summarising my talk at #rED23 yesterday on the challenges of applying the science of learning in the classroom 🧵
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10 Sep 2023
As far back as the 1890s William James cautioned against thinking you can apply the principles of psychology straight into the classroom. However, without an understanding of how the brain learns, planning instruction is suboptimal. I think these two positions encapsulate the interstitial point in which we find ourselves.
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6 Dec 2023
What's your favorite T move? 💃
(Idea via educator @Principal_PeteJ) #TeacherLife
ALT "My favorite move of all time: specific, positive, and timely affirmation and feedback. 'I just saw you __. That’s great because __.'" —Educator Pete Johnson
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5 Dec 2023
The three types of empathy are all important in their own ways. #empathy #LeadershipDevelopment
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🎄Day 5 of our Advent Giveaway 🎄
Today it is a leadership themed giveaway with books from @MaryMyatt and @johntomsett and @JonnyUttley.
To win this brilliant bundle of prizes:
✨Follow us
✨Like this tweet
✨Repost this tweet
✨Tag a friend
We will pick one lucky winner.
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5 Dec 2023
Absolutely love this blog post.. I think #1 is so common amongst Maths teachers as so much teaching of Maths used to be mimicking and not thinking!
You’re so right that we tend to see all the shiny stuff on social media.
Thank you for sharing @robertkaplinsky
4 Dec 2023
A big problem in education is that teachers keep their insecurities to themselves for fear of being judged. I wish it wasn't that way. So, I wrote a list of my 10 biggest educator insecurities and hope it'll make it easier to talk about.
robertkaplinsky.com/ten-thin… #iteachmath
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2 Dec 2023
T @RBMSCarty uses these sentence stems to kick-start robust classroom discussions!
What's one conversation starter you might add to the list?
ALT Anchor chart titled "Meaningful and Accountable Talk." Below are six speech bubbles containing the text "To Agree...," "To Disagree," "To Clarify...," "To Confirm...," "When confused...," and "To Add On..." Beneath each speech bubble are three to four sentence stems.
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3 Dec 2023
Love this - definitely a technique I’m going to start next week thank you @tbmb62997 🫶🫶🫶
2 Dec 2023
Start by asking for a definitely wrong answer. Kids love coming up with nonsense answers and it sometimes helps with buy-in to the actual problem. Kids who struggle in math are so used to getting wrong answers sometimes starting with this helps them relax.
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2 Dec 2023
New TikTok video: Did you know you can divide across fractions?
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Did you know? 🤔
When 9th-grade students wrestled with math problems to find their own solutions before receiving instruction, their comprehension nearly doubled, compared to students learning via direct instruction only.
Read the study: bit.ly/3S8b144
ALT When 9th grade students wrestled with math problems to find their own solutions before receiving instruction, their comprehension nearly doubled, compared to students learning via direct instruction only. In middle and high school, asking students to struggle with key concepts before teaching the correct solutions is highly effective. But use the tactic surgically to avoid too much frustration. Kapur and Bielaczyc, 2012
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