teacher, speaker, & author of Teach Like Finland (bit.ly/2PR04pm) and co-author of In Teachers We Trust: The Finnish Way to World-Class Schools (bit.ly/3ezZCpV)
Joined June 2013
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Timothy D. Walker retweeted
10 Nov 2024
My new favorite word: sonder.
It's the profound awareness that every person you encounter has experienced a lifetime of hopes, fears, loves, and heartaches that you'll never know.
Each moment of sonder is a reminder to appreciate how little we truly grasp about others' lives.
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Timothy D. Walker retweeted
19 Aug 2024
I've reached out to several teachers for interviews in the past couple of days who have said, "Oh yeah, I read The Bell Ringer," which is...not a bad feeling at all š (And hey you can read it, too, subscribe at the link in my bio!)
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Timothy D. Walker retweeted
1 Jul 2024
If you want to predict kids' screen time, look to their parents.
Children spend less time on devices when their parents use them less oftenāand ban them at meals & bedtime.
Kids internalize the values they observe. A key to being a good role model is setting healthy boundaries.
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Timothy D. Walker retweeted
11 Jun 2024
OPINION: There are lessons to be learned from Finland, but giving smartphones to young children isnāt one of them - The Hechinger Report hechingerreport.org/opinion-ā¦
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Timothy D. Walker retweeted
27 Jun 2024
Emotion regulation is like other skills: it takes practice.
After 2 weeks of daily journaling to reframe unpleasant events, depression dropped, life satisfaction rose, and the benefits lasted at least a month.
The best way to improve at managing emotions is to do it more often.
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Timothy D. Walker retweeted
26 Jun 2024
ā¦@jillbarshayā© writes, āRecent studies have begun to document salient differences in brain activity when reading on paper versus screens,ā including ā¦@MaryanneWolf_ā©ās idea that we do ādeeperā reading from paper compared to screens. hechingerreport.org/proof-poā¦
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Timothy D. Walker retweeted
19 Jun 2024
Three of my last GEPA cohort (a teacher, a deputy head and a school-group leader) independently and without prompting said it was the best CPD they've ever had.
I have 2 spots left for my next cohort, running July-November every other Weds at 9.30 BST:
lucycrehan.com/gepa/
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Timothy D. Walker retweeted
17 Jun 2024
What stands out is how much teens are turning to AI for information and to ask questions, not just to do their homework for them: hechingerreport.org/proof-poā¦ via @jillbarshay
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Timothy D. Walker retweeted
14 Jun 2024
A Finn here. Finland invested heavily in the digitalization of schools, because at the turn of the millennium the tech company Nokia was a great success. Politicians wishfully hoped that the digitalization of schools would lead the new generations to success.
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Timothy D. Walker retweeted
13 Jun 2024
New evidence from Finland and Japanās PISA scores:
Smartphones are bad for kids.
We need to reverse course as quickly as possible.
13 Jun 2024
Whoa.
We have seen loads of hand-wringing about Finlandās declines in an anemic outcomes.
Yet this is the first time Finlandās shift to digital-heavy learning has been noted as a potential culprit.
Must-read:
hechingerreport.org/opinion-ā¦
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Timothy D. Walker retweeted
10 Jun 2024
Donāt mistake burnout for laziness.
When people show a steady decline in effort and output, itās often a sign of exhaustion.
They don't need carrots and sticks to motivate them. They need people to demand less of them and provide more support to them.
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Timothy D. Walker retweeted
13 Jun 2024
Hey managers: to keep your people, let them work from home 2 days a week.
Landmark experiment (1600 ppl, 2yrs): random assignment to hybrid work
-Increased satisfaction
-Reduced quitting by 33% (especially for women & long commuters)
-No costs for performance or promotion rates
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Timothy D. Walker retweeted
13 Jun 2024
Finland took a wrong turn with going digital in classrooms, replacing a play-based childhood with a phone-based childhood. But Tim Walker suggests they may be learning from their mistakes and correcting the problem. Yet one more thing we can learn from the Finns!
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Timothy D. Walker retweeted
13 Jun 2024
What Happened When Finland Gave Kids Smartphones dlvr.it/T8DFww
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Timothy D. Walker retweeted
13 Jun 2024
Whoa.
We have seen loads of hand-wringing about Finlandās declines in an anemic outcomes.
Yet this is the first time Finlandās shift to digital-heavy learning has been noted as a potential culprit.
Must-read:
hechingerreport.org/opinion-ā¦
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13 Jun 2024
Over the past few decades, many U.S. public schools have cut back on recess & hands-on classes like home economics & shop. This Finnish-inspired school bucks this trend, emphasizing outdoor free play, civic education, and life skills. #edchat @amandaripley @DrTonyWagner @Crof
12 Jun 2024
#FromTheBlog: Discover @timdwalk, the author of #TeachLikeFinland, and see how his insights into the Finnish education system inspired the innovative approach at Copper Island Academy! charterschools.org/blog/reesā¦
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Timothy D. Walker retweeted
12 Jun 2024
"Itās tempting to look at the countryās slumping PISA performance and blame the Finnish style of education. But this conclusion misses the forest for the trees...Most children in Finland appear to get a phone (typically a smart device) at age 5 or 6." hechingerreport.org/opinion-ā¦
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Timothy D. Walker retweeted
12 Jun 2024
I asked a Finnish journalist: "Don't your kids still have free range childhoods?" Yes, he said, but now they walk around outside looking down at their phones.
Finland went all in on digital childhood, and their PISA scores began dropping. Japan didn't.
hechingerreport.org/opinion-ā¦
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Timothy D. Walker retweeted
12 Jun 2024
#FromTheBlog: Discover @timdwalk, the author of #TeachLikeFinland, and see how his insights into the Finnish education system inspired the innovative approach at Copper Island Academy! charterschools.org/blog/reesā¦
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