mrmountstevens.bsky.social
Deputy Head and History Teacher. Mostly here to discuss curriculum, assessment, school leadership and history. Views my own. Blog: https://occamshairdryer.wordpress.com
👤 Joined on 14 August 2024
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@mrmountstevens.bsky.socialLiterally did finding and applying for jobs this morning in our rahe class
Show PostYes it's the classic, revision skills being taught in isolation thing, All those days we spent off timetable in the 90s and 00s running them (to my shame until I learned better) but they meant nothing until teachers started doing it in subject lessons.
Show PostWhilst I know that we too used to "teach" most of these it always surprises me (and it shouldn't) that children don't make links between lesson activities and subsequent questions (including in exams "Oh that was what the question was about sir, but I knew that,")
Show PostEvery weekend is an opportunity to apply for work experience. If you started at the beginning of Year 10 and wrote three letters every Saturday, how many experiences do you think you’d chalk up by the time you leave school? Lots, right?
Show PostYeah often a big gulf with this stuff between reported and revealed preferences
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