If you've ever wondered why most business software sucks, it's for the same reason as this cartoon. The person responsible for buying the software isn't using it in the way the end users are.

Check out the highlights from the Science on Stage 2024 Festival! Stuart Farmer, Chair of the SonS UK National Steering Committee, shares his reflections on this fantastic event. Read more 🔗 now! ow.ly/EUpg50Tl4fq #ScienceOnStage #STEMEducation

Good luck to the four Scottish college students competing for WorldSkills UK at WorldSkills Lyon 2024 from City of Glasgow College New College Lanarkshire and UHI Moray More info here 👉 bit.ly/4aciynK

Hope you can join us👇

Last year’s economic sciences laureate Claudia Goldin investigated the gender gap in earnings, and showed that it largely arises on the birth of a first child. What research will be recognised by this year's prize?

I used to think the way to end poverty was to “teach a man to fish”. I was dead wrong. Groups like GiveDirectly💸 taught me that the way to end extreme poverty in our lifetime is through direct cash. I try to explain how/why in my latest ⁦TED Talks⁩💭 search.app/LxLNakbVNyym6g…

Every learning standard of lesson expectations I’ve seen include a plenary. This. This is what you should be doing as pupils leave. Ask targeted retrieval questions and build knowledge over time during what is often dead time

Sarah Oberle, Ed.D. California Reading Coalition Doug Lemov These things obviously have multiple causes, but I think any account of what has happened in England in the last decade should acknowledge important contributions made by researchEDHome, #edutwitter, and John Catt Educational from Hodder Education in getting research findings into the hands of teachers.

We continue to to live in such uncertain times. We await an announcement abt the future of Scottish Education nxt wk from Jenny Gilruth ScotGov Education I live in hope that we prioritise #curriculum Curriculum reform is not just an adjustment, it’s a necessity. EdIS Glasgow Douglas Hutchison

Following a few requests from teachers and school leaders, I've made short video on the key ideas that I think teachers (and parents/carers) need to know about reading development, based on my reading concept map. The Reading Map - A Primer youtu.be/JvtUxB5WM1k?si… via YouTube

Third strand of conversations at #pedagooqueenie Audrey Farley finding your tribe WomenEd Scotland Lynne Jones languages in the classroom and Drew Burrett subject specific clpl SQA music curriculum Miss MacMillan #forteachersbyteachers

Good to see @drewburrett.bsky.social promoting the #SubjectsMatter message again at #PedagooQueenie 👑 today. IOP support for teaching physics IOPScotland Drew Burrett iop.org/sites/default/…

Stuart Farmer @drewburrett.bsky.social IOP support for teaching physics IOPScotland Drew Burrett 🚨Another opportunity to join the conversation about the importance of subject specific professional learning for teachers in all sectors coming soon. SCILT & IOPScotland 28/10/24 on Teams 🆓 eventbrite.co.uk/e/scilt-and-io…

Sunday thread 🧵 🪡 ADAPTIVE TEACHING in Expressive Arts Great teaching helps everyone Same goal, different journeys to get there Pitch high, scaffold up ⬆️ 1/16

Another well argued 🧵 about the efficacy and ethics of using a particular approach to teach reading by Darren Leslie

'Means-ends conflation' is responsible for some of the biggest misconceptions (and rifts) in education. Let's unpack it: ↓

📚 We've released a new subject knowledge framework to support #PhysicsTeachers in their professional development! Designed to help #educators reflect on and enhance their practice, the framework covers key dimensions of #teaching capability: foundation, transformation,

We'll hold our first evidence session on the Education (Scotland) Bill tomorrow morning. We'll hear from Ken Muir, followed by Professor Graham Donaldson, Barry Black and Prof Mark Priestley 🇪🇺🇺🇦. Watch live from 9.00am: ow.ly/Rxt550TpiPk

A thread and replies highlighting the importance of having well informed discussions about the direction of curriculum reforms in Scotland. We need to find a good research and evidence informed balance rather than taking ideologically driven or dogmatic positions #TalkScotEd

"I take the view that this is actually a protection of the system "as is"." Barry Black appeared before our Committee yesterday to give evidence on the Education (Scotland) Bill. Watch the evidence session in full: ow.ly/KBiT50TqJkn