#Teaching

1. I am no longer a @ucu member, as I now work in DK, but I was appalled by the union's handling of migration issues during the 2018 strike, which
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Next week I will be starting my new (dream) job @uclpress. I have worked in academic book publishing for 10 years & throughout that time, I have watched the discussion
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Shulman (1986) proposed 3 core knowledge types for teacher: Pedagogy (PK), Content (CK), Pedagogical Content (PCK).When we observe a coach we see the latter in practice. Where 'poor practice' is
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There’s a common sentiment in professional circles of ”you can teach someone how to do something, but you can’t teach them to show up,” and.......I just don’t think thats true.
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I’ve seen a lot of very brave & earnest threads that underscore how grimly necessary the #UCUstrikes are, especially re casualisation. Solidarity to you all. Not sure I can add
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I don't know if its age, lack of sleep or just how endlessly busy education news is right now but waking up again on a Saturday morning feeling like the
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(THREAD) I'm an educator who's served on a coronavirus task force in higher ed—and I'm terrified by the profoundly flawed conversation America is having about reopening our elementary schools and
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Things I'm learning in nursing school that I wish I'd known as a patient, an ongoing thread:(Most of these are probably going to be common sense reassurances, but I'm an
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I like and agree with both these people. The prerational/rational/meta-rational framing may help understand their apparent disagreement...https://twitter.com/kareem_carr/status/1312766149487194112?s=20 Heying argues for the value of rationa
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Why UK Theatre Matters:UK theatre is a world-class cultural and economic force. In 2018, UK theatres generated ticket revenue of ÂŁ1.28B, employed 290k workers, and was seen by 34M people.More
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In two months of running this series, Cross River is the 1st state where a sample was declared -ve and experts, shell-shocked, wondered: “How? That’s got to be +ve!”This is
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Everyone has a different story on why/how they found their way to this side of Twitter.I'm no different.It's a little long but thought I'll share it. P.S. Nothing fancy in
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I was at my peak when I wasn’t worried about men and their feelings. Which doesn’t mean being mean, I was kind. But I really was just enjoying life and
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THE GOVERNMENT PLANS TO CUT FUNDING TO ARTS COURSES BY 50%!!!This may result in many art courses closing down as they will not be able to offer quality teaching on
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Although the idea of refunds for missed classes during #UCUstrike might appeal at first, it doesn't work in practice... because a degree isn’t a product that you can take back
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How to fight the fleshly, passionate will inside us. [THREAD] Each time your will is pulled on two sides, the one being the mindless sensory will and the other the
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