Barbara Bleiman 🎓 Education is Conversation
@BarbaraBleiman
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Education consultant, EMC; NATE Award for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching of English (2019); 'An Inspector Called & Other Short Stories' (Sept 2022);
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Joined June 2011
After some days of sole care of the grandsons in Suffolk, (eeeek! phew!) I'm now back at the computer doing poetry writing & poetry book admin & EMC work. The grandsons, of course, provide lots of inspiration & fuel for the poems, as well as providing the vital 'thumb test'!
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Announcing the launch event for 'Snap!' on Saturday Sept 13th 3-4pm at Hornsey Library in Crouch End. If you're London-based, why not come along? A reading/performance by me for children, with snacks & drinks.
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Àn excellent & extremely valuable & important blog by @rupertwegerif on AI and education. A must-read for teachers, @bphillipsonMP @BeckyFrancis7 @educationgovuk @CommonsEd.
The fruit of dialogic education is dialogic intelligence: not the ability to work alone to quickly answer questions set by others, but the capacity to participate meaningfully in shared thinking, driven by real questions that matter.
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RT @moses_brian: Agree totally. It's so important to have a wide knowledge of what's available for children as well as what they are intere….
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Excellent, thought-provoking blog!.
"Real education is education for understanding—which means expanding consciousness and transforming identity. It draws what is initially external into an internal, shared space of meaning—a dialogic space where we think and act together with greater insight and wisdom.".
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RT @AttieLime: Writing 'simple' children's poetry is a skill. It's not as easy as people think, to write a great kids' poem about something….
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This looks gorgeous! Mine will be waiting for me in London. Can’t wait to see it! I’m.also v proud to have 2 poems in it! Thank you @NorthGravy.
A lovely thing! It looks & feels quality & we know that inside is full of high quality words. Congratulations, Team NG! you continue to do such good things for the love of words & in support of writers. Proud to have 2 poems inside 🌊 Shop – Northern Gravy
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RT @EngMediaCentre: Make sure to resubscribe to emagazine!! Head over to our website to renew (or purchase) your 2025/26 subscription now s….
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Very relevant to current discussions about writing eg DfE writing framework.
ICYMI - A blog from the EMC Archives. 'Teaching Writing: Putting Intentions Before Technique', in which EMC's Barbara Bleiman argues that a focus on meaning and intentions should come before a focus on form when teaching writing. Read here:
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RT @RealGeoffBarton: From me, a grizzled old educationist: all best wishes to students receiving their A-level, vocational & technical resu….
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Really interesring new blog from @kidspoetsummit interviewing poetry editor, Hannah Rolls.
childrenspoetrysummit.com
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RT @klparadine: Today’s Times Letters recognises vital importance of oracy education @voice21oracy.~ central to national curriculum @Becky….
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I’m more persuaded by this kind of evidence than one person’s unevidenced opinion on this.
@tombennett71 @mprez22la Where is your evidence for this, as compared with the multiple studies suggesting a direct impact on the brain - overall size, particular areas that are larger in brains of musicians, levels of electrical activity, memory etc? eg 1/.
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RT @TeresaCremin: A memorable read- deservedly @The_UKLA YA Award winner! Tender- tough- raw- and ultimately hopeful but never anodyne. Hi….
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What a lovely review from the wonderful @moses_brian! Thank you so much, Brian.
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This lovely review by @RumbleCoral, shared by her on SM ealier this week, has now been posted by her up on Amazon. Honestly, it's made my week!
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I’d recommend booking when it opens. These @EngMediaCentre A Level conferences fill up really quickly.
Save the date!!. We're delighted to be hosting Discovering Literature, an A Level English Literature Student Conference, at Friends House, London on 13th November! Booking opens 10th September, and keep an eye on our website for more details on the talks:
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