Dr Ashley Compton (she/her)
@ashleyeducator
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Primary Education, TeacherEd, Mum, Gymnastics coach, Maths, Music
East Midlands, England
Joined March 2016
Fascinating to compare countries. Often when you do, depending on whether people like or don't like what you are saying, people will say 'can't compare them!' or 'we should compare them'. I have been fascinated with exclusions and suspensions. Take England and the Netherlands.
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Minority representation on TV causes outrage From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
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I'm running a webinar about adaptive teaching on 5 November. Lots of practical advice about strategies for #inclusion. Pay what you can to attend. Grateful for retweets. Thank you! 🙏🏻 #edutwitter
https://t.co/oM1SquobXI
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Sue Cowley shares ideas about adaptive teaching and offers a range of practical strategies for creating an inclusive classroom
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Only four days left now to take part in the survey - massive thanks to everyone who has taken part so far!
Just 2 weeks left to share your thoughts in the Academics in ITE Experiences of 2024/25 Survey - please pass on to colleagues who aren’t on Twitter!
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✨ AMiE – the Association for Mathematics in Education – is coming. The countdown to launch is on - and with it, the start of an exciting new chapter for our community. Launching 1st December. Read more here:
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This might be the greatest counting video ever. I don’t want to spoil it, so watch it first, then come on back and let’s discuss… ____ There are so many fantastic things happening here as our hero (age: 2 years, 7 months) counts his plastic eggs. In this video we get a
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Wonderful thread about my favourite study of all time, the TIMSS video study.
@mathillustrated @cbokhove I promised you two that when I would explain my comment on Asian educational approaches, focusing on the wonderful research of Hiebert and Stigler (@jimstigler) in The Teaching Gap. (🧵, also touching on a limitations of RCTs) https://t.co/dZ0AMx2Vyy
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I’ve just signed a 38 Degrees petition to say no to £20 fees for GP appointments - our health service must stay free to access! Will you add your name?
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I’ve just signed a 38 Degrees petition to say no to £20 fees for GP appointments - our health service must stay free to access! Will you add your name?
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🎉 Taste of Unity Kitchen was officially launched today by Deputy Mayor Cllr Clare Smalley & Marc Jones, Police & Crime Commissioner. Huge thanks to our amazing volunteers & guests from across Greater Lincolnshire! Monthly sessions start this October. 🍛💛 #TasteOfUnity
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@ATMMathematics Exciting times ahead for all of us in the mathematics education world - looking forward to working much more closely with the excellent people from ATM, AMET, NAMA and NANAMIC as we come together to form the new AMiE association towards the end of the year.
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Big congrats to Sophie Hadfield & Marco Rovati for their brilliant: “Supporting Intl ITE Trainees” and sharing their a co-produced booklet helping PGCE students navigate English schools. 👏 A fantastic step toward inclusive teacher training! #TeacherTraining #Inclusion
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Due out soon! New edition of Debates in Music Education edited by Chris Philpott and Gary Spruce. I was very pleased to work with them in contributing a couple of chapters. https://t.co/DdhkEHYBR5
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Debates in Music Teaching encourages both graduate and postgraduate students and practising teachers to engage with contemporary issues and developments in music education. It introduces a critical...
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Academics in ITE…. You know what to do! Our fourth year of this survey and we are looking forward to reading about your year… please retweet as appropriate! #TeacherTraining #teachereducation
Are you an academic working in Teacher Education? Would you like to tell us about your year? Well you are in luck! Fourth year of our data collection and we would love to hear from you! https://t.co/3Thh5haGF0
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Brahmagupta was an ancient Indian mathematician and astronomer who lived in the 7th century CE. He made many important contributions to mathematics, especially in the fields of number theory, algebra, geometry, and trigonometry. He introduced the concept and computation methods
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Nigel Farage says abortion laws are “utterly ludicrous.” MPs are watching. We have days to show them: the public backs abortion rights. Join me and sign the petition now! https://t.co/jVilu2orVP via @38degrees
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An amendment in Parliament could finally bring the rest of the UK in line with Northern Ireland – making abortion access a human right and protecting women from prosecution for having one. It’s a...
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PLEASE RT: @DanWuori - The Early Years & School Success Free @CharteredColl online talk & open to all! Wednesday 18th June, 4:15pm (USA: 8:15am PT; 11:15am ET) Sign up here: https://t.co/mqyktKiYTp
#edutwitter #teaching #CPD #research #EarlyYears #EYFS
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Interested in creating a piece of art using math manipulatives for the 2025 Polypad Art and Music Contest? Explore the "Making Visual Art in Polpad" activity on the contest page at https://t.co/reV7qnQcoL and get started today!
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