curiousabouteducation
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Educator | Advocate for self-directed learning | Curious about alternative and blended education models
Joined September 2019
RT @totznotz21: I am exhausted at the end of every day. Not from the kids, but from trying to keep up with the adults. At lunch duty I need….
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RT @alfiekohn: Years ago, a NY teacher, asked what books she was having her students read, replied, "We haven't been doing ANY reading sinc….
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RT @numbalum89: “If everyone had to think outside the box, maybe it was the box that needed fixing.” ~ Malcolm Gladwell.
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RT @_MissieBee: I wonder how a parent’s idea of what makes a good teacher compares to that of an ofsted inspector? Or a headteacher? Or a c….
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RT @PhilipMott1: Intentional practice is the path to competence and mastery. When I give my kids space to explore what they can do instea….
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RT @numbalum89: The teacher’s dilemma: stay and do what you can or go and effect change from the outside? Here’s my take: .
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“If change is to come, then, it will have to come from the outside. It will have to come from the margins.” ~ Wendell Berry A few months ago, I wrote a couple posts on how I got into an…
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RT @PhilipMott1: Graduated high school with a 2.2. Never finished a reading assignment. Struggled in algebra. Went to college at 26 and e….
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"Interest can produce learning on a scale compared to fear as a nuclear explosion to a firecracker." 🎆.#stanleykubrick #quote #education #educationquotes #quoteoftheday #teachlove #fearnot #teachingquotes #teacherstyle #teaching #school #edutwitter
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Most of us can relate to some experience of this in our own childhood, and find ourselves repeating the behaviour as adults. It's time we start breaking the pattern.
Well-intentioned people dehumanizing children: it’s a feature, not a bug, in conventional schools.
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Could democratic schools operate as larger communities? Would it affect the democratic process? 👨🎓.#education #educationsystem #democraticschool #democraticeducation #alted #alternativeschool #edutwitter #edtalk #school #schoolsystem #community
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"If the structure does not permit dialogue, the structure must be changed." .#paulofreire #quote #quoteoftheday #edutalk #educationsystem #educationgoals #change #education #schoolsystem #school
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What kind of inspections do democratic and alternative schools undergo, if any? 🧐.#schoolsystem #alted #alternativeschool #educationsystem #education #democraticschool #democraticeducation #unschoolinglife #freeschoolers #school #inspection #educationreform #edutalk #edutwitter
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So many #schools and #teachers implement this approach, but they're often locked into standardised criteria that obstructs true #selfdirectedlearning . How is true personalisation achieved in a system that's tied to a top-down, hierarchical structure?🤷♂️
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Yes Leonardo! Let's start listening to our great poets, artists and teachers. They've been telling us this for ages. 👨🎨. #davinci #quote #quoteoftheday #quotestoliveby #educationsystem #education #democraticeducation #freedom #alted #alternativestoschool #timeforchange
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