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Tessa Blair

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Teacher and learner: Senior leader in London secondary; doctorate in Education-employment-based ITE; tutor PGCE & MSc Teacher Ed; (Dr.) (she/her)

Lancaster, England
Joined April 2011
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@HTStoryEmporium
History Teacher Story Emporium
3 years
Hello! Introducing a brand new, free history teacher story exchange. This is for any history teacher who has written a historical story for use in the classroom, and wants to give others the chance to use it. We’ll host any submissions on our Google Drive. Happy submitting!
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@Zaiba__
Zaiba Patel
4 years
Delighted to be joining this team, and having the opportunity to educate about this important region! Schools in Oxford, if you fancy a rich, exciting and historically rigorous session for your students about the Middle East, please let me know.
@invisible_east
invisible_east
4 years
EXCITING LAUNCH: Outreach to pupils in #Oxfordshire secondary schools on documents and history of #Iran, #CentralAsia and #Afghanistan. The fantastic @Zaiba_ is driving our efforts to make it interactive, informative, and fun! https://t.co/VquwbVja3b @ahrcpress @ERC_Research
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@histassoc
Historical Assoc
4 years
Did you hear that our in person conference is now Sold Out in May! So if you want to get some of the best history talks and History CPD in the country then you will have to join us virtually - places still available to do that. https://t.co/QxcBZKJ6Jq
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@jonniegrande
Jonathan Grande
4 years
*** NEW POST *** #8 This week, in history... I'm changing the way I 'model' writing Why I've stopped using 'I Do, We Do, You Do' and what I'm trying to do instead. https://t.co/86dkK6SxAJ #edublogshare
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B looked up at the clock. 27 minutes left.  She read the next assessment question again: ‘Explain why the English Civil War broke out in August 1642.’  She underlined the first word. And …
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@nklrobinson
Natasha Robinson
4 years
Hello! Together with @JJtodd1966 & @KatharineBurn I am conducting a survey of secondary school students' attitudes to school history. If you are a #historyteacher in #Bristol, #Sheffield, #Newcastle, #Leeds, #TowerHamlets, #Lewisham or #Hackney please DM me! @HTENUK @histassoc
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@dkgill
Kiran Gill
4 years
Reading the independent investigation into Child Q’s treatment. It’s very hard reading. Findings are important for all schools to reflect on - particularly on behaviour policies and safeguarding. Below are some particularly powerful points in the report & reflections🧵👇 1/5
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@apf102
Alex Ford
4 years
A reminder that booking is open for the @1972SHP Conference. We are back in person and the lineup looks amazing. If you want to see real curriculum change in action on the ground, this is the place to be. Plus it’s a lovely bunch of people!!
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@MentorEd2
Mentor Ed
4 years
Just over 24 hours till the opening of @MentorEd2 - so exciting. Join us on the pinned post on here tomorrow!
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@nklrobinson
Natasha Robinson
4 years
Hello! I am conducting a survey of secondary school students' attitudes to school history. If you know any secondary school students in England who would be willing to pilot the online survey (10 mins) I would be very grateful 🙏
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@LearnusUK
Learnus
4 years
📢 NEW LEARNUS BLOG 👍 👏 "The true value of adaptive expertise is that it builds teacher confidence to deal with the unknown and the unexpected. It builds capacity to work with ambiguities." by @MargaretMulhol2 Pls read and share https://t.co/kcqAiIyWOe
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@michaeldoron
Mike Hill
4 years
🧑‍🏫 HISTORY TEACHER KLAXON 🧑‍🏫 The @histassoc is launching an online CPD programme for History ECTs, and we're running a FREE pilot from April 2022. If you're interested in joining the first cohort, please follow the link below and apply by 28/03! 👇 https://t.co/v7Luh5B9tf
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@JJtodd1966
Jason Todd
4 years
This is an opportunity to develop action research tools to investigate & share your exp in relation to teaching these key themes. Your work will contribute to the wider elements of this exciting research project
@OxfordDeptofEd
Department of Education, University of Oxford
4 years
Curious about the teachings of Empire, Migration & Belonging? Explore these topics with a full scholarship in our MSc Learning & Teaching Programme. Apply by 15th April 👇. https://t.co/sqpbJy6w21
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@jonniegrande
Jonathan Grande
4 years
*** NEW POST *** #5 This week, in history... I've been teaching my Year 7s things I don't want them to remember (forever) Using work of @BearWithOneEar & @Counsell_C to explore use of 'takeaways' to write a curric where much is (planned to be) forgotten https://t.co/ylHX7MGtu9
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It’s Year 7 history. The beginning of the Spring term. It can only mean one thing: King John.  We’ve spent just shy of a month learning about the ill-fated reign. Not quite the 8 weeks Dale Ba…
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@suttontrust
The Sutton Trust
4 years
🚨 NEW DATA on staff absences from @teachertapp Staff absences continue to rise – 27% of state school teachers now say 1 in 10 or more of their colleagues are off, compared to 20% in January. Covid is still causing a large amount of disruption in schools -
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@histassoc
Historical Assoc
4 years
It is LGBT+ History month. We have curated some of the resources we have on this together for anyone wanting to understand more https://t.co/e00bWzGpQb #LGBTQ
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@histassoc
Historical Assoc
4 years
Gosh is it February already - we have so much to get through this year: secondary https://t.co/dMhpknT9zM and primary https://t.co/o8vpcAHGwm and with our branches https://t.co/v1vzAmvE0m
history.org.uk
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@jrf_uk
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
4 years
Figures from our #UKPoverty2022 report warn of a harmful legacy, with half a million more children sinking into very deep poverty. Thread🧵👇 https://t.co/NPFljIA21U
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jrf.org.uk
This is the first issue of our new-style UK Poverty report, which looks comprehensively at trends in poverty across all its characteristics and impacts.
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@histassoc
Historical Assoc
4 years
We have a brand new Teacher Fellowship for this spring on: Broadcasting and Social Change in Sixties Britain. Applications open today and close 1st March
history.org.uk
This Teacher Fellowship Programme focused on developing the teaching of the history of equality and diversity in postwar Britain using video and audio sources. It was help in partnership with the...
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@MirandaKaufmann
Dr. Miranda Kaufmann
4 years
Great to see ⁦@FutureLearn⁩ now has 8 FREE online Black History courses available including ones from ⁦@CurriculumBlack⁩ ⁦@ColonialCountr1⁩, and my own #FLBlackTudors effort. What subjects would you like to see courses on?
futurelearn.com
Explore the history and culture of Black people in Britain, and explore the future of Black history teaching.
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