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A Little Guide for Teachers: Cognitive Load Theory
Greg Ashman
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Greg Ashman
@greg_ashman
School leader. PhD in Instructional Design. Writer. Honorary Fellow. I can speak amusingly about education. Views entirely my own.
- When I was a child and we went to the swimming pool I used to have to walk through a shallow pool of disinfectant or something and I’ve mentioned this to my family and they don’t believe me. Was this a thing?
- Replying to @oldandrewukThey were watching the Olympic swimming (they’re all Australians) and I mentioned this and they acted like I said I used to get fumigated for lice.
- What if working class people don’t want to be saved from supposedly posh culture like the theatre or classical music? What if they find the idea deeply patronising? What if they send their kids to school to learn this stuff because it’s theirs by right? What if they think middle
- Teachers: Have any of your family ever said something like, "Stop treating me like I'm one of your students?"
- We are currently inducting some teachers from the UK. Apparently, book looks are a thing there. Senior staff randomly select student exercise books and check they have been marked by the teacher and using the right coloured pen. What a complete waste of time.
- School mobile phone bans are one of those issues where you don’t really need research evidence because you can simply apply common sense.
- The study showing handwritten notes are superior to typed notes fails to replicate link.springer.com/article/10.100…
- This morning I learned that my PhD thesis has been accepted. I don't think I technically have a PhD until the conferral date of 28 July or something. Anyway, that's done now.
- Some people in education are more interested in leadership and being leaders than they are in education.
- Try being 20 minutes late clocking on, 20 minutes late to teach a class, 20 minutes late for an interview, 20 minutes late for a train, 20 minutes late for a court appearance etc. Although I’m glad Naomi Fisher can be 20 minutes late for meetings with no negative repercussions.This morning I made a mistake. As a result I was 20 minutes late for a meeting. No one gave me a behaviour point. I apologised and we moved on. I’m not in detention now. That’s because I’m an adult and I live in the real world. Why should our teenagers be treated so differently?
