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Why intellectual preparation is more important than lesson planning open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...

Why intellectual preparation is more important than lesson planning open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...

Ok, I’m writing about drama teaching, what I taught and how I taught it. If you’re interested, have a butcher’s: open.substack.com/pub/martinro...

A response to *that* paper on AI and 'cognitive debt' open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...

I ❤️ small plates

A response to *that* paper on AI and 'cognitive debt' open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...

Me absolutely losing it trying to imagine the Robinson family unwrapping their Christmas stamps @trivium21c.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/a44l6...

Now updated with extra maths! (Thanks to @jameshandscombe.bsky.social)

On the seductive nature of mock exams and why we need to resist it open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...

Something for the weekend? Join @didau.bsky.social and myself as we damn our current assessment system in our latest podcast: www.youtube.com/live/62GTaJZ...

I suspect many will never have heard Summertime Healing by Eusebe. It really is my favourite summer choon. Bar none youtu.be/Hwfrg5SprqY?...

Martin hitting the proverbial nail on the head. I’m so sorry he has to put up with my nonsense.

All must pass: youtube.com/shorts/wOSXo...

GCSEs, are you having a laugh? Podcast with @didau.bsky.social and myself: www.youtube.com/live/62GTaJZ...

The new approach to School 21 seems to be to run it like a normal school, but to rebrand common approaches used perfectly well in other schools. And so ends another radical rethinking of how to run a secondary school, not with a bang but with a whimper. Until the next one comes along...

Does assessment fail the test? @trivium21c.bsky.social & I discuss the current state of assessment. Apologies for my helpless paroxysms at about 3.30 mins open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...

Sticking to core values feels like the best advice right now

Does assessment fail the test? @trivium21c.bsky.social & I discuss the current state of assessment. Apologies for my helpless paroxysms at about 3.30 mins open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...

NEW Inside Project Follow Through: why methods matter, why implementation fails, and why Direct Instruction still divides the profession open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...