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Joel Kenyon
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For years I have had my PowerPoint and at the start of my career it was my crutch I found it difficult to deviate from.
Now, I have changed my planning and found less of a need to stress over a PowerPoint.
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Revision.
It is seemingly a thing that every teacher feels like they need to do for their pupils to be successful.
But why? If you've taught it well, why do you need to do anything? Surely its now their responsibility?
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Are you familiar with the collated _Stories from Physics_ on the IOP Spark website, from Richard Brock at KCL? No registration or paywall. spark.iop.org/stories-phys...
What is revision actually aiming to do?
How was PowerPoint impacting my teaching and why I rely on little more than a pen, visualiser and paper.
The story of physics is intertwined with the stories of people. We are delighted to be able to share this collection of amazing, amusing and enlightening stories from Richard Brock, a former physics t...
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Joel Kenyon
Joel Kenyon
The cognitive overload some teachers experience is enough to leave them drained of brain power by the end of the day.
That day in day out for years is enough to make anyone leave.
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I have been a teacher for some time now and there have been points in my career I have thought about packing it up and moving on.
Here I reflect on what has pushed me close to the edge and what may actual tip me over.
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New Blog Post 📝
I have been a teacher for some time now and there have been points in my career I have thought about packing it up and moving on.
Here I reflect on what has pushed me close to the edge and what may actual tip me over.
open.substack.com/pub/joel1201...
Joel Kenyon
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Since qualifying in 2017, I reflect on the points I have wanted to leave teaching and what may push me over the edge.
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I have relatives of mine who have recently become teachers and the most common questions they ask is how do I plan a lesson and why does planning take so long?
It doesn't have to.
This is how I do it.
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Using stories in your science lessons can help build a students understanding of science, even if its not on the curriculum.
This is Hinterland.
Here I discuss some examples in science and how to implement them into your lessons.
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Science is formed through recall of knowledge of people long since passed.
Creating classrooms that allow pupils to deeply 'understand' and discover science does not make a scientist. Allowing them to recall it does.
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First blog post from an amazing colleague on the hard work needed to build the literacy of our pupils.
A great read on how implementing a strategy and changing culture takes time and effort.
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It used to take me hours to plan for a lesson, now it takes me 15 minutes.
Science is more than bunch of dry facts. Using Hinterland can help us to develop understanding, create conversations and build science as a world of creativity, exploration and even deceit.
In my time as a teacher, I have been repeatedly urged to adopt generic one size fits all methods which fundamentally collapse when applied to the rigour of science.
