Tom Sherrington, a seasoned educator with over 30 years of teaching experience, dives deep into effective instructional strategies and behavior management. He passionately critiques the practice of grading schools, arguing for systemic change to support educators and enhance student outcomes. The conversation also highlights Rosenshine's Principles of Instruction, emphasizing their crucial role in fostering effective teaching. Tom shares insights from his journey, revealing the transformative power of a supportive learning environment in education.
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First Blog and Student Parody
Tom Sherrington's first blog post, prompted by TES rejection, aimed to share insights from his grammar school experience.
Students humorously responded with a newspaper parody, using Vic Reeves to symbolize his educational pronouncements.
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Co-construction Project and Greg Ashman's Critique
Sherrington discusses a co-construction project where students designed and taught lessons, achieving high GCSE results.
Greg Ashman challenged the perceived link between co-construction and results, prompting reflection on causation.
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Taryn's Plan and Independent Student Lesson
Sherrington shares two anecdotes from the co-construction project, highlighting student ownership and responsibility.
Taryn's plan showcased a student's curriculum ownership, while another example saw students teaching a lesson independently.
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Tom Sherrington is one of those guests who probably needs no introduction, but in case his prolific output has somehow passed you by these last few years, here’s a quick one. A former teacher and school leader for over 30 years, more recently Tom has become a hugely popular blogger, author and training provider. His blog (teacherhead.com) has had approaching 7 million hits, and his recent books Rosenshine’s Principles in Action and the Teaching Walkthru series, co-authored with Oliver Caviglioli, are pretty much permanent fixtures at the top of the educational book charts. Tom also previous authored ‘The Learning Rainforest’, in which he set out his philosophy and vision for education.
In the first part of the conversation, you may notice that there were a few minor glitches due to faltering bandwidth. I’ve done my best to edit these out but some of them I’ve kept in, a) because you can tell what is being said, and b) it was interesting stuff. Anyway, whenever it happens, it’s a short lived problem, so please do not adjust your set.
I really enjoyed this wide-ranging and at times quite emotive conversation with Tom in which, among other things, we discussed Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction, the importance of effective behaviour management systems and why we need to stop grading schools.
LINKS:
Edugive https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/edugiveuk-curriculum-conference-tickets-154120832559
National baccalaureate consultation: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A6JELAzzkTAdihmrVS2I5GEp_pEF92tX3oDp-RGb9mw/edit
The Learning Rainforest: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Learning-Rainforest-Great-Teaching-Classrooms/dp/1911382357
Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rosenshines-Principles-Action-Tom-Sherrington/dp/1912906201
Teaching Walkthru Vol. 1: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Teaching-WalkThrus-Five-step-instructional-coaching/dp/1912906767
Teaching Walkthru Vol. 2: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Teaching-WalkThrus-Five-step-instructional-coaching/dp/1913622479
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