I'm pretty chuffed this week because we've managed to make it to a year (52 weeks) worth of Teacher Ollie's Takeaways! I've found the weekly practice of going back through my tweets for the week and extracting key takeaways to be incredibly enriching, and has really helped me to consolidate my own learning. Thanks to those who have come along for the ride and here's to another year of learning all about teaching and learning!

Takeaway 1 is super interesting this week. If you're a teacher of mathematics I highly recommend checking it out. It's fascinating to see how teaching has changed over time, and when I read this post I could't believe how maths was taught at Cambridge university (hint, it's got a lot to do with talking, and not much to do with writing).

T2 is a stellar podcast that should give a lot of food for thought to anyone working in or around schools (and that's most of us).

As an aside, A takeaway from a previous @mrbartonmaths podcast came from Jon Brunskill (@jon_brunskill): When deciding what to cover in sequence of lessons on a given topic, we should ask ourselves ‘What would an adult need to know to have an intelligent conversation about this topic?'. I thought this was an incredibly powerful prompt!

T3: Who doesn't want to know about how the eye movements of novice and expert teachers vary in the classroom? (this is a very quick summary of an article, read time about 2 mins)

T4: A perfect example of how action research can lead to real and lasting changes for a teacher.

T5: If you're a primary maths teacher, this is for you

T6, 7,and 8 can speak for themselves. 

T9 is a piece written by a student blogger, Claudia Forsberg (@ClaudiaForsber2). It's a lovely reflection on the impact that teachers can have, and I got a bit choked up when reading it! If you know of any other young adult bloggers (especially ones living with a disability), Claudia would love to hear about them. You can contact her via twitter, or through her contact page. 

And I'll let you check out takeaways 10 to 14 if you're interested.

Heads up, I'm not sure what TOTs will look like over the coming 3 weeks as I'll be overseas on a holiday. I expect that I'll share something, I doubt I'll be able to stay off twitter ; )

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The evolution of classroom teaching of mathematics, via @mpershan

Tom Sherrington (@teacherhead) on the @mrbartonmaths Podcast talking about teaching, leadership, assessment, and more

What eye tracking software reveals about the focus of expert vs. novice teachers in the classroom, via @hfletcherwood

‘Why did a small, badly designed experiment make me change my teaching forever? (One of my favourite bits of teacher research ever!), via @WaldenKent

A summary of the @mrbartonmaths book, ‘How I Wish I'd Taught Maths' for primary teachers, via @ClareSealy and @thirdspacetweet

How to remember pi to 10,000 decimal places (on effective mnemonics), via @delaneyplace

Goldilocks teaching, via @hfletcherwood

How do principals guide school improvement?

Through my eyes, A student's thoughts about the impact of teachers, via @ClaudiaForsber2

Read Claudia's article here.

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School vision and mission statements shouldn't be dismissed as empty words

Students can't do mathematical modelling with any knowledge from the past 2 years

A contentious claim, and likely needs some qualifiers. But here's the link if you're keen to explore this claim further.

Lecture capture (Unis videoing lectures) has a net negative effect on student learning

What is ‘the boomerang effect'?

New study casts doubt on the validity of moral thought experiments, aka: when the trolley problem breaks down

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