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SmartPrimaryEd

A space to discuss, research and share the "Smart" questions facing education. Posts are organised under some of these "Smart" questions that educators are being asked or asking themselves, as well as showing the most recent posts on the home page.

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What actually works? An introduction to John Hattie and Visible Learning

Imagination is free

IDEA: What can teachers do to ensure the well-being of their students in today’s world?

THEORY: Carol Dweck, fixed vs growth mindset and why IQ does not matter.

The surprising truth about learning in schools

IDEAS: Visible thinking – Thinking routines part 1

DISCUSSION: Some thought-provoking questions

Evidence-based education: What is auto ethnography?

INSPIRATION: Are you as smart as the average 6 year old?

INSPIRATION: Debunking the 10,000 hour myth

DISCUSSION: Primary curricula – Quality and skills?

INSPIRATION: What can we learn from children?

IDEA: Is the changing definition of literacy, changing education?

IDEA: We should be enabling creativity to thrive in our education system

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