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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

I’ve opened an Etsy shop selling digital teaching resources for primary teachers, homeschoolers and families. The first packs are visual infographic sets on the Amazon Rainforest, Volcanoes and Whales, available as printable PDFs and PowerPoint files. www.etsy.com/uk/shop/TryT...

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

NEW Mantle of the Expert context for Early Years - Help Max sail his boat, build a den, map the island, and meet the Wild Things. www.mantleoftheexpert.com/.../where-th...

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

I've written an article for the NATD journal on teaching in role. It details how I use TIR and my thoughts on what makes it work best, including how to avoid some of the pitfalls. www.mantleoftheexpert.com/blog-post/te...

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Father Christmas is in trouble – snow is falling, the toy-making machines are breaking down and Rudolph has a temperature! This is a job for the Problem Solvers! A story-themed Mantle of the Expert context for young children – visit: www.mantleoftheexpert.com/resources/pl...

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

If it weren’t for the football coverage, I’d cancel my @guardian subscription. The news is poor, and the rest is opinion pieces written by people moaning or fear-mongering about AI.

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

This will be great for anyone interested in the future of education.

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

I can't imagine Knapper and the owners had any real idea about how this transfer was going affect the Norwich fanbase. They never would have done it if they had. Any goodwill, optimism, or trust has been utterly burned away by this decision. #NCFC #Nunez

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Is anyone getting the sense that education is preparing for AGI?

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Hallmark 4: Effective pedagogies build on students’ prior learning and experience (Fourth in a series exploring the Nine Hallmarks of Great Pedagogy through the lens of Imaginative Inquiry and Mantle of the Expert) www.mantleoftheexpert.com/blog-post/ha...

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

England played 360mins in the last three games of the Euros and were ahead for 5mins.

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

New Mantle of the Expert context planning: Fire Fighters of the Great Fire of London www.mantleoftheexpert.com/resources/co...

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

What if long-term learning isn’t about what children remember - but about who they are becoming? In Hallmark 3, we look at how story, curiosity, and responsibility shape lasting understanding. www.mantleoftheexpert.com/blog-post/ha... #MantleOfTheExpert

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Hallmark 3 – Long-term learning goals

A dramatic-inquiry approach to teaching and learning

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

NEW BLOG: The problem with 'knowledge-rich' education isn’t the knowledge. It’s the pedagogy. When learning feels like delivery, not investigation, students lose. There’s a better way. www.mantleoftheexpert.com/blog-post/ha...

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Hallmark 2: the interplay of teacher knowledge, behaviour, and beliefs.

A dramatic-inquiry approach to teaching and learning

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

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Hallmark 2: the interplay of teacher knowledge, behaviour, and beliefs.

A dramatic-inquiry approach to teaching and learning

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

It was crap. I went big too early.

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

I've create a ChatGPT planning tool for Mantle of the Expert - use this link to discover how it works. chatgpt.com/g/g-68794143...

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

About to start - This might be the most important tech announcement since the iPhone - www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jn_...

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Introduction to ChatGPT agent

YouTube video by OpenAI

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Haha, yes you did. But it has to be said, I don't know who is writing this stuff or how it gets published by the DfE, but it is terrible and needs to be called out before it takes over education and bores a generation out of school.

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Thanks for this, Ruth. I agree it is very disappointing and reads like a plan written by people who know nothing about child development. Also, no discussion about creativity, self expression or engagement. Hopefully it will soon be assigned to the dustbin of history.

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

NEW - Giving Serious Attention to Student Voice in the everyday moments of classroom life. What happens when we treat children’s ideas as real and valuable? Read the post: www.mantleoftheexpert.com/blog-post/ha...

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

The result of 10yrs of Behaviourists getting their way, arguing exclusions are a healthy sign of a system working. The alternative wasn't to make schools less save, but to understand why children are in danger of being excluded & giving them support they need. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

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Rise in school exclusions in England including among pupils six or younger

Charity says system failing youngest children who lost out on socialising due to Covid, as total exclusions pass 10,000

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Deeply disappointing to see the new Writing Framework reduce creativity to a by-product of structure and transcription. Little space for imagination, self-expression, or playful language. Writing as craft, where is the art? #PrimaryEducation assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/686e78...

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

This is interesting. I've felt for a while the backlash against SM amongst the young was only a matter of time. Human beings naturally learn how to defend themselves- www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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Children limiting own smartphone use to manage mental health, survey finds

Teenagers increasingly taking breaks as they control own use of devices rather than relying on parents to enforce limits, experts say

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

New blog: The Nine Hallmarks of Great Pedagogy - saved from the ruins of the NCSL - and how any teaching approach should be evaluated against this list. www.mantleoftheexpert.com/blog-post/ma...

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Mantle of the Expert and the Nine Hallmarks of Great Pedagogy

A dramatic-inquiry approach to teaching and learning

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

How do you see the future of teaching, Mike?

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

This is a hopeful blog about the future. Not the dim and distant future, but one that’s on our doorstep, knocking hard. You might roll your eyes at this: “not another fecking future of education article,” but hang on. www.mantleoftheexpert.com/blog-post/an...

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An Era of Unstoppable Change

A dramatic-inquiry approach to teaching and learning

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

I've little hope for new curriclum. It will likely be a minor tweak to the current one, shaped by a system resistant to change & a belief that things have improved since the last revision. That may be true, but it’s no guide to what education needs over the next decade. Doubt it will even mention AI

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

You're right to point out that AI does not protect us from the real political threat of Putin and Xi Jinping. If they (or Trump now) choose to blow up the world, we are all f*cked. You're also right that we need to teach young people about important subjects like history, Geography.

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Your article was written in Oct 2024. Already, the world of technology has changed dramatically, and the pace is only accelerating. The real challenge now is keeping up. The past offers no guide, because no human has ever faced change on this scale...

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

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An Era of Unstoppable Change

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

I reckon Rachel Reeves will be gone by the Autumn

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Over the next few years, AI will develop far beyond its current abilities, making many career pathways redundant. This will profoundly affect the purpose of education – shifting from finding a job to living a meaningful life without employment. www.tes.com/magazine/tea...

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How Benjamin Bloom inspired my use of AI

Rather than approaching generative AI as one-way communication, teachers should use it to create a feedback loop, suggests Jack Dougall

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Here is some planning you might like to use if teaching sinking of the Titanic. www.mantleoftheexpert.com/resources/pl...

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

I very rarely visit now. The only good reason I have for having an account is so people I only know thru Twitter can still contact me.

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Well, quite. This the main reason I try to separate the artist from the art, Schiele was very dodgy by all accounts.

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Both of these are good examples. I was truly gutted when I read about Neil Gaiman. I also feel genuinely conflicted about H.P. Lovecraft. I still love the Smiths. Their music that is.

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

I find it easy to move on from JKR—I never liked her books—but it’s much harder when it’s an artist whose work I love. It leaves me with a feeling of overwhelming disappointment. Separating the art from the artist is difficult, but I think, as a general rule, it’s the right thing to try to do.

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

If you find out something is wrong with the artist do you stop liking their art? The Rolling Stones for example. Or, let's be honest, any big rock band in the '70s and '80s.

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

I'm not going to defend JKR or HP, I'm arguing a general point. I decided long ago not to confuse the art with the artist. What is your view generally?

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

I find that a bit polemic and instinctively resist being told in strident terms what I should be doing. However, I have been thinking of leaving X for quite a while. What was the final straw for you James?

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

I feel the same about Harry Potter but only because I think the books aren't very good. It's the age old question, should we separate the art from the artist?

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Here is some planning you might like to use if teaching sinking of the Titanic. www.mantleoftheexpert.com/resources/pl...

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Urgency and Importance, the role played by fictional contexts in making learning immediate and purposeful. www.mantleoftheexpert.com/blog-post/ma...

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Making learning urgent and important

A dramatic-inquiry approach to teaching and learning

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

New Mantle of the Expert context on the subject of nature and mini beasts. www.mantleoftheexpert.com/resources/pl...

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

New Mantle of the Expert context on the subject of nature and mini beasts. www.mantleoftheexpert.com/resources/pl...

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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

In 30 years working in Primary I've never been involved in a conversation about the importance of group work. Group work clearly means something different in Secondary to what it means in Primary.

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