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Heather Fearn @heatherbellaf.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

It’s all relative. I might think we’ve not really had a knowledge-turn - plenty of reasons to question it. Then I see other countries and where they are. That experience has totally changed my perspective. We absolutely have had a knowledge-turn.

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Will Goodfellow @willgoodfellow82.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

We’re nearly there with #changinghistoriesks3 Fragile Worlds and I couldn’t be prouder of how this project is coming together. Here are a few stunning spreads. You can see more at the @histassoc conference this week! Massive thanks to the author team led by @counsellc.bsky.social #HAConf26

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Will Goodfellow @willgoodfellow82.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Super excited to catch up with history friends at #ArkSoane26 tmrw. Come say hi at the @hachettelearning.bsky.social stand and grab an exclusive preview of #ChangingHistoriesks3 Fragile Worlds with pages from @michaeldoron.bsky.social @jacobolivey.bsky.social and @counsellc.bsky.social chapters.

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Jacob Olivey @jacobolivey.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

There’s a reason why this was dropped in the early 1990s! It just doesn’t work, and it led to all kinds of distortions (summarised here). www.history.org.uk/publications/resource/9667/whats-the-wisdom-on-evidence-and-sources?srsltid=AfmBOoqod19WnNU2D-c2QxmZrRQB2eaMs0bDZgzsu1Agh1_mnPnpPVIh

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Mike Hill @michaeldoron.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

🚨 History teachers, we’re back! 🚨 Join us on 7 Feb 2026 for a day of workshops and a nice curry – all for £25. Ten years after the ‘knowledge turn’, we’re exploring what knowledge-rich history teaching looks like today. Presenters & link below 👇

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Jacob Olivey @jacobolivey.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

We’re back! Can’t wait for #Soane26 - a whole day of great workshops about knowledge in history teaching. Tickets now on sale. Only £25?! www.eventbrite.com/e/ark-soane-history-conference-2026-tickets-1747091470619?aff=oddtdtcreator

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Jacob Olivey @jacobolivey.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Really interesting blog. On the point about what we want pupils to remember, I think this is where the tasks that accompany stories come in. What questions do we ask? What details do we drill (and which do we leave in the background)? Which words do we drill to ‘stamp’ the core knowledge?

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Jacob Olivey @jacobolivey.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Thanks Alistair! Really glad you enjoyed it.

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Christine Counsell @counsellc.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

How does an enquiry question sustain interest, build momentum and give all pupils access to disciplinary thinking across a lesson sequence? How does the EQ help you to integrate compelling stories and rich, extended text? Register bit.ly/4nrA8Mv for Cat and Elizabeth's webinar on Tues 8 July 3.30pm

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Catherine Priggs @catherinepriggs.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Really excited to deliver this FREE session with @egcarr.bsky.social We’ll discuss the power of enquiry questions, including how they shape the analytic direction and purpose of a sequence of lessons, create a sense of intrigue & infuse lessons with energy! @counsellc.bsky.social

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

The absolute last thing schools need right now - while dealing with an extremely tight funding settlement and rising poverty - is a radical overhaul of the exam system.

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Mike Hill @michaeldoron.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Really excited about presenting this series for @histassoc.bsky.social – starting this Wednesday, 4 June, 4pm. In the first webinar, @jacobolivey.bsky.social and I will explain why we think children don't need to 'do history' to learn history. Recordings will be available. Link below! 🔗👇

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Dan Lyndon-Cohen @danlyndon.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

1. I am absolutely thrilled to be able to announce the launch of the @1972shp.bsky.social South-West History Forum! The inaugural event will be taking place on June 18 in Bristol, with a stellar lineup: Michael Riley, @paulalobo.bsky.social and @tomallenhistory.bsky.social

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Catherine Priggs @catherinepriggs.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

What a wonderful couple of days at HA 2025. Fantastic sessions from @edurbin.bsky.social @davidjhibbert.bsky.social @e-nicholson.bsky.social & @jacobolivey.bsky.social A joy to present alongside the wonderful @egcarr.bsky.social Superb keynotes. Stunning location.

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Alex Ford @apf102.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Another great chapter from @dankeates.bsky.social, Stanford & Goullee’s “Practical Guide to History Teaching”. So useful to have a comprehensive look at similarity and difference and historical perspective in one chapter @jacobolivey.bsky.social. The Seixas & Morton stuff is v helpful too.

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Mike Hill @michaeldoron.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Interested in a direct approach to history teaching? 'Lean lessons' with booklets, whole-class reading, explanation, and lots of questions? @jacobolivey.bsky.social and I are leading a webinar series for @histassoc.bsky.social in June – and it's cheap! Just £50 for all six webinars. Link below! 👇

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Jacob Olivey @jacobolivey.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

As does the experience of being at a pretty standard secondary school in the late noughties! Autoethnography?

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Jacob Olivey @jacobolivey.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

I love Teaching History to bits, but you can’t use it as a record of what most history teachers thought / think. I think the approach Daisy Christodoulou takes in 7 Myths is more useful here. The many Ofsted reports she cites, and the 2007 National Curriculum, tell a different story to TH.

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Jacob Olivey @jacobolivey.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Hmmm. I wouldn’t say progressive history teaching is a rejection of knowledge altogether? Like you say, no one (?) ever said ‘we shouldn’t also teach any knowledge’. But it’s also fair to say that there was a much greater emphasis on discovery, group work, source skills c. 2005.

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Jacob Olivey @jacobolivey.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Especially since the post-2013 reforms were framed in opposition to earlier approaches. I think if someone wrote the case for ‘progressive history teaching’, and they set out clearly which aspects of ‘traditional history teaching’ they’ve got an issue with, they might get more traction.

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Jacob Olivey @jacobolivey.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Obviously the world is more complicated than any model, but I do think it’s a shame that we seem to have abandoned those labels. In my experience as a mentor, lots of new teachers find it really difficult to make sense of the education landscape in 2024 without labels

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Jacob Olivey @jacobolivey.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Out of interest, do you think progressive / traditional is a useful way of describing different educational approaches? I feel like people discussed this on Twitter ages ago, but can’t remember what / if there was a consensus within UK history teachers.

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Jacob Olivey @jacobolivey.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

I just don’t agree. Thinking about education/knowledge ‘as a thought exercise’ leads to abstractions. Needs to start from experience: what specific things do my pupils find difficult about history, what do / will they find interesting, what stuff do I think is important from the to know…

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Jacob Olivey @jacobolivey.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

None of this is possible if they can’t say the word ‘relic’, or can’t remember what a relic is in a week’s time.

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Jacob Olivey @jacobolivey.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

If you asked history teacher in China whether kids there should learn about the Song Dynasty, they’d be really confused.

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Jacob Olivey @jacobolivey.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Because they’re at school in the UK? Obviously they should leave about European history in the last 1,000 years?

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Jacob Olivey @jacobolivey.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

For me, it’s about being thorough. Does *everyone* in the class know what a relic is? Does the word ‘relic’ conjure up vivid pictures in their minds (weary pilgrims, bejewelled boxes, a saint’s fingernails)? Can they all say the word ‘relic’?

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Jacob Olivey @jacobolivey.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Obviously, I think substantive *and* disciplinary/second-order knowledge are both important and worthwhile. I see ‘knowledge-rich history’ of the last decade as a useful corrective (albeit one that has led to some unintended consequences).

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Jacob Olivey @jacobolivey.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Advocates of knowledge-rich history would say that teaching (substantive) knowledge is ‘the main thing’ that should happen in a school history classroom. Kids learning more *about* the past is a good thing - and is just as worthwhile as kids learning ‘how we know’ about the past.

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Jacob Olivey @jacobolivey.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Perhaps not, but I think it’s fair to say that teaching (substantive) knowledge was rarely seen ‘the main thing’ in the early 2000s. As in, teaching some knowledge was necessary - but only to teach historical skills / thinking.

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Dan Keates @dankeates.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

@jacobolivey.bsky.social lays out how similarity and difference can be understood and used in conjunction with historical perspective. Understanding how, what has been called cultural history, can be used as part of history teacher planning. A fantastic chapter.

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Dan Keates @dankeates.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Today is publication day for a Practical Guide to Teaching History in the Secondary School. 19 years after the first edition, this is a complete re-write by so many wonderful experts in the history teaching community. Thanks to @terryhaydn.bsky.social for offering the opportunity 5 years ago!

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Dan Keates @dankeates.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Thrilled to be receivin first copies a real team effort by so many great history teachers and educators @victoriacrooks.bsky.social @lauralondo1017.bsky.social @paulalobo.bsky.social @danlyndon.bsky.social @mrmayhew.bsky.social @michaelfordham.bsky.social Dedicated to the great Helen Snelson

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Will Goodfellow @willgoodfellow82.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

#ChangingHistoriesKS3 - Changing the world of history textbooks for 11-14 year olds. With Book 1 Connected Worlds, we set a high bar for immersive story telling accompanied by beautiful looking pages. With Book 2 Expanding Worlds we're taking it to the next level. Samples coming soon!

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Christine Counsell @counsellc.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

What keeps going wrong with assessment in history? What can we learn from 35 yrs of the same mistakes? Looking forward to presenting, Tues 3.30pm, for Leicester Education Improvement Partnership @histassoc.bsky.social @beckyfrancis.bsky.social @jonhutchinson.bsky.social @salwilson11.bsky.social

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Pete Jackson @petejackson.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

6. I've really seen how brilliantly @jacobolivey.bsky.social and @michaeldoron.bsky.social use images to support world-building. Jacob's presentation on Stalin's Russia showed this off superbly. This is an element I've added to support storytelling in the classroom. Works superbly well.

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Jonathan Mountstevens @mrmountstevens.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

We're gonna need a Bigger Listen.

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Doug O’Brien @dougobrien.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Want to lead History across five schools? What to improve life chances for young people? Want to work in beautiful Cornwall? There is only a week left to apply for this amazing opportunity working with the @celtacademies.bsky.social education team as Director of History. Repost and get in touch!

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Peter Tse @mrptse.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Our subject teams are deep curricular thinkers. Every day, I get the chance to work with people who LOVE their subjects. Big shout out to @michaeldoron.bsky.social's fabulous history dept for hosting a fantastic conference last weekend. bsky.app/profile/edur...

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Mike Hill @michaeldoron.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Thank you to everyone who came to our second Ark Soane History conference yesterday. It was such a joy to see so many history teacher colleagues together. As always, I’m proudest of our pupils who were so keen to help and talk about history. What a lovely day. #Soane25

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Harry Hudson @harryhudson21.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Thanks so much to @michaeldoron.bsky.social and his team for organising a superb day at #soane25 yesterday! The buzz of ideas at events like this shows teaching at its finest and does wonders for both the self-perception and the image of the profession as a whole

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Jess Angell @jessangell.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

A brilliant thought provoking day at #Soane25. Thank you to @michaeldoron.bsky.social & the team for putting together a jam packed day of #History CPD 👏 Thoroughly enjoyed all my workshops and the chance to catch up with so many wonderful #historyteachers

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Rich @richkhistory.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Back in Bristol after a brilliant day at #Soane25. Chapeau to @michaeldoron.bsky.social for organising another cracking conference. Delivering that speech at the end with Eamonn Duffy sitting in front row was one of the more marginally terrifying things I've ever done.

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Jonathan Mountstevens @mrmountstevens.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

It's quite something when Eamon Duffy is only one highlight of a conference! Terrific day at #Soane25. Brilliant work from the history team there once again.

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Pete Jackson @petejackson.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Really interesting session from @jacobolivey.bsky.social on Stalin and the Soviet Union. Love the use of powerful images and posters within the enquiry! #Soane25

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Mike Hill @michaeldoron.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

We go again! #Soane25

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Michael Fordham @michaelfordham.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

These are the examples that Ofsted need to be bombarded with over the consultation. Anyone with half an ounce of sense will see that it is a nonsense that one of these is better than the other.

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Christine Counsell @counsellc.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Give RE the status, coherence and rigour it needs, by ensuring all teachers of RE, primary & secondary, know what pupils have learned in earlier years and so can use and build on it. Our current system is inequitable. Countless children miss out. @culhamstgabriel.bsky.social @retoday.bsky.social

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