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Dan Rosen @musingsofadr.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Should firms be centralised? Should divisions of an org have complete or zero autonomy? The answer according to Stafford Beer is that neither extreme works. But there are people who fight about this due to their own ambition. This rings true in education discourse too. #EruditePedagogy

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Dan Rosen @musingsofadr.bsky.social · 07/09/2024

Then tying it all together! Last point so important. Assessment is not an adjunct.

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Dan Rosen @musingsofadr.bsky.social · 07/09/2024

5 macro assessments in KS3. More in KS4. LOADS of micro knowledge tests. Then minute by minute knowledge checks (understandably less animation!)

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Dan Rosen @musingsofadr.bsky.social · 07/09/2024

Macro assessments! We need to think about what these communicate.

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Dan Rosen @musingsofadr.bsky.social · 07/09/2024

Prompting. “Yes, but…” Ensuring opportunities for independent practice. Live marking - absolute game changer.

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Dan Rosen @musingsofadr.bsky.social · 07/09/2024

Thinking about focus - always a challenge question.

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Dan Rosen @musingsofadr.bsky.social · 07/09/2024

Assessment happens in a micro level, every lesson every day.

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Dan Rosen @musingsofadr.bsky.social · 07/09/2024

Top three are very close, though. @drchendrick.bsky.social approved graphs.

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Dan Rosen @musingsofadr.bsky.social · 07/09/2024

But do need to unthread. What is the core content required? What is the minimum? No child should miss out because they have a different teacher.

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Dan Rosen @musingsofadr.bsky.social · 07/09/2024

What does good curriculum design look like? Knowledge latches onto knowledge. Build this in early, don’t need to tease out subject literacy later.

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Dan Rosen @musingsofadr.bsky.social · 07/09/2024

How can we fit in general knowledge at KS3? E.g. Use of Hyena in a test -caught students out… @marymyatt.bsky.social gets a shout out! 😀 Skills based curriculum doesn’t get best results (see CfE in Scotland)

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Dan Rosen @musingsofadr.bsky.social · 07/09/2024

We need to know the ropes - where are we going. What is the end goal?

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Dan Rosen @musingsofadr.bsky.social · 07/09/2024

Can’t look at assessment without unpicking curriculum.

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Dan Rosen @musingsofadr.bsky.social · 07/09/2024

Session 5 - Sarah Donarski on spiralling assessment! #rED24

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Dan Rosen @musingsofadr.bsky.social · 07/09/2024

Technology can solve problems, but they cannot tell us what our problems are. Bad tech - solutions in search of problems. Snickometer - works well in cricket as it is the solution to a problem. Not going to solve the problem with handball, because it’s not an issue of if it hits the hand.

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Dan Rosen @musingsofadr.bsky.social · 07/09/2024

Optimising for one aspect, what is the trade off, do we risk losing everything? Portfolio assessment… Do we event get accuracy? We try to optimise but end up with nothing.

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Dan Rosen @musingsofadr.bsky.social · 07/09/2024

E.g speed/simplicity. Before VAR, not a great argument. But now? Is that a problem. With assessment - also a big accuracy/speed trade off. One assessment - some errors will happen. More assessments, fewer errors, but more time, cost, complication. Is it worth it?

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Dan Rosen @musingsofadr.bsky.social · 07/09/2024

The Johns are the ones that struggle, because they don’t get the support. But we need a cut off….

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Dan Rosen @musingsofadr.bsky.social · 07/09/2024

Onto grades. Line on a continuum. We think they are discrete differences, but there aren’t. Offside quotation from Roy. What is the measurement error of the line?

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Dan Rosen @musingsofadr.bsky.social · 07/09/2024

The impulse to have strict rules is because people want consistency. But the problem is that rubrics can’t give that consistency… and you also have to sacrifice common sense. So worst of both worlds.

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Dan Rosen @musingsofadr.bsky.social · 07/09/2024

Education and football on a Saturday. I don’t think it gets better than this. After discussing handball, we’re onto handwriting! Should we have ‘most’ as a qualifier for spelling?

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Dan Rosen @musingsofadr.bsky.social · 07/09/2024

Second #rED24 session. VAR and education with the awesome @daisychristo.bsky.social There’s a lot on common between the two!

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Dan Rosen @musingsofadr.bsky.social · 07/09/2024

Meaning we end up with a concept map… Interlocking web of interactions. And this is central to teaching. We need to map out the concepts of our domain.

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Dan Rosen @musingsofadr.bsky.social · 07/09/2024

Concept is the gap, the intersection of different uses….

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Dan Rosen @musingsofadr.bsky.social · 07/09/2024

Can a baby see a rattle? They might have a non verbal concept… It’s all about context! But likely demonstrated by the interaction the baby has with the rattle.

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Dan Rosen @musingsofadr.bsky.social · 07/09/2024

As an aside, I love the handouts!

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Dan Rosen @musingsofadr.bsky.social · 07/09/2024

And Descartes leads us into cognitive science. With Kant inventing schema! 😀

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Dan Rosen @musingsofadr.bsky.social · 07/09/2024

Taking us through the history explanations…. Fascinating!

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Dan Rosen @musingsofadr.bsky.social · 07/09/2024

First thought…. Do we take account of concepts in teaching? Do we know what we are talking about? We probably don’t even know we are talking about philosophy….

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Dan Rosen @musingsofadr.bsky.social · 07/09/2024

First session at #rED24 with @bernardandrews.bsky.social Talking about philosophy and teaching!

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Dan Rosen @musingsofadr.bsky.social · 30/08/2024

Yes, IB. The assessment instrument is in the picture. Guidance is: "The assessment instrument provided describes five levels of performance in response to this driving question. These levels are to be seen as holistic descriptors rather than as a checklist of characteristics."

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Dan Rosen @musingsofadr.bsky.social · 12/08/2024

I’m not sure what I used to think, but since being involved in a system that has post-results applications, I think it’s much better! I wonder how many agree with me on @teachertapp.bsky.social #UKEd

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