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Dan Lyndon-Cohen @danlyndon.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Last chance for Early Bird Tickets for #SHP26 we move onto Tier 1 tickets on Friday. Don't miss out on a great deal for our fantastic conference - 46 wonderful workshops for primary and secondary history teachers, 2 superb keynotes from @marnieh-w.bsky.social and @profdanhicks.bsky.social +

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Ben Newmark @bennewmark.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Framing of the white paper is wrong and as a result what's in it isn't going to work. The framing emphasises differences rather than commonalities between children. What happens when all these billions are spent and neither experiences nor outcomes are better? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Children with special educational needs have been let down again and again. That ends right now | Bridget Phillipson

Too many young people go out into the world ill equipped. We’ll change that: we’ll give more rights and support to them and their families, says education secretary Bridget Phillipson

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Dan Lyndon-Cohen @danlyndon.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Today we are launching the 2026 SHP Summer Conference, which will be taking place July 10-12 at Leeds Trinity. This year, due to the huge increase in proposals for workshops, we have extended our offer to 46 wonderful workshops for primary and secondary teachers of history (see below for a taster!

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Ed Durbin @edurbin.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

I have to say I find this alliance of well-meaning progressivism and AI pretty terrifying. Beyond how weakly formulated it all is - what is critical thinking? What is grappling? - it doesn’t seem to want to meaningfully engage with the issue of knowledge at all, apart from reheating Blooms taxonomy

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Sam Day @samdayhistory.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Really enjoyed presenting at the SHP Developing Teachers' Conference with @jbhistory.bsky.social, helping ITTs and ECTs to develop their subject-specific pedagogy. Lots of interesting participation from the audience. Thanks to @danlyndon.bsky.social and @historyrichk.bsky.social for organising.

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Rich Kerridge @historyrichk.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

@samdayhistory.bsky.social & @jbhistory.bsky.social using a series of scenarios to raise questions about ECT experiences. This one is a belter. #SHPDTC26

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Dan Lyndon-Cohen @danlyndon.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

I am absolutely thrilled that the @1972shp.bsky.social Developing Teachers' Conference has signed up 95 teachers of history for Saturday, nearly doubling last year's attendance. BUT I really want to hit three figures so am offering 5 free places to the first 5 people who DM me asking for them!

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 27/01/2026

"On Holocaust Memorial Day we need more history, not just more memory" bit.ly/4t6wPx6 Dr Andy Pearce, Director of @uclholocaust.bsky.social, writes today on the RHS blog. #Skystorians

Front page of Royal Historical Society blog post with image of the Berlin Holocaust Memorial, photograph by Rudolph Simon, 2013, Wilkimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Text reads: "On Holocaust Memorial Day we need more history, not just more memory' and abstract: In this post, Andy Pearce – Director of the Centre for Holocaust Education at UCL – considers the current levels of knowledge of the Holocaust among UK secondary school students. UCL studies, in 2016 and 2026, reveal a troubling and enduring divergence between popular understandings of the persecution and murder of Jews in Europe, in the 1930s and 1940s, and the findings of scholarly historical research. 27 January 2026 marks the 25th anniversary of Holocaust Memorial Day in Britain. As Andy argues, prevalent and popular misperceptions risk being sustained if the Holocaust becomes a subject for remembrance and memory, rather than of history and historical scholarship. It is only though ‘more history’, shared widely and publicly, that we may seek to redress error, distortion and denial."

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Dan Lyndon-Cohen @danlyndon.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Just 4 more days to buy your ticket for the @1972shp.bsky.social Developing Teachers' Conference from Developing Teachers Conference 2026 | Leeds Trinity University Online Store share.google/JAAxEYjGRpkk.... Enjoy this little video teaser and come and join us! youtube.com/watch?v=_pSo...

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Christine Counsell @counsellc.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Well worth attending this. If you're new to history teaching especially then know that @1972shp.bsky.social has a long tradition of really outstanding subject-specific CPD. This is a great programme. Stimulating, varied, topical, rigorous. Check it out or ask @danlyndon.bsky.social for more info.

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Dan Lyndon-Cohen @danlyndon.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

The final schedule for the SHP Developing Teachers' Conference is now live! www.schoolshistoryproject.co.uk/devteach/ and we are excited to welcome you all on Jan 31. Tickets still available for one more week from store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata.... Plus the final chance to enter our draw ...

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Dan Lyndon-Cohen @danlyndon.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

SHP's Developing Teachers Conference is not just pitched at teachers who are in their early years of teaching, the workshops are going to be fab for more experienced teachers and HoDs or Lead teachers who want to develop their teams. Tickets still available: store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata...

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Developing Teachers Conference 2026 | Leeds Trinity University Online Store

Developing Teachers Conference 2026 January 31st 2026 standard ticket  £50 Trainee/ECT/Primary  £40 Any questions please contact us her

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Dan Lyndon-Cohen @danlyndon.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

You just need to buy a ticket for the conference from store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata... and to inspire you here's another look at some of our secondary workshops: Firstly ECTs Josef Bland & Sam Day will help you to navigate the demands of maintaining your disciplinary focus. And ...

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Dan Lyndon-Cohen @danlyndon.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Have you got 49 seconds to spare? Check out our latest promo video for @1972shp.bsky.social's Developing Teachers' Conference, 31/01/26. Early Bird Tickets available from here store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata... #skystorians #historyeducation #edusky www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4s6...

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Ben Newmark @bennewmark.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

1. Thread. Ed tech and the best lesson I taught this year. The best Ed tech in the world for my subject is a book. It is the ideal delivery method because the effort of concentrating on it helps people learn what's in it.

An image of a quote by Douglas adams about shakes being like books because they've been around a long time because they work.

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Pete Jackson @petejackson.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Would you like to use more historical stories in your GCSE teaching? Find out more and freely download loads of examples. Spread the word… #historyteacher open.substack.com/pub/petejack...

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Would you like to use more stories in your GCSE teaching?

Sharing some of our best stories to make GCSE History memorable and engaging.

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Alex Ford @apf102.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

World Class or Bottom of the Class? A Deep Dive into the Curriculum and Assessment Review It's taken a while to digest but here are my initial thoughts on the Review and its implications for schools and school History #historyteacher #EduSky #CurriculumReview www.andallthat.co.uk/blog/world-c...

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Dan Lyndon-Cohen @danlyndon.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

We have curated a record-breaking NINE workshops for secondary teachers, covering a huge range of topics. You won't be surprised that we have an awesome roster of presenters including @fredoxby.bsky.social @petejackson.bsky.social @missrcarter89.bsky.social @oblaize.bsky.social

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Dan Lyndon-Cohen @danlyndon.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

I am absolutely delighted to be able to share the news about our next @1972shp.bsky.social Yorkshire History Forum which will be taking place in York on November 24th. We have a superb line up of workshops for #primary and #secondary #historyteachers and all for a bargain basement price ...

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David Didau @didau.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Should students really “see themselves” in the curriculum?Does this risk turning subjects into mirrors instead of windows? Is representation is a poor principle of selection? Does knowledge matter more than census-taking? open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...

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Should the curriculum be a mirror or a window?

Why representation might be an admirable ambition but a poor principle for curriculum design

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Rich Kerridge @historyrichk.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Calling all Cambridge OCR GCSE History Spec B Teachers - you know who you are! Please can you spare 5 minutes to complete this survey and tell us what you think of the current spec. having you say now will only make what we do in the future better. forms.office.com/pages/respon...

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Dan Lyndon-Cohen @danlyndon.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Or if you have some suggestions of what we should be offering in our Developing Teachers Conference #DTC26 (use this form forms.office.com/e/u1B14iYYhJ )

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Ben Newmark @bennewmark.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Yup. The rate limiting step in almost every context I've seen is attention. And you need a teacher to direct this. Almost every tech model starts from the wrong point because it assumes children will want to study the material and won't need their attention managed.

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Becky Carter @missrcarter89.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Last minute speaking slot at #TTRHums today, made me think about the KS4 strategies that have worked for me over the past few years. Absolutely none of this is original. But it’s nice to put things together in one place and share!

Presentation front slide - title ‘ks4 knowledge building and revision’

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Ben Newmark @bennewmark.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Scary conversation with Scottish parents at the camp site about the state of Scottish schools. "They can't expel dangerous kids. They can't even really send them home. Our daughter is quiet and not tough and we're frightened of the secondary school for her."

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Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Absolutely fascinating piece about the cluster of underlying beliefs that make people hold onto education myths.

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Alex Ford @apf102.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

We "replace one meaningless version of history with another that is equally meaningless – even if it is better grounded in the academic discipline” p. 266. Barton, K. (2009). The Denial of Desire: how to make history education meaningless. In L. & W. Wilschut (Eds.), National History Standards...

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Alex Ford @apf102.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Interesting and rather prescient point made by Barton in this 2009 chapter: A curriculum focused primarily on disciplinary history “carries with it the danger of discounting students’ perspectives on history, and as a result, the subject may become increasingly meaningless to them” p265.

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Catherine Priggs @catherinepriggs.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Had such a great time teaching Year 7 today! We explored England from 1087 to 1154 - a whirlwind of power struggles, a fractured empire, and civil war - using @counsellc.bsky.social’s chapter ‘Meanwhile, back in Norman England: Struggling for control after 1087’ from #ChangingHistoriesKS3

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Dan Lyndon-Cohen @danlyndon.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

I wonder if the more socially enlightened approaches to our emotional states more generally, has underpinned the growth that I'm beginning to see in looking at the past through an emotional lens. It always saddened me that 'empathy' had such a poor status when I started teaching ...

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Stuart Lock @stulock.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Outsourcing to AI is a disaster for education of humans, with a study today showing people can't quote what they've just written if with help from an LLM. Education is more important than ever. Could this lead to fewer or no computers or devices of any kind in schools in future, rather than more?

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Alex Ford @apf102.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Have seen the Policy Exchange "Lessons from the Past" report pop up a bit recently (in rel to Curric review & depts looking at their curriculua). Thought it was time I had a look.. Quick ver: some useful but not novel findings in a problematic package full of contradictions. #historyteacher 🧵 /1

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Jonathan Mountstevens @mrmountstevens.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

I don't read many edu-books these days but this one was worth making an exception for. An excellent primer condensing lots of writing and discourse in the subject community. Strongly recommended, especially to History ITTs, teachers who didn't get much quality subject input in training and new HoDs.

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Andre Keil @andrekeil.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Exciting news for people in #Liverpool and #Merseyside! We now have a local branch of the @histassoc.bsky.social! If you are a #historian, #history #teacher, or just generally interested in history, feel free to join us! We're here on Bluesky: @merseysideha.bsky.social and online: merseysideha.co.uk

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Continually depressing to me how there is no policy area where you don't have to keep litigating the same shit. Essentially every old wealthy country has tried both approaches and we KNOW that having a curriculum that focuses on knowledge, not 'the skills of the future' works better.

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Debs Richmond @debsrichmond.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Love the clarity of these models for explanation.

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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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Ben Newmark @bennewmark.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

I've been saying for a while now the problem is planning is really badly understood. It isn't the resource you make. It's the thinking behind anything you make. If you're just making resources - including a Lesson Plan - then you aren't really planning.

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Ben Newmark @bennewmark.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Arguing AI will save teachers time is ludicrous. No new tech has. Instead of thinking "ooohh planning now takes less time" think about what you'll be doing instead.

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Dan Lyndon-Cohen @danlyndon.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

If you've been following @apf102.bsky.social's insightful reviews of A Practical Guide to Teaching History, then you'll know what a fantastic book it is. So win yourself a copy by getting your ticket for the @1972shp.bsky.social's summer conference from store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata...

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ArthurJChapman @arthurjchapman.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Congratulations 2 @ramble14.bsky.social & Heather Hatton on the publication of this fascinating @histedresearch.bsky.social open access article exploring Primary& 2ndary Student Teachers' perspectives on history ed! journals.uclpress.co.uk/herj/article... @uclpress.bsky.social #historyeducation 1/2

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