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Don’t Change The Light Bulbs
Teaching, at its simplest, is about passing on knowledge and honing skills in a way that excites students and contributes to their present and future successes. Yet there are a myriad of different approaches to teaching. No two teachers approach educating in exactly the same way. The new book Don’t Change The Light Bulbs emphasises this point perfectly. This wonderful book is a collection of inspiring tips and ideas written by seventy-one members of the online community of educators (and others). You may recognise many of the authors’ names if you an avid user of Twitter. Twitter, the birthplace of many great educational ideas, inspired this teaching anthology. UKED Magazine contributor and the book’s curator, Rachel Jones’ ‘light bulb moment’ came when she decided to collect and collate the best ideas from digital educators in one convenient place. The result is this amazing snapshot of creativity and innovation from educators across the country. The book contributors range from teachers of foundation stage to university lecturers. There are chapters from frontline classroom teachers, school leaders and educational consultants. There really is something for every teacher. This book will make you think in new ways and could help improve your teaching.
Daniel Harvey @DanielHavery9 speaks passionately at the book launch about his experience of teaching science.
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There are far too many great chapters, but here are just a handful: A delightful and helpful chapter for me came from Pete Jones @pekabelo on celebrating the art skills of students and ideas on how to help pupils stretch themselves to be to be what they can be. Martin Illingworth @MartinIllingwor shares his ideas for developing pre-teaching thinking and raises many thought provoking points. If you are planning an educational event, David Fawcett @davidfawcett27 and Jenn Ludgate @missjlud offer a wonderful summary of ideas and tips to make sure it goes with a bang. Chris Waugh @Edutronic_net writes a superb beginners guide to using research in your school to improve the teaching and learning of your students.
UKED Magazine Editor, Martin Burrett, showing off his book chapter atthe book launch, which was appropriately set in a children’s library. UKED Magazine 19