#Children

The world is evolving rapidly but our educational system isn't. We're still practicing an educational model designed for the 19th century to prepare children to be factory workers.Here's my list
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#edutwitter1/ A thread on Containment and a look at local outbreak planningLeads on from discussions in Pandemic podcast for Educators No.1DfE guidence, Containment Framework and saftey in schoolsCatch up fundingCollectiving
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Axel Scheffler, the illustrator of the Gruffalo, has illustrated a digital book for primary school age children, free for anyone to read on screen or print out, about the coronavirus
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Woke up; discovered 3-yr-old had had massive nosebleed, his clothes covered in blood; washed him; walked into the kitchen; found 5-yr-old stirring his brother’s bloody clothes in a pot filled
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Reminder that if you're against racism but don't give a shit about ableism and the rights of the disabled, you're a fucking asshole and should feel like shit A very
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The great error of thinking that living vicariously through your children isn’t that bad, is that you forego your individuality and dreams for shit that doesn’t really matter — who
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This is . Problem is they can't. Teachers are more often than not woefully unprepared and unqualified to "teach the kids that are directly in front of" them anytime those
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All forms of ABA—"Applied Behavioral Analysis"—violate the four fundamental principles of bioethics.A thread (Note: I updated this from an older argument I made. Hopefully, you'll find this one a little
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Therapist: Try to focus on yourself, who *you* are.Me: ...Who am I?Therapist: Yes, exactl--Me: Can I conceal myself forever more? Pretend I'm not the man I was before?Therapist: No, not
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Just read @joenutt_author latest 'Teaching English for the Real World' via @JohnCattEd and it's stunning'Provoke children to think before they write down their thoughts'/1https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1912906953/re
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I AM WITHDRAWING FROM PUBLIC DISCUSSIONS ON PRESIDENT TRUMP TILL AFTER THE ELECTIONS IN NOVEMBER! For the first time in my life I am publicly stopping myself from something I
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Finished the first season of Beastars. People shit on it too much because it's about animals. Some make their own human versions of them which I believe disrespects the story
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I told you earlier that I would enlighten you about something. Here goes, and I really don't know where to start. As you know, I have a serious respect and
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On this Palm Sunday, a reminder that Jesus was an itinerant anarchist working to dismantle the capitalist state through nonviolent disruption. He spoke aramaic -- the language of the poor.
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BTW, I've been reading Manigault-Bryant's TALKING TO THE DEAD in the other window. Wow. This is what we believe and do... Now I'm wondering where Black Florida is located in
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wooyoung randomly found the phrase “amicus ad aras” which roughly translates to “friends until death/a friend to the very end”, and instantly said it to san, explained the meaning of
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