Posts by Mark Taylor
How to play recorder for beginners
Inside the Primary Music on Fire membership we have videos and resources to help you teach the basics of music and beginner instrumental lessons.
To help you at this time we wanted to release our recorder workshop which contains:
– Introduction to the instrument
– Introduction to rhythm & pulse
– Introduction to pitch
– Introduction to notation
– 3 pdf workbooks
– Worksheets for pupils
…….and more
You might want to learn yourself or share with your school for people to learn at home.
Take a look now it’s freely available to all at:
https://www.educationonfire.com/recorder-free/
Keep safe, well and inspiring,
Mark & Carol
139: Overthrowing Education with Batsheva Frankel
Today we discuss how the current lockdown and remote learning could change the education system forever.
Batsheva Frankel, MAT, is a veteran teacher of over 25 years. In 2011, she began developing the award-winning LaunchBox products, which are games and activities that explore big philosophical ideas.
She is also the creator of Lenses of Questioning, a methodology for helping students develop critical and analytical thinking skills. Batsheva has given classes and workshops for educators all over the US and UK, including at the Deeper-Learning Conference, The California Association for the Gifted, GameLevelLearnCon, Limmud Festival and NewCAJE. She designs curriculum and creative programming, as well as mentors teachers for institutions across the US.
From her long-time teaching and administrative gig at Areté Preparatory Academy, Batsheva and the head of Areté Prep, Jim Hahn, formed The Areté Institute in Los Angeles to actively participate in and contribute to the larger conversation about what great education could and should be and how to make it happen.
As director of The Areté Institute, Batsheva produces and hosts the podcast Overthrowing Education as well creates programming for both educators and parents. Her book, The Jewish Educator’s Companion: Practical Tools and Inspirational Ideas was published in 2017 (Behrman House)
Twitter @overthrowinged
Insta @overthrowingeducation
FB: https://www.facebook.com/OverthrowingEducation
‘Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire’
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138: OneStep CPD by Twinkl
OneStep CPD provides free CPD courses for teachers to give you the tools and support to improve how you teach.
Our guest Sally Hill is the CPD Manager at OneStep CPD and dedicated to improving teaching and learning by up-skilling teachers to be more effective and confident when delivering lessons. Sally was previously a History Teacher in Manchester for 5 years, including spells as a Head of Department and CPD Lead.
One Step CPD is provided by Twinkl.
‘We regularly talk to customers about the issues they face and as a result of these conversations, we began to understand that CPD often misses the mark. What teachers really wanted was actionable CPD that was relevant to them and their careers.’
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Show Sponsor
The National Association for Primary Education speaks for young children and all who live and work with them. This includes parents, teachers, governors and all those interested in primary education. NAPE is a non-political charity and works tirelessly to support teachers in the classroom. NAPE leads the Primary Umbrella Group of thirty primary subject associations and unions and gives teachers and schools a voice at governmental level at consultative meetings with ministers for schools.
For full details of how they can support you please visit their website at nape.org.uk
‘Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire’