@rethinkingjames
Keynote speaker, government advisor and teacher trainer specialising in change management, learner effectiveness, practitioner inquiry and oracy. I spend 80% of my time thinking about education reform, and 20% looking for biscuits.
Most behaviour issues aren’t extreme incidents
They’re the small things: calling out, side conversations, drifting off task
Often the real issue is psychological investment. When students feel they matter, behaviour shifts
👀 Early bird for Rebooting Behaviour 2026 ends Fri 13 March
Link below↓
Me and this fella @hywelroberts.bsky.social are doing a free webinar this afternoon on Implementing Botheredness - 4.30-5.30pm. If you can't join us live, we'll send you a recording afterwards. We've had 186 signups so far, but there's room for 500. We'll stick the kettle on. Or maybe an urn. Link ↓
That's basically our national conversation, always
Most behaviour issues aren’t extreme incidents
They’re the small things: calling out, side conversations, drifting off task
Often the real issue is psychological investment. When students feel they matter, behaviour shifts
👀 Early bird for Rebooting Behaviour 2026 ends Fri 13 March
Link below↓
Curious about #Botheredness?
Dr James Mannion and I are are running a FREE Implementing Botheredness webinar on Thursday. Details here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/implementi...
This podcast episode with @rethinkingjames.bsky.social and @rupertwegerif.bsky.social is fantastic.
"Education as expanding dialogue"
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#EduSky #UKEd
IMPLEMENTING BOTHEREDNESS with @hywelroberts.bsky.social
FREE webinar this Thu 12 March, 4.30-5.30pm
How do we move pupils from ‘can’t be bothered’ to properly stuck in?
We’ll explore the pedagogy of botheredness – stories, stance & teaching that cultivates real investment in learning.
Sign up ↓
IMPLEMENTING BOTHEREDNESS with @hywelroberts.bsky.social
FREE webinar this Thu 12 March, 4.30-5.30pm
How do we move pupils from ‘can’t be bothered’ to properly stuck in?
We’ll explore the pedagogy of botheredness – stories, stance & teaching that cultivates real investment in learning.
Sign up ↓
7 minutes out of every 30 minutes of classroom time are now estimated to be lost to disruption.
Why doesn’t tightening behaviour policies solve it? 🧐
Vindication!
FREE WEBINAR today (24 Feb, 4.30–5.30pm GMT)
Rethinking School #Behaviour – The two missing pieces
Why is behaviour such a stubborn problem? We’ll explore the psychology of mattering + implementation science – and what it takes to fix issues at the root
Join us: www.eventbrite.com/e/free-webin...
We’re gonna need a bigger Zoom room!
We’ve flown past 100 sign-ups for Rethinking behaviour – The two missing pieces — so we’ve upgraded the room.
🗓 Tues 24 Feb
🕟 4.30–5.30pm UK
💻 Register for free: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/free-webin...
Can’t join live? We’ll send the recording.
See you there!
"The deportations started - and that set the alarm bells ringing for my grandmother..."
An astonishing, profoundly moving and timely conversation to mark #holocaustmemorialday
Full episode: www.rethinking-ed.org/holocaust-ed...
@crownhousepub.bsky.social @realdavidc.bsky.social
www.makingchangestick.co/implementing...
"What's the point of this, Sir?"
Hywel Roberts have written a free guide to implementing botheredness. It's about how to get kids really invested in their learning - by design.
If you want your students to get properly stuck in, click the link below ↓
*NEW POST*
How I wish I'd taught science
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"This had me in tears! What an amazing thing to do."
An email I received this morning in response to this guest post by Andrew Speight
Link below
We spend a lot of time talking about engagement.
Much less time talking about investment.
This short, free guide explores how schools can move from "what's the point" to kids getting properly stuck in - day in, day out - by design
📘 Implementing botheredness (12-min read)
Link in comments below
"The deportations started - and that set the alarm bells ringing for my grandmother..."
An astonishing, profoundly moving and timely conversation to mark #holocaustmemorialday
Full episode: www.rethinking-ed.org/holocaust-ed...
@crownhousepub.bsky.social @realdavidc.bsky.social
I am *super excited* to be working with @hywelroberts.bsky.social on a new programme for teachers and school leaders. It combines Hywel's pedagogy of botheredness with my implementation know-how to create classrooms where kids get properly stuck in - by design.
If you're interested, click below
