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An Update from Martine - April 2022
Links I mentioned: The Wellbeing-Driven Productivity Podcast Notes by Martine Martine's Website Martine on Twitter
What's Next for the Podcast?
Hello, it's Martine here, I am recording this towards the end of June 2021 and I wanted to give you an idea of what's on the horizon for The Teaching Space - in particular, the podcast. Next year is the third and final year of my masters in education - my
The Power of a Personal Weekly, Monthly and Annual Review
Highlights Notion has enabled me to conduct a yearly and monthly review consistently for the first time ever. I am also refining my weekly review process. This is the first time I have managed this behaviour consistently, and it is game changing. This is
Personal Knowledge Management for Teachers and Trainers
Highlights What is personal knowledge management? (00:47). Personal Knowledge Management (PKM) is the practice of capturing the ideas and insights we encounter in our daily life, whether from personal experience, from books and articles, or from our wor
Top Tips for Mentoring a Trainee Teacher
This episode topic was requested by Ashely in The Teaching Space Community. She said: "I would love to hear about the most beneficial things you can have a student-teacher do before exiting the program and teaching on their own. This is my first time hav
Leading Your Own Professional Development An Interview with Elizabeth Hutchinson
Highlights Introducing Elizabeth Hutchinson (01:03). Elizabeth shares some recent PD that had a big impact on her (03:00). Organising PD is great PD (05:58). Elizabeth talks about her own approach to PD previously and now (08:46). The Twitter chat that s
A Teacher's Guide to EduTwitter
Thanks to Daniela, who is a member of The Teaching Space Community, for suggesting this episode topic. You can join the community at community.theteachingspace.com. This topic has been influenced by my own experience as well a number of articles I read on
Talking Teacher Wellbeing An Interview with Parm Plummer
Highlights Introducing Parm (00:40). Why Parm thinks teacher wellbeing is at an all-time low (02:22). Martine on boundaries (04:00). Switching to online teaching (05:30). Teachers as perfectionists (06:15). The unseen pressure on women due to Covid (07:1
How to Remember What You Read
Highlights Introduction In my teaching practice I am always aware of the need for my learners to regularly engage with material I am teaching them to embed it in their long-term memory. Its also important they practice retrieval in order to remember (00
How Teachers and Trainers Can Avoid Decision Fatigue
Highlights Introduction Making decisions uses considerable mental energy which is limited (00:42 ). Decision fatigue is real (00:52). Educators make a lot of decisions - some significant - so it is definitely worth looking at ways to minimise the number