Cat Scutt

Cat Scutt

I'm Director of Education and Research at the Chartered College of Teaching, where I oversee all of our work around teacher development and research engagement.

Location London and Cornwall, UK

Activity

  • You might find this blog interesting on this: https://medium.com/@lauren.thorpe/lean-consistent-and-automated-trends-in-mat-use-of-school-data-e954c461c33d - Lauren works across a group of schools.

  • Yes, you're right - if things aren't integrated, and well-designed with the teacher in mind, they often increase rather than reducing workload. I discuss this in week 4 of the course.

  • Yes, I can understand your frustration - integration or lack thereof is a huge pain point. I find Lauren Thorpe's blog around how her group of schools ensure systems are integrated interesting on this: https://medium.com/@lauren.thorpe/lean-consistent-and-automated-trends-in-mat-use-of-school-data-e954c461c33d - but it's far from straightforward to get to that...

  • Integration is an important point - both its potential and the challenges. I find Lauren Thorpe's blog around how her group of schools ensure systems are integrated interesting on this: https://medium.com/@lauren.thorpe/lean-consistent-and-automated-trends-in-mat-use-of-school-data-e954c461c33d

  • Absolutely agree - it's important to always to be aware of potential author bias in anything we read! The smart meter analogy is an interesting one - I've been using exactly this argument for not yet having had one installed, and yet I think there is emerging evidence that they do help people to reduce energy consumption.
    I wonder if the potential for...

  • Yes, this is definitely a huge challenge, particularly for smaller schools or standalone schools. I find Lauren Thorpe's blog around how her group of schools ensure systems are integrated interesting on this: https://medium.com/@lauren.thorpe/lean-consistent-and-automated-trends-in-mat-use-of-school-data-e954c461c33d - but many platforms still do not integrate...

  • @PaulHopkins thanks for the feedback. In a four week MOOC there is a limit to what can be covered of course, and we decided with this one to very much make the focus developing existing pedagogies and practices through use of technology, rather than the 'redefinition' layer of the SAMR model for example - for many teachers, this may be the most effective first...