VESPA Mindset @VESPAmindset
Martin and Steve, creators of the VESPA model, writers (The A Level Mindset, The GCSE Mindset, The Student Mindset), 2 teachers with 40+ years' experience. vespa.academy Manchester & Abu Dhabi Joined August 2012-
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Get excited... #TheVESPAHandbook by @VESPAmindset is coming VERY soon! 🥳 📗 This book will empower learners to unlock their potential, overcome obstacles and take control of their own knowledge and skills. Find out more and pre-order your copy now: crownhouse.co.uk/the-vespa-hand…
Always gratifying to receive positive feedback👇We still have some slots left for CPD sessions in June/July. If you're interested in developing aspiration, higher levels of effort, independent learning, effective revision or anything else VESPA-related, email [email protected]!
On the reading list this Easter… #calnewport #slowproductivity
We wrote about this way back in 2016 but every Easter, when fear triggers procrastination in our students, we revisit it. Give it a go, it really works! #activationenergy #overcomeinertia
Been a few years, but we still use this clip a lot. Great tutorial session:
Been a few years, but we still use this clip a lot. Great tutorial session:
Always gratifying to receive feedback like this! We still have some slots left for staff/student sessions in the coming months. If you're interested in developing aspiration, independent learning, effective revision or any other aspects of VESPA, say hello at [email protected]
Great! We love Gilbert’s letter to fear. Love the way you’ve used it here! 👏
Great! We love Gilbert’s letter to fear. Love the way you’ve used it here! 👏
We're running an online, after-hours course on evidence-based revision with Bath Spa School of Education next week - 5th March at 4pm. And there’s a spare space or two! We've got a complete 15-session revision curriculum, fully resourced and ready to go: networkforlearning.org.uk/courses/2024-0…
This is from @GilbertLiz’s wonderful Big Magic - a superb handbook for creative living but also a goldmine of wisdom and proactive tools for tackling negative self-talk. Here’s one to share with #gcse and #alevel students... a letter to ‘fear’:
We’re taking a couple of Fridays off and returning in Match, but if you missed last week’s it’s here…
We’re taking a couple of Fridays off and returning in Match, but if you missed last week’s it’s here…
Today we’re looking at fixed vs variable practice. You’ve got a free PowerPoint covering two separate studies with some neat videos. Plus, last call for our free webinar on raising student aspiration! Coming at 3:20 today👇 vespa.beehiiv.com/subscribe
Tomorrow, we’ve got a great 10-minute video we’ve clipped together for you - good for staff working groups and student tutorials - a piece about proactivity, the waiting-to-be-picked phenomenon, and news of a free webinar! 3:20pm Friday, see you there: vespa.beehiiv.com/subscribe
It’s always great to get #cpd feedback like this ❤️ If you’d like high-quality training on encouraging independent learning, effective revision, motivation, or any other element of #VESPA, get in touch at [email protected]. There are still slots left in the summer term!
Really like this - moving from knowing to doing in small, manageable actions. Nice one! 👏
Really like this - moving from knowing to doing in small, manageable actions. Nice one! 👏
We’re up and running again this Friday! vespa.beehiiv.com/subscribe
This Friday’s our last newsletter of 2023, so we’re giving away three of our favourite free resources from this year! We’ve had some lovely feedback over the last twelve months… many thanks to the thousands of you who open and read and interact 🙌 vespa.beehiiv.com/subscribe
This was last week’s… today at 3:20 we’ve got an interesting piece about classroom context and transferability, a video, blogpost, a great piece on superlinear returns and a training day you can come along to! All at 3:20pm - see you there
This was last week’s… today at 3:20 we’ve got an interesting piece about classroom context and transferability, a video, blogpost, a great piece on superlinear returns and a training day you can come along to! All at 3:20pm - see you there
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Aristotle was a big believer in walking. Not just Aristotle — Steve Jobs, Virginia Woolf, Nikola Tesla too. If you walk less than 60 minutes per day, open this:
There are lots of phrases in teaching that annoy me. The ones that make me furious though are variations on "We already do that" "Everybody does that" "Nobody needs to be told to do that" "That's just good teaching" The colossal arrogance involved is infuriating. It shows no…
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Ability levels, student labels, differentiated level tasks, attainment caps, ‘All, Most, Some’ —>🗑️ Allow EVERY child to achieve - not just some. #EquityinEducation
The only way to change this long-standing picture is to stop talking about ability and instead believe and behave as if every child can achieve and build towards that. Ability is old hat!
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The situation in the Japanese city of Nara during a downpour 😍
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A final thought from our latest assembly (thanks @VESPAmindset). How do students perform well?……PRACTICE. The performance stage of revision is key to success. You wouldn’t step out to run a marathon without training…the same applies to exams.
Reconnecting with the thinking & writing of Sir Tim Brighouse since he passed away in December. Inspirational & guiding. Essential reading & stimulus for leaders in education & more widely - unwarranted #optimism / #complexity / #challenge enabling #learning & #growth
A manifesto: a list of principles that guide the way we think and live. @WeTransfer have gathered together manifestos written by artists musicians and philosophers. You can access them all here: wepresent.wetransfer.com/story/manifest… Writing a manifesto is a great way to start the year! #vision
25 useful thinking tools, summarised by profession from philosopher to artist, soldier to teacher, hacker to plumber. Give them to groups of students and ask for summaries. Which do they find most attractive/interesting and why? #vision #problemsolving scotthyoung.com/blog/2018/12/0…