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Teacher educator and researcher, UTS: School of Education, FASS. Social, environmental and intercultural education, teacher quality, retention and attrition.

Joined September 2009
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How teachers can change our world for the better aare.edu.au/blog/?p=15550 via @AustAssocResEd
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Scomo rings Finance Minister's PA. SM: I'd like to speak to the Finance Minister. PA: Do you have an appointment? SM: As a matter of fact, I do. #morrison
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John Buchanan retweeted
Woke up this morning to find that the new prime minister of Australia had quoted my lyrics in his first press conference: “Just because you’re going forwards, doesn’t mean I’m going backwards”. Here’s my response to that welcome news.
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OPINION | The audacity of Acting Education Minister Stuart Robert’s claim that “dud teachers” are “dragging the chain” and are responsible for Australia’s falling PISA international assessment results! @maura23bp edhq.co/3wpiDo4
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A new ScienceSing music video for you to enjoy! This one's really rockin' 🎵🎵🎵 youtube.com/watch?v=FwY0vXyk… More info about my project to engage primary students with science using song at freshmindsforscience.weebly.… @UTSIntStudies | @UTS_CREDS | @UTSFass @UTSFass | @UTSEngage
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Registrations now open! #civicsandcitizenshipeducation @SCEAAu It's going to be great! events.sceaa.org.au/home.htm…
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Quality control: Glaring disparities in online learning call for intervention educationhq.com/news/quality… just finished talking with teachers where their principals hand deliver worksheets to no tech homes’. The gap widens; those that need the most at the highest risk #uts
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These two teachers left tenured uni jobs to return to the classroom. You'll never believe what happened next. aare.edu.au/blog/?p=9891 via @AustAssocRes #uts
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SIX books = SIX stories of research + theory + people + methods = one BIG event at 5pm on the 24th March. Don't miss it - registration will open soon @ilariavanni @keithheggart @JohnDBuchanan @profkevinburden @SandyRuthinOz @mkearneypost #marcoangelini #annprescott @UTS_CRLTS
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TEACHER SHORTAGE# Seeing plenty of signs of teacher shortage, all sectors, across all regionals K-12, Principals advertising on Facebook, Twitter, Teachers on Net, LinkedIn, Seek, JobFeed. Principals contacting university direct seeking current teacher graduates to fill positions
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Would be great to hear from K-6 teachers in this short survey. Thanks. @kirstyayoung #aussieED #edtech #edchat #aussieED #edresearch @rachelmerep @janehunter01 @PressickK
Currently completing a doctoral study looking at how mobile devices are introduced and used in Australian primary schools and specifically, how teachers are supported. Would love to hear your experiences! utsau.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/… @mkearneypost @kirstyayoung
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Replying to @JohnDBuchanan
Terrible news! It’s such a high quality degree and one that is always looked on favourably by schools when making decisions regarding prac placements.
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Who'd a thought we'd be celebrating the commute? The French have an expression: boulot, métro, dodo: work, commute, sleep. Sigh.
One of those all-consuming days work-wise, so this evening’s twilight walk really helped me to unwind & distinguish between ‘work’ & ‘after work’ when working from home ⁦@JohnDBuchanan⁩ ⁦@doncarter07⁩ ⁦@katbat2bates⁩ ⁦@NHopUTS⁩
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