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Amanda McKay @chalkhands.bsky.social · Jan 15

Oh no. I’ve already submitted the paper 😂🫠🫠

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Pat Thomson @patthomson.bsky.social · Jan 1

I’m making a comeback by explaining why I stopped blogging patthomson.net/2025/01/01/p...

Patter is back

Patter has been missing in action since the end of August. A bad case of blogging burn-out you might ask? Well, yes that’s true. I have been writing this patter thing for twelve years and I did hav…

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Amanda McKay @chalkhands.bsky.social · Dec 20

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Dr Zoë Ayres @zjayres.bsky.social · Dec 19

A word of caution: it might feel like that grant/paper/review cannot possibly wait over the Christmas period, but you can't get time with friends and family back. You likely won't be like "really wish I'd submitted that" in 5 years time but you might regret not spending time with those you love.

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Fiona Longmuir @fiona-longmuir.bsky.social · Dec 11

Thanks ACEL Vic for the honour of presenting the Patron's Oration last night. It was great to share some thoughts on the need for more activist dispositions in order to propel the needed transformation of schooling.

Cameron Paterson @cpaterso.bsky.social · Dec 10

“Either we radically change or face the dire consequences of outdated models.” Just heard @fiona-longmuir.bsky.social present an exceptional ACEL Vic Patron’s Oration - Reimagined educational leaders for reimagined Australian schooling - a case for urgent transformation. Thank you!

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Amanda McKay @chalkhands.bsky.social · Dec 8

I’ve been thinking about this with the starter packs - great for getting started but if your feed is chaotic / full / (eclectic? idk) it might not sustain long term engagement?

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heske @heske.bsky.social · Dec 5

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Amanda McKay @chalkhands.bsky.social · Dec 6

Literally sitting in a university food court working on #3 🫠

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Amanda McKay @chalkhands.bsky.social · Dec 6

Alice as method

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Peter Woelert @peterwoelert.bsky.social · Dec 6

I am just doing my university's online compliance module on managing information. It's bit funny how it repeatedly states to lock one's office to keep information safe - when the majority of university staff are actually working in open place office spaces..

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Amanda McKay @chalkhands.bsky.social · Dec 6

You are post-conference post-human

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Amanda McKay @chalkhands.bsky.social · Dec 6

I totally agree with this! Peter said it way better than I could 👏🏼

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Amanda McKay @chalkhands.bsky.social · Dec 4

Great #AARE2024 session with a symposium of UNSW doctoral students working with Foucault. I especially loved Emma Le Marquand’s innovative work combining discourse and pop culture. So good!!

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Amanda McKay @chalkhands.bsky.social · Dec 4

We’re back, baby!!

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Professor Narelle Lemon @rellypops.bsky.social · Dec 4

A Wellbeing Whisperer blog post from the archives for those who might not have heard the promotion news they were hoping for in #highered. All the feels.

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Go gently colleagues.

#selfcare #wellbeing

When there is no promotion shine, just deflation... — Explore & CREATE Co.

The feedback floats around in my mind, blurring together, I hear them but I don’t register them. But there is one louder comment that gets stronger and stronger in my mind, playing like a bad song I’v...

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Amanda McKay @chalkhands.bsky.social · Dec 4

@patnorman.bsky.social PAT!!!!!

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Alison Bedford @bedforda1.bsky.social · Dec 4

@drclaire.bsky.social presenter her work with Nicole Mockler and Helen Proctor on the importance and impact on the Metherell education ministry. Cool to see corpus analysis and media frame analysis in action to explore the ‘schools war’ of 1988 in NSW. #AARE2024

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Amanda McKay @chalkhands.bsky.social · Dec 3

Really enjoying Prof Julie McLeod’s Presidential Address this morning at #AARE2024 - such an important body of work being woven together masterfully

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Ben Archer @barcher.bsky.social · Dec 2

“We can no longer rely on ‘doing it for the children’ to keep teachers in the profession”. Ellen Larsen dropping truth bombs at #AARE2024 #AARE24

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Cameron Paterson @cpaterso.bsky.social · Dec 3

@drstephaniewescott.bsky.social shone light on how school responses to women teachers’ sexual harassment can reflect institutional gaslighting: patriarchal norms, 'unlevel knowing fields,' & dominant narratives - traumatising communities and upholding inhospitable cultures. #AARE2024

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Cameron Paterson @cpaterso.bsky.social · Dec 3

Craig Skerritt critiqued consulting students on 'good teaching': new insights versus the sinister side of student voice. Are students being reduced to quality control tools (e.g. Rate My Teachers?) How democratic is student voice in such a framework? 🤔 #AARE2024

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Cameron Paterson @cpaterso.bsky.social · Dec 3

Wonderful final #AARE2024 session today on teaching and time poverty - admin overload, tech demands, & stress leaving educators juggling 1,500+ daily decisions in fragmented, high-pressure environments. It's not just hours worked—it's how they're lived. Recruitment, retention, wellbeing at stake.

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Alice Elwell @aliceelwell.bsky.social · Dec 3

Dr Amanda McKay presented her chapter with Dr Stephanie Wescott on teacher guilt in testing regime. A very moving and beautifully theorised analysis of the clash between teacher values and actions in data-centric school cultures. Rip down the data walls! @chalkhands.bsky.social #AARE2024

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Amanda McKay @chalkhands.bsky.social · Dec 2

Delighted to see PROFESSOR Richard Niesche giving this year’s Neil Cranston Lecture, given his immense contributions to the Ed Leadership SIG over the years #AARE2024

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Amanda McKay @chalkhands.bsky.social · Dec 2

To round out this session, @tanjinashraf.bsky.social’s fab presentation is giving me a lot of food for thought about methods already! I love coming to sessions like this where my brain is full of things to read and think through #AARE2024

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