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Janet Gooodall

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Professor of Education. Parent/family engagement in learning is my research area. Dedicated to schooling and education that are just, equitable, available and lead to a better world. My views are mine, not my employer's.

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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 19d

Parent and community engagement in learning (not just schooling) is an important - vital - lever for reducing inequality in society as well as reducing inequality in educational outcomes. My work around this can be found here: www.swansea.ac.uk/staff/j.s.go...

Professor Janet Goodall - Swansea University

Janet Goodall is an Associate Professor of Education at Swansea University’s School of Social Sciences and specialises in School Leadership

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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 11h

That looks amazing! This pattern is SLIGHTLY similar but not really challenging at all (though I used Cat Bordhi's cast on, like all the others suggested...) www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib... I wear mine rather quite a lot!

A Big Hug & Kiss pattern by Jeanne C Abel

Here’s a cute version of a Moebius wrap for those with a young attitude. This one is short, with a rounded shape and a hood! Three sizes are included.

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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 13h

They underpin EVERYTHING.
And libraries, of course.
In fact, strangely, most of the apparatus of the university!

Who'd have thought? :}

Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 13h

Yes, entirely so!

Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 21h

Says the owner of three degrees probably considered 'Mickey Mouse' - though I very much doubt some of those throwing around the terms could deal with, say, Wittgenstein, Knowles, Aquinas, and the cast of thousands that got me here... (or is Uni Prof also useless?).

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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 21h

Keep studying. Keep learning. Keep thinking. Keep reading - especially things those in power tell you NOT to read.

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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 21h

I'm intrigued, though - education, teaching, is hardly highly paid. Is it one of the degrees for the chop? In a situation where we already have a recruitment and retention crisis?
And what about nurses, early childcare workers...? People one really wants to be careful, critical thinkers?

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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 21h

I'm not going to link it - you can read the news yourself.
But we *need* people with sociology, anthropology and media degrees - they're the ones to help us think critically about society, the media and ourselves (though I can see why some would not want that to happen).

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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 1d

There is a concept of 'procrastaworking' - one is doing work but perhaps not the work one should be doing... (she says, ignoring the half finished powerpoint open in another window...).

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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 1d

There is a particular fear which was unknown to previous generations - 'Did I forward the email to the wrong people?'.
I've never made that mistake but the fear... it is a real thing.

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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 1d

I dislike both narratives.
VC's pay is not going to touch the sides of the problems and the problems are not VC's pay.
And having come into academia from admin, I agree. The divisions don't help - they fracture collective work and bargaining!

Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 1d

There's a reason I insist people read Freire.... t

Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 2d

And this was in the days of manual typewriters... so I had feared it had gone forever! I may arrange for it to be scanned....

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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 2d

In Things That Make Me Happy... Husband, in cleaning out stuff, came across the MS of my first attempt at a doctorate. It never went further than a first draft - 'more research needed' in a country other than my own, when I had an 11 day old second child, wasn't happening.

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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 2d

It's one reason I try to put pictures of authors on slides I use (though to be fair the one I use of Gramsci is a bit intimidating...).
And this whole thing can extend to men telling women authors *about their own work*. Yes, I know - I wrote it, kthanxbye.

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Defakator (Officiel) 🧆 @defakator.bsky.social · 2d

Haddock : Quelle semaine, hein ?
Tintin : Capitaine, on est lundi, il est 10h

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Insta Science @instascience.bsky.social · 3d

This overhead timelapse of corn being harvested.

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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 3d

This is a fabulous story, thank you! With absolutely no authority to do so at all, I'd like to thank you on behalf of all owls....

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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 4d

It is! Supporting new scholars, new students. I'm very prone to point out that my generation has got us into this mess, so, no pressure, but it's down to them to get us out...
They give me hope - the early career scholars, the students, the teachers.
Most people are OK.

Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 4d

They cried. We all cried, from memory. It was an excellent thesis, the degree was well deserved, and there was discussion of humour in the thesis so it seemed appropriate. :)

Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 4d

You may have noticed a certain muppet theme in gifs I use. This is deliberate. I have a huge amount of time for the muppets and Sesame Street.
And yes, I did once (with agreement of the other examiner) play this clip to a PhD candidate as a means of relaying our decision).
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Muppets From Space

YouTube video by Jacksun Slaughter

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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 4d

There are a number of immutable laws of the universe:
* The easiest way to find typos is to hit 'Submit'
* The cat will always need attention when you are least able to give the cat attention
* And the one I just proved - the easiest way to find something, is to replace it.

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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 4d

Her Ladyship is showing us how Saturdays should be spent....

Small brown, white and black cat, curled up on a knitted blanket, in an easy chair.

Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 4d

No, from a long closed shop - Lollys lilwoolshop...

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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 4d

Dear self,
If you get up early (for you) on a Saturday because you've not finished the powerpoint for Monday's teaching and want to get it posted to Canvas, it helps to, y'know, POST IT, once it's done? Perhaps, just maybe?

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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 4d

Your timeline needs this today

I Post Animal Vids... 😊 @realjfairclough.bsky.social · 5d

Baby sloth goes Eeeeh!

Sound on!

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