So this year, as I’ve previously mentioned, I’m working in a new role, with a new employer. I’ve left the Independent Education Union after five interesting and educative years, and accepted a Lecturer position at the University of Technology Sydney, where I will be responsible for developing a new Graduate Certificate of Learning Design, as…
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The politics of disgust
For no good reason, I think that I’m a keen follower of political news and trends. Although it is often maligned, I quite enjoy twitter, because I like to read about people’s opinions and ‘hot takes’ even if I disagree with them. I am, to be honest, more than an interested onlooker – I’ve been…
A few words on Folau
I’m not writing this as an exercise for anyone except myself; I’m well and truly aware that far too much ink has already been spent on the Israel Folau and Rugby Australia matter for my contribution to be of any interest to anyone but myself. I’m also aware that I am neither a sponser of…
The Path to Zero Carbon
Al Gore is a well-known name around the world, and especially so in environmental circles. On June 3rd, I was fortunate enough to attend a session with Al Gore at the Westin Hotel in Sydney. The session was called ‘A Path to Zero Carbon’, and I was there at the invitation of HESTA. As you…
Who really won the 2019 election?
By now the dust has settled and it appears the Liberal-National coalition will be returned to the government benches in Canberra with a slim majority in the lower house. The senate looks to remain a mess, and one imagines significant politicking will be required in order to pass any legislation. But, by and large, the…
The expert nature of teaching
I’m fortunate enough to be in quite a privileged position regarding my career. Having finished a career as a teacher, where I worked as a school leader in independent, Catholic and public schools, in Australia and overseas, I’m now working with a teaching union to organise and support teachers every day. My day to day…
Appcoda Project One: Hello World
So I’ve decided to do some more work on learning Swift. I’ve got hold of a couple of books that take you through a range of different projects in order to teach you the basics of Swift plus all the other bits and pieces, such as Interface Builder and XCode. I’ve going to build the…
Collaborative Coteaching
So, it’s the most exciting time of the week (for me at least): I have a new publication out! It’s about Collaborative Coteaching and Teacher Learning. I wrote it with Joanne Yoo and @ninaburridge1. Here’s a link (https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/vol44/iss4/5/ …) and here’s what it’s about: (THREAD) Most of my publications are about civics and citizenship education. This…
Teacher by Gabbie Stroud
I had to prepare myself to read Teacher by Gabbie Stroud. I was conscious that there had been a lot of interest in the book before I came across it; this was made even more difficult because Gabbie had, when she had been a teacher, been a member of the IEU, which is the union…
On the menu
Recently, the IEU was invited to take part in an event organized by ACDE – the Australian Council of Deans of Education. As I understand it, this is a peak body made up of Heads of Schools and their equivalents from tertiary education providers. THe purpose of the event was ’Collaborating to Improve the Status…