This is the 7th post in a regular feature Over a cuppa: prompts to reflect on learning and teaching during the time it takes to make and drink a cuppa. Cross-posted from Teche, original artwork by Fidel Fernando. What are your memories of learning? How have your assumptions of learning been shaped? This post follows … Continue reading Memories of learning
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That holiday feeling
I've been back at work for a couple of weeks and school starts this week, which offers a welcome return to routines. In Australia, children have a six week (or longer, depending on the school) break over Christmas and January. It was a challenging time for many this year—bushfires across Eastern Australia constrained travel (at … Continue reading That holiday feeling
The edge of knowing
Several times recently I have become aware of the limits of knowledge, and what it is like to feel uncertain and unknowing. In writing group, I gave feedback on a paper about teaching grammar to young children. Unfortunately, I came of age in an era of Australian education that refused to teach grammatics. The limit … Continue reading The edge of knowing
The Slow Academic 