2026 is going to look a little different! Officially #outofoffice for the next 10 months while I look after this little bundle 🥰

And how did I miss you on here! Hello! I’ve actually not been very good at using it, but I will try to use it a bit more now!

Thanks so much for inviting me! Really looking forward to it!

Scottish education: genuine partnership or pre-election fix? - Sceptical Scot "The Scottish educational establishment, over many decades, has been successful in resisting attempts to disturb its culture of complacency. Sadly, it may take a further decline in public confidence a...

The latest article in Sceptical Scot by Walter Humes. 'Scottish education: genuine partnership or pre-election fix?'

Walter is always worth a read.
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Breaking news! The deadline for secondment applications is now 11th June, 5pm. More information about the roles and how to submit can be found below.

Promotion for upcoming Pedagoo events. Text reads: Pedagoo. A sharing space for educators. Come along to one of our events. Expect thought-provoking workshops, engaging discussions, and the opportunity to meet with like-minded educators. By teachers, for teachers. For tickets head to https://bit.ly/PedagooEvents. To join the mailing list for future events email pedagoomail@gmail.com

1/2 🎯Be great to see student teachers at #PedagooGhlaschu & #PedagooGrampian
✅Prof learning #ByTeachersForTeachers
📣 @enuteachered.bsky.social @strath-ioe.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social @thinkuhi.bsky.social @morayhouse.bsky.social
🔗 🆓 bit.ly/PedagooEvents

Colleagues at the new Scottish Centre for Teaching Excellence hosted @uofglasgow.bsky.social / Oilthigh Ghlaschu in partnership with Sabhal Mòr Ostaig in Skye outline vision and strategy for development of #CfTE.
@angelajaap.bsky.social @profbriannakennedy.bsky.social @profaileenk.bsky.social

Professor Howard Stevenson @howardstevenson.bsky.social offers compelling closing remarks. In a climate of increasing #austerity, #authoritarianism and #automation, how do we empower and work with #teachers #first and #foremost through highest quality professional development. #courage #optimism

Lovely to see you!!

New article: "Beyond the city limits: Perceptions of pre-service teachers undertaking professional experience in regional, rural and remote schools", by M. Harris, D. Rhodes, C. Gray & L. Vernon.
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New journal 'Leadership, Scholarship and Praxis in Education' is now available open access journals.gla.ac.uk/LSPE Congratulations to #CenTCS Fellow @alisonmitchelluofg.bsky.social for leading this fantastic partnership endeavour.

Our March #Bulletin is now available. Check out the latest news, events, policy, and research relating to #learningforsustainability. tinyurl.com/9nan6jet

EduTopics: ECER – A WebApp for exploring ECER contributions since 1998 In the EduTopics: ECER app, 30,000 ECER contributions are searchable due to natural language processing, machine learning and clustering procedures.

The EduTopics: ECER webapp enables users to explore 30,000+ ECERs contributions, using natural language processing, machine learning & clustering procedures by @AlexChrist89 J Röschlein & C Schindler at @DIPF_en #EERA_NW12 https://blog.eera-ecer.de/edutopics-ecer-app/

A reminder

“Scotland needs the recommendations from high-profile education reviews that have been commissioned by the Scottish Government to be delivered in full and at pace” 🙌

MSP debate should focus on education system reform, says Children’s Commissioner Speaking ahead of today’s Parliamentary debate on education, Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland, Nicola Killean, is calling on MSPs to put children at the centre of reform. She stresses...

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<em>British Educational Research Journal</em> | BERA Journal | Wiley Online Library The recent review of the Scottish professional standards for teachers, led by the General Teaching Council for Scotland, offered a unique perspective to interrogate participative approaches in policy....

Delighted to share our recent paper entitled: The Review and Development of Professional Standards Through the Lens of Democratic Anchorage Points, doi.org/10.1002/berj....
exploring participative approaches in policy-making and offering a framework of critical questions @annadbeck.bsky.social

The Pedagoo Team are v excited for 2025. We’ve 3️⃣ in person events lined up already!
🟠 Perth
🔵 Glasgow
🟣 Aberdeen
1️⃣st up #PedagooPerth 22/02
💬Sign up to lead a workshop forms.gle/dxu97S1hEr9p...
Get your 🆓 ticket to attend www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pedagoo-pe...

Education for Environmental Sustainability Drawing extensively on contemporary research and empirical evidence, including that from the UK, Europe, Australia and Brazil, this book sets out the key ideas,…

Thrilled that 15 May 2025 is my #book publication day! I explore #education for #environmental #sustainability in the context of #teacher #education drawing on research to consider ideas, concepts & approaches to support EfES in varied contexts & settings www.bloomsbury.com/uk/education...

‘Less vital’ curriculum areas to be ‘combed back’, says Francis The lead on the government’s review of curriculum and assessment also expresses frustration that it can’t fully consider emerging digital technologies that are still relatively ‘untested’

What will be considered “less vital elements” for human flourishing?

“One of the aims in our work will be to comb back some of the less vital elements of a high-aspiration curriculum”

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