Pete (@mr_van_w) shares how his school celebrated International Women's Day and discusses some of the considerations to running genuine activities and conversations.
John (@jfcatto) then looks at some Biesta's functions of education and the need for having a conversations about what we value in education.
Good education in an age of measurement: On the need to reconnect with the question of purpose in education - Gert Biesta
Jared Cooney Horvath - What is the purpose of Education
Tea and Consent - Blue Seat Studios
How to Put on a Sock
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This week Pete (@mr_van_w) shares a resource and encourages non-indigenous people to get involved in Aboriginal education and teaching Aboriginal perspectives. John (@jfcatto) then has a whine about the effects of politics on professional development opportunities.
Educator Resource: 'But I am NOT ABORIGINAL I don't know how to do this stuff!' - Amy Thunig (@amythunig)
https://thebabyacademic.com/2018/09/07/but-i-am-not-aboriginal-i-dont-know-how-to-do-this-stuff/
Stop the political meddling: Who is really setting education policy in NSW - Marco Cimino (@MrMCimino)
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