A masterful storyteller, deftly bringing together characters from London, Mesopotamia, Türkiye, and Iraq across the years. Reminded me at times of Brooks’ The People of the book and Williams’ Dictionary of Lost Words. #read2024

The endurance of those kids who have persisted with ‘Let’s go, Freo, let’s go’ for the entire two hours of this game. 😵‍💫 #AFLWFreoDons

Writing is 20% typing, 80% trying to think of a better way to articulate something that has already been articulated perfectly well by someone else.

In the prototype Visible Learning model Herbert Walberg framed it as an 'educational productivity' model (in the 80s). In the 00s, Hattie was framing the exact same model (conceptually) as 'evidence-based'. Often evidence = very narrow evidence about productivity.

If you have taught mathematics at Years 7-10 in South Australia, Lisa and I would love to hear more about your experiences. All interview participants will receive a $100 voucher.  Your insights are much appreciated! Survey here: buff.ly/3NYXZ5r

📣As long as those promoting the “science of learning” are ignorant of their ideological stances of education, we will continue to see more despondent pre-service & graduate teachers, sold a story that explicit teaching will solve the educational & societal problems of our world.

Meetings in academia

Glad to see so many folks make the leap to Bluesky recently. I’m spending a lot more time there too. bsky.app/profile/nomadp…

How do you define success in a Student-Centered classroom? What is different from a more traditional one? Anyone out there have any articles or anything they recommend on this?

It’s about that time of year for this PSA.

NEW Blog Post: ‘Moving from "OR" to "AND”’ Could a simple shift in language challenge the false dichotomies that constrain mathematics education? amiealbrecht.com/2024/11/13/mov…

It’s really taking off this time. Come join us.

To decrease the size of the university, we need a dean of university efficiency. We’ll fix everything by creating a new dean!

New season apricots straight from the tree. The smell is divine!

Come work in my team at UniSA. We’re recruiting a Lecturer: Primary Science and Mathematics Education (Level B). This is a continuing teaching and research role. For more info, please visit: lnkd.in/gzudy89G Please share widely. Closing: 11.30pm Wed 27 Nov 2024