Amanda McKay

Oh no. I’ve already submitted the paper 😂🫠🫠

Patter is back Patter has been missing in action since the end of August. A bad case of blogging burn-out you might ask? Well, yes that’s true. I have been writing this patter thing for twelve years and I did hav…

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A word of caution: it might feel like that grant/paper/review cannot possibly wait over the Christmas period, but you can't get time with friends and family back. You likely won't be like "really wish I'd submitted that" in 5 years time but you might regret not spending time with those you love.

Thanks ACEL Vic for the honour of presenting the Patron's Oration last night. It was great to share some thoughts on the need for more activist dispositions in order to propel the needed transformation of schooling.

I’ve been thinking about this with the starter packs - great for getting started but if your feed is chaotic / full / (eclectic? idk) it might not sustain long term engagement?

Literally sitting in a university food court working on #3 🫠

Alice as method

I am just doing my university's online compliance module on managing information. It's bit funny how it repeatedly states to lock one's office to keep information safe - when the majority of university staff are actually working in open place office spaces..

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You are post-conference post-human

I totally agree with this! Peter said it way better than I could 👏🏼

Great #AARE2024 session with a symposium of UNSW doctoral students working with Foucault. I especially loved Emma Le Marquand’s innovative work combining discourse and pop culture. So good!!

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We’re back, baby!!

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A Wellbeing Whisperer blog post from the archives for those who might not have heard the promotion news they were hoping for in #highered. All the feels.

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Go gently colleagues.

#selfcare #wellbeing

@patnorman.bsky.social PAT!!!!!

Really enjoying Prof Julie McLeod’s Presidential Address this morning at #AARE2024 - such an important body of work being woven together masterfully

“We can no longer rely on ‘doing it for the children’ to keep teachers in the profession”. Ellen Larsen dropping truth bombs at #AARE2024 #AARE24

@drstephaniewescott.bsky.social shone light on how school responses to women teachers’ sexual harassment can reflect institutional gaslighting: patriarchal norms, 'unlevel knowing fields,' & dominant narratives - traumatising communities and upholding inhospitable cultures. #AARE2024

Craig Skerritt critiqued consulting students on 'good teaching': new insights versus the sinister side of student voice. Are students being reduced to quality control tools (e.g. Rate My Teachers?) How democratic is student voice in such a framework? 🤔 #AARE2024

Wonderful final #AARE2024 session today on teaching and time poverty - admin overload, tech demands, & stress leaving educators juggling 1,500+ daily decisions in fragmented, high-pressure environments. It's not just hours worked—it's how they're lived. Recruitment, retention, wellbeing at stake.

Dr Amanda McKay presented her chapter with Dr Stephanie Wescott on teacher guilt in testing regime. A very moving and beautifully theorised analysis of the clash between teacher values and actions in data-centric school cultures. Rip down the data walls! @chalkhands.bsky.social #AARE2024

Delighted to see PROFESSOR Richard Niesche giving this year’s Neil Cranston Lecture, given his immense contributions to the Ed Leadership SIG over the years #AARE2024

To round out this session, @tanjinashraf.bsky.social’s fab presentation is giving me a lot of food for thought about methods already! I love coming to sessions like this where my brain is full of things to read and think through #AARE2024

Super interesting discussion of the ‘sonically cacophonous’ nature of schools from @leannehigham.bsky.social, Eve Mayes, and Melissa Wolfe #AARE2024

Seeing @aliceelwell.bsky.social presenting is always a thing to behold! Her research is about affective encounters produced via the practice of critical literacy in English classrooms. Brilliant brilliant ✨

No better way to start the concurrent sessions of #AARE2024 than with @aliceelwell.bsky.social 🌟🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Oh dear, cars and planes now out. Looks like I canoe everywhere now!

Alice’s ✨vibes✨ are incredibly excellent 💪🌟