Matthew K E Thomas
@whoseprivacy
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Academic keen on teacher education, sociology of time and surveillance capitalism, Slytherin, 61/330
Fitzroy, Melbourne
Joined February 2016
"I can tell you stories of teachers who have said, 'You know what — in the old days I would've been terrified of it, but frankly if I've got to wear a body camera like the police do, bring it on,'" Mr Kidson said. #teachers
abc.net.au
School principals suffer the worst levels of physical violence, threats and bullying in the history of a long-running national survey.
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“It overwhelmingly means a concentration of disadvantaged students in public schools,”
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A group of primary schools are struggling to attract enrolments. It’s a different story for those in neighbouring zones
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I'm delighted to share the latest paper from our Critical Times project, with @BronwynEWood, @ProfLucasWalsh, Kerri Garrard, Margaret Bearman, Matthew K E Thomas, Juliana Ryan & Nadia Infantes.
tandfonline.com
While the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic upon higher education institutions has been well documented, less is known about how academics themselves responded to these rapid changes. This pap...
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Great to see this chapter land showcasing the incredible mentoring in our schools. The Butterfly Effect of Mentoring Practices in School-University Partnerships: https://t.co/PGw7UBF1Yu… with @DrAmanda_Mooney & @ Damian Blake Thanks to @SpringerEdu & our amazing editors 📷
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Understood through the aperture of small and often unintended actions that produce lasting impacts, this chapter draws conceptually on the metaphor of the ‘butterfly effect’ to explore the unexpected...
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Good things do happen on a Monday! ‘Being critical of the student achievement problem in Australia’ come to life with @skourdoum & @ellowars with thanks to @AER_AARE
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The Australian Educational Researcher - This paper presents a critical exploration of a reported decline in student achievement in Australia (2000–2020). Declining student achievement is...
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Excited to see 'Producing the global graduate: academic labour and imagined futures in critical times' with the wonderful @DrRosBlack and @margaret_bea with @PedagogyCultSoc
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The contemporary university works to produce an imagined global graduate who can demonstrate competencies such as mobility, intercultural awareness and global citizenship. In Australia and New Zeal...
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😯‼️ Won the Deakin School of Education Lead Practitioner teaching award today! I'm incredibly honoured to recieve this award and even more so to have been nominated by two of my colleagues (who are amazing educators themselves!). Gosh, I love being a teacher educator!
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A brilliant and considered article by @BenWhitburn
https://t.co/R9HgmtBuK7
#inclusion #disability #teaching #learning
abc.net.au
With many students with disabilities still receiving inequitable schooling opportunities, it's important to address how educators understand the concept of disability and its relationship to teaching...
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Thomas and McCandless talk Marxism and #Westworld in the themepark, and explores commodification, exchange and dark fantasies. (CW for all the dark stuff in this chapter!) https://t.co/lh2T1P5BXe
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This chapter explores four key tropes of Marxism that are often misinterpreted, to arrive at an understanding of Westworld as an example of commodity fetishism. We demonstrate that while Westworld...
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Watch this great new video abstract for a recent paper by @TaylorDarci, @margaret_bea, Simona Scarparo & @whoseprivacy -
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“All of the pieces of code that are essentially informing the decisions that you make, the purchasing decisions that you make, the content viewing decisions that you make" #privacy
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Alibaba and Tiktok-owner ByteDance are among firms that have shared information with regulators.
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Why I changed careers to teach high school – then quit
theage.com.au
Both my parents were teachers, I went to the local public school and wanted to teach in low-socioeconomic, challenging environments. But I didn’t make it to five years in the job.
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New release: 'The emotional transition to online teaching: grief, loss, and implications for academic development', by @TaylorDarci, @margaret_bea, Simona Scarparo & @whoseprivacy - https://t.co/q2K9bVzq6d
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The emotional transition to online teaching. @TaylorDarci, @margaret_bea, Simona Scarparo & @whoseprivacy, OpenAccess via @IntlJourAcadDev #teaching #emotion #COVID19 #hope #pedagogy #teachertwitter #learning @DeakinArtsEd
https://t.co/D7sBSSfnD2
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There's a "Museum of Failure" in Sweden which highlights 150+ failed products. It's meant to show that innovation requires risk-taking and failure. Here are 10 gems you may not remember:
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Teaching as regulated improvisation with @skourdoum @BenWhitburn
https://t.co/bW0wIfGS67
@DeakinArtsEd #bourdieu #time #teaching #policy
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The Australian Educational Researcher - In this paper, we address the work of teachers at the intersection of educational policy and professional discretion, by undertaking a conceptual reading of...
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‘I can’t stay. It’s not enough’: why are teachers leaving Australian schools?
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Australia is facing mass teacher unrest and an exodus from the profession. Teachers on the cusp of leaving explain why
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The Danger of Minimalist Design (& the death of detail) A short thread...
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Green’s Leader Adam Bandt with the perfect response to this “gotcha” question and a message to all you “journalists” out there that think this a good way to treat this election campaign. #auspol #AusVotes2022 #Elections2022
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A quick thread on in the importance of being careful what data you share - even if you're the Queen. Today, Her Maj tweeted this lovely picture, gor bless er, etc. You might think that the contents of the red box would be official business. And you'd be right. 1/6
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