Amanda McKay
@chalkhands.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Education at Griffith University. Researching education policy & school leaders’ work and lives.
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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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January 1, 2025 at 7:25 AM
I’m making a comeback by explaining why I stopped blogging patthomson.net/2025/01/01/p...
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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.
December 19, 2024 at 9:02 PM
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.
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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.
“Either we radically change or face the dire consequences of outdated models.” Just heard @fiona-longmuir.bsky.social present an exceptional ACEL Vic Patron’s Oration - Reimagined educational leaders for reimagined Australian schooling - a case for urgent transformation. Thank you!
December 11, 2024 at 12:20 AM
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.
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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..
December 6, 2024 at 1:55 AM
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..
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!!
December 4, 2024 at 11:18 PM
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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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
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Go gently colleagues.
#selfcare #wellbeing
When there is no promotion shine, just deflation... — Explore & CREATE Co.
The feedback floats around in my mind, blurring together, I hear them but I don’t register them. But there is one louder comment that gets stronger and stronger in my mind, playing like a bad song I’v...
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December 4, 2024 at 1:04 PM
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.
www.exploreandcreateco.com/the-wellbein...
Go gently colleagues.
#selfcare #wellbeing
www.exploreandcreateco.com/the-wellbein...
Go gently colleagues.
#selfcare #wellbeing
Really enjoying Prof Julie McLeod’s Presidential Address this morning at #AARE2024 - such an important body of work being woven together masterfully
December 3, 2024 at 10:43 PM
Really enjoying Prof Julie McLeod’s Presidential Address this morning at #AARE2024 - such an important body of work being woven together masterfully
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@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
December 3, 2024 at 10:21 AM
@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
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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
December 3, 2024 at 10:26 AM
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
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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.
December 3, 2024 at 10:55 AM
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.
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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
December 3, 2024 at 3:45 AM
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
December 2, 2024 at 5:08 AM
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
December 2, 2024 at 12:50 AM
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
December 2, 2024 at 12:30 AM
Super interesting discussion of the ‘sonically cacophonous’ nature of schools from @leannehigham.bsky.social, Eve Mayes, and Melissa Wolfe #AARE2024
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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 ✨
December 2, 2024 at 12:07 AM
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 🌟🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
December 2, 2024 at 12:05 AM
No better way to start the concurrent sessions of #AARE2024 than with @aliceelwell.bsky.social 🌟🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Alice’s ✨vibes✨ are incredibly excellent 💪🌟
Thank you to Dr Ben Zunica for facilitating a supportive Lightning Talk session for ECRs and research students. So many interesting studies! Here’s me telling a room of scholars that my PhD is about ✨vibes✨ #AARE2024
December 1, 2024 at 2:59 AM
Alice’s ✨vibes✨ are incredibly excellent 💪🌟
Got to the airport early with the intent of doing a little work before I take off for AARE. Instead I spent an hour in the bag drop line and ate a terrible chicken salad. Ahhh, travel.
December 1, 2024 at 12:30 AM
Got to the airport early with the intent of doing a little work before I take off for AARE. Instead I spent an hour in the bag drop line and ate a terrible chicken salad. Ahhh, travel.
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Hallmark Christmas movie where a big city academic goes to a small town and falls in love with the first person who's mildly interested in their research
November 29, 2024 at 11:29 PM
Hallmark Christmas movie where a big city academic goes to a small town and falls in love with the first person who's mildly interested in their research
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Same applies to research.
People underestimate how much of making art involves having a little sit and doing a little think
November 28, 2024 at 6:30 AM
Same applies to research.