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Dr Stuart Bracewell
@stuartbracewell.bsky.social
SENDCo & Teacher.

Democratic & Libertarian Education.

PhD in Education. Fellow of the Chartered College of Teaching.

Critical Theory | Critical Pedagogy | Visual Semiotics.
I certainly did! Thanks for writing it!
February 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The Inspectors were in this week, so, of course, I dressed up as a blue dinosaur and sang Johnny Cash to hundreds of students. #edusky
November 30, 2024 at 2:32 PM
This little gem arrived for us at work on Friday. Looking forward to reading, and sharing!
November 16, 2024 at 10:29 AM
After a relentless, but positive, half-term I've promised myself I'll sit down and do some writing on Monday.
October 19, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Looking forward to the students arriving. I'm INSETed out now.

#EduSky
September 3, 2024 at 6:31 PM
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August 18, 2024 at 4:14 PM
and reposting this one too!
#EduSky
#SEND
50 free eprints of my review of Keith Mayes's "The unteachables: disability rights and the invention of black special education" for @EdReview are available here...

www.tandfonline.com/eprint/AZDWV...
The unteachables: disability rights and the invention of black special education
Published in Educational Review (Ahead of Print, 2023)
www.tandfonline.com
August 17, 2024 at 10:25 AM
Just reposting this... #EduSky

My thoughts on Giroux and DuMaggio's latest book - "Fascism on Trial. Education and the possibility of democracy" - have been published by Educational Review and is available is.
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/3HNZT...
Fascism on trial. Education and the possibility of democracy
Published in Educational Review (Ahead of Print, 2024)
www.tandfonline.com
August 17, 2024 at 10:24 AM
A regular Summer "happy place" for me - Sent Antonin.
August 17, 2024 at 10:22 AM
I think a Masters *can* be perfectly manageable for many - wherever they are in their career. But I also think it's *best* doing when you can really give it as much as you can. That can be at any point. Everybody is different. Well worth doing though!
August 16, 2024 at 8:32 PM
I am. Fantastic work (as always) from Sarah.
August 16, 2024 at 6:23 PM
Second Plea: Anybody interested in #CriticalPedagogy? #EduSky.
August 16, 2024 at 6:03 PM
First plea: Any #SENDCos out there who would like to connect? (Or #SEND teachers, parents etc.) #EduSky
August 16, 2024 at 6:02 PM
I did a p/t Masters (initially in SEND and Inclusion but then my focus shifted!) and loved it. From my experience of doing it (and later marking and supervising Masters students) the two biggest challenges are 1) Time and Energy to commit fully and 2) Getting the hang of academic writing rules.
August 16, 2024 at 2:09 PM
Proud FCCT here. Good to see you move over!
August 16, 2024 at 1:49 PM
Reposted by Dr Stuart Bracewell
So liking it so far, just much more pleasant.

We however run the risk of creating a pastiche of #Edutwitter, amplifying some voices (I include myself in that) and ignoring others

There are good people with things to say and valuable viewpoints surely this is an opportunity to find those voices.
August 15, 2024 at 3:20 PM
You may not agree with what my views (many don't!). That's ok. I will argue for what I believe, sometimes strongly. But I have neither the power, nor the desire, to tell anyone else what to do. I welcome discussion and challenge, anything to make me think! 2/2 #EduSky.
August 15, 2024 at 3:46 PM
For followers new (and old) I'm currently a SENDCo, HoD and secondary teacher in the Independent sector. Over the last 20 or so years I've taught in State, Special, Alternative and International schools as well conducting research, writing and dabbling in HE lecturing. #EduSky 1/2
August 15, 2024 at 3:40 PM

My thoughts on Giroux and DuMaggio's latest book - "Fascism on Trial. Education and the possibility of democracy" - have been published by Educational Review and is available is.
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/3HNZT...
Fascism on trial. Education and the possibility of democracy
Published in Educational Review (Ahead of Print, 2024)
www.tandfonline.com
August 15, 2024 at 3:22 PM
I think maybe there's a crucial distinction between - say - dialogic teaching as a 'tool' and dialogic teaching as a 'principle'. One is "informed by x" the other "informs y".

Maybe!
August 15, 2024 at 9:40 AM
Completed Graydin's 'The Anatomy' coaching course the other day. Fantastic experience and right up my street!
November 25, 2023 at 10:58 AM
There is a picture of a school doing the rounds over on Twitter that could be the semiotic 'poster boy' for my PhD thesis. So much ideological work crammed into a single image.

If you work in school, it is worth reflecting upon what is being done by the images you produce and share.
November 18, 2023 at 11:23 AM
Today's empires are tomorrow's ashes.

In the wake of Gibb's departure it will be interesting to see which of his extremely online entourage voltes face, who cashes in their chips and who tries to dig in and hunker down in their neotrad outposts...
November 15, 2023 at 7:54 PM
Teachers and educators should demand the same expectations and academic rigor from ourselves and our peers as we do from our students

Too many loud and influential voices haven't done their reading, don't show their working and substitute unsupported assertion for argument.
November 2, 2023 at 9:46 AM