Jonathan O’Donnell Photo by Alexander Grey on Unsplash Every Wednesday, we run Shut Up and Write on the Burwood campus. If you aren’t familiar with Shut Up and Write, it is one of those simple but brilliant ideas. Here’s how it works: We come together in a café on campus–coffee is a necessary pre-condition […]
Jo-Anne Britt The journey As I write this blog post after submitting my PhD and as my retirement day approaches, I am contemplating my last three weeks teaching in a primary school. Over the last 40 years in primary schools, I have been fortunate to have taught in schools that have valued the importance […]
Penny Harry Reading is often a ‘hot topic’ but a new debate is currently unfolding in Australia. The 2024 Reading Guarantee report by the Grattan Institute states that Australia has failed our children and that one in three are lacking the essential skills required to read. The Victorian Government has since released the Victorian […]
Rebecca Cairns A quick search of recent headlines concerning Australian education reveals issues around phonics, NAPLAN, First Nations histories and perspectives, languages education, GenAI and so-called ‘culture wars’ around ‘woke’ curriculum are attracting public and political attention. While this snapshot reflects something of the 2025 educational zeitgeist–a federal election year–I wondered to what […]
Delle Ritchie TCAP HDR members reflect on the graphic recording of their projects My PhD research aims to explore how the interplay between practice-belief-engagement may add to understandings of group story reading for practising teachers and further research in this field. This study will investigate the positive and/or detrimental outcomes that may […]
Pip Boettcher TCAP HDR members reflect on the graphic recording of their projects It was wonderful to have the opportunity to present my work to Sarah Firth, who created a graphic recording of my PhD research to date. Collaborating with Sarah in a relaxed conversational manner, where she was able to ask questions […]
Tom Mahoney TCAP HDR members reflect on the graphic recording of their projects It was a privilege to have the opportunity to share my research with Sarah Firth. Sarah was able to distill the core essence of my research, which aims to explore the relationship between critical reflection on educational ideologies and teacher agency, […]
Michael Pierrehumbert TCAP HDR members reflect on the graphic recording of their projects Working alongside artist, writer, cartoonist, graphic recorder and animator, Sarah Firth, to create the graphic recording of my research was both a positive experience but also an opportunity to highlight the important aspects of my research that I took for […]
Rebecca Cairns Researchers often participate in shut and write sessions to carve out dedicated time for writing. What about having more time to shut up and read? But you don’t have time, I hear you say. This problem is the focus of the first of these recent publications from TCAP research group members. Time […]
Tom Mahoney This post was originally posted on Tom’s blog The Interruption. Listen to the podcast segment of Ideology in Education (at 15:34) based on this blog post for the Teacher’s Education Review below. There are a growing number of teachers, consultants, think tanks and edu-businesses espousing the science of learning as the saviour […]