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Kristy Forrest

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Teacher | Writer | Head of Professional Practice | PhD candidate in philosophy of ed| https://kristyforrest.substack.com/

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Triple M listeners jumped on over for the vote I think, hence we got Chisel. Still, they’re great songs, just not Js.

26.07.2025 09:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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On Ed Tech and the Epistemic Autonomy of Teachers Cognitive barriers to consciously steering the adoption of tech in classrooms and the role of the humanities

My take on how ed tech actively seeks to circumvent teachers open.substack.com/pub/kristyfo... #ailiteracy

21.07.2025 21:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tackling curriculum complexity with cognitive audits A strategy for teachers, teams and instructional leaders

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29.05.2025 09:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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On Codifying Mode B Teaching Reflections on a collaborative process and the benefits for teacher thinking

My latest blog post reflecting on the learnings in codifying Mode B teaching, drawing on the incredibly valuable distinction made by
@teacherhead.bsky.social

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15.03.2025 06:41 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Am playing with using BGS’s framework of effective thinking (Campos-Remon and Kuss, 2023) to guide staff into planning for self-reg alongside cog and metacog. Coaching team felt confident we could use this to develop mental models and allow for teacher autonomy. research.acer.edu.au/rc21-30/rc20...

06.12.2024 01:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The Guardian view on humanities in universities: closing English Literature courses signals a crisis | Humanities | The Guardian With degrees disappearing and reading rates plummeting, the arts face a critical moment in education and culture

Sad state of affairs for transmission of cultural knowledge.

06.12.2024 01:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think it was the shift to BYOD in early 2000s as there was a strange assumption that if the students had to tools they could negotiate the digital landscape independently. There was more explicit teaching of both ICT and DL when computer labs were the norm.

23.11.2024 04:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Presenting our school
research into teaching for well-being at UQ Learning Lab Symposium. Terrific presentations from 14 partner schools across sectors. When academics outside of education work with teachers in schools to bridge the research gap we get rigorous and meaningful outcomes.

23.11.2024 01:28 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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