Brian Johnston

Lesson plans launched to teach slavery in Scottish schools | About | University of Stirling Lesson plans launched to teach slavery in Scottish schools

Well done to my pal @katie-hunter.bsky.social and my supervisor & colleague, Dr Joe Smith from @stir.ac.uk and their team of practitioners
for this fantastic piece of work which I'm confident will have a lasting legacy.

#DecolonisetheCurriculum

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Why Walking Helps Us Think Since at least the time of Greek philosophers, many writers have discovered a deep, intuitive connection between walking, thinking, and writing.

Since at least the time of Greek philosophers, many writers have discovered a deep, intuitive connection between walking, thinking, and writing.

Joyful book launch yesterday. Everyone fell for Woodlands Community Garden.Thanks to the wonderful Zinnia Mevawalla for chairing the conversation, Lua Watt Tang for talking about his cover picture for the book and all the friends, colleagues and family who showed up to celebrate the publication.

It was great to hear recently @ktlwi.bsky.social argue exactly this at a recent @stir.ac.uk curriculum group meeting and the application of significance to historical events. How do we promote such an ontological shift in our teachers and young people? @rushtondr.bsky.social @scrcm.bsky.social

In *two weeks* on 29th April (4-5pm) we will be launching the new national Framework for LfS in ITE. We are delighted that nearly 200 have signed up & there are still spaces at this online event so do register via link below & share with your networks. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🌳📖🌍

Great to see our education ITE applicants having the opportunity to experience our outdoor learning space. @stir.ac.uk @rushtondr.bsky.social @scrcm.bsky.social Looking forward to welcoming you in September.

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Looking forward to welcoming our applicants onto @stir.ac.uk campus today. Teachers really do make a difference. #bethedifference. @scrcm.bsky.social @rushtondr.bsky.social

Excellent discussion about teachers’ professional identities during our last seminar outside today! @stir.ac.uk @bjjohnston.bsky.social

Great to see our student teachers learning outdoors and making full use of our beautiful campus.

BERA Bites, issue 12: Education and the environment Today, in 2025, as an Earthly community, we face the ongoing triple planetary crises of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste. Across the UK, and in many other...

Pleased to share a new publication for @beranews.bsky.social exploring #Education and the #Environment through 13 blog posts & discussion❓We hope this supports educators who wish to question, explore and reflect on the place of the environment in education. #Stirling www.bera.ac.uk/publication/...

What place is there for justice-focused #climate and #sustainability education?

SEEd Member @rushtondr.bsky.social and her colleagues explored this in their latest research, summarised in their new blog on our website. See what they uncovered at se-ed.org.uk/justice-clim....

#edusky #blog #nature

Lovely blog post sharing some of Donna J Haraway’s thinking in the context of #education.

Doctor of Education Webinar at the University of Stirling Join Course Director, Dr Marty Chamberlain, to find out more about our Doctor of Education and get answers to any questions you might have about studying at Stirling.

Are you an #education professional looking to take your career to the next level, gain high-quality research skills & promote meaningful sector change? Our #EdD is for passionate educators like you. Find out more at our webinar on the 30th April (12pm UK time) www.bigmarker.com/student-supp...

Thank you to colleagues who posed questions for @drannlopez.bsky.social around #Decolonising #Education #Leadership A fabulous evening of deep thinking and challenge. @khadijamohammed.bsky.social @g-fmcn.bsky.social @nuthmani.bsky.social @farasha1980.bsky.social @dennisafrancis.bsky.social

Claim overall attainment gap down 60% is Mostly False Ferret Fact Service looks at John Swinney's claim about the attainment gap.

Claim overall attainment gap is down 60 per cent is Mostly False - from The Ferret.

And this does not address the reliability of the ACEL data - indicators (Es and Os) never intended for this purpose and a system that creates pressures to inflate results.

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2/🙏🏼 @alisonmitchelluofg.bsky.social for the invite. Nice to catch up also with @douglashutchison.bsky.social @khadijamohammed.bsky.social @farasha1980.bsky.social & of course my fabby #TeamStirling colleagues 😊
@bjjohnston.bsky.social Romina and Aileen x Lots of insight we can take back to ITE.

Must listen Peter. I knew she was mother of folk musician Peggy Seeger who married Ewan MacColl and stepmother to singer-songwriter and activist Pete. Big names in the folk music scene!

🎶 Exciting news!

We’re launching the music education section of the A’ Adam’s Bairns resource on 27th March.

Explore Scottish Identity & Diversity through music, with lesson plans, activities & PowerPoints linked to the 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 curriculum.

Join us for the launch 📖🎵

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Fantastic to see this published. Congrats to authors @markrpriestley.bsky.social #JoeSmith #BarbaraSchuler & #CorinneAngier #TeamStirling

Published today by UNESCO-IBE

‘Towards a typology of curriculum policy approaches’

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Pleased to be able to share this important new paper by @ioe.bsky.social and CPA's very own Professor Nicola Walshe and colleagues. Congratulations, colleagues! @ucl-cccse.bsky.social @rushtondr.bsky.social #WeAreIOE #WeAreCPA bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Sublime Bob. A wonderful start to Lent.

Some luminous music for #AshWednesday #ashwednesday2025