Cameron Paterson

Intellectual Wellbeing: The Pursuit of Freedom in the Professional Learning of Teachers Patrick Alexander Jacques-Olivier Perche What does it mean to teach well? What does it feel like to be a good teacher? In this short article, we wish to pose these questions as a way of e…

When teachers are offered opportunities for intellectually demanding professional learning, participation and satisfaction increase. Intellectual wellbeing enables teachers to resist reductive systems and reclaim teaching as a creative profession. patrickgalexander.org/2023/03/03/i...

How we can all fix NAPLAN. Starting now NAPLAN has helped create a monster that has come back to haunt the governments that created it. But we can fix it

NAPLAN has helped create a monster that has come back to haunt the governments that created it. Dean Ashenden challenges AARE to broker a Fix NAPLAN collaboration. https://loom.ly/vpd3N88

“Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see.” — Postman

Our new book shares how educators are shifting from control to curiosity.

Launch dates:
Mel 13 Feb | Syd 20 Feb | Adel 12 Mar | Bris 27 Apr

www.routledge.com/Cultivating-...

Single frame. Title: ‘“Both sides” of the “debate”’. Left: bald man in grey strip suit and tie at lectern labelled “PRO-UNFETTERED FREEDOM TO MAKE A PROFIT FROM EARTH’S RESOURCES”. Right: woman in green blazer at lectern labelled “PRO-LONG TERM SURVIVAL OF LIFE ON EARTH”.

The “debate”.
My @smh @theage cartoon.

Rethinking “evidence-based practice” — honouring the complexity of teaching and elevating educator voice in how evidence shapes schooling. 🎧📚 ses.library.usyd.edu.au/bitstream/ha...

“More than half of government secondary students miss a month of school a year, with many claiming it is because what they’re being taught is not relevant.”

I’ve been loving following your trail for the past few years. Congrats on this discovery.

Home Cool.org designs high-quality, downloadable education resources like lesson plans, worksheets, activities and professional learning courses, all aligned to the Australian Curriculum.

“The treatment of Aboriginal people was a mistake. We can recover from mistakes. Just talk to young people about plants and animals and that will change everything. Start growing Australian plants. We have knowledge.” Bruce Pascoe at Cool.org Biodiversity in Action

What if schooling asked not what students must know, but who we want them to become? Agile leadership, trust, and a Culture of Thinking are reshaping modern education.

📘 Book out now: www.routledge.com/Cultivating-...

🚀 Book launch coming 2026!

The Magic of “Multisolving” (SSIR) Six principles and practices to unlock cross-sectoral collaboration.

“Everyone matters; everyone is needed. In an interconnected world, no one is healthy until everyone is healthy. No one is free until everyone is free.” ssir.org/articles/ent...

"The way we pay attention to a situation, individually and collectively, determines the path the system takes and how it emerges." www.dailygood.org/story/450/un...

Two-thirds of California's power comes from clean energy.

For 9 in 10 days so far this year, we were 100% powered for some part of the day by clean energy.

The Golden State has become the world's fourth-largest economy because of our climate leadership, not in spite of it.

Citizens: Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us Citizens: Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us : Alexander, Jon, Eno, Brian, Conrad, Ariane: Amazon.com.au: Books

"We are now living in the age of consequences. They are the consequences of the Consumer Story. They cannot be solved from within its logic; and so the story is breaking." www.amazon.com.au/Citizens-Why...

Already in our university's library! Looking forward to reading it!

"If teachers are controlled, they control. If teachers are empowered to inquire and innovate, they do the same for students." — Gill & Gagliano

📖 Cultivating Cultures of Thinking in Australian Schools — out now. Stay tuned for a 2026 launch!

✦ www.routledge.com/Cultivating-...

Illustration of a person's hands holding an oak leaf and drawing the leaf in a nature journal. They've also described the leaf: "round, wave-like edges, stem widens." On the opposite page is a sketch of a different leaf, with descriptions: "jagged edges, transmits nutrients?"

Nature journaling, the research suggests, can deliver excellent benefits across grade levels.

Not only can it teach critical thinking skills, but it improves focus and connects students to the outdoors. 🌳

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The more girls in a class, the merrier.

Data on 87k students: In cohorts with more girls, boys and girls have better mental health. More female peers predicts closer friendships for boys—and better body image & STEM grades for girls.

Girls build cultures of competence and care.

Retire Nick!

From Control to Curiosity

"Increasingly, we are “done to” rather than listened to. If we do not articulate what we do and why we do it, others will narrow the scope of our work, our spaces, and our impact." community.acel.org.au/blogs/camero...

Projects, Purpose, and the Teenage Mind Neuroscientist Mary Helen Immordino-Yang on why adolescent students search for deeper meaning—and what that tells us about designing schools that engage teens.

Neuroscientist Mary Helen Immordino-Yang spoke with Edutopia’s @stephenmerrill.bsky.social about why adolescent students search for deeper meaning—and what that tells us about designing schools that engage teens.

Read the conversation here 👇

#EduSky

How do systems change? Five truths for anyone shaping education — ThirdStory

What really drives long-term improvement in education systems?

Llasting reform doesn’t happen through command and control. It happens when those closest to learners have the capability, agency, and capacity to lead change themselves.

www.thirdstory.org/thoughts-ins...

“A kid said something funny in class today and the entire room, myself included, burst out laughing and could not stop for several very long, very joyous minutes. I was in tears. That won’t show up in any data sheet, but it matters too.” —Marcus Luther, Teacher

— @marcusluther.bsky.social

4 Characteristics of Outstanding ‘Warm Demander’ Teachers The dispositions and priorities of teachers who hold high expectations for every child, care deeply, and help them reach their academic potential in a structured environment.

Lisa Delpit describes warm demanders as teachers who “expect a great deal of their students, convince them of their own brilliance, and help them to reach their potential in a disciplined and structured environment.”

www.edutopia.org/article/how-...

Reimagining recruitment for senior leaders at Buckinghamshire New University Rachael Cornwall tells People Management how the institution shares interview questions with all candidates as standard and allows some roles to write their own job descriptions

“Write your own job description.” For senior roles, we ditched interviews, psychometric tests & pre-set JD’s. Candidates wrote 500-word visions & presented them to staff & students. Result? Original, creative, insightful applications.

www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/article/1934...

"Our capacity to generate excitement is deeply affected by our interest in one another, in hearing one another's voices, in recognizing one another's presence." —bell hooks

Unlocking Time for Educators: The AI Advantage with Matt Esterman at Wesley College Teachers are overwhelmed, AI is evolving fast, and schools need to stay ahead. This engaging, interactive “101” workshop provides actionable insights.

Join @mesterman.bsky.social, co-author of The Next Word, for a session on how AI can give educators an almost-unfair advantage: smarter planning, better learning, and more time. events.humanitix.com/unlocking-ti...

It’s Time to Move Beyond Exams – Here’s How We Do It Every Day | Woodleigh School The recent calls to overhaul Victoria’s VCE assessment system are more than just timely – they’re essential. Beyond any questions of governance or trust, as The Age highlighted, students themselves ar...

The calls to overhaul Victoria’s VCE assessment system are essential. Students are asking for understanding, not memorisation. It’s time to reimagine assessment - to value growth, creativity, and collaboration over high-stakes tests. www.woodleigh.vic.edu.au/news-editori...

The future of management is teal Organizations are ready for their next evolutionary step: a step toward self-management, wholeness, and a new sense of purpose.

‘How can everyone most powerfully pursue a purpose that transcends us all?’ Traditional organisational models come with limitations. Today, a new “Teal” paradigm is emerging, emphasising self-management, wholeness, and evolutionary purpose.

www.strategy-business.com/article/0034...

Cultivating Cultures of Thinking in Australian Schools: From Control to Curiosity This book is a call to action for educators who seek to move beyond superficial learning and engage students in deeper, more meaningful thinking. At a time when education is dominated by standardisati...

“I knew I’d found the right recipe when a Year 12 said: ‘asking questions I am not sure of, without caring whether I look silly!’” – April Taylor 🌱 Creating classrooms that nurture curiosity, reflection & student agency transforms learning. Book release - www.routledge.com/Cultivating-...

We are thrilled to partner w Project Zero, the California Teacher Development Collaborative & our host Del Mar Union School District for our 2nd Annual Cultures of Thinking Summit. If you haven't already, add your name to our mailing list. Registration opens in the next few days. lnkd.in/giZAwMY5