Category: Professional development

#Review #FlipTheSystemOz

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on March 23, 2019

“…flipping the system is about changing education from the ground up by allowing teachers to take the lead as a trusted and meaningful part of […]

Posted in Education, Professional development | Tagged flipthesystemoz, GERM, review, teaching | 2 Comments

Review: Untitled (Past, Present, Future)

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on October 22, 2018

Visiting the Stedelijk Museum with my family, after three rewarding but long days of getting value for money from our museum discount card, was one […]

Posted in Popular culture, Professional development | Tagged art, installation, Orwell, review, Stedelijk Museum, wall wrap | Leave a Comment

Review #GeorgeOrwellOnScreen

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on October 4, 2018

My positive disposition towards George Orwell On Screen (Adaptations, Documentaries and Docudramas on Film and Television) – before ever getting to read it – was due to David […]

Posted in Professional development | Tagged David Ryan, Orwell, reading | 1 Comment

‘The Cult of Hattie’: ‘wilful blindness’?

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on August 26, 2017

“There is a science to learning and we are finding out more and more about what works best to support the learning processes that make […]

Posted in Education, Professional development | Tagged effect size, Hattie, statistics, Visible Learning | 57 Comments

Asia Education Foundation: Australia-India #BRIDGEprogram2017

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on May 21, 2017

Cultural exchange is a very important value for the school I serve. “A Wider World View” is encouraged through hosting guests, especially from our region […]

Posted in Professional development, Travel | Tagged AEF, Asia Education Foundation, Bal Bharati Public School, BRIDGEprogram2017, DHS, exchange, India, New Delhi, Sydney Oper House | 3 Comments

Mindfulness and Grit

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on December 20, 2016

In all those very different contexts, one characteristic emerged as the best predictor of success. And it wasn’t social intelligence, it wasn’t good looks, physical […]

Posted in Professional development | Tagged DHS SDD, grit, mindfulness, optimism, resilience, UoW, wellbeing | 1 Comment

The BOSTES Review

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on August 20, 2016

The Review of BOSTES (Board of Studies, Teaching and Educational Standards NSW) commissioned by the NSW Minister for Education in March 2016 has been released. […]

Posted in Education, Government, Professional development | Tagged ACARA, AITSL, BOSTES, managerialism, NAPLAN, NSW_DoE, reform | 10 Comments

NSW Premier’s Teacher Scholarship Study Tour: San Francisco #4

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on May 25, 2016

San Francisco is a wonderful city to explore with many homes and buildings having memorable architecture. Tacy Trowbridge hosted my visit to Adobe in San Francisco (located […]

Posted in Education, Professional development, Travel | Tagged "BIG HISTORY", Adobe, Adobe Spark, citizen science, PTS, San Francisco | 6 Comments

NSW Premier’s Teacher Scholarship Study Tour: Washington #3

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on May 21, 2016

“The Genographic Project is an ambitious attempt to answer fundamental questions about where we originated and how we came to populate the Earth. Through your […]

Posted in Education, Professional development, Travel | Tagged "BIG HISTORY", aDNA, Adobe, Adobe Spark, citizen science, DNA, genetics, genome, human genographic project, National Geographic, PTS, Smithsonian | 2 Comments

NSW Premier’s Teacher Scholarship Study Tour: New York #2

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on May 14, 2016

“From its inception, a PDS education was founded on relationships and learning by doing; it valued play as creative cognitive growth and working together as […]

Posted in Education, Professional development, Travel | Tagged "BIG HISTORY", Adobe, American Museum of Natural History, citizen science, New York Botanic Gardens, PTS | 1 Comment

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New novel by Dennis Glover. theguardian.com/book…

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It is highly unlikely that measurement can provide such detail as "three to four months behind" like some kind of supply chain for a business. Behind what? Some mythical average? Where's the insightful analysis? smh.com.au/education…

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Friday essay: 5 museum objects that tell a story of colonialism and its legacy theconversation.com/… via @ConversationEDU

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“Schools have been a driver of the second wave in Europe and elsewhere...the cluster at Al Taqwa College was one of the largest in the state, linked to the outbreaks in Melbourne’s public housing towers.” theconversation.com/… via @ConversationEDU

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Not ‘surprising’ at all imho. aare.edu.au/blog/?p=…

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Told the children I had finally replaced their photo with one of the dog as my new phone wallpaper. They understood. The photo was 10 years old. pic.twitter.com/JjGu…

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