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RaymondPierreL3<p>In Broken, Graeme <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Turner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Turner</span></a> provides a reality check for those who imagine the <a href="https://aus.social/tags/academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academic</span></a> life is one of privilege and leisure, laying bare the enormous challenges and lack of hope experienced by many in academia. He unearths the foundations of this <a href="https://aus.social/tags/crisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crisis</span></a>, then explains how the solution lies in an overhaul of the one-size-fits-all approach to <a href="https://aus.social/tags/UniversityFunding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UniversityFunding</span></a>, the establishment of genuine full-time career paths, and the formation of an independent body to ensure our university system serves the national interest in both <a href="https://aus.social/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>teaching</span></a> and <a href="https://aus.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a>, rather than the ferocious competitiveness of the marketplace.</p><p>Above all, we need to jettison the current <a href="https://aus.social/tags/economic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economic</span></a> focus on <a href="https://aus.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a>, and re-embrace the idea that higher learning is a fundamental <a href="https://aus.social/tags/PublicGood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicGood</span></a> —and should be funded as such.</p><p>Published by Monash University Press on July 1. </p><p><a href="https://publishing.monash.edu/product/broken/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">publishing.monash.edu/product/</span><span class="invisible">broken/</span></a></p>
Desert Trail<p>Stopped by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/school" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>school</span></a> to get my key and start setting up the classroom for a new year. Despite the ceiling *literally rotting and collapsing* in at least 15 places throughout the building, no new roof construction has started. Either 1) they are waiting for us to be <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>teaching</span></a> before starting loud construction, or 2) they are hoping the mould and asbestos takes out all the people complaining about “safe <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>learning</span></a> environments”. How are all y’all’s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/classrooms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>classrooms</span></a> looking?</p>
Gary Ackerman<p>Progressive educators reject the passive absorption of facts. We honor the learner’s capacity for inquiry, experimentation, and democratic engagement. <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>teaching</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>schools</span></a></p>
Parenting Patch<p>Our resident Child Yoga Teacher says these mindfulness resources can help your child prepare for back-to-school time. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/backtoschool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>backtoschool</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mindfulness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mindfulness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>teaching</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mentalhealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/yoga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>yoga</span></a></p><p><a href="https://parentingpatch.com/my-favorite-mindfulness-resources-kids-back-to-school/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">parentingpatch.com/my-favorite</span><span class="invisible">-mindfulness-resources-kids-back-to-school/</span></a></p>
Retired Librarian 🍁<p>Greetings <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@CleoQc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>CleoQc</span></a></span> </p><p>I am a “recently retired but still supply teaching” secondary teacher. I taught chemistry, health and physical education, special education and library over the course of my career (also a tiny bit of math, guidance and careers and credit recovery). Not sure if you would prefer to connect with individuals who might be earlier in their careers but I will help you out if I can! <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/osstf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>osstf</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/otf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>otf</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ontario</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Teacher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Teacher</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>teaching</span></a></p>
🇨🇦 CleoQc 🍁 🦜🌈🧶<p>Do I have any Ontario teachers willing to answer a few questions? </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ontario</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Teacher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Teacher</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>teaching</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/OTF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OTF</span></a></p>
the roamer<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@darkling" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>darkling</span></a></span> </p><p>Indeed. And another re-arrangement of the axioms.</p><p>Paul Halmos in his autobiography reports on one of his colleagues who taught a course in measure theory (I quote from memory). He set out the axioms in lecture 1. Come lecture 2, and he explains that actually, the right axioms should be such and such. And so the semester progresses, each week a new, better axiom system, with no time left for any derivations. </p><p>I love that story, on so many levels.</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/PaulHalmos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PaulHalmos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/axiomatics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>axiomatics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>teaching</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/procrastination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>procrastination</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/TakeYourTime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TakeYourTime</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/yesthestudentswillhavelearntmoreinthislecturethaninanyother" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>yesthestudentswillhavelearntmoreinthislecturethaninanyother</span></a></p>
Joe Heafner<p>Mandatory conscription, not into the military but rather into teaching in a public school for a 3-5 years. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Teaching</span></a></p>
Gary Ackerman<p>The “I don’t get paid over the summer” teachers who are unprepared for the new school year also complain the most about the “summer slide.” <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>teaching</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/highschool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>highschool</span></a></p>
Eric Sheninger<p>New episode: How Our Minds Shape Our Reality | Listen on Spotify or wherever you access your favorite podcasts <a href="https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/eric-sheninger/episodes/How-Our-Minds-Shape-Our-Reality-e361jqc" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">creators.spotify.com/pod/profi</span><span class="invisible">le/eric-sheninger/episodes/How-Our-Minds-Shape-Our-Reality-e361jqc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>teaching</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/teachers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>teachers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/edutoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>edutoot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/edutooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>edutooter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/edutooters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>edutooters</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/edutooters" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>edutooters</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/edutooter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>edutooter</span></a></span></p>
Gary Ackerman<p>A blog post suggesting generative AI is a valuable resource for researchers :<br><a href="https://hackscience.education/2025/07/26/sometimes-ai-is-post-on-the-end-of-average-again/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackscience.education/2025/07/</span><span class="invisible">26/sometimes-ai-is-post-on-the-end-of-average-again/</span></a> <br><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/generativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>generativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>teaching</span></a></p>
Flipboard Science Desk<p>Cognitive science has taken off at British schools but hasn’t registered in the U.S. Educators blame it on America’s decentralized system and grad schools that are often hostile to research. The74million.org has more: </p><p><a href="https://flip.it/hePT44" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/hePT44</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/ScienceNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceNews</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealth</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Teaching</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/CognitiveScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CognitiveScience</span></a></p>
Andrew Ordover<p>There's more to life than getting things done.</p><p><a href="https://brokenhand.substack.com/p/the-limits-of-compliance" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">brokenhand.substack.com/p/the-</span><span class="invisible">limits-of-compliance</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/edutooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>edutooter</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>teaching</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/productivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>productivity</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/compliance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>compliance</span></a></p>
Gary Ackerman<p>Those in adversarial roles or situations where they are overworked or exploited, are probably not learning... no matter that the test scores indicate. <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>teaching</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>schools</span></a></p>
Expat Teacher<p>Is teaching the right career choice?</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HeakIsV5sGo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/shorts/HeakIsV5sGo</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>teaching</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/entertainment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>entertainment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/humour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humour</span></a></p>
Gary Ackerman<p>If you can use “deliver” and “teach” interchangeably, you do not understand learning. <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/teach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>teach</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>teaching</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/remotelearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>remotelearning</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/instructionalcoach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>instructionalcoach</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/highschool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>highschool</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/highered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>highered</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/edchat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>edchat</span></a></p>
David :SetouchiExplorer:<p>You literally have to earn their respect, and every semester they try to pull some weird shenanigans. Not to mention that usually half the class hates the other half (the ones who worked hard to get to medical school vs the nepo-babies who don't care, they'll inherit dad's clinic sooner or later). <br>This semester? They were just the nicest medical students I have taught. Saying goodbye to them actually made me sad, when usually 15 weeks of them is more than enough.</p><p>That's all.</p><p><a href="https://setouchi.social/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>teaching</span></a></p>
Jeff Horton :canada:<p>Hah. In the meetup discord I run some of the students show up too, including those that still have a semester with me.</p><p>[student] The best way to learn is with the most resistance.<br>[me] noted 😀 <br>[student] 💀</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>teaching</span></a></p>
Matt Tilmann<p>It’s that time of year—thank you, teachers, for all you do! </p><p>If you could use a hand stocking your classroom, drop your wishlist link in the comments and let’s come together to support you! </p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>teaching</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/teacher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>teacher</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/teachers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>teachers</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/adams-douglas/29566/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Douglas Adams</b></a></p><blockquote>What I mean is that if you really want to understand something, the best way is to try and explain it to someone else. That forces you to sort it out in your mind. And the more slow and dim-witted your pupil, the more you have to break things down into more and more simple ideas. And that’s really the essence of programming. By the time you’ve sorted out a complicated idea into little steps that even a stupid machine can deal with, you’ve learned something about it yourself.</blockquote><p><b>Douglas Adams</b> (1952-2001) English author, humourist, screenwriter<br><i>Dirk Gently</i>, No. 1, <i>Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency</i>, ch. 4 [Richard] (1987)</p> <p>Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/adams-douglas/29566/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/adams-douglas/29566/</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>qotd</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=douglasadams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>douglasadams</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=dirkgently" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dirkgently</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=analysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>analysis</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=breakdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>breakdown</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=explanation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>explanation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>learning</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=teacher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>teacher</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>teaching</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=training" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>training</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=understanding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>understanding</span></a></p>