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kate fergusonpatrick

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I am a senior lecturer and researcher at The University of Newcastle, Aus focusing on cooperative learning, democratic c’rooms and intercultural understanding

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Congratulations to 15 applicants from our international member institutions/Membership Beneficiary  awarded 'Global Impact Grants' to develop short case studies that align to our grant theme of contributing to achieving the #UNSDGs social.advance-he.ac.uk/N9pZ6U #higherEd

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Have you had experience ( teacher, student, parent) with any gifted education programs in Australia (including acceleration)? We would love to hear about your experience. If you can spare 5-10 minutes to fill in the survey below it would be appreciated. uninewcastle.questionpro.com.au/t/ARntpZRtrR


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Just published! Interested in Global Competence? in this paper you can find a rubric to assess the development of global competence within pre-service teachers tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… @ATEE_Brussels @angelnetworknet @LauraSokal1 @AssocTeacherEd @katefergusonpat @MacqueenSuzanne


Full article: Assessing the development of global competence in teacher education programmes: internal consistency and reliability of a set of rubrics. Excited to get published with authors from 10 diff countries #UoN #GERT and ⁦@MacqueenSuzannetandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…


Writing personal narratives can help middle school students become more self-aware, while creating empathy maps can help them consider the feelings of others. edutopia.org/article/sel-co…



The energy & commitment for the #GlobalGoals are tangible! 🙌🎉 The @UNECOSOC #Youth2030 Forum is a wrap, but our action together with young people continues! Now we set the focus on the #SDGSummit! Let us rally behind the #SDGs & get them back on track, for people & planet.

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Performative assessments would be more valid and offer teachers meaningful opportunities for feedback: project- and problem-based learning experiences; portfolios; & capstones. At this point, the tests we use are only further reinforcing the inequitable status quo.



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Education is a human right, not a privilege. See how @UNESCO works around the world to ensure everyone, everywhere can access quality education. unesco.org/en/education #StandUp4HumanRights


Hot off the press my new contribution in this great book on #COOPERATIVELEARNING #UonTeach #Educ4750 @SoE_UON @Globalgert

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“All the above schools prioritize active learning in feedback-rich environments that prioritize student agency — learners are in the driver's seat and are supported” #EDUC4750 #UONTEACH medium.com/age-of-awarene…


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I started The Art of Teaching Podcast a little while ago. Here are a few questions that I wanted to try and answer. podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the…

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Book spotlight! Read our literacy leader's guide for more rich children's texts for teaching Intercultural Understanding: petaa.edu.au/w/Blog/Latest_…

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Seriously @Dom_Perrottet ??? Private schools aren’t rich enough? Sneak it in on Tuesday arvo before election? Private and Catholic schools will receive $50 million over the next year for new classrooms, upgrades and infrastructure projects if the Coalition is re-elected.


💚Our future depends on how we treat our forests today. Here are 6⃣ reasons to treasure our forests.👇 #ForestDay #IntlForestDay



Australians are spending an average of $580 a year on bottled water, making us the second-biggest consumer globally abc.net.au/news/2023-03-1…



About 50 000 wild species are used for food, energy, medicine, material & other purposes. This includes many plants. But often these plants are not sourced or used sustainably, which threatens #biodiversity. 🌱How @FAO is protecting them: doi.org/10.4060/cb9267…



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Yay! Great topic to integrate Civics and Citizenship with Science and some Geography #educ4750 #UoNTeach

Overnight, there was a huge win for ocean conservation. Australia was a leader in making sure the Treaty of the High Seas was signed at the United Nations.



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