A Meditation on Afrosurrealism, Black Gender, and the Non-Human

Quotidian Black life is characterized by our ability to alchemize violence into generative life-sustaining properties of matter. In this paper, I will measure Black matter based on anything produced and engaged by Black collectives. While Black existence is not tied to white violence, descendants of enslaved Black people enter our worlds of worlds greeted by a white captor. It is not until we consciously recognize that we are in his dream that we can work to escape the white captor’s circadian rhythms. Through this paper, I will tease out the contradictions of our Black living-unliving. I will employ an anti-methodological method that takes whatever abstract and non-linear direction necessary to properly characterize our Black holding cell. I will not attempt to answer, but perhaps, curate a new way of understanding the extent to which, can we truly wake up from our nightmare/white man’s dream? How do we currently reckon through our expressive cultural practices and art

Informal coaching and mentoring and an 'informal turn' in teacher professional learning

Acknowledgments I wish to thank Dr Mark Carver who worked with me on one research project that I have drawn on and I would also like to thank the reviewers for their very helpful feedback. Funding This work was supported by the British Educational Research Association [COVIDSHANKS20].Peer reviewedPostprin

New Teachers’ Experiences Of The Transition Into Teaching

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School Clothing Grant in Scotland : Policy Briefing

Acknowledgements: Thanks to my colleague Phil Bale and to Sara Spencer of the Child Poverty Action Group Scotland who provided helpful comments on an earlier draft of this briefing. Contact details: Dr Rachel Shanks, University of Aberdeen, [email protected] BriefingPublisher PD

Informal coaching and mentoring and an 'informal turn' in teacher professional learning

Acknowledgments I wish to thank Dr Mark Carver who worked with me on one research project that I have drawn on and I would also like to thank the reviewers for their very helpful feedback. Funding This work was supported by the British Educational Research Association [COVIDSHANKS20].Peer reviewedPostprin

‘The prison of the body’ : school uniforms between discipline and governmentality

Acknowledgements We wish to thank the students who were involved in the original sourcing and coding of school uniform policies, namely Lucas Adrian Brauns, Agata Kostrzewa, Marton Kottmayer, Kirsten Phelps, Daniel Phillips, Vilma Pullinen, Atyrah Hanim Razali, Cameron Roy, Maria Steiner Simonsen, and particularly Annabelle Eveline Olsson who provided feedback on this work. We also wish to thank Prof Pamela Abbott for her insightful comments on an early draft of the manuscriptPeer reviewedPublisher PD

Perspectives on Spaces for Teaching and Learning

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