Dr Dorothy Smith

Academic. STEM graduate. Thinking in the shared space of science education and policy. Views are my own.

[Dr Dorothy Smith @DorothyVSmith]

Rejecting the voice shows Australia is still in denial, its history of forgetting a festering wrong | Lorena Allam https://t.co/0759zF1aqR

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The miserable fact of The Voice: We were always destined to get to this point https://t.co/PeBwQpVoVA

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Jon Kudelka cartoon, October 7, 2023 https://t.co/FwKc6QQfg3 via @SatPaper

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#auspol #TheVoice 👌👇✌️

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Out now: A Festschrift to @Helengunter10 in honour of her contributions to the field of education policy and leadership studies.
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"The disjointed and incoherent understanding that students display, and their inability to apply the concepts of physics to the real world, is entirely congruent with the assessment paradigm."

[Dr Dorothy Smith @DorothyVSmith]

Just re-reading Christina Hart (2001) Examining Relations of Power in a Process of Curriculum Change: The Case of VCE Physics. Although written 20 years ago it feels remarkably contemporary.

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"In the case of physics it could be argued that assessment which focuses on concepts as discrete entities that have been abstracted from real world situations is conducive to the outcome that research into students' learning has revealed."

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If anyone out there is doing research on the gap between education policy and its enactment and is looking for an Australian participant, I might be useful to you. Just saying ...

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@SRayner11 @Helengunter10 @EducationUoM Yes, it was fun to be there and lovely to see all the faces. Such a privilege to be in that company, too.

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@SRayner11 @Helengunter10 @EducationUoM Congratulations Stephen. This is really good to see.

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Migrants failing to assimilate, 200-year-study finds https://t.co/ov5MD1wGeq

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@Helengunter10 @policypress Congratulations!

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@SRayner11 @EducationUoM One contented cat. Have the claws been sunk into your couch yet?