Welcome to The Archives. Before the focus shifted to lifting back the covers on educational research, the heavy lifting here was quite literal. This space preserves the foundational posts from the original gym era of this blog, all the way through to the present. While the primary focus for this site has shifted, these legacy posts are preserved here as a testament to where the journey began.
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2016: Favourite Books
Looking back on 2016 I thought it would be well worth the time to list my favourite books. I’d say that I read more in 2016 than I have in the last 5 years at least! Without the pressure of study (and the joy of saying “I’m working” whenever I get questioned over my reading…
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2017 Goal Setting
As part of our teaching this year, we have been asked to identify two or more goals that we are going to work towards. I have decided to include my goals here: Goal description: Learning when and how to praise student work and effort. To know the difference between praising work and effort. To know…
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2017: What a year!
As we come to the end of 2017, I thought I’d look back on all that I’ve done. The following would not have been possible without the support of my amazing husband, family, colleagues, and gym family. I’m listing my achievements so that I have a record of my busiest year yet. In 2017, I…
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2019’s Resolutions
There’s a bit of a stigma around the concept of New Year Resolutions. For example, if your resolution is to get fit then you’re likely to cop some flack about being one of those “revolutioners” that flood the gyms from the 2nd of January to about the 2nd of February and then never show up…
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2020 Goals
It’s that time again! Last year I wrote about resolutions/goals, and I’ve got to say, it set me up beautifully for the year. I made it to the end of the year feeling more like myself, having read 52 books, and with a brand new masters under my belt. I achieved a lot, and setting…
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2021 Intentions
2020 certainly taught us a few things about ourselves and the world around us. For me, I learned giving myself a goal tends to heap on a lot of pressure which often leads to me feeling so much stress and anxiety that no progress towards my goal happens at all. So, for 2021 I have…
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2022 Intentions
My long-time readers will know that I’ve developed a bit of a habit in reflecting on the year that’s been and writing my intentions for the year ahead down. I’m a little late to the party this year as it’s the last day of January and I’m only just getting around to this… Oops! Better…
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A collection of resources
Pinterest Board: Inquiry Learning Curation I have decided to use Pinterest to curate my research to answer my first, and most interesting (to me) question: In what way do our emotions either support or hinder student learning experiences, and how can we harness them during inquiry learning? First things first, I needed to add the…
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An Introduction to Expert Searching
When it comes to inquiry learning acknowledging that we do not know everything about everything is the first step. It is unrealistic to assume that one can know everything about a topic in today’s ever growing world of information access. By acknowledging this we are able to begin to learn appropriate research techniques that can…
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Analysis
I shall now be analyzing the unit of work according to the following theories and concepts. For the purpose of this analysis, I shall be focusing on using: Blooms Taxonomy GeSTE Windows Level of inquiry Firstly, a quick reminder of the key inquiry questions that this unit is designed to answer: Why and how did…