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Abe Moore

@arbay38.bsky.social
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Radical advocate of children. Dad, teacher, coach. My orbit involves student agency, experiential learning, community, and outdoor learning. My views, not reflective of my employer.

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Bevan Holloway @bevanholloway.com · 16/05/2026
Sunday Watch: Guy Claxton - Bodies of Learning
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Sunday Watch: Guy Claxton - Bodies of Learning
This conversation with Guy Claxton looked to dive into the issues around the direction of curriculum in Aotearoa and why embodiment science is better placed to connect curriculum with the type of citi...
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Abe Moore @arbay38.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Placemaking, outdoor learning and supporting learners to connect with nature is something I'm passionate about. I can't wait to start plotting our next outdoor adventure! #RewildingTheSchoolyard
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Abe Moore @arbay38.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The book showcases stories of people doing extraordinary work to reconnect learners to nature as an ally, and invites readers to rediscover connections to landscape and language, nature and learning.
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Abe Moore @arbay38.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It was a thrill to find a copy of A Field Guide to Rewilding the Modern Schoolyard waiting on my front doorstep the other day. It’s the first time my work has been featured in a book format.
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Katie Budrow @katiebudrow.com · 18/09/2026
Article if anybody’s interested. 😁 www.edutopia.org/article/4-wa...
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4 Ways to Encourage Great Questions in the Science Classroom
Here’s how a middle school teacher guides students to proactively ask and answer questions like ‘why does that happen?’
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Abe Moore @arbay38.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
That is also my current read.
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Abe Moore @arbay38.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Back in Canada for another adventure!
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Abe Moore @arbay38.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I had a couple students explicitly cite Smiles and Frowns as the reason for their increased confidence speaking in front of peers. Little by little, confidence grew and they felt safe to share. One of those kids even volunteered to speak at assembly last week.
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Abe Moore @arbay38.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
We were discussing Good Students vs Powerful Learners today, and I flashed a student's disposition profile on the board. Anonymised. Just the shape of it across 12 dispositions. Kids guessed who it was on the second try. No name. No score. Just the kind of learner they are. That's community.
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Abe Moore @arbay38.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I’m enjoying Bodies of Learning by Guy Claxton & Emily Poel. Humans are wired to connect. When teachers build belonging and care amongst students, kids flourish. When they don’t, they languish. Helping a class gel isn’t sentimental. It’s “good teaching for good learning.”
Bodies of learning book
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Abe Moore @arbay38.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Some kids can’t hold the mask long enough for the adults. They’ve been told that’s a problem. But what if they’re just the most honest person in the room? When they’re done, fidgeting, calling out, done, guarantee the others are too. They’re just better at pretending. A canary. Not a problem.
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Abe Moore @arbay38.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
And don’t get me wrong, lesson design matters. So does assessment and scaffolding, all of it. But building community? Curiosity? Resilience? Not just learning them, living them. That’s where the magic happens. When that stuff is clicking, it fills my cup. Community over compliance every day.
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Abe Moore @arbay38.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I’ve been sitting with students this week asking what makes a powerful learner. Many say: listens well, concentrates, gets the work done. But that, my friends, is a good student. Not a powerful learner. A few say: curious, resilient, creative. Which is more likely to change their world?
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Abe Moore @arbay38.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
“Curiosity is not a pleasant bonus in the learning process. It is the mechanism by which deep learning actually happens.” Heck yes.
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Abe Moore @arbay38.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
I try to greet kids at the door every day. Research shows a 20% increase in learning engagement in immediate lessons following. That’s not why I do it. I want them to hear their name, see a smile, and be greeted by someone genuinely happy to see them. Community-building one greeting at a time.
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Abe Moore @arbay38.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Absolutely. Skilled leaders know the value of doing with, not doing to, when it comes to change. The shift and framing are often subtle and not that far apart, but so important.
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Abe Moore @arbay38.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
This. Meaning makers.
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Abe Moore @arbay38.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
School cont’d: “Trying to make learning directly 'relevant to young people's real issues and interests is condemned as naive and patronising - not the business of education at all. In fact introducing popular culture, for example, is called pejoratively 'dumbing down'.” Or connection & belonging?
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Abe Moore @arbay38.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
School: ‘You have to learn what is on the set menu for the day, regardless of what is going on in your life or in the world. The school curric is so important that it is impervious to current affairs, whether they be things in the news, community concerns, or events in children's personal lives.’
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Abe Moore @arbay38.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Forget secondary schools, frighteningly, I’ve seen this in reception/junior primary contexts. The lack of understanding or importance of play for our youngest learners, let alone all learners. All in the name of rigor. More. Faster. Earlier the better. Idiocy.
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Abe Moore @arbay38.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
School: “What happens out of school isn't really learning: it's just life. Or ‘play'. Secondary schools often act as if their job is to introduce young people to 'proper learning, as opposed to 'play. 'Play' is such a waste of time that time to play during the school day can safely be minimised.”
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Abe Moore @arbay38.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Stats say one in four educators here in SA are considered functional alcoholics. I think that speaks volumes, I’m not sure who is listening. I share this with the caveat that I’m reading a book with a 🍷
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Abe Moore @arbay38.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
“Why are they not up in arms at the squandering of their children's vitality, curiosity and their righteous indignation?” This. How much of Ss affect for learning is dictated by framing? Do we teach the curriculum to kids, or teach kids with the curriculum? The framing absolutely matters.
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Abe Moore @arbay38.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
“Why is that groundswell of dissatisfaction, to which embodiment science could give a strong narrative voice, not already happening? Why do millions of parents treat their children's obvious distress and disaffection with standard education as a private difficulty rather than a public issue?”
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Abe Moore @arbay38.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
“We have to stop thinking that an intellectual grasp of abstract, disciplinary knowledge is of itself the best possible preparation for life, for all young people.” For some (many?) Ss, joy, meaning, and love of learning only appears in “fringe” subjects that perfectly reflect the mind-body split.
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Abe Moore @arbay38.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
You had me at embodiment science. “People feel, fidget and fantasise for good reason, and hard-nosed, peer-reviewed empirical science can tell us why. The research says that cognition and emotion are in alliance, not in opposition.” This is a hill I’m prepared to die on.
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Abe Moore @arbay38.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Digging in. “Clayton and Poel challenge outdated assumptions that separate mind and body, revealing the interconnectedness of the ‘body-mind’.
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Abe Moore @arbay38.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Congrats, Sy. I’m willing to bet more than not will remember their experiences with you long after.
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Monte Syrie @montesyrie.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
If it were simply science, you’d think we’d be beyond the experimental. Not saying it’s not science. Am saying it’s not science alone. It’s also art. Maybe mostly art. For every kid a unique set of colors. For whom a teacher’s brush must mix and make. Maybe it’s magic.
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Abe Moore @arbay38.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
If it’s a science, it can’t be an art. But if it is an art, it absolutely can include science, maybe even a little magic 🪄
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Abe Moore @arbay38.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
A lot of wasted $$$. All those resources and programs are now gone. Complete 180 to child-focused pedagogy and systems from leaders who actually have backgrounds in education.
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Abe Moore @arbay38.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
In SA, we were edging towards more explicit instruction & scripted curriculum 10 years ago. Guess how that worked out? I walked away from teaching for 4 years. Deprofessionalising teaching, stripping agency, discounting experience, ignoring context, is only bad news for Ss, Ts and schools.
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Human Restoration Project @humanrestorationproject.org · 06/06/2026
Major update: We gave Human Restoration Project a whole new look. We updated the logo, refreshed the entire brand, and rebuilt humanrestorationproject.org from scratch. The new design leans into a solarpunk feeling: warm, hopeful, a little green around the edges.
Solar system infographic showing various systems HRP works to change.Research database showing a variety of 2,462 items.New home page with various cartoon illustrated characters looking up at the text HUMAN RESTORATION PROJECT with various images of classrooms on hover behind it.
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Abe Moore @arbay38.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Love it, looks great. Your work helps so many, I’m grateful for how you’ve helped me learn, unlearn, and grow over the years. Keep up the great work, all.
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Abe Moore @arbay38.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Congrats! Hope you have a restful holiday break, Katie.
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Abe Moore @arbay38.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Damn right. 🙌
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Abe Moore @arbay38.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I learned today that greeting learners at the door increases engagement and decreases disruptive behaviours. I wonder what a longitudinal study into smiles and frowns would find? 😉
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Abe Moore @arbay38.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
The Monarch emerged from its chrysalis. A kid noticed and squealed, a group gathered and cheered. It’s the small things, Team.
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Abe Moore @arbay38.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Love that reflection. Remains the best part of my day, connection is everything.
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Abe Moore @arbay38.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
@irasocol.bsky.social shared this article on LI about a school in NSW who change instruction every two minutes to keep students on task and engaged. It is utterly ridiculous. I mean, If you aren't changing instruction every minute, can you really call yourself a teacher?
A newspaper clipping about a quick fix to keep students on task
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Abe Moore @arbay38.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Thanks for sharing @irasocol.bsky.social
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Abe Moore @arbay38.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
I believe this with all my heart. My challenge ATM, at new school, is convincing others. Risk aversion is real; stress of oversight, job accountability, lack of trust. But when learning comes with age—appropriate risk, challenge & support, thats where the magic happens. medium.com/age-of-aware...
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Pernille Schmidt Ripp @pernille.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Our kids' brains have been rewired and we are still teaching like they haven't. Here is what that means for our classrooms and ten things we can do about it starting Monday.
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10 Ways to Begin Counteracting the Rewiring of your Students’ Brains
He tells me he is bored. As if that is the only reason I need in order to understand why being part of the learning is not the priority. An honest answer, but also one wrapped up in so many questions. What does boredom mean to you? I hear myself say that this is school, it cannot compete with a screen and it was never meant to.
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Abe Moore @arbay38.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Same here. I’ve spent the last few years pondering what I’d try to do better when I came back to the classroom, really helps me organise my thinking as part of the learning cycle.
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Abe Moore @arbay38.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Thanks, Nick. It was an invaluable break, but I’m really happy to be back doing what I do best.
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Abe Moore @arbay38.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
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Abe Moore @arbay38.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
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Cathy Crea @cathycrea.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
The linked article is the best I’ve read on the “science of reading” and best literacy practices. Part of the challenge of teaching reading is that reading is a complex process and different students struggle with different parts of that process, so what works for most will not work for all.
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Abe Moore @arbay38.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Take my money. Thanks for sharing, Bevan. I’m excited to read this.
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Bevan Holloway @bevanholloway.com · 13/04/2026
My friend Guy Claxton has this book coming out on 26 May. It's a book that challenges "the assumption that mind and body are separate, revealing the interconnectedness of the ‘bodymind’ and drawing on research in embodied cognition to rethink intelligence, learning and teaching."
bodiesoflearning.org
BODIES OF LEARNING
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