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Brian Johnston

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Director of ITE at University of Stirling. Interests: education, literature, music, Philosophy with Children & the outdoors.

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Nuzhat Uthmani @nuthmani.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Well done to my pal @katie-hunter.bsky.social and my supervisor & colleague, Dr Joe Smith from @stir.ac.uk and their team of practitioners for this fantastic piece of work which I'm confident will have a lasting legacy. #DecolonisetheCurriculum #TeamStirling 🎉 brnw.ch/21wX6jk
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Lesson plans launched to teach slavery in Scottish schools | About | University of Stirling
Lesson plans launched to teach slavery in Scottish schools
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The Stirling Curriculum Centre (SCC) @curric-stir.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
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Learning through Landscapes @ltlnews.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Have your say about Learning for Sustainability in Scotland 📢 The Exploring Learning for Sustainability survey seeks responses from a range of educators to help researchers understand how LfS practices are developing. Complete the survey before 27 October! 👉 qualtrics.ucl.ac.uk/jfe/for...
Please join this online survey and help us to better understand the national picture of Learning for Sustainability across Scotland. Please contact: Prof. Lizzie Rushton (lizzie.rushton@stir.ac.uk) and Dr Beth Christie (beth.christie@ed.ac.uk) for further information.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 25/07/2025
Since at least the time of Greek philosophers, many writers have discovered a deep, intuitive connection between walking, thinking, and writing.
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Why Walking Helps Us Think
Since at least the time of Greek philosophers, many writers have discovered a deep, intuitive connection between walking, thinking, and writing.
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Jess Anderson @jessanderson61.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Joyful book launch yesterday. Everyone fell for Woodlands Community Garden.Thanks to the wonderful Zinnia Mevawalla for chairing the conversation, Lua Watt Tang for talking about his cover picture for the book and all the friends, colleagues and family who showed up to celebrate the publication.
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Maureen K. Michael @drmaureenkmichael.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
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Prof Lizzie Rushton @rushtondr.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
In *two weeks* on 29th April (4-5pm) we will be launching the new national Framework for LfS in ITE. We are delighted that nearly 200 have signed up & there are still spaces at this online event so do register via link below & share with your networks. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🌳📖🌍
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Brian Johnston @bjjohnston.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Great to see our education ITE applicants having the opportunity to experience our outdoor learning space. @stir.ac.uk @rushtondr.bsky.social @scrcm.bsky.social Looking forward to welcoming you in September.
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Brian Johnston @bjjohnston.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Looking forward to welcoming our applicants onto @stir.ac.uk campus today. Teachers really do make a difference. #bethedifference. @scrcm.bsky.social @rushtondr.bsky.social
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Stella Mouroutsou @stellamouroutsou.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Excellent discussion about teachers’ professional identities during our last seminar outside today! @stir.ac.uk @bjjohnston.bsky.social
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Prof Lizzie Rushton @rushtondr.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Pleased to share a new publication for @beranews.bsky.social exploring #Education and the #Environment through 13 blog posts & discussion❓We hope this supports educators who wish to question, explore and reflect on the place of the environment in education. #Stirling www.bera.ac.uk/publication/...
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BERA Bites, issue 12: Education and the environment
Today, in 2025, as an Earthly community, we face the ongoing triple planetary crises of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste. Across the UK, and in many other...
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SEEd - Sustainability and Environmental Education @seeducating.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
What place is there for justice-focused #climate and #sustainability education? SEEd Member @rushtondr.bsky.social and her colleagues explored this in their latest research, summarised in their new blog on our website. See what they uncovered at se-ed.org.uk/justice-clim.... #edusky #blog #nature
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Prof Lizzie Rushton @rushtondr.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Lovely blog post sharing some of Donna J Haraway’s thinking in the context of #education.
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Prof Lizzie Rushton @rushtondr.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Are you an #education professional looking to take your career to the next level, gain high-quality research skills & promote meaningful sector change? Our #EdD is for passionate educators like you. Find out more at our webinar on the 30th April (12pm UK time) www.bigmarker.com/student-supp...
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Doctor of Education Webinar at the University of Stirling
Join Course Director, Dr Marty Chamberlain, to find out more about our Doctor of Education and get answers to any questions you might have about studying at Stirling.
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Future of Headship @uofgheadship.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Thank you to colleagues who posed questions for @drannlopez.bsky.social around #Decolonising #Education #Leadership A fabulous evening of deep thinking and challenge. @khadijamohammed.bsky.social @g-fmcn.bsky.social @nuthmani.bsky.social @farasha1980.bsky.social @dennisafrancis.bsky.social
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The Stirling Curriculum Centre (SCC) @curric-stir.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Claim overall attainment gap is down 60 per cent is Mostly False - from The Ferret. And this does not address the reliability of the ACEL data - indicators (Es and Os) never intended for this purpose and a system that creates pressures to inflate results. theferret.scot/overall-atta...
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Claim overall attainment gap down 60% is Mostly False
Ferret Fact Service looks at John Swinney's claim about the attainment gap.
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Nuzhat Uthmani @nuthmani.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
2/🙏🏼 @alisonmitchelluofg.bsky.social for the invite. Nice to catch up also with @douglashutchison.bsky.social @khadijamohammed.bsky.social @farasha1980.bsky.social & of course my fabby #TeamStirling colleagues 😊 @bjjohnston.bsky.social Romina and Aileen x Lots of insight we can take back to ITE.
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scotdec @scotdec.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
🎶 Exciting news! We’re launching the music education section of the A’ Adam’s Bairns resource on 27th March. Explore Scottish Identity & Diversity through music, with lesson plans, activities & PowerPoints linked to the 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 curriculum. Join us for the launch 📖🎵 bit.ly/AAB-music-ev...
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Prof Lizzie Rushton @rushtondr.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Fantastic to see this published. Congrats to authors @markrpriestley.bsky.social #JoeSmith #BarbaraSchuler & #CorinneAngier #TeamStirling
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The Stirling Curriculum Centre (SCC) @curric-stir.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Published today by UNESCO-IBE ‘Towards a typology of curriculum policy approaches’ unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/p...
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UCL Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment @cpaucl.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Pleased to be able to share this important new paper by @ioe.bsky.social and CPA's very own Professor Nicola Walshe and colleagues. Congratulations, colleagues! @ucl-cccse.bsky.social @rushtondr.bsky.social #WeAreIOE #WeAreCPA bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Prof Bob Davis @rokewood.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Some luminous music for #AshWednesday #ashwednesday2025
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Brian Johnston @bjjohnston.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Great to collaborate & share our approaches to inclusive education on our ITE programmes with Danish MPs as part of their visit to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scottishgov.bsky.social with @andreahgp.bsky.social. Thank you @qmuniversity.bsky.social for the warm hosting & to Innes Alves @uofglasgow.bsky.social @stir.ac.uk
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Prof Lizzie Rushton @rushtondr.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
The paper, published earlier this week with @geowalshe.bsky.social & @bjjohnston.bsky.social explores #CCSE & a #justice oriented #curriculum. Empirical work in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 which we argue has relevance for all contexts exploring Curriculum Reform. bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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The Curriculum Journal | BERA Journal | Wiley Online Library
Education, including school education, is widely understood as fundamental to a just response to global climate and ecological crises. We examined the practices of teachers based in England focused o...
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Prof Lizzie Rushton @rushtondr.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Good to see this letter published and pleased to have signed it. Our paper published earlier this week underlines what teachers in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿do in spite of the barriers they face. bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @geowalshe.bsky.social @bjjohnston.bsky.social
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The Curriculum Journal | BERA Journal | Wiley Online Library
Education, including school education, is widely understood as fundamental to a just response to global climate and ecological crises. We examined the practices of teachers based in England focused o...
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Nuzhat Uthmani @nuthmani.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Had a fab morning listening to 1st year group presentations critiquing articles on #Citizenship #inclusion #SocialJustice and #Curriculum. What's not to love? 😍 #TeamStirling @rushtondr.bsky.social @bjjohnston.bsky.social
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a little girl in a blue shirt is standing in front of a shelf with crowns on it .
ALT: a little girl in a blue shirt is standing in front of a shelf with crowns on it .
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Prof Lizzie Rushton @rushtondr.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
New paper published today exploring #justice-oriented #climatechange & #sustainability #education - drawing on the experiences of teachers in schools in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... Great to work with @geowalshe.bsky.social & @bjjohnston.bsky.social @scrcm.bsky.social
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The Curriculum Journal | BERA Journal | Wiley Online Library
Education, including school education, is widely understood as fundamental to a just response to global climate and ecological crises. We examined the practices of teachers based in England focused o...
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Joe O'Hara @joeoharadcu.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
So I think I will do a monthly share of this for anyone who hasn't seen it. Do get in touch if you woukd like to join go.bsky.app/8FJAkMG
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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
This morning’s sunshine has reminded me of the word ‘philocaly’: a love of beauty, even in the smallest things.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 21/01/2025
Signature moves: are we losing the ability to write by hand?
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Signature moves: are we losing the ability to write by hand?
We are far more likely to use our hands to type or swipe than pick up a pen. But in the process we are in danger of losing cognitive skills, sensory experience – and a connection to history Humming away in offices on Capitol Hill, in the Pentagon and in…
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Brian Johnston @bjjohnston.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
www.channel4.com/news/as-thou...
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As thousands desert Twitter, is this the end for Elon Musk’s X?
It was once the world's online marketplace of ideas. But ever since the billionaire tycoon Elon Musk bought up Twitter and renamed it X - dissatisfied users have fled the site - especially after the U...
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SERA_Ethics @seraethics.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
We are actively seeking diversity in knowledge, ideas and experiences through engagement with and contributions from underrepresented groups. Please join our #SERA_Ethics network! www.sera.ac.uk/ethics-in-ed... @alisonmitchelluofg.bsky.social @profaileenk.bsky.social
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SERA_Ethics @seraethics.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
#Ethics in #Education #2025 We are looking forward to exploring ethics in educational research and practice over the coming year. Join our mailing list via the link below to find out what we are planning and to become involved! 💭🌍 #SERA www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/weba...
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JISCMail - SERA-ETHICSNETWORK List at WWW.JISCMAIL.AC.UK
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ISATTGlobal @isattglobal.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
🌟𝗜𝗦𝗔𝗧𝗧 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗶𝗻 #𝗚𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗴𝗼𝘄🌟 As the world moves to 2025 we wish everyone a Happy New Year! We look forward to welcoming colleagues from across the world to the 21st ISATT Biennial Conference in July #ISATT2025 in Glasgow! Registration is open! Early bird until 31 Jan! www.gla.ac.uk/events/confe... 🌍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⭐️
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Doccy B 🌿🌿🐝🌿🦔🌿 @merylbatchelder.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Lizzie is incredibly prolific but the standard of her work is always exceptional. I have no idea how she is so wonderfully creative, I'm just grateful for her voice in guiding #EfES 🌱 Looking forward to this 👇🏼
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Brian Johnston @bjjohnston.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
I hope everyone has a great New Year and 2025 is filled with love and happiness. May your troubles be less Your blessings be more. And nothing but happiness Come through your door. Lang may yer lum reek! 💚Xx
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