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@drcatrionao.bsky.social
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Scottish Educator - working in HE. Teacher Education, Programme Lead MA Ed Leadership, research interests in professional learning for educators, leadership, new teachers experiences, PLCs, reflective practice. #MIEE, IPDA, Trustee Scran Academy

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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
The anniversary of the Dunblane tragedy is tomorrow. 30 years since 16 children and their teacher were shot dead with legally held -at the time-weapons. Educators, families and activists made the change. It's so profoundly moving, with every year that passes. Please always let it be #NeverAgain.
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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Currently at Building Anti-Ablism through Toys and Play l seminar with colleagues Sian Jones and Claire Uytman- first in a series -dont miss it if you are interested in #Inclusion #EarlyYears #EDI #AntiAbleism more to come: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/anti-ablei...
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Anti-Ableism in Children's Material Culture: Seminar 2 (Books and Reading)
This seminar explores how disability and neurodivergent representation in books can support anti-ableist practices.
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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Well hello Bluesky it's been a while😄here's a free read for you👇🏼hope you like it and please follow @pdiejournal.bsky.social too, the excellent Q1 journal of @ipda-prof-learn.bsky.social
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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
This 👇🏼is a real treat if geology bumping up against philosophy is your thing. Amazing. Available UK only www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Free Thinking - Rocks - BBC Sounds
How can earth sciences like geology transform our understanding of history and society?
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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Happy conferencing @belmasoffice.bsky.social - wishing you all a very successful event. Sorry I can't join you- I'll be fighting the midgies and drizzle in Glencoe raiding funds for melanoma research: www.justgiving.com/page/shiona-...
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Team Shomelanoma Great Glencoe Trekathon for The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity
Help Shiona Ramage raise money to support The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity
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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
one of my favourite nights of the year: Scraduation🎊🌟🎉 our Scran Academy chair, John Houghton leads off our AGM just before we celebrate the outstanding achievements of the Scran Graduates for this year. What amazing work from the whole team.
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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Calling activist teachers in Scotland: @educ-everything.bsky.social is seeking teacher participants for his PhD study- which looks fascinating, BTW! Plz share @nuthmani.bsky.social @wosdec.bsky.social @eisunion.bsky.social #ActivistTeachers #Scotland #EduResearch forms.office.com/pages/respon...
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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Lovely summary and pics, @sheenascilt.bsky.social - thank you!
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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Excellent day. Successful Viva for my PhD student + new publication released: doi.org/10.1177/2752...
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‘I didn’t think I would ever recover from failing’: Tutoring to reduce the poverty-related student attainment gap - Alan Bainbridge, Catriona Oates, Catriona Rennie, Lisa Vettese-Cruden, 2025
This article adds to the developing contemporary research base on the provision of one-to-one, or small group tutoring, to overcome the academic attainment gap ...
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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Great afternoon at the launch of @centcs.bsky.social with local, national and international colleagues united in purpose of transformational change in schools. Good to see friends from social-media network days gone by! @annadbeck.bsky.social @drlaurenboath.bsky.social @charlainesi.bsky.social
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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
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QMU shares best practices in inclusive education with Danish delegation | News | News and Events | Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh
Queen Margaret University took part in a visit from members of the Danish Parliament who were keen to learn about inclusive educational policies and practices within the Scottish education system.
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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Hi to all the #MIEETeamScotland meeting up today. Sorry I missed you Sarah, Ros, @ajobpickard.bsky.social and the gang. Since it's bluesky, this seems appropriate.Greetings from the Dolomites!
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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Third- save the date for an IPDA symposium in Scotland @Queen Margaret University. 10th May. More details to follow 👍🏼 @ipda-prof-learn.bsky.social
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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Second - shameful self-promotion🤭 this was published today: Oates, C., & Mynott, J. P. (2025). More-than-human centred reflection: Addressing the fiction of reflective practice in teacher education. Research in Education, 0(0). doi.org/10.1177/0034... #reflectivepractice #teachereducation
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More-than-human centred reflection: Addressing the fiction of reflective practice in teacher education - Catriona Oates, John Paul Mynott, 2025
This paper seeks to extend the debate around the contested concept of the ‘reflective practitioner.’ This concept has influenced practice-based learning across ...
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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
A few updates incoming..... First up: calling all teachers! Join us in IPDA Scotland for a lively in-conversation even with the authors on the recently published Teacher Workload report: ipda.org.uk/category/eve... #Teachers #Workload #ProfesssionalLearning #Retention
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5 February 2025: IPDA Scotland webinar on Teacher Workload Report
Date: 5 February 2025Time: 4:00-5.15pmRegister: Register your place with Zoom IPDA Scotland warmly invites you to join us 'in conversation with the authors' of the recently published Teacher Worklo...
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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Returning from Oman for validation exercise. What a fantastic couple of days in so many ways. Not least the reminder of the upsides of academia: we belong to a vast international community. You can find new connections, colleagues, collaborative partnerships everywhere!
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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Join us in IPDA Scotland 'in conversation with the authors' for our forthcoming webinar on the recently published Teacher Workload report: ipda.org.uk/5-february-2...
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5 February 2025: IPDA Scotland webinar on Teacher Workload Report
Date: 5 February 2025Time: 4:00-5.15pmRegister: Register your place with Zoom IPDA Scotland warmly invites you to join us 'in conversation with the authors' of the recently published Teacher Worklo...
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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Happy New Year friends on Blue sky! If you're looking for some challenging thinking around the notion of 'degrowth' and Education for Sustainability, for the new year, try this: noredstudies.org/index.php/ns...
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Education, Longing, and the Art of Keeping Life Going
This article offers a critical appraisal of the term degrowth by questioning some of its basic epistemological and ontological assumptions. Rather provocatively, we suggest that both education and deg...
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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Weekends are for breathing! Calm skies above the Allan Water today. Kingfisher flashed by. Robins, heron, ducks, geese, magpies and a border terrier 🤗
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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
#TutorsOnTour are we still doing this?! Off to Newhaven for a couple of Y4 visits. Frosty start and first tutor visit on the tram for me!
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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
@ruthsmckay.bsky.social so you're now on Orkney?! Lucky, lucky you. Hope things are great. Slightly jealous I have to say!
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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
@makingcentsofit.bsky.social hi there - please add me to your #MIEE pack. Thanks;
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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Babies arguing in French has to be my favourite thing on the internet today😆 www.instagram.com/reel/DCpqNqZ...
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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Good day today. One paper accepted with minor revisions and excellent feedback comments from reviewers 1&2🤗 and another paper submitted. Happy me.
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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
I LOVE being part of the #DialogicTeaching group with colleagues from Health and S-L Therapy at QMU. Great discussions drawing on research& focussing on how we can enhance our #HE practices to develop participation, oracy, communication& student voice. Today we used #WeNeedToTalk for our stimulus
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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
This is interesting with @neilselwyn.bsky.social and Dan Krutha- AI criticality, technoscepticsm, and digital resistance in schools. Do young people have rights to resist technology in schools? www.buzzsprout.com/1301377/epis...
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Raising a generation of techno-skeptical students - Education Technology Society
Dan Krutka (University of North Texas) is on a mission to support students, teachers and parents to think critically and make informed decisions about the digital tech in their lives.Dan talks about t...
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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Eamon has generously shared the keynote he delivered at our annual #IPDA2024 conference - be inspired👇🏽
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Eamon Costello @eam0.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
I am deeply grateful to have spent such a rewarding time thinking and talking with members of the International Professional Development Association at their annual conference and to give a keynote talk at the the invitation of the wonderful @drcatrionao.bsky.social 🙏🏽
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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
If you're new here, join in!
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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
There were plenty surprises in @eam0.bsky.social s closing #IPDA2024 keynote today-challenging, hopeful, full of joy and laughter. This from Ruja Benjamin is a fitting imperative. Thanks Eamon!
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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Love this! The IPDA conference is famed for its supportive, collegial ethos and atmosphere. This year exceeded expectations. A privilege to be the first audience for Alison's work.
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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Fantastic opening from @eam0.bsky.social to his keynote - we need happy teachers!
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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Were off! Day 3 morning keynote with Prof Carmen Montecinos on Professional learning for inter collaboration in schools #IPDA2024
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Lynne_SCILT @lynnescilt.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Warm thanks to @drcatrionao.bsky.social for friendly chairing of this afternoon’s practice insight session by @scilt.bsky.social colleagues at IPDA Conference
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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Grand Job SCILT folks! Thanks for sharing your interesting work in leadership development and international teaching collaboration #IPDA2024
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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Our IPDA #ECR event is up and running with a brilliant introduction by Prof Carolyn Daly. Talking about lost focus on the wrong dragons in teacher professional learning. What's in a transformative framework to support the PL we need to thrive? #1 theoretically informed design
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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
#edusky #education #SEN #ASN folks have a look at this fantastic research and resource and help out my colleague, will you?! Thanks
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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Arrived in Birmingham for the annual IPDA conference. We have a great theme this year- have a look: ipda.org.uk/internationa... who's coming along?!
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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
I'm looking forward to the annual IPDA conference this week - heading to Birmingham early tomorrow. We are pleased to host some excellent keynotes. Introducing @eam0.bsky.social -https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ipda-podcast/episodes/Keynote-conversations-Eamon-Costello-e2q31hh/a-abjin7n
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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Just caught up with the #edusky gang. There's a whole bunch of people there I'm hoping to connect with! Follow me and I'll follow you back!
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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
First post incoming....Blue sky seems to be shaping up nicely. Looking forward to useful conversations about education with some of my old tribe from the bad place. Don't think I've got the hang of it yet so ignore any mistakes/mis posts. Thanks for following me and I'll follow you back.
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