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Dr Valerie Drew

@drvaleriedrew.bsky.social
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Hon. Assoc. Professor of Professional Education & Leadership, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Stirling. Professional learning, enquiry & leadership.

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Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
My latest article - ‘Curricular justice in a complex world’ in The Curriculum Journal Open access at dx.doi.org/10.1002/curj...
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The Curriculum Journal | BERA Journal | Wiley Online Library
This paper is a response to articles published in this Special Issue of the journal. In the paper, I reflect upon the issue of curricular justice, offering comment on issues raised in the constituent...
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sserc.bsky.social @sserc.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
🚨 New piece in @TesScotland exposes a hidden crisis in our classrooms: the sharp decline in school technicians supporting STEM across Scotland. Our future innovators need more than good intentions — they need support. 🔗 www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
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Disappearing technicians a ‘hidden crisis’ in Scottish schools
‘Without us, the hands-on side of education simply can’t happen,’ say secondary school technicians - but survey shows their number has more than halved in two decades, says Alastair MacGregor
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Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Now available for preorder www.bloomsbury.com/uk/teacher-a...
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Teacher Agency
This second edition of Teacher Agency brings new perspectives on teachers as agents of change and development within their professional ecosystems. Centred arou…
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Prof Lizzie Rushton @rushtondr.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
A brilliant afternoon of presentations with teachers & educators from across the region sharing insights from a year of leading enquiries focused on #climate #change #sustainability #education @drvaleriedrew.bsky.social @stir.ac.uk
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BERA @beranews.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
📝 NEW BLOG POST Curriculum making: A brief history and future directions By Mark Priestley, University of Stirling @markrpriestley.bsky.social @scrcm.bsky.social Part of series: 10 years of the BERA Blog #BERABLOG10 Read here: www.bera.ac.uk/blog/curricu...
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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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Prof Lizzie Rushton @rushtondr.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Great to see this first in a series of ten blog posts curated to celebrate a decade of the @beranews.bsky.social blog. Always an insightful read on #Education #Policy from Prof Meg Maguire & Dr Emma Towers www.bera.ac.uk/blog/reflect...
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Reflecting on education policy from across the UK
Education policy in the UK is characterised by change, churn and disruption as successive governments somewhat inevitably recognise ‘problems’ in education to be ‘fixed’ with different...
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Prof Lizzie Rushton @rushtondr.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Thrilled that 15 May 2025 is my #book publication day! I explore #education for #environmental #sustainability in the context of #teacher #education drawing on research to consider ideas, concepts & approaches to support EfES in varied contexts & settings www.bloomsbury.com/uk/education...
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Education for Environmental Sustainability
Drawing extensively on contemporary research and empirical evidence, including that from the UK, Europe, Australia and Brazil, this book sets out the key ideas,…
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