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Janet Gooodall

@janetifimust.bsky.social
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Professor of Education. Parent/family engagement in learning is my research area. Dedicated to schooling and education that are just, equitable, available and lead to a better world. My views are mine, not my employer's.

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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 4h
But... surely it's a thing that all students do the exam at the same time/place unless there's a good reason not to? And if this student started early, they'd get disturbed by everyone else coming in, settling down... ?
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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 10h
I've heard this from taxi drivers - 'They're just sitting around!'. I work in cafes, pubs, etc. It's where I do my best writing.... I'm not just 'sitting around'... so why would I assume anyone else is, or indeed, does not have a right to leisure?
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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I left an informal meeting today to go to the loo and was amazed to find no new emails when I got back - when I remarked on it, colleagues looked at me strangely but it was *unusual*!
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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I am debating wearing a tee shirt that says, Got up early, there was no worm, to a big meeting tomorrow. I probably won't but... it'll get worn to the office at some point.
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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Often, we don't. We don't get to where we wanted to be, or need to be.
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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I've just told husband about this - no idea if cats feel the same but still...
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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I had never thought of this. Thank you.
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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This. Yes. I often tell audiences -I want you to be that person. Be the one people say, 'Oh, you can't tell that joke around them'. No, you can't. 'Oh, they won't go for that'. True. .
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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I'm considering something for a fundraiser... So a poll. Do you still use physical bookmarks? 1️⃣ Yes, all the time, love them. 2️⃣ Yes, if there's something around. 3️⃣ Actual paper books? With bookmarks? What? No. 4️⃣ Something else entirely I will put in a comment. 📊 Show results
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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I just saw a film of package after package of colourful wool in a warehouse and I may need to go for a restorative lie down...
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Maymayentrata Knitting a Giant Blanket
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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I'm afraid I feel that way about a lot of the 'canon' of 'good books'. Neither of mine did English or Lit at A level so I'm not up to speed but my late husband read Lord of the Flies as part of the curriculum which seemed.. odd to me.
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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
People always say this.. 'Keep politics out of education!' (Who pays for the teachers and sets the curriculum? Oh...). 'Keep politics out of crafting!' Where did you buy that yarn and who delivered it and how much was everyone paid? Aristotle. We need to teach more Aristotle...
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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I am neither a political scientist nor a therapist but I could be forgiven for thinking that perhaps what the world needs right now is for more people to just enjoy watching baby flamingos.
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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The point of teaching is NOT to replicate the society we have - which is often unjust and is really just generally broken. Therefore, I do not want to turn out students like we've turned out before or like my generation. We caused this mess. Let's inspire people who want to fix it.
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Fix It
Alt: Fix It - Builder hammering something saying Can we fix it? Yes we can
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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Dear everyone, Yes, students now are different than students ten years ago. I would worry - a lot - if they were not. They have different skills, different forms of knowledge, different new words. Finding all that out is one of the joys of continuing to teach.
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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My students constantly astound me - in the best possible ways. Sometimes it's the joy in learning - sometimes it's because they get to some point before I do, and almost always with their promise for a better world. That's the point, isn't it?
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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
No - often not even with the right weight of yarn. For something fitted, you have to do the maths but in general...
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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It has been.... a week. I have decided that tonight may, indeed, be a Thor, Ragnarok sort of night. Yes.
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Chris Hemsworth Thor
Alt: Chris Hemsworth Thor saying YESSS
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kjcon.bsky.social @kjcon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Excellent, thank you!
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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#ShowMeYourKits. #WIPWednesday …. Simple pi in Hobbii universal
Pink, cream and blue sparkly shawl, part finished
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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It is a good idea! Is there a BSL alternative, oh people on this side of the pond?!
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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
New research just dropped (not mine) www.stroke.org.uk/get-involved...
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The urgent case for investing in stroke
Governments and health decision-makers need to know that a stroke is a brain injury that leaves behind life-changing trauma. Our latest research highlights the impact stroke is having on our communiti...
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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
And then later on BBC Radio Scotland!
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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
HEBCI?
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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I've just been on BBC Wales, talking about 'screen time' - for about three minutes. Main message I want to get across? * Engage with your child - discuss what they're seeing * Every family, every child is different * Most parents are doing the best they can!
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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I'm in a group that was doing a marathon of hats for September - and herewith, the 26th hat I've knit this month. Not bad, considering I was doing other stuff all last week! #ShowMeYourKnits
Hand knit hat - green and yellow stripes
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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
There's nothing in it other that knit, purl, knit two together and yarn over... It's alpaca lace, and blocked within an inch of its life (with clear beads for weight). It's actually no more difficult than a simple scarf or shawl, just much smaller needles, more time and very good lighting needed!
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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If you follow me, you know I knit. A lot. I am putting that to good use in November, to raise money for Alzheimer's research. You can follow my progress, here... and this will, obviously, be repeated nearer the time. raise.ing/po9pzngg180zy
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Janet Goodall is fundraising on behalf of Alzheimer's Research UK
This November, I'm knitting, sewing, or crocheting every day for Alzheimer's Research UK. This is for the one million people living with dementia in the UK to help raise funds for vital dementia resea...
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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#ShowMeYourKnits that I'm most proud of? Probably this - first, because it was requested by the bride's mother, and second for how it turned out...
Hand knit cream shawl
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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Just got back from Glasgow and often took off my cardigan!
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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
After a very great deal of walking, I've just sat in a chair and put my feet up on a footstool, which I have not done in years. Suffice to say I will be attaining one for the homestead....
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Comfy Kitten Cuddling a Teddy Bear
Alt: Comfy Kitten Cuddling a Teddy Bear
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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Dear Adobe, When opening a PhD thesis that I'm attempting to examine, I am well aware that it's a long document. And no, under no circumstances do I want you to summarise it for me. GO AWAY.
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Norena Shopland @norenashopland.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Pleased to see this published - more work from our ESRC project journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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The playful entanglements of very young children’s intergenerational video calls across cultures and languages: More-than-human perspectives - Rosie Flewitt, Sandra El Gemayel, Lorna Arnott, Julia Gil...
The United Kingdom is home to a culturally and linguistically diverse population of young children living in families where digital technologies offer unprecede...
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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I'll spare you the photos (as they're mostly the same sort of thing) but I'm up to hat # 22 out of 26 for the month...
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Cute Cartoon Character Knitting Yarn
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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
#ShowMeYourKnits... yellow? Not a lot but I love this - got the wool when working in Australia... And I think I bought this wool for something completely different but me being me, it ended up being a TGV....
Edge of a hand knit shawl in yellow, still on the needles - pattern, Nature's Lace, AshcrotYellow hand knit shawl - pattern, TGV by Ashcroft
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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I get very sad if I'm teaching about phenomenology and no one in the room starts singing that...
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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
...and highlights plurality but might also lead into the number of Persons/Natures debate...
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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The problem, I've found, is power - and I've had people tell me that 'she' is entirely inappropriate for any part of God because God is all powerful (they never finish that sentence but you get the gist). I suspect for many, the same is true for 'It'. Themself is interesting ...
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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Hat #19 - also FOFriday #ShowMeYourKnits
Hand knit grey hat on stand - pattern based on Trekking by W Wormhead
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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#18... I think I may make to the required 26...
Hand knit grey hat on white stand
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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Hat #17
Grey handknit hat on a stand  Pattern: Trekking by W Wormhead
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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is horrific. This should not be the case. I would confidently expect statements from government officials about this. My MP is @torstenbell.bsky.social....?
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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
THIS is the sort of theology I remember from student days. Yes. The good stuff. Thank you
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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A very great deal of the crafting community is awesome. Some are indeed grandmothers - but that just means we've been awesome, and troublesome, for DECADES. Do not mess.
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Do Not Do - Kratos God of War
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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
*Knitting helps me get through meetings. And reading. And car journeys. And.. life
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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
*I rarely wear knitting stuff. Some shawls - I just don't think about it often enough, although there are LOTS around. *Colleagues are currently coming up with interesting ways to make use of all those toys, I'm thrilled. :) *All my knits have been exposed to cat hair. Because, feline overseer
Small brown and black cat, who does not approve of what she sees
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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A couple of notes about all the knitting... * I knit with a lot of cheap yarn. Mainly because it's what I have around but also because it's easy care - almost all of my knitting goes to people who probably aren't going to have time/space to 'hand wash, dry flat'...
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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Yet another hat... #16
White hand knit  hat, with pink brim
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