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Every learner leaves a thread that shows us how learning really happens: not as a neat line, but as a woven, messy, brilliant story of becoming. learnerthreads.com

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Stimpunks Foundation @stimpunks.org · 12/10/2025
Let’s normalize bodymind breaks in schools. Take them when you need them. Take them in the bathroom. Take them in the library. Take them outside. Take them when you need to pee. Take them when you need to cry. Take them whenever you need to regulate. stimpunks.org/bodymind-bre...
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Bodymind Break
We're not minds riding around in bodies, we're bodyminds. The swells and textures of nature follow patterns that resonate with the human body through its ability to hear sound. Enjoy a sonic tribute…
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Sue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
I'm not sure #inclusion sits well with sequenced curriculums delivered in a very specific way. I think there are questions about agency, voice and interests for young people in a totally adult led approach. We need to start from where the children are at, surely? Have the freedom to be flexible. ☺️
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Learner Threads @learnerthreads.com · 12/10/2025
Made to support the growth of close reading skills. Free version here.
Screenshot of the adjectives card showing definition, example and the effect.
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Learner Threads @learnerthreads.com · 11/10/2025
Free tool to support the growth of language analysis skills and deep reading.
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Language Lens (Sample)
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Learner Threads @learnerthreads.com · 07/10/2025
Learning what to say about a quote takes persistence, plus lots of thinking, mixed in with some imagination. Language Lens helps unlock the mystery. 44 literary devices defined with prompts, flashcards, and a daily analysis example. Check it out: languagelens.learnerthreads.com #edusky
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Language Lens | Learner Threads
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Learner Threads @learnerthreads.com · 02/08/2025
What if being stuck is actually an invitation? Not for being rescued with more instruction, but to reach for learning dispositions, and thus grow those fundamental ways of being we all possess: being curious, persistent, imaginative, attentive, collaborative, thoughtful, and caring about quality.
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Learner Threads @learnerthreads.com · 31/07/2025
In a world that increasingly outsources thinking, helping students develop trust in their own inner ‘senses’ is a profound act of resistance. Every time they choose to be curious instead of passive, persistent instead of dependent, they’re asserting their power as learners, and people.
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Learner Threads @learnerthreads.com · 31/07/2025
Whether someone becomes a brilliant scientist, creative artist, or innovative mathematician, they all draw on the same fundamental learning powers: curiosity, persistence, imagination, attention, thinking, collaboration, and craftsmanship. #learningdispositions #edusky
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Learner Threads @learnerthreads.com · 28/07/2025
We live in an age of outsourcing. Google remembers facts for us. Algorithms choose our content. Increasingly, education systems mirror this dependency model. But learning is an insourcing process. It’s how students develop their own intellectual resources and gain trust in their own thinking power.
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Learner Threads @learnerthreads.com · 24/07/2025
Reflecting on learning helps grow student thinking and identity as a powerful learner. The Learner Threads Hub supports this process by guiding students through a reflective process that helps them see the connection between what they did and the dispositions that drove it. #edusky
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Learning Reflections Tour - Learner Threads
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Learner Threads @learnerthreads.com · 24/07/2025
Great to have Wellington Girls College and Sacred Heart College sign up to the Learner Threads Hub. #learningdispositions #learningstories
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Learner Threads Hub
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Abe Moore @arbay38.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
SA public education is undergoing a transformational systems change led by CEO, Prof. Martin Westwell. Good for anyone looking for a good news story, about how a shared focus on knowledge, dispositions and capabilities can create meaningful learning. www.thelearningfuture.com/the-learning...
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From Cognitive Debt to Purposeful Learning: Reimagining Education with Prof. Martin Westwell S9E8 (128) — The Learning Future
🔥 What if our obsession with achievement is actually limiting our students’ potential to become adaptive, purpose-driven learners? 🔥 What would education look like if we genuinely trusted teach...
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Learner Threads @learnerthreads.com · 15/07/2025
Last day to try out the Learner Hub. Comprised of two tools that enable learners to engage with the dispositions framework I developed with Guy Claxton, the Hub supports the growth of learner agency and metacognition.
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Learner Threads Hub
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Learner Threads @learnerthreads.com · 12/07/2025
Just as relevant to the two voluminous English curriculum documents being thrust upon schools in NZ.
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Learner Threads @learnerthreads.com · 12/07/2025
These are excellent, and here’s two reasons why: 1) They are genuine maths games, not the gamification of maths, and so, like all games, elicit focus and persistence. 2) They lead learners into a space where they naturally exercise their thinking ‘muscle’. #learningdispositions
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Learner Threads @learnerthreads.com · 12/07/2025
I created the Learning Navigator after doing something similar in my own classrooms. I called them disposition boards, and the Navigator takes the idea a bit further. It is there to help kids find their next ‘learning move’ in a subject by organising actions by disposition.
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Learner Threads @learnerthreads.com · 11/07/2025
To think like a scientist requires attention. Here’s one learning move learners can make to grow their scientific attention: Create detailed, focused observations through drawing. The act of drawing forces you to look carefully and notice details you might otherwise miss. #learningdispositions
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Learner Threads @learnerthreads.com · 04/07/2025
Learning stories are wonderful. But writing them for every kid in your class is overwhelming. Now, with the Learner Threads Hub 'Learning Reflections' app, students can take ownership of their own reflection and story creation. #learningstories #learningdispositions #edusky
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Learner Threads @learnerthreads.com · 11/07/2025
I love this. It’s a wonderful way to help kids stretch their powers of attention. #learningdispositions
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Learner Threads @learnerthreads.com · 10/07/2025
The extent to which a learner has the opportunity to engage positive learning dispositions comes from the kind of environment they are in.
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Learner Threads @learnerthreads.com · 10/07/2025
To think like a scientist requires imagination. Here’s one learning move learners can make to grow their scientific imagination: Make the invisible visible and touchable, by building models or demonstrations that show how scientific processes work. #learningdispositions #edusky
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Learner Threads @learnerthreads.com · 10/07/2025
“We must sit with things to know them well enough to think well about them. We need to feel what’s going on – essential for knowing. We need to mull things, turning them over to glimpse them from all sides. And that means we need to control the amount of time we spend Thinking.”
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Learner Threads @learnerthreads.com · 10/07/2025
Learner Threads is where @bevanholloway.com talks education, esp #learningdispositions, #learningstories & #eduplay. Learner Threads is also where Bevan brings his knowledge and experience about education together in the form of products that support learners and learning.
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Learner Threads @learnerthreads.com · 10/07/2025
Latest post on the blog, in which @bevanholloway.com explores the idea of insourcing and how it opens for learners "the opportunity to gain knowledge of who they are, find the threads that help them relate to the world, and who aren’t afraid to participate in it." #learningdispositions #edusky
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Insourcing
Insourcing: a way to nurture the inner power and agency of learners, fostering connections and authentic expression, countering today’s efficiency-driven, outsourcing culture that stifles ind…
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Learner Threads @learnerthreads.com · 09/07/2025
Take a tour of the Learning Reflections tool. The tool guides learners through a reflective process, focused on dispositions, that leads to a learning story. And, it has the option of including teacher/parent voice. #learningstories #edusky #eduplay
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Learning Reflections Tour - Learner Threads
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Learner Threads @learnerthreads.com · 09/07/2025
To think like a mathematician requires curiosity. Here’s one learning move learners can make to grow their mathematical curiosity: Use manipulatives, drawings, or physical objects to explore the problem. #learningdispositions
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Learner Threads @learnerthreads.com · 09/07/2025
Nice learning move! Inviting learners to use their imagination as they engage in poetry analysis is a great way to help them stitch together their ability to 'think like' a lover of literature. #learningdispositions
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Learner Threads @learnerthreads.com · 09/07/2025
Magic happens when a learner chooses a learning disposition (like curiosity) in a subject (like science) & discovers specific ways to express it through their head, heart, & hands. This is how they develop their identity as someone who can think like a scientist, artist, historian, or mathematician.
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Learner Threads @learnerthreads.com · 08/07/2025
Mathematics isn’t just a grind through numerous exercises. To think like a mathematician requires imagination. Here’s one learning move kids can make to grow their mathematical imagination: Visualise the problem in a different way - graphs, diagrams, or models. #learningdispositions
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Learner Threads @learnerthreads.com · 08/07/2025
"I don't know what to do next" → We've all been there! The Learning Navigator helps students find their next learning move when stuck. 504 disposition-aligned strategies across all subjects. Learning Reflections guides them to create learning stories. Free trial until 16 July. #edusky
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Learner Threads @learnerthreads.com · 08/07/2025
Learners can make powerful progress not just by doing the work harder, but by learning to ‘think like a …’ For instance, a student in English can harness their curiosity and gather collections of interesting words from poems, powerful photos from magazines, or cool facts from articles.
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Learner Threads @learnerthreads.com · 07/07/2025
Free trial with unlimited use. Code: TRYME2 No account, no c/c required to access the trial. Check out the Learner Threads apps: - Learning Navigator, to help learners find their next 'learning move'. - Learning Reflections, to guide student through a dispositions focused reflection. #edusky
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Learner Threads @learnerthreads.com · 05/07/2025
The Learning Navigator is there to help learners 'think like a ...' by helping them choose a learning disposition (like curiosity) in a subject (like science) and discover specific ways to express it through their head, heart, and hands. Try it for free until 16 July. Access code: TRYME2
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Learner Threads @learnerthreads.com · 03/07/2025
FREE TWO WEEK TRIAL. No cc. No account reg. No data collection. Works on any browser. Two apps to support learner agency, grow dispositions, and support reflection. Trial access code is in the blog post. #learningdispositions #learningstories #edusky #eduplay #playbasedlearning #inquirylearning
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Unlock Learning Superpowers: Introducing the Learner Threads Hub (and a FREE Trial for Your School!)
Want to nurture student learning without the usual tech headaches? Meet Learner Threads Hub—your digital Swiss Army knife for lifelong learners. Dive in and explore!
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Learner Threads @learnerthreads.com · 04/07/2025
Learning stories are wonderful. But writing them for every kid in your class is overwhelming. Now, with the Learner Threads Hub 'Learning Reflections' app, students can take ownership of their own reflection and story creation. #learningstories #learningdispositions #edusky
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Learner Threads @learnerthreads.com · 03/07/2025
Helping learners to "Think like a [scientist/mathematician/historian ...]" is a great way to help them see that when they're stuck it's not because they're "No good at ..." but instead just need different 'moves'. eg, When the experiment's not working, what do scientists do?
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Learner Threads @learnerthreads.com · 03/07/2025
FREE TWO WEEK TRIAL. No cc. No account reg. No data collection. Works on any browser. Two apps to support learner agency, grow dispositions, and support reflection. Trial access code is in the blog post. #learningdispositions #learningstories #edusky #eduplay #playbasedlearning #inquirylearning
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Unlock Learning Superpowers: Introducing the Learner Threads Hub (and a FREE Trial for Your School!)
Want to nurture student learning without the usual tech headaches? Meet Learner Threads Hub—your digital Swiss Army knife for lifelong learners. Dive in and explore!
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Learner Threads @learnerthreads.com · 01/07/2025
Like the idea of learning stories, but find the workload overwhelming? 'My Learning Reflections' guides learners through the process of writing their own learning stories, with the focus on dispositions so they can reflect on how, not just what, they learned. #learningdispositions #learningstories
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Unlocking the ‘How’: Introducing the My Learning Reflections App
Education’s obsession with content overlooks a crucial truth: true growth stems from understanding ‘how’ we learn. Embrace ‘The Magnificent Seven’ to foster powerful l…
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Learner Threads @learnerthreads.com · 30/06/2025
Put the focus on learning's how! ✨ The 'My Learning Reflections' app helps students reflect on how dispositions like Curiosity, Persistence & more powered their learning. No sign-in, no data, no tracking, no AI. PDF outputs for learners to save & share with those who support them. Learn more ...
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My Learning Reflections App
My Learning Reflections is an app that helps students understand their learning styles and strengths through self-reflection, promoting curiosity and growth without needing accounts or data storage…
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Learner Threads @learnerthreads.com · 26/06/2025
NZ teachers: you have to look hard, but the curriculum does contain words and phrases you can hook into to justify taking a dispositional approach. Like, “motivation is critical for wellbeing and engagement in learning”. Motivation comes from curiosity, so nurturing it becomes crucial.
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Learner Threads @learnerthreads.com · 26/06/2025
To nurture Curiosity and Thinking: Present students with a single, provocative image, object, or statement. Ask, "What’s your first reaction to this?" #learningdispositions
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Learner Threads @learnerthreads.com · 25/06/2025
NZ primary schools: here's a practical resource to help you continue to nurture dispositions, despite their absence from the new curriculum. #learningdispositions #nzedu
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The Curriculum Weaver's Kit
Your Practical Guide to Nurturing Learning Dispositions in a Structured Curriculum.Feeling the squeeze of the new structured curriculum? Wondering how to deliver mandated literacy and numeracy hours w...
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Learner Threads @learnerthreads.com · 25/06/2025
Homeschool parents: Want college applications that truly shine? Learn how learning stories capture your teen’s unique character and growth, beyond grades. #homeschool #learningstories
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Unlocking Their Genius: Documenting Your Teen’s Unique Growth with Learning Stories
Learning Stories help capture what makes your teen unique beyond grades, showcasing their character and growth. They’re like personal narratives highlighting strengths and future potential.
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Learner Threads @learnerthreads.com · 24/06/2025
Feeling the pressure of new curriculum mandates? Discover how to seamlessly weave the 'Magnificent Seven' learning dispositions into your lessons for deeper, more engaged learning. #NZCurriculum #NZTeachers #EducationNZ #LearningDispositions #Pedagogy
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Weaving Wonder: Integrating Learning Dispositions into Your Structured NZ Curriculum
New Zealand’s shift to a knowledge-rich curriculum aims to enhance teaching and learning. The Magnificent Seven Positive Learning Dispositions support diverse learners, fostering autonomy and…
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Learner Threads @learnerthreads.com · 24/06/2025
Is "thinking well" just about grades? 🤔 Not according to LearnerThreads! Thinking well also encompasses emotions & self-worth. It requires fostering deep care for the learner. Thinking well builds robust humans. Read more about the 3 layers of thinking that matter. #learningstories #educhat
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What does it mean to think well?
Education must prioritize holistic thinking, balancing functional outcomes with emotional awareness. Rigid systems foster fear over growth, undermining both learners and the essence of learning its…
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Learner Threads @learnerthreads.com · 24/06/2025
Unveil the magic of learning beyond grades! ✨ LearnerThreads helps you see those brilliant, messy stories of becoming. Discover how to unlock inherent potential with the Magnificent Seven. Explore now! learnerthreads.com #edusky #learningdispostions
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