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School leader who teaches a bit. PhD in Instructional Design. Writer. Podcasted for a bit. Honorary Fellow. Views entirely my own. Ballarat. fillingthepail.substack.com

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The Gift of History The familiar and the strange

NEW FREE POST The Gift of History

The familiar and the strange

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10.03.2026 21:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I might stop cross posting to here. It’s pretty dead. Does anyone rely on seeing my stuff this way?

06.03.2026 20:23 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Curios of the week #157 Everything you need to know about education right now

NEW CURIOS Free section includes a discussion of that Uta Frith interview about autism

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06.03.2026 20:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Episode #3 When Will They Learn? Greg Ashman and Caiti Wade discuss AI in education, differentiation and ATARs of those entering initial teaching degrees in Australia in Episode #3 of When Will They Learn?

NEW PODCAST AI and Differentiation. That is all!
When will they learn?

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05.03.2026 19:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Curios of the week #156 Everything you need to know about education right now

NEW CURIOS Free preview includes a discussion of the tribulations of group work

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Bad boys stick together Cause, effect and the manosphere

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Cause, effect and the manosphere

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23.02.2026 20:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Curios of the week #155 Everything you need to know about education right now

NEW CURIOS Free preview discusses the legacy of Michael Gove

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Episode #2 When Will They Learn? Greg Ashman and Caiti Wade discuss critical thinking and critiques of 'evidence-based practice' in Episode #2 of When Will They Learn?

NEW PODCAST EPISODE
When Will They Learn?
Critical thinking, positivism and more

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19.02.2026 20:19 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Preparing young people for the misinformation pandemic We can turn off social media but then what?

NEW FREE POST Preparing young people for the misinformation pandemic
We can turn off social media but then what?

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18.02.2026 20:14 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Curios of the week #154 Everything you need to know about education right now.

NEW CURIOS In the free section I discuss differentiation / differentiated instruction

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13.02.2026 20:14 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Structure and sequence How my ideas about initial teaching have changed over time

NEW FREE POST Structure and sequence
How my ideas about initial teaching have changed over time

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11.02.2026 20:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Curios of the week #153 Everything you need to know about education right now

NEW CURIOS Free section discusses an exciting new podcast

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06.02.2026 20:05 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Episode #1 When Will They Learn? Greg Ashman and Caiti Wade launch the 'When Will They Learn?' podcast.

NEW PODCAST
When Will They Learn?
In which Caiti Wade and I explore what’s going on in education. In the first episode, we look at Building Thinking Classrooms and teacher professionalism.
Available on your favourite podcast source.
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05.02.2026 19:31 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Scientism in the classroom What teachers need to know

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What teachers need to know

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03.02.2026 23:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Curios of the week #152 Everything you need to know about education right now

NEW CURIOS Free section discusses an article claiming explicit teaching is a β€˜pedagogy of poverty’

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30.01.2026 21:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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It is going to be the biggest ever Australian researchED.
Today, we hit 540 registrations and we are still going!
Don't miss out on being a part of this movement.
Tickets: events.humanitix.com/researched-b...

29.01.2026 22:48 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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ANNOUNCING Sharon Gillet and Kristin Bourne
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29.01.2026 02:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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ANNOUNCING Peter Sherwin
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28.01.2026 04:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How I use Artificial Intelligence for planning We need to get off the hamster wheel

NEW FREE POST How I use Artificial Intelligence for planning
We need to get off the hamster wheel
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25.01.2026 03:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Curios of the week #150 Everything you need to know about education right now

NEW CURIOS Free preview asks what’s wrong with β€˜compliance’

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16.01.2026 20:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a woman with red hair is making a face with the words be there or be square behind her ALT: a woman with red hair is making a face with the words be there or be square behind her

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT
researchED Ballarat on 14 March was close to selling out with the waiting list about to kick in
BUT
We've had a bit of a think and come up with a solution where we can fit more people in.
NORTH of 450, here we come!
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15.01.2026 00:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Years later, 'metacognition and self-regulation' is still not a thing And what this means for the Education Endowment Foundation's Toolkit

NEW FREE POST Years later, 'metacognition and self-regulation' is still not a thing

And what this means for the Education Endowment Foundation's Toolkit

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13.01.2026 07:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Curios of the week #149 Everything you need to know about education right now

NEW CURIOS Free section discusses maths, Ontario and @nsachdeva.bsky.social

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09.01.2026 20:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Deakin University to run workshops in an unproven approach for all trainee teachers The Berry Street Education Model and trauma-informed practice

NEW FREE POST Deakin University to run workshops in an unproven approach for all trainee teachers

The Berry Street Education Model and trauma-informed practice

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06.01.2026 03:14 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Curios of the week #148 Everything you need to know about education right now

NEW CURIOS Free section includes some DISGUSTED teacher trainers.

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02.01.2026 20:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Was a teacher disciplined and labelled a potential extremist for showing a video of Trump's inauguration? We will never know for sure but it raises some interesting questions

NEW FREE POST Was a teacher disciplined and labelled a potential extremist for showing a video of Trump's inauguration?
We will never know for sure but it raises some interesting questions

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31.12.2025 06:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Curios of the week #147 Everything you need to know about education right now

NEW CURIOS Free section discusses a perhaps unlikely advocate for school choice

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26.12.2025 20:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Savage's ghosts The jilted generations

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The jilted generations

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20.12.2025 21:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Curios of the week #146 Everything you need to know about education right now

NEW CURIOS Free section discusses β€˜flexible’ approaches to reading instruction

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19.12.2025 20:17 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Mossbourne and natural justice Why it matters

NEW FREE POST Mossbourne and natural justice

Why it matters

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14.12.2025 08:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0