A team of researchers led by the University of Aberdeen has found that private gardens played a vital role in supporting people's well-being during the UK's first Covid-19 lockdown, when access to public green spaces was significantly restricted. 🔗 www.abdn.ac.uk/news/...

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STEAM Garden as a Provocation Day 2 has started 🌱 @morayhouse.bsky.social @kdarlingmcq.bsky.social and @jhanc89.bsky.social sharing a warm welcome ❤️

A wonderful first session at our STEAM Garden as a provocation event at @morayhouse.bsky.social - a wonderful gathering of our widening community. Thank you @l0ur0col.bsky.social @kdarlingmcq.bsky.social @jhanc89.bsky.social for creating such a special opportunity for thinking and reframing. 🌱🎨💭

Interesting event and thoughtful discussion at “STEAM garden as provocation” @morayhouse.bsky.social How does the metaphor of a garden provoke your thoughts about connections to education?

More than 20 years old & still an engrossing read, where you encounter the man as well as the philosopher. #AlasdairMacIntyre RIP @pesgb.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jope/article...

What kind of 'educational' research is quietly happening when teachers respond to students, make judgement in complex situations, say yes or no to pressures they face? Stewart Allan Robertson Lecture with Professor Gert Biesta, Steve McLeister, Jenny Murray, Alison Adams. "https://lnkd.in/eGv65UKS

🌍🧊 Glacier losses locked in A new study shows that even if we overshoot 1.5 °C and cool back down, glacier melt and reduced runoff will continue for centuries – some changes are irreversible. 🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s415... #SciComm #ClimateChange #Glaciers 🧪

Happy to share this work seeking to touch new dimensions in citizen science. An experiment across sciences and the arts. Thank you to Laura Koetzler and Claire Ramjan editors of the special issue for the opportunity! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Transformations in teacher education: being in and being-with the world #STEAM @morayhouse.bsky.social

It took a bit of time to elaborate these ideas in science education,but here we are, Carbon plunging into the realm of the changeable. Mini special issue with Gert Biesta, Elisabet Lengman and Stefano Oliveiro on World-Centred Education journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

tecnoscienza.unibo.it/article/view... grateful for this opportunity to work with doctoral students and with soil to explore education in slow mode....

🌍The SENSE.STEAM Report showcases innovative methods from 13 STEAM Labs across Europe, tackling inclusion, equality, climate change, etc. Findings coming through here: 📥 shorturl.at/wYpZx

An interesting read on the critical relationship between technology and human labour. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

I’m making a comeback by explaining why I stopped blogging patthomson.net/2025/01/01/p...

German and Italian prisoners of war at Newburgh, Fife, 1943; based at the nearby Ladybank camp, these prisoners would have stopped for a break during woodcutting. (Image: NMS)

If it is true that the Outcomes are going out in CfE, then we may bring the Earth in. Sharing a few thoughts and practice here: idlnetwork.substack.com/p/parkes-obs...

Sharing a moment of contemplation...

Sharing an adventure in citizen science and AI; not as bad as I thought! The dialogue across disciplines brings problems into perspective. Sharma et al. Image Recognition as a “Dialogic AI Partner” Within Biodiversity Citizen Science theoryandpractice.citizenscienceassociation.org/articles/10....

What is the real toll of natural and climate disasters? Science has staggering new answers www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...