Margaret Paton, Aussie-based education writerIt shouldn’t be, but an Anglo surname is worth gold in AustraliaIf you can access an Anglo-Saxon surname as an Australian citizen, go for it! Sorry, Jenna Price (Attention Mrs Nobody, Sydney Morning…Oct 14, 2023Oct 14, 2023
Margaret Paton, Aussie-based education writerA CBD school on a quest to go off grid: An innovative digital twin STEM projectWhen a school community member at St Mary’s College in Adelaide offered to help set up a ‘digital twin’ of a new building pre-pandemic…Sep 1, 2023Sep 1, 2023
Margaret Paton, Aussie-based education writerRetraining as a math teacher: Should you learn more content than pedagogy?You might be curious about how much mathematics content you need to learn compared to pedagogy if you’re an out-of-field teacher and…Apr 20, 20231Apr 20, 20231
Margaret Paton, Aussie-based education writerTeacher shortage? Meh!Jo Lampert, La Trobe University’s Professor of Social Inclusion and Teacher Education, contested the claims of a teacher shortage with her…Aug 13, 2022Aug 13, 2022
Margaret Paton, Aussie-based education writerMy drive to teachA pedagogy-free beginningJan 22, 2022Jan 22, 2022
Margaret Paton, Aussie-based education writerHow to kickstart your tech-edged freelance writing careerWhere do you start if you want to forge a career as a technical or technology writer?Jan 7, 2022Jan 7, 2022
Margaret Paton, Aussie-based education writerHow to gain positive media coverage for your school’s STEM projectOne school’s chicken coop and another school’s solar-powered recycled plastic benches with inbuilt phone-recharging stations.Nov 21, 2021Nov 21, 2021
Margaret Paton, Aussie-based education writerDon’t assume out-of-field teachers are UNqualified — they could just be teaching across boundariesMy latest installment as I delve into the phenomenon of out-of-field teaching as part of my Graduate Research in Education Research at…Nov 12, 2021Nov 12, 2021
Margaret Paton, Aussie-based education writerCan a methodology take a life of its own?This was a war where not a drop of blood was shed, nor prisoner held, with no victor or vanquished. It has never earnt a mention in…Oct 9, 2021Oct 9, 2021
Margaret Paton, Aussie-based education writerAre out-of-field teachers just hole fillers?How beginning educators teaching high school mathematics out-of-field in regional Australia develop a professional identityMay 31, 2021May 31, 2021