I have a chapter out in this new (and open-access) edited-collection, alongside many brilliant others. Link here: www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph-de....
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Dr David Ben Shannon
@davidbenshannon.bsky.social
Lecturer in Education at University of Sheffield. Critical autism studies, queer/trans studies, music and (disability) arts, and early childhood (& Dr Who). Former primary/special ed. teacher/SENCO. he/him www.DavidBenShannon.co.uk
I then got to Rory asking "how we can convince the public on Net Zero" We don't have to. It has strong public support. yougov.com/en-gb/articl... Only right wing politicians seem to fail to understand (which is in part why they lose elections) bsky.app/profile/adsq...
Sarah E Truman and I have an entry in Theory and Philosophy in Qualitative Research Methods.
Four affective strategies for queer(er) research with Oblique Curiosit
In this chapter, the authors propose how qualitative researchers interested in queer theory might enact qualitative research in queerer ways. In so doing, they
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I stand with trans and non binary people. This is a difficult and scary time - and the Govenrment must reject the framework. It's vital that everyone is treated with dignity and care and far too often trans and non binary people aren't. Solidarity always 🏳️⚧️
🚨NEW BOOK ALERT🚨 My first book*, "Learning Through Noise," is available NOW from Palgrave Macmillan! It's a deep dive into the relationship between learning and noise and the last publication to come out of my dissertation. Available now from the publisher- link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Sarah E. Truman and I have a new article out in Futures: "Can we queer nostalgia: Fabulating more just futures through the speculative arts." www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Can we queer nostalgia? Fabulating more just futures through the speculative arts
In this article, the authors draw on queer theory and their speculative artistic practice to imagine and activate nostalgia otherwise. They analyse a …
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Madame Vastra has a thing or two to say to trans-exclusionary non-feminists who haven't studied science in 40 years. #DoctorWho
Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · 8mo agoTrans women has been welcomed at the Women's Institute since the 1970s and one member is in her 80's and has been a member for decades. This is pure bigotry pushed by legal threats backed monetarily by JK Rowling. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
If they don’t keep the deliciously camp sword fight in #DoctorWho’s the Sea Devils in colour I’m going to turn into a rhino.
I worked with a former special education teaching colleague, Yvonne Williams, to write about how curriculum and pedagogical expectations “narrow” what it means to be neurotypical in schools in England. It’s in our new edited-collection (linked below). www.routledge.com/Language-Pla...
Language, Place, and the Body in Childhood Literacies: Theory, Practice, and Social Justice
Challenging dominant views of early childhood language development and knowledge, this thought-provoking volume illuminates the importance of place, the body, and movement in opening space for young c...
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Dr David Ben Shannon@davidbenshannon.bsky.social · 9mo agoThere is no amount of money in the world that can fix the SEND system. We need curriculum reform and to give teachers the time to adequately and strategically differentiate learning. @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/education/20...
There is no amount of money in the world that can fix the SEND system. We need curriculum reform and to give teachers the time to adequately and strategically differentiate learning. @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Warning of £20bn timebomb as Reeves switches Send funding in England to education department
Councils welcome move but OBR says it is a significant fiscal risk and could lead to 4.9% real fall in spending per pupil
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There is no amount of money in the world that can fix the SEND system. We need curriculum reform and to give teachers the time to adequately and strategically differentiate learning. @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Warning of £20bn timebomb as Reeves switches Send funding in England to education department
Councils welcome move but OBR says it is a significant fiscal risk and could lead to 4.9% real fall in spending per pupil
theguardian.com
I had a realisation about the idea that #DoctorWho has "gone" woke. It's never made much sense because #DoctorWho has always been left-leaning. I wonder if the problem is that fans watch old episodes without context. The second ever story, "The Daleks," is a good example of this: a thread...
Chris Williams (dink)@chriswilliams-dink.bsky.social · 9mo agoAs it's #DoctorWhoDay here's a Private Eye @privateeyenews.bsky.social cartoon of mine that appeared earlier in the year.
@abihackett.bsky.social, Christina MacRae, Maggie MacLure and I have a new article out open access in Journal of Early Childhood Literacies, sharing data from a collaboration with the Humber Museums Partnership.
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This was such a wonderful project to be a part of, thinking and writing with colleagues in the university and in practice.
@abihackett.bsky.social · 11mo agoOur new book is published! You can read the first chapter for free here www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
What the study shows is that white, well-off, gays and lesbians in mid-to-senior roles in workplaces that self-select for a hate group's mailing list do not like being included under the LGBT+ banner. Shocking! I don't have to run a survey to know everybody else doesn't like them, either!
“No denial or omission in law can erase the concrete reality that trans and intersex people have always and will always exist. Attempts to erase them as a class constitutes an intent to commit genocide.”
Toilet Access & Inclusion: Research Evidence to Guide Decision-Making After the Supreme Court Ruling A downloadable PDF which uses our research evidence from the last decade to help guide organisations in their approach to toilet provision since the Supreme Court Ruling tinyurl.com/toiletresearch
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Yeah this is going to thoroughly doink staff on fixed-term contracts. Why give anyone a permanent job when you can just employ them for a day a week six years ago and still submit their papers?
Glen O'Hara@gsoh31.bsky.social · last yr.A good guide to the next great university scandal: they will be able to submit big groups of researchers to the 2029 Research Excellence Framework, get millions of your money, then sack all the staff and pocket their nice yearly income from you the taxpayer until c2036/37. wonkhe.com/blogs/portab...
Not all cis men have XY chromosomes Not all cis women have XX chromosomes 🧬✨
Joanna L. Pearce, Ph.D.@jlphistory.bsky.social · last yr.What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders? Unless you seek it out, most professors don't learn how to teach. It's not part of the job requirements. The idea is that you're an expert in your field and that's Enough.
“No doubt the clarity of its conclusion will be welcomed by some, but reducing a complex subject to an overly simple one is not what is needed. Their Lordships would have benefited from a refresher course on sex and gender differentiation.”
Natacha@natacha.bsky.social · last yr.The key question in this short but damning (of the Supreme Court) letter by Emeritus Professor of neuroscience at Cambridge Uni is this; “Why should genitals supersede brains?” The “Supreme” Court has decided our bodies matter more than our souls, our minds. It is an extreme dehumanization.
"The government does not support self-identification. We want to support the robustness of the process of gender recognition certificate applications" - we like making trans people jump through hoops and fill out endless forms for no reason
I taught in a system where funding for inclusion was separate from the EHCP and it was an absolute shit show. Please consider signing.
Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar)@autisticrealms.bsky.social · last yr.The government is considering removing EHCPs for pupils with SEND in mainstream schools. This is potentially really harmful for every child with SEND in UK. Please consider signing and sharing. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71... Shared via: @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social
Grumpy Doctor Who fans calling him riding a confetti cannon across interstellar space "camp trash" as if that's not literally my favourite type of Doctor Who story.
Using a confetti cannon to fly through space is only the third most ridiculous method the Doctor's used so far. Doctor 5 used a cricket ball, and Doctor 3 used his own oxygen supply.
I taught in a system where funding for inclusion was separate from the EHCP and it was an absolute shit show. Please consider signing.
Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar)@autisticrealms.bsky.social · last yr.The government is considering removing EHCPs for pupils with SEND in mainstream schools. This is potentially really harmful for every child with SEND in UK. Please consider signing and sharing. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71... Shared via: @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social
The government is considering removing EHCPs for pupils with SEND in mainstream schools. This is potentially really harmful for every child with SEND in UK. Please consider signing and sharing. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71... Shared via: @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social
Petition: Retain legal right to assessment and support in education for children with SEND
Support in education is a vital legal right of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). We ask the government to commit to maintaining the existing law, so that vulnerable chil...
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I was thrilled to share survey and interview findings from the Eloping Project at the University of Sheffield yesterday. Thanks to @davidbenshannon.bsky.social and the School of Education for hosting! Slides available through the link. uwaterloo.ca/scholar/m23g...
Autistic "eloping" and other fugitive practices: Reflections on neuroqueer resistance
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In spite of everything, I had the most wonderful first day at #AERA.