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My article on education research, co-authored with Eunice Tan, is out in JEAP! Through analysing a collaborative action research project, we argue that co-writing a rubric allows teachers to scaffold informal learning for each other. Link avail. till 18/8: authors.elsevier.com/a/1jKZD5FQORpt…

New article out! "We Misunderstood Them" challenges dominant assumptions of Virginia Woolf's mentorship in her exchange with Ling Shuhua, and proposes new methods of reading C20th transnational exchanges. Thank you @vwoolf2021, @paceupress, @nypl, and @Soc_of_Authors.

@russelljyap Thanks for being my sole friend on my extremely inactive X account 😂

@teckwrites Congrats!

My article on education research, co-authored with Eunice Tan, is out in JEAP! Through analysing a collaborative action research project, we argue that co-writing a rubric allows teachers to scaffold informal learning for each other. Link avail. till 18/8: authors.elsevier.com/a/1jKZD5FQORpt…

I wrote about the publishing industry's post #BLM diversity push - the largest transformation of its kind in US history - and their current attempts to dismantle it, for quite dubious reasons w/ @dan_sinykin at @TheAtlantic. A thread to summarize the article's main arguments >>>

Why’s Jin Yong the master of wuxia novels? Many think that his books are just about flying kung fu masters. They’re actually meditations on age-old questions on Chinese culture and politics. In this 🧵, I’ll explain the themes for those not familiar with Chinese culture. 🧵1/19

It’s here! A study of women’s textile arts by the scholar behind the brilliant account, @womensart1

Vietnamese artist Diem Chau sculpts incredibly detailed figures on the top of Crayola crayons #WomensArt

Scroll down for the English translation.

When I started conceptualizing my new role as an investigative correspondent, I knew one of the stories I wanted to dig into was how & why extreme pro-Beijing narratives are hardening within parts of multicultural Singapore, my home. Here is what we found: washingtonpost.com/world/interact…

1933 newspaper article on artist Frida Kahlo #WomensArt

@kennethtaywh YASyasyas

Research means: Spending a week reading 20+ key studies about rubric use in education across two decades, sorting their claims into several baskets, and writing this up into a concise paragraph, only to cut most of the citations by citing 6 literature reviews. 🤓

This is the Queen's Stepwell in Gujarat, India, built nearly 1,000 years ago. It is beautiful, but it isn't unique — India is filled with hundreds of stepwells just like it. Here is the story of the world's most extraordinary underground architecture...

Ian Hacking, an influential and prolific philosopher known for his work on various topics in philosophy of science, died earlier today. dailynous.com/2023/05/10/ian…

Happening now!

"The Great Gatsby" was published on this day in 1925. When Alonzo Vereen began teaching the novel to his students, many of whom were from communities of color, they were initially uninterested. Then he found a way to bring the novel to life: on.theatln.tc/8SDCNpv

Susan Stanford Friedman passed away today in Madison, WI. She was an extraordinarily generous scholar, teacher, mentor, and friends. So many of us are in her debt and are better for her company. RIP.

A colleague told me one of my ex students described me as “middle aged” 😡 *shakes walking stick angrily*

@TheRatedRPoet It’s ok, nobody is reading the analysis unless it’s on a giant rotating table with Harry Styles in a jumpsuit on it 🤣

@teckwrites We live in a world where everything is over-analysed.

We live in a world where Super-Mario-esque giant moving platforms are considered “an act of radical minimalism” 🙄 #RihannaSuperBowl #attentioneconomy