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  • S6E1: The Teacher Crisis - Real or Imagined

    Professor Jim Watterston, Dean of the Melbourne Graduate School of Education, delves into the details of Australia's teacher crisis with guests Prof Larissa McLean Davies, Robert Boucher, and Sharon Thompson.

  • S5E1: Mental Health in Primary Schools

    Professor Jim Watterston explores the Mental Health in Primary Schools (MHiPS) project with Professor Frank Oberklaid and Dr Georgia Dawson.

  • S4E1: Decolonising the English curriculum

    Larissa McLean Davies, an Associate Professor in Languages and Literacy Education, hosts a panel discussion on the importance of reading in our lives, and how to make the teaching of English more inclusive, particularly in terms of decolonising the curriculum.

  • S4E2: COVID-19 – catalyst for change or a retreat to the past?

    Professor Jim Watterston, Dean of the Melbourne Graduate School of Education, and Professor Yong Zhao discuss the education system post-COVID-19 and question whether the role of education should be more than simply preparing students for the workforce.

  • S4E3: Gen X,Y & Z: facing the challenges of the 21st century

    Professor Jim Watterston, Dean of the Melbourne Graduate School of Education, and Professor Johanna Wyn discuss the differences and commonalities between the generations revealed by the longitudinal study Life Patterns.

  • S4E4: New Assessments: Acknowledging Student Success

    Professor Jim Watterston, Dean of the Melbourne School of Education, discusses the development of these new assessment tools with Professor Sandra Milligan, Director of the Assessment Research Centre at the University of Melbourne.

  • Resilience and recovery: bushfires and COVID-19 (S3 Ep1)

  • Teaching through the pandemic: lessons learned in and out of school

  • Dealing with trauma: schools on the frontline

  • The kids are alright but is the education system? Flipping the conversation on Indigenous education

  • The COVID lessons: John Hattie reflects

  • Episode 1: How educators can boost children’s interest in reading

  • Episode 2: A challenging look at teaching teachers

  • Episode 3: Teaching children reading

  • Episode 4: What the rest of the world is noticing about our most effective teachers

  • Season 2 Ep 5: Talking Teaching considers the growing national momentum for pre-school for three year old children

  • Episode 6: Positive Psychology: Learning the skills and capabilities for wellbeing

  • Season 2 Episode 7: Australian schooling and teaching 21st century skills

  • Season 2 Episode 8: The need for policy changes in the VET sector

  • Season 2 Episode 9: Teaching Indigenous history in schools and the rundown on NAPLAN

  • Talking Teaching: Professor Glyn Davis

  • Talking Teaching: What does it take to be a good principal?

  • Talking Teaching: Jo Boaler, Michaela Epstein and Michelle Fry on Maths Education, and the Saudi Arabian education reforms

  • Talking Teaching: Gonski 2.0

  • Talking teaching: Katherine Henderson, Dr Geoff Masters and David Baker.

  • Talking Teaching: Eddie Woo

  • Talking Teaching: John Hattie, Peggy Brookins, HALTS teachers, Noel Creece and Wesley Imms

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