Talking Teaching: Eddie Woo

Episode two of Talking Teaching features a lengthy interview with the maths teacher behind Woo Tube, the dynamic communicator Eddie Woo.

With an audience in the hundreds of thousands that stretches way beyond his home school of Cherrybrook High in Sydney, Eddie has a down-to earth approach to technology, seeing it merely as an amplifier.

Central to his high impact teaching is a well developed methodology and a talent for hooking his students with a great story.

Importantly, he has a lot to say about how we need to change the mindset of those students who say, 'I can't do maths'.

Read the full transcript

Guests

Eddie Woo – Head, Maths Department, Cherrybrook High, Sydney

Production

Theme music by Gavin Nebauer.
Talking Teaching recorded and mixed by Gavin Nebauer at The Horwood Recording Studio, University of Melbourne.

Learn more

Eddie Woo and his rise from anonymous teacher to maths rockstar (Australian Story – ABC)

Global Teacher Prize: Eddie Woo on reducing students’ maths anxiety (Teacher)

Eddie Woo named ‘among world’s top 10 teachers’ (The Australian)