The Art of Teaching

Gary Stager, Ph.D: The transformative power of jazz, unpacking the art of teaching and life-changing lessons from Seymour Papert.

In addition to being a popular keynote speaker at some of the world’s most prestigious education conferences, Gary Stager is a journalist, teacher educator, consultant, professor, software developer, publisher, and school administrator. An elementary teacher by training, he has taught students from preschool through doctoral studies. In 1990, Dr. Stager led professional development in the world’s first laptop schools and played a significant role in the early days of online education. Gary is the founder of the Constructing Modern Knowledge summer institute for educators.

 

Professor Jo Boaler: Developing mindsets, embracing failure and mathematics as a way of ’seeing’ the world in front of us.

Today, I have a very special episode for you. Professor Jo Boaler. Her work has been published in the New York Times, TIME magazine, The Telegraph, The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal and many other news outlets. She is currently co-leading YouCubed and was named one of the eight educators “changing the face of education” by the BBC. We covered a lot of ground in our discussion, including parenting, pioneering in a male-dominated discipline, developing mathematical mindsets and how to embrace failure. I was honoured to have a conversation, and I hope it was as transformative for you as it was for me.

Links to her resources can be found below:

Stanford Profile: https://joboaler.people.stanford.edu/

YouCubed: https://www.youcubed.org/

YouCubed Professional Development: https://www.youcubed.org/professional-development-at-stanford/

Teaching Videos: https://www.youcubed.org/resource/teaching-videos/

 

 

 

 

Diana Pastora Carson: Lessons from Joaquin, presuming competence and how to advocate for all students.

Up next is a recent conversation with the wonderful Diana Pastora Carson. I get to talk to some amazing individuals, but this discussion was quite special. Diana is a podcaster, TED speaker, educator, sister, and disability advocate. Her story of her amazing brother Joaquin and his bravery will bring you to tears.

This conversation was one that profoundly impacted me and changed me.

Beyond Disability Awareness: An Educator's Guide: https://www.dianapastoracarson.com/general-9

Beyond Awareness Course: https://www.gobeyondawareness.com/course

 

Dr Mark Williams: The Connected Species, the neuroscience of learning and creating brain healthy schools.

Dr Mark Williams is an internationally recognised professor of cognitive neuroscience with over 25 years of experience conducting behavioural and brain imaging research focusing on our social skills. He has taught the fundamentals of neuroscience to a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate students and published more than 70 scientific articles. Mark has been awarded numerous high-profile fellowships and grants and worked at MIT in the USA and at universities in Australia.

I hope you get as much out of this discussion as I did.

Moments with Dr Lyn Sharratt: Faces on the data, a lifetime of commitment to her students and how she stays passionate.

Dr. Lyn Sharratt combines academic theory with hands-on educational leadership experience. She has a track record of substantially increasing school district performance. Lyn is a professor and best-selling author. In this bite-sized episode, we talked about the importance of putting faces on the data, a lifetime of commitment to her students and how she stays passionate. 

A link to the full episode is below: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/dr-lyn-sharratt-a-teacher-that-had-a/id1552506400?i=1000517613236

 

Moments with Dr Catherine Attard: Finding pedagogical relationships and bridging the gap between research and practice.

Welcome to this bite-sized episode of The Art of Teaching Podcast. Today I thought I would share a discussion that I had a little while ago with the brilliant Dr Catherine Attard. I never saw myself as a "maths person" and I struggled all through high school. It wasn't until I was a university student sitting in Dr. Attard’s class that I began to see myself as a mathematician. In this short snippet, we talked about the importance of pedagogical relationships in mathematics and bridging the gap between research and practice. 

Here is the full episode

Here are some of the resources

Here is Dr. Attard's profile. 

Stephanie McConnell: Lindfield Learning Village, changing educational landscapes and why we must question everything.

Today I have the great pleasure of sharing a recent conversation with the brilliant Stephanie McConnell who is the Principal of Lindfield Learning Village.  As the founding Principal, she had the unique opportunity to design a new educational model and build a school to make this model a reality. Lindfield Learning Village is a ‘stage-not-age’ K-12 public school where student agency, voice and choice are at the centre of the learning design. Their transdisciplinary approach to learning goes beyond the curriculum and allows students to pursue their passions through a human-centred design thinking approach.  I hope that you get as much out of this discussion as I did.

Brendan Lee: Starting with the evidence, building a culture of trust and the complexities of school improvement.

Today I have the pleasure of sharing a conversation that I had with the brilliant Brendan Lee. Brendan is a school leader, researcher and podcaster from Sydney NSW. After 

After almost 10 years as a high school teacher, he left the profession and opened up a cafe. While that time in his life taught him a lot about running a business it also left him with a sense that he had unfinished business in education.

Since returning to teaching, he has a fresh sense of purpose, passion and a commitment to supporting as many educators as possible in becoming more evidence-informed so that they can apply it to their teaching. He runs a great website called Learning with Mr Lee and a podcast called the Knowledge for Teachers podcast. 

I hope that you get as much out of this discussion as I did. 

 

 

Professor Michael Anderson: Transformative learning, education as an infinite game and the CREATE Centre at the University of Sydney.

Michael Anderson is a Professor of Creativity and Arts Education in the Sydney School of Education and Social Work at The University of Sydney and Co-Director of the CREATE Centre. He is an internationally recognised educational leader in school transformation processes. He has taught, researched and published in education and transformation for over 20 years, including 17 books and 55 book chapters and journal articles.

The Art of Teaching Podcast resources: 

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/artofteaching

Here is the link to the show notes:

https://theartofteachingpodcast.com/

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/theartofteaching

 

Sally McGrath: Burnout, exhaustion and other essential conversations.

Today I have the privilege of sharing a recent conversation that I had with Sally McGrath. Sally runs an organisation called Health that Heals. We are all tired, we are all juggling multiple projects and responsibilities and we are all trying to be as present as we can for our loved ones. In our busy, hyper-connected, complex lives, Sally’s work is a breath of fresh air.

And just a reminder, if you are going through a challenging time, you are not alone.  Here are some services to reach out to: 

The Mental Health Commission of New South Wales

Beyond Blue

Head Space

I hope that you get as much out of this discussion as I did.