The Art of Teaching

Professor Craig Hassed OAM: Smiling Mind, mindfulness as our natural state and how to be present.

Associate Professor Craig Hassed OAM has been working within the Faculty of Medicine at Monash University since 1989, he is also the coordinator of mindfulness programs across Monash. He has authored hundreds of papers and has published multiple books. Craig was the founding president of Meditation Australia and is a long term friend and ambassador of Smiling Mind. In 2019 Craig was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for services to Medicine.

It was an incredible privilege to speak with Craig and I hope that you get as much out of our discussion as I did. 

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Debbie Lowe: GenerationLEAD: helping leaders unlock hidden value and the power of people-centred leadership.

 

It is my great pleasure to introduce you to another inspiring leader and educator. 

With over 25 years of experience in leadership including in education, human resources, the public sectors and sales, GenerationLEAD’s CEO Debbie Lowe, knows how people-centred leadership and organisational cultures achieve exponential results. 

You can access Generation Lead here

I hope that you enjoy this wide-ranging and diverse discussion.

 

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Eddie Woo: Australia’s favourite (and unlikely) maths teacher and why maths is for everyone.

Eddie woo is a guest that needs no introduction. He is, arguably, Australia’s most famous and most loved maths teacher. He is a brilliant educator, TED speaker, Play School star, and Youtube phenomenon. 

He is the recipient of numerous awards and accolades including: 

• The 2018 NSW Local Hero
•  University of Sydney Young Alumni Award for Outstanding Achievement
• The Top 10 Finalist in the Global Teacher Prize 
• Awarded Australian Local Hero (2018)

What is particularly refreshing about Eddie is that, despite these achievements, he has never lost sight of the fact that as teachers, we have the privilege to serve those that matter most - our students. 

Eddies is warm, engaging and was incredibly generous with his time.

 

Dr. Shyam Barr: Self-regulated learning and the motivational, cognitive and metacognitive factors that influence learners.

Welcome to another episode of The Art of Teaching Podcast. Dr. Shyam Barr is an Australian educator helping people become self-regulated learners so that they can succeed now and in the future. 

As an Education Consultant currently based in Canberra, Australia, he is working with  educational leaders to rethink professional learning models, innovative teachers ready to shift practice and individuals who are interested in elevating themselves and achieving new levels of success.  

Shyam is passionate about bridging research with practice and continues to stay engaged with Australian Universities. 

He currently works as an Assistant Professor of Learning Sciences (Design & Pedagogy) in the Faculty of Education,  University of Canberra.

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

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Distinguished Prof Viviane Robinson (PhD Harvard): The difference between change and improvement, psychological safety and why engaging in constructive problem talk is essential.

Professor Vivianne Robinson is currently a professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Auckland, and academic director of its Centre for Educational Leadership. She is also a visiting professor at the London Institute of Education. She gained her PhD in clinical psychology from Harvard University in 1976.

Her work centres around organisational psychology in education. Her research is concerned with organisational learning and leadership, instructional leadership, school effectiveness and improvement, and research methodology. 

In this discussion we talk about:

• Why change isn't always desirable and why we should be focussing on improvement instead. 
• Why change may be perpetuating leader and teacher burnout. 
• How we move away from quick fixes and why we should adopt more comprehensive improvement processes. 
• How leaders must engage in constructive problem talk. 
• How do we assess the quality and impact of school leadership? 
• What is educational leadership and how is it distinctive?
• What are the direct and indirect impacts of leadership on student outcomes and how do these impacts occur?
• What leadership capabilities are required for making a greater impact on student outcomes?
• What types of intervention are effective in developing these capabilities?

It was an incredible privilege to speak with Vivianne and I am so thankful that she took the time to speak with me. 

You can connect with Vivianne here

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Dr Bo Stjerne Thomsen: Chair of Learning through Play and Vice-President at the LEGO Foundation, the power of play and why he built a house with a tree inside of it.

Bo Stjerne Thomsen is the Vice-President and Chair of Learning through Play in the LEGO Foundation. Bo has published widely on Creativity, Play and Learning, most recently on the role of play for children’s learning in schools, and presented the work to international organizations, forums, policy and practice. 

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

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Dr Scott Alterator: Uniting the education and design narrative and why great spaces matter.

Today I have the great pleasure of introducing you to the phenomenal  Dr Scott Alterator [PhD]. Scott is a passionate educator and researcher who has won numerous awards as a teacher, researcher and space design specialist. As a teacher, he has been recognised with awards for community building and excellent pedagogy at both Secondary and Tertiary levels. Scott’s Doctoral research focused on the relationship between the built form and teaching and learning outcomes. In this interview I asked him:

1. Why do learning spaces matter and how to can create a wonderful learning environment on a budget?
2. How do we create opportunities for student voice in the design process?
3. How do we create amazing learning spaces on a budget? 

As mentioned on his website "Scott’s work in the education and design field is underpinned by the understanding that the two disciplines must work in unison to produce the best outcome for teaching and learning. He has worked to ensure that the education narrative is a key feature of working toward built environments for contemporary teaching and learning. "

You can get in touch with Scott here. 

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

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Rohan Dredge and Mike Hardie: How to build leaders worth following and cultures worth reproducing, Jim Rohin and John Maxwell and why self-awareness is everything.

Welcome to this week's episode of The Art of Teaching podcast with the amazing Rohan Dredge and Mike Hardie.

Rohan and Mike run For Leaders Global which is an organisation that helps organisations build leaders worth following and cultures worth reproducing. 

In this wide-ranging episode we talked about:

• How they define leadership and if they believe that it can be taught.
• Why leadership is about realising potential, activating others and shaping a prefered future.
• Why we shouldn't wish for things to be easier, but we should wish for ourselves to be better. (Jin Rohn)

It was an incredible privilege to speak with Rohan and Mike. I hope that you get a lot out of it. 

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New Teacher Resources: 

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Moments with Dr Heather Michel: My experience at school.

Welcome to another bitsized episode of The Art of Teaching Podcast, the first for 2022! If you haven’t heard my full interview with the amazing Dr. Heather Michel then please check it out as soon as you can. In today’s episode, she shared a story about what her life was like as a student, some of the challenges that she overcame and why education changes people and people then go on to change the world. 

Here in Australia, we are on a well-deserved teaching break. You may be listening to this pool-side, or in the car, as you drive away for a holiday or, if your rugged up on the couch in between Netflix binges - however, this bite-sized episode is coming to you, I am so grateful that you would take the time to be with us today…Thank you. 

For everyone else listening across the globe, I hope that you had a wonderful and relaxing break. My hope is that you all find something in this conversation that helps you become a better teacher, learner and leader. 

Enjoy this discussion with Dr Heather Michel

Dr Fiona Young: Innovative learning environments and why spaces matter.

Welcome to the next episode of The Art of Teaching. I have the great pleasure of introducing you to another phenomenal guest, Dr Fiona Young. Dr Young is an architect and researcher in the field of learning environments. As Studio Director at Hayball in Sydney, her focus is on Education and GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums) sector projects.

Her research focus is on learning environment affordances that support deep and playful pedagogical practices. Conducted through the Innovative Learning Environments and Teacher Change (ILETC) project at the University of Melbourne, Fiona’s PhD research identifies strategies to support teachers in recognising and using the affordances of innovative learning environments. Central to her role is enhancing learning opportunities through design and interpreting and bridging understanding between educators and architectural teams. 

Fiona has extensive experience in integrative briefing processes, workshop facilitation and master planning. She has developed a number of successful community consultation strategies, engaging leadership teams, staff, students and broader communities as co-designers in the project process.