The Art of Teaching

Dr Paul Kidson: Delusions of grandeur, understanding the human condition and caring for ourselves so that we can care for those entrusted to us.

Today, I have the great pleasure of sharing a recent conversation with the amazing Dr Paul Kidson.  Paul Kidson is the NSW Branch President of the Australian Council for Educational Leaders (ACEL) He is also a Senior Lecturer in Educational Leadership at the Australian Catholic University. His teaching and research explores how school leaders work within and critically transform their professional lives. In this fascinating conversation, we talked about Delusions of grandeur, understanding the human condition and caring for ourselves so that we can care for those entrusted to us.

 

Matt Pitman: Middle Leadership, creating a culture of continuous improvement and building connected school communities

This next conversation is with Matt Pitman. Matt is a Middle School Manager and a doctoral student researching connections across school communities. This was a fascinating conversation in which we talked about leadership, knowing when to quit and how to build meaningful, authentic school communities.

Moments with Professor Jo Boaler: Her favourite mathematics lesson.

Today’s snippet comes from a recent interview that I did with the incredible  Professor Jo Boaler from Stanford University. 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. The link to the full episode is below. In this brief conversation, we discussed one of the best maths lessons she has ever seen. It’s a brilliant idea. Enjoy.

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/professor-jo-boaler-developing-mindsets-embracing-failure/id1552506400?i=1000630363973

Mitchell Hemphill: Finding your purpose, learning to listen and developing a cohesive school community.

Today I have the pleasure of introducing you to Mitchell Hemphill - the proud principal of EE Oliver Elementary in Canada. One of the goals of this podcast is to share the stories and lessons from unsung educational heroes across the globe - Mitchell is one of those unsung heroes. He was a wonderful guest and openly shared the privilege and challenges of building a strong school community. In this discussion, we discussed finding your purpose, learning to listen and developing a cohesive school community. It was a privilege to talk with Mitchell.

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.