TER #138 – School Choice and Teachers with Meghan Stacey – 01 Sept 2019

Main Feature: Dr Meghan Stacey discusses her research into the different experiences of teachers in schools in different communities, and the impact of school choice policies on the widening gap of school stratification and teacher experiences

Regular Features: Off Campus – Dan Haesler interviews Dan Pink about the impact of timing on student outcomes; Education in the News – Cameron discusses some of the recent reporting about 2019 NAPLAN results.

Links and Timecodes

00:00 Opening Credits
01:31 Intro
02:37 Off Campus – Dan Haesler

• DanHaesler.com

18:23 Education in the News – NAPLAN 2019

• ACARA – NAPLAN Results

27:07 Feature Introduction
29:07 Interview – Meghan Stacey

• Dr. Meghan Stacey – UNSW profile

54:04 Sign Off

TER Topics: Well-being and Learning

This episode brings together feature interviews from episodes #028 and #092 of the TER Podcast.

First, Ian Shochet discusses the relationship between school connectedness and student mental health, then Helen Street discusses student motivation, engagement and well-being.

Timecodes:

00.000 Opening Credits
00:33 Intro
02:08 Prof Ian Shochet
33:55 Dr Helen Street
01:16:55 Sign out

TER #110 – A conversation with Sir Ken Robinson – 1 April 2018

Main Feature: In a special edition of Off Campus, Dan Haesler chats with Sir Ken Robinson about emerging education policies and priorities since his famous 2006 TED talk.

Timecodes:

00:00 Opening Credits
00:33 Intro
02:21 Off Campus – Dan Haesler
03:31 Interview – Sir Ken Robinson
30:12 Announcements
31:03 Sign Off

TER #108 – ACARA’s Literacy & Numeracy Progressions with Hilary Dixon – 18 Feb 2018

Main Features: ACARA’s Acting Director, Curriculum, discusses the new literacy and numeracy progressions, their relationship to curriculum, and intended applications in teaching and assessment practices; Annabel Astbury outlines the ABC’s new education initiative.

Regular Features: Off Campus, Dan Haesler discusses the issue of schools that treat students as a liability; Education in the news, Cameron looks at the recent announcement of a national review into teacher registration, and state and parent pushback against NAPLAN.

Timecodes (links coming soon):

00.000 Opening Credits
01:31.214 Intro
01:55.324 Off Campus – Dan Haesler
12:48.141 Education in the News
20:44.068 ABC Education – Annabel Astbury
28:50.180 Feature Introduction
30:52.440 Interview – Hilary Dixon
59:28.218 Announcements
1:01:52.482 Quote & Sign Off

TER #107 – Implementing Educational Research with Tanya Vaughan – 04 Feb 2018

Main Feature: Dr Tanya Vaughan discusses implementation science, and outlines a framework for teachers to implement educational research as part of their teaching practice.

Regular Features: Off Campus – Dan Haesler explores the link between rising perfectionism and mental and emotional well being; Education in the news – Cameron considers the role of the media in promoting the increased commodification of education.

Timecodes:

00.00 Opening Credits
01:31 Intro – NAPLAN robot-marking halted

• NAPLAN: Robot marking of school tests scrapped by education ministers

02:21 Off Campus – Dan Haesler

• Danhaesler.com
• Perfectionism Is Increasing Over Time: A Meta-Analysis
  of Birth Cohort Differences From 1989 to 2016

15:11 Commodification of education

• Privately educating a child born in 2018 could cost $500,000 each as school fees skyrocket

• ‘No way in the world’: $500k private school cost refuted

• The Conversation: Why schools and corporate brands shouldn’t mix

30:48 Feature introduction
32:45 Interview – Dr Tanya Vaughan

• Dr Tanya Vaughan profile

59:05 Quote & Sign Off

 

TER’s Top 5 in 2017!

 

As 2017 draws to a close, here are the top 5 TER podcast episodes of the past year, judged by number of downloads between January 1st and December 31st, 2017!

In 2017 TER episodes have been played or downloaded 66,494 times.

That’s a total of 169,985 plays/downloads over our 4 and a half years of podcasting!

Thank you to everyone who has listened to and shared our episodes throughout the year, and especially our subscribers who keep coming back each fortnight.

While our main (and intended) audience remains in Australia, we’ve found listeners in over 50 countries [that’s the most SoundCloud will let us see]. The USA, UK, Canada and New Zealand fill out the list of the top 5 countries of TER podcast listeners.

While this list starts with number 5, which was played 1,986 times, the 10th most played episode had 1,843 plays, and the 15th episode had 1,735 – and No 15 was only released in November!

Now, on to the top 5 most played episodes in 2017…

TER #101 – Effective Classroom Practice with Glen Pearsall

Features: Teacher and Author Glen Pearsall discusses his approach to effective classroom practice, and how it integrates classroom and behaviour management, effective teaching and learning, and reducing teacher workload.

Maggie Hill from the Foundation for Young Australians discusses their recent New Work Order report series, exploring the future of work and the needs of education to help ensure students are prepared.

Timecodes:

00.00 Opening Credits
01:19 Intro
05:33 FYA & Future of Work, with Maggie Hill

• Foundation for Young Australians website
• New Work Order Masterclass

14:35 Glen Pearsall – Effective Classroom Practice

• Glen Pearsall’s profile at TTA
• Masterclass page

43:29 Quote & Sign Off