Talking Teachers

Talking Teachers and Youth on the Streets: live at UTS FASStival

Hosts Jane Hunter and Don Carter interview Youth of the Streets [https://youthoffthestreets.com.au/] (YOTS) leader Amy Gill who has many years’ experience working with young people outside mainstream schooling. YOTS is often a last chance to gain an education. Compassion, patience and optimism are Amy’s trademark. Anyone interested in how Amy and her staff have turned many lives around makes for compelling listening. William Verity, producer of this podcast offers his podcast tips and tricks, and there is even a 30 second rant on ‘hot education issues’ with the audience. This podcast episode was a live event at FASStival [https://events.humanitix.com/talking-teachers-goes-live-on-education-in-schools-the-community-and-universities], the annual celebration of activities, programs and creative work conducted in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS), held in December 2024. HOSTS Associate Professor Don Carter [https://profiles.uts.edu.au/Don.Carter] and Associate Professor Jane Hunter [https://profiles.uts.edu.au/Jane.Hunter], members of the Life-wide Learning and Education Research Group [https://www.uts.edu.au/about/faculty-arts-and-social-sciences/research/research-centres-groups-and-projects/life-wide-learning-and-education-research-group] in the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences [https://www.uts.edu.au/about/faculty-arts-and-social-sciences] at the University of Technology Sydney.  PRODUCER William Verity from Verity Media. Made on Gadigal Country of the Eora Nation, with respect to Elders past, present and emerging.

The media taking note to improve practice with Erin Morley

Erin Morley is the editor of Education Review and Campus Review both of which report on current issues in school-based education and higher education respectively. A graduate of the University of Wollongong, Erin completed her internship at the Illawarra Mercury, where she investigated the lack of childcare vacancies by phoning 100 childcare centres within 70km of Wollongong. Throughout 2023, Erin investigated and produced news for the health sector through Nursing Review and Aged Care Insite.  SHOW NOTES Knijnik, J., Hunter, J. & Paterson, C. (December 2024). Paper presentation: Education and democracy in schools through the lens of the Australian print media: a decadal examination at AARE Annual Conference, Macquarie University.  Hopwood, N., Palmer, T. A., Koh, G. A., Lai, M. Y., Dong, Y., Loch, S., & Yu, K. (2024). Understanding student emotions when completing assessment: technological, teacher and student perspectives [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1743727X.2024.2358792]. International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 1-16.  Maher, D., & Young, K. (2023). Artificial Intelligence and Literacy Development in K–12 Schools [https://www.igi-global.com/chapter/artificial-intelligence-and-literacy-development-in-k12-schools/330830]. In Creative AI Tools and Ethical Implications in Teaching and Learning (pp. 80-98). IGI Global.  Manuel, J., Carter, D., (2020). The English Teacher’s Handbook A-Z [https://www.phoenixeduc.com/english-teachers-handbook-a-z-2e-9781925169393] (2nd Edn). Phoenix Education.   Mockler, N. (2022). Constructing teacher identities: How the print media define and present teachers and their work. London: Bloomsbury.  Nationwide News Pty Ltd. (2024). Education Review [https://www.educationreview.com.au/].  HOSTS Associate Professor Don Carter [https://profiles.uts.edu.au/Don.Carter] and Associate Professor Jane Hunter [https://profiles.uts.edu.au/Jane.Hunter], members of the Life-wide Learning and Education Research Group [https://www.uts.edu.au/about/faculty-arts-and-social-sciences/research/research-centres-groups-and-projects/life-wide-learning-and-education-research-group] in the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences [https://www.uts.edu.au/about/faculty-arts-and-social-sciences] at the University of Technology Sydney.  PRODUCER William Verity from Verity Media. Made on Gadigal Country of the Eora Nation, with respect to Elders past, present and emerging.

Maths education in Australian schools with Jill Brown

Dr Jill Brown is an Associate Professor in Mathematics Education at Deakin University. She is a former maths teachers and current maths educator and education researcher. Jill is internationally recognised for her research where her interests include researching the teaching, learning, and assessing of real-world applications and mathematical modelling, mathematical thinking and reasoning, functions in technology-rich environments, affordances, zone theory, and anything that furthers our understanding of teaching and learning mathematics. She was an elected member on the International Executive of the International Community of Teachers of Mathematical Modelling and Applications (ICTMA), 2013-2022.   SHOW NOTES Brown, J. (2024). Explicit teaching mandate – a pushback now is critical [https://blog.aare.edu.au/explicit-teaching-mandate-a-pushback-now-is-critical/], AARE EduResearch Matters, April.  Brown, J. P. (2024). Challenging Tasks: Opportunities for Learning [https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/pdf/10.1142/9789811287183_0006]. In Proceedings of the 14th International Congress on Mathematical Education: Volume II: Invited Lectures (pp. 77-92).  Brown, J. P., Stillman, G. A., Galbraith, P. L., & Ng, K. E. D. (2024). Mathematical modelling of real-world phenomena [https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-97-1964-8_3]. Research in Mathematics Education in Australasia 2020–2023, 29-57.  Brown, J. et al (Ed). (2023). Affordances for learning to teach mathematics: the case of out of filed teachers. Methodological approaches to STEM education research. 4:1-19. Cambridge Scholars.   Gabriel, F. (2022). Maths anxiety–and how to overcome it [https://academic.oup.com/jrssig/article/19/1/34/7029478?login=false]. Significance, 19(1), 34-35.  HOSTS Associate Professor Don Carter [https://profiles.uts.edu.au/Don.Carter] and Associate Professor Jane Hunter [https://profiles.uts.edu.au/Jane.Hunter], members of the Life-wide Learning and Education Research Group [https://www.uts.edu.au/about/faculty-arts-and-social-sciences/research/research-centres-groups-and-projects/life-wide-learning-and-education-research-group] in the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences [https://www.uts.edu.au/about/faculty-arts-and-social-sciences] at the University of Technology Sydney.  PRODUCER William Verity from Verity Media. Made on Gadigal Country of the Eora Nation, with respect to Elders past, present and emerging.

What matters in Indigenous teacher education in Australia with Marnee Shay

Marnee Shay is an Associate Professor and a Principal Research Fellow in the School of Education at the University of Queensland. She is an Aboriginal woman whose maternal family is from the Ngen'giwumirri language group (Daly River, Northern Territory), she was born in Brisbane, with strong connections to Indigenous communities in southeast Queensland. Marnee is an experienced and qualified secondary teacher.  Marnee is a lead editor of a critical text in the field of Indigenous education, “Indigenous education in Australia Learning and Teaching for Deadly Futures”, published by Routledge in 2021 The book won a national award for ‘The Tertiary/VET Teaching and Learning Resource' category at the Education Publishing Awards Australia.  SHOW NOTES Mielke, M. & Farrington, D.P. (2021). School based interventions to reduce suspension and arrest: A meta-analysis, Aggression and Violent Behaviour. 56   https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1359178920302226?via%3Dihub [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1359178920302226?via%3Dihub]  Perkins, R., Thomson, A. & Shay, M. (2024). Towards equity: Privileging Indigenous knowledge in education research. Understanding sociological theory for education practices (pp. 45-63). Cambridge University Press.  Shay, M., Miller, J., Hameed, S. & Armour, D. (2024). Indigenous voices: reimagining Indigenous education through a discourse of excellence. The Australian Educational Researcher, 1-19.   Shay, M. & Oliver, R. (Eds). (2021). Indigenous education in Australia: Learning and Teaching for Deadly Futures. Abingdon, Oxon United Kingdom: Routledge.  Shay, M. & Sara, G. (17 May 2024). There’s $110 million for Indigenous education in the budget. But where’s the evidence it will work? in The Conversation  https://theconversation.com/theres-110-million-for-indigenous-education-in-the-budget-but-wheres-the-evidence-it-will-work-230103 [https://theconversation.com/theres-110-million-for-indigenous-education-in-the-budget-but-wheres-the-evidence-it-will-work-230103]  HOSTS Associate Professor Don Carter [https://profiles.uts.edu.au/Don.Carter] and Associate Professor Jane Hunter [https://profiles.uts.edu.au/Jane.Hunter], members of the Life-wide Learning and Education Research Group [https://www.uts.edu.au/about/faculty-arts-and-social-sciences/research/research-centres-groups-and-projects/life-wide-learning-and-education-research-group] in the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences [https://www.uts.edu.au/about/faculty-arts-and-social-sciences] at the University of Technology Sydney.  PRODUCER William Verity from Verity Media. Made on Gadigal Country of the Eora Nation, with respect to Elders past, present and emerging.

AI in schools with Rose Luckin

Professor Rose Luckin is an internationally respected academic and influential communicator across multiple stakeholders about the future of education and technology, particularly artificial intelligence. With over 25 years of experience, Rose is a recognised expert on computer science, education and she has served as an advisor to policymakers, governments, and industry globally. She is emerita at the University College London and the founder and CEO of Educate Ventures Research Ltd, a company that provides training and consultancy to the education sector to help them leverage AI ethically and effectively.  SHOW NOTES Adarkwah, M.A., Islam, A.Y.M.A., Schneider, K., Luckin, R., Thomas, M., & Spector, J.M. (2024). Are Preprints a Threat to the Credibility and Quality of Artificial Intelligence Literature in the ChatGPT Era? A Scoping Review and Qualitative Study. International Journal of Human- Computer Interaction, Taylor & Francis Inc.  Educate Ventures Research. (2024). Beyond the Hype: The reality of AI in education across England. Access here https://www.educateventures.com/beyond-the-hype [https://www.educateventures.com/beyond-the-hype]  Hunter, J. (2021). High Possibility STEM Classrooms: Integrated STEM learning in research and practice. New York: Routledge.  Luckin, R. (2018). Machine Learning and Human Intelligence: The Future of Education for the 21st Century. Institute of Education Press.  Luckin, R., George, K. & Cukurova, M. (2022). AI for school teachers. CRC Press.   Luckin, R., Rudolph, J., & Grünert, M. (2024). Exploring the future of learning and the relationship between human intelligence and AI: An interview with Professor Rose Luckin. Journal of Applied Learning and Teaching,7 (1) pp 346-363.  Luckin, R., (2024). Nurturing human intelligence in the age of AI: rethinking education for the future. Development and Learning in Organizations.  Note: The Skinny is a weekly newsletter [https://www.educateventures.com/the-skinny] with the latest insights at the intersection of AI and education from Professor Rose Luckin and the EVR Team [https://www.educateventures.com/team].   Subscribe to The Skinny. [https://forms.monday.com/forms/1902f363bd087d78e0b4fd014ee33069?r=use1] HOSTS Associate Professor Don Carter [https://profiles.uts.edu.au/Don.Carter] and Associate Professor Jane Hunter [https://profiles.uts.edu.au/Jane.Hunter], members of the Life-wide Learning and Education Research Group [https://www.uts.edu.au/about/faculty-arts-and-social-sciences/research/research-centres-groups-and-projects/life-wide-learning-and-education-research-group] in the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences [https://www.uts.edu.au/about/faculty-arts-and-social-sciences] at the University of Technology Sydney.  PRODUCER William Verity from Verity Media. Made on Gadigal Country of the Eora Nation, with respect to Elders past, present and emerging.