Student social, emotional, and behavior development will be a critical consideration for teachers returning to physical classrooms in the fall. We read a national study examining the various methods schools use to screen students for social, emotional, and behavioral needs. Universal screening is still rare in the US, but its impacts are considerable.

Later, we discuss the emotional display rules for teachers. How are we expected to show, or not show, our emotions with students or colleagues? We read how the rules are not the same for everyone.

052 Socio - Emotional Screening & Teacher Expressions

Today my guest is Tom Oliphant, a Teacher and Industrial Designer. In this episode, we explore the world of technology and its use in teaching and learning. Tom reflects on his early career as an Industrial Designer - developing prototypes for furniture, electrical appliances and other objects - before further study and his transition into teaching. Tom also reflects on the advances in technology over the past 20 or so years, and how these allow ideas to become reality across industries, and also for students and teachers within schools. We explore project-based approaches to teaching and learning and some of the engaging ways to incorporate digital technologies into the classroom, such as the use of robotics and drones. Tom shares stories of his students’ robot bugs and other mechanical critters that formed part of a cross-curriculum art installation incorporating subject like Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths, English and Creative Arts. Along the way, we also find out about the more human elements, such as students communicating, collaborating, critically thinking, managing projects, and generally being creative. Tom offers insights into virtual environments which allow students to engage with the programming and other valuable technical aspects, without the cost of  physical robots or other equipment. We find out about some of the potential opportunities presented by the emerging and often abstract concept of Web 3.0, the idea of citizens owning their own data and identity, and how this might potentially fit in with schools and education in areas such as certifications, micro-credentials and blockchain technology. Tom encourages his students to engage with new and emerging technology to see its value and purpose and how it might relate to their own lives as they prepare for an ever-emerging future.

Links:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-oliphant/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web3 
https://twitter.com/mroliphantadl

Ep40: Thomas Oliphant, Teacher & Industrial Designer

Today my guest is Jonathan McGuire, a Data Analyst & Evaluator. In this episode, we explore data and statistics and how these are typically gathered, analysed, evaluated, and communicated across various fields including psychology, public health, business and education. Jonathan shares some of this early study and research activities -  such as those involving honey bees, their foraging behaviour and how they learn - through to later research in human moral cognition, or how people make moral decisions and judgements. Jonathan offers insights into a range of professional practices and approaches in the field of data analytics, such as statistical models, hierarchical linear modelling, business intelligence, the scientist/practitioner model, adaptive clinical trials and structured feedback loops. Jonathan talks us through some of his evaluation activities and how his team investigated a “compressed curriculum” for high school students, evaluating its impact on Higher School Certificate (HSC) results and a range of other more subjective areas such as teacher and student beliefs and attitudes, and other school-level effects. Mindful that data is often about real people and situations, such as data sets related to mental health and suicide, Jonathan offers insights into some of the moral and ethical elements. We explore some of the social responsibilities associated with data, and how these might be managed by generally treating the data and its communication with appropriate care and respect. For example: the increasing acknowledgement and use of collaboration and conversations with relevant research stakeholders. We explore how ethics relates to new and emerging technology such artificial intelligence and machine learning, algorithms and bias, and the importance of bringing members of the public along on the journey, so they get to realise the value of the data as well.

Links:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mcguirejonathan/
Transcript: https://pastebin.com/WpAr1ug3

Ep41: Jonathan McGuire, Data Analyst & Evaluator

Today my guest is Peter Holz, an ARIA-award winning audio mixer, producer and songwriter. Peter has mixed, recorded and written songs for a range of Australian and international artists and performers including The Veronicas, Jessica Mauboy and Delta Goodrem as well as Gang Of Youths, Peking Duk, Vance Joy and many others. In this episode, Peter recounts his strong fascination with music and sounds, early experiments with multi-track recording and his pursuit of the mysterious sparkle of vocal harmonies. Peter outlines his approach to studio work and the dynamics of collaborating with artists in the recording, producing and mixing process. Peter also shares his thoughts on the technology and processes used in previous as well as contemporary music production, the importance of learned skills in creative industries and the simple yet profound value of taking the time to read the software user manual.

Links:

http://www.peterholz.com/
https://www.facebook.com/peterholzmusic/

Ep07: Peter Holz, Audio Mixer & Producer

Today my guest is Jo Anne Rey, a teacher-librarian, author and researcher. Jo is also a Dharug community member;  Dharug Country covers the majority of Sydney, Australia. In this episode we explore Jo’s Australian Indigenous identity, her research approach and methodologies and her family storying as woven into Sydney’s Dharug and colonial heritages. Jo’s storying is the basis of her recent doctoral thesis Country Tracking Voices: Dharug women’s perspectives on presences, places and practices, that explores the voices and perspectives of seven Dharug ‘sistas’. This research led to the development of a Macquarie University Indigenous Studies unit which sheds light on the places and practices that characterise the local area and its original inhabitants. In our conversation we explore the profound significance of Goanna Walking across Country, a motif representing the third-cultural way, an approach and process required when walking between Aboriginal and academic presences, places and practices. Jo also shares her thoughts on the importance of sustainable practices in caring for Country, ancestors and the Dharug community. In our time on Country, Jo and I are met by various other-than-human presences in the form of numerous and enthusiastic birds. Jo crystalizes and highlights Dharug custodians’ resilience, renewal and continuity when Country is the colonized, cosmopolitan city of Sydney. 

Links:
Country tracking voices: Dharug women’s perspectives on presences, places and practices: https://www.researchonline.mq.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/mq:70950 
Article: Learning and teaching on Dharug country
https://www.mq.edu.au/thisweek/2019/07/08/learning-and-teaching-on-dharug-country/#.XUeb66mubjA 
The Sarsaparilla souvenir
https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/25770007?q&versionId=31053593

Ep08: JoAnne Rey, Teacher-Librarian, Author and Researcher

Today my guest is Renee Brack, a screen & media creative and communicator with a passion for eclectic and engaging stories across print, television, film, radio and digital. Renee’s YouTube channel has racked up over 1.3 million views driven by her unique approach to interviews. Renee is a Writer, Producer, Director, Interviewer and Researcher. She’s also a Lecturer and Seminar Moderator working across higher education and corporate. 
In this episode we explore a wide range of topics, reflecting Renee’s professional experiences and interests: Screenwriting and killer koalas, interviewing technique and the value of a pregnant pause, true crime podcasts and the darker side of the human heart. Renee reflects on her life and career, including her work as a television journalist which resulted in her playing herself in the year 2000 feature film Chopper. We also explore Renee’s resilient, upbeat 'can do' attitude and approach within an ever-changing media landscape.

Links:

https://www.reneebrack.com/
https://www.youtube.com/user/reneebrack
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0102771/
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/comment-a-reflection-on-the-criminally-inclined
https://thenewdaily.com.au/author/renee-brack/

Ep09: Renee Brack, Screen & Media Creative

Today my guest is Amanda Howard, who is an Associate Professor at The University of Sydney’s School of Education and Social Work. Amanda’s teaching and research relates to social work: that is, the social connections and dynamics found when groups of people – communities - come together and do things. We chat about the importance of social work in understanding how human systems and structures work as well as the ideas around inclusion, exclusion and how power with a group is distributed. Amanda outlines a key aspect of her research: assets-based community development, specifically in response to floods, bush fires and other Australian natural disasters. These ideas find a deeper significance when used to make tangible changes in the world, for example in the revision and development of policies and procedures that impact communities.

Links:

http://sydney.edu.au/education_social_work/about/staff/profiles/amanda.howard.php 

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/152144614?q&sort=holdings+desc&_=1578002177806&versionId=165840960

https://www.routledge.com/Rural-Regional-and-Remote-Social-Work-Practice-Research-from-Australia/Howard-Katrak-Blakemore-Pallas/p/book/9781472454416

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Participatory_action_research

Ep10: Amanda Howard, Social Worker & Researcher

Today my guest is Vicki Cornish, a Fibre Artist and teacher from Newcastle, New South Wales. Vicki creates contemporary textiles with ancient tools and techniques. Her craft practice focuses on hand spinning, weaving and stitching using natural fibres and low impact methods of processing and dyeing. Vicki also has a particular interest in historical tools and techniques, including those used by Vikings over a thousand years ago.

In this episode we explore Vicki's studies in Visual Arts, Applied Fashion Design and Technology. We also find out more about a range of fibre craft practices and techniques used by Vicki, in her art own art practice, as well as participants in hands-on workshops. Vicki also shares her enthusiasm for the simple, yet profound human benefits of gentle focus and patience associated with the slow craft movement. 

Links:
https://bonsaiwoman.com.au/ 
https://www.instagram.com/bonsai_woman/ 
https://www.facebook.com/BonsaiWoman/ 
Rigid heddle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heddle 
Using a spindle: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2589539797992000 
Nålebinding: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A5lebinding

Ep13: Vicki Cornish, Fibre Artist

With the COVID-19 pandemic comes a dramatic change to education and a lot of questions about the continuation of learning. At Teacher magazine, we’ve published a lot of content looking at navigating this challenge. In this podcast, we take you through some of the highlights.
Host: Dominique Russell
Sponsor: Bank First

Teacher Staffroom Episode 14: Delivering remote learning

Unexpected and profound insights from smart people you’d like to meet. Mark Parry has a perspective, but as a conduit, he wants you to hear the perspectives of others. Mark’s longstanding commitment to learning, teaching and communication gets more engaging than ever as he chats with a broad and diverse range of intelligent, friendly and interesting people—artists, researchers, scientists, psychologists, film makers—who are thinking up new ideas and then getting on with making a big or small impact on the world. Mark takes time to listen to their perspectives, and so can you. If you ever wanted to know what the shattered ideology of the American dream looks like as a self-aware oil painting on instagram or how reflection and creative thought helps a scientific researcher in pursuit of a cancer cure or what melodramatic sex on 70s Australian television tells us about the politics of our society, then look no further. The goal: to get big, complex, challenging, important and contemporary ideas out to listeners that never knew they were interested. This is Perspectives in Parryville.
Music by Oly Marlan www.olymarlan.com/

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