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Looking for examples of how schools are using problem based learning and what to consider when implementing it? Anaru White and Pauline Moore continue their discussion from the previous podcast.

Problem Based Learning: Examples (Part 2 of 2)

This ten part history of mathematics from Newton to the present day, reveals the personalities behind the calculations: the passions and rivalries of mathematicians struggling to get their ideas heard. Professor Marcus du Sautoy shows how these masters of abstraction find a role in the real world and proves that mathematics is the driving force behind modern science. 

Today, G.H.Hardy, the mathematician who insisted he had never done anything useful. And yet his work on the "diabolical malice" inherent in prime numbers inspired the millions of codes that now help to keep the internet safe. 

Producer: Anna Buckley. Published on June 24, 2010.

Hardy and Ramanujan

This ten part history of mathematics from Newton to the present day, reveals the personalities behind the calculations: the passions and rivalries of mathematicians struggling to get their ideas heard. Professor Marcus du Sautoy shows how these masters of abstraction find a role in the real world and proves that mathematics is the driving force behind modern science. 

Today, the mathematician that never was, Nicolas Bourbaki. A group of French mathematicians, working between the two world wars and writing under the pseudonym Nicolas Bourbaki transformed their discipline and paved the way for several mathematical breakthroughs in the 21st century.

Producer: Anna Buckley. Published on June 25, 2010.

Nicolas Bourbaki

Jan Owen is CEO of the Foundation for Young Australians. In this very first episode of the ERRR we speak about FYA's article 'The New Basics', and how the FYA believes that 'enterprise skills' are no longer an educational bonus, but a necessity.

The Education Research Reading Room

ERRR #001. Jan Owen and The New Basics

Professor Stephen Dinham has had a long and illustrious career in education, from over a decade in the classroom to Associate Dean of The Melbourne Graduate School of Education. In this episode Dinham speaks about his paper' The Worst of Both Worlds' in which he details Australia's tendency to adopt edu policies from the U.S and U.K, even when they don't work.

ERRR #002. Stephen Dinham and The Worst of Both Worlds

Tom Bennett is the founder of researchED, a grass-roots organisation that seeks to raise research literacy in education. Tom's paper advocates for schools to allot time to teachers to explore research ed and how it applies in their school setting.

ERRR #003. Tom Bennett and The School Research Lead

Ollie talks about definitions of direct instruction from John Hattie, summarises some of Dylan Wiliam's key points from the Mr Barton Maths Podcast, and talks about what it takes to build habits. Show notes at www.ollielovell.com/totpodcast

Teacher Ollie's Takeaways

TOT #001. What is Direct Instruction? Dylan Wiliam takeaways, and Building Habits.

Paul Weldon, Senior Research Fellow with the Australian Council for Educational Research, discusses teacher supply and demand to 2020, the extent of out of field teaching in Australia, and explores whether it's true that 50% of teachers leave the profession in the first 5 years.

ERRR #004. Paul Weldon, Teacher Supply and Demand, and Out of Field Teaching

Pamela Snow; registered psychologist and prolific oral language,  language-to-literacy, and child and adolescent linguistic interview researcher; discusses considerations when interviewing students, and the evidence base for the proposed national phonics check.

ERRR #005. Pamela Snow, Phonics + How can we get the real story from students?

'One teacher said to me - I can't believe that at 4pm I've done all my work; and it's not that they've done less work they've just done it more efficiently.' Sarah Whiting shares with Ānaru White her stories and experiences with teachers collaborating.

Sarah Shares Her Collaborative Change Stories With Anaru

In this episode we speak to Associate Professor Jennifer Stephenson about Pre-service Teachers' knowledge of evidence based, and non-evidence based instructional approaches, as well as what most influences their instructional decision making.

ERRR #006. Jennifer Stephenson and Instructional Decision Making of Teacher Education Students

Our myth busters are Teaching Council lead advisor Christina Thornley and ERO manager of national projects Jane Lee. Together they demystify the appraisal process and explain how effective appraisal is a lever that drives up best practice in teaching and why it’s teachers and learners who reap the benefits.

Transcript available here: https://teachingcouncil.nz/sites/default/files/Episode%201_appraisal%20transcript%20.pdf

In the episode we mention heaps of useful resources available on our website for making sure your appraisal supports quality practice: https://teachingcouncil.nz/content/appraisal

Teaching Today Podcast S2 Episode 1: Myth busting appraisal

Ollie Lovell, passionate teacher in on the lands of the Kulin Nation in Western Melbourne, Australia. Loves learning and learning about learning. Get in touch with me at @ollie_lovell or at www.ollielovell.com