Hub chats

In this episode, we are talking about out-of-field teaching in high schools – and focusing specifically on teaching Legal Studies.  Natasha Isbel, an ex-corporate lawyer and experienced Legal Studies teacher provides a wealth of advice for teachers who find themselves teaching Legal Studies for the first time. 

In this episode, Bronwyn Tregenza discusses the intricacies of defining and implementing different types of creativity into the classroom. Explore the role teachers play in fostering both familiar and possibly unfamiliar forms of creativity in students, and how digital technologies can be integrated to support this.  

In this episode, Associate Professor Alice Chik explores the power of multilingual picture books in education. Learn how translating and teaching from Australian picture books fosters a deeper understanding of language and culture while making learning more inclusive and impactful for children and families from non-English speaking backgrounds. 

In this episode, we learn from renowned international expert Associate Professor Kathleen Tait about PBS – Positive Behaviour Support, the importance of explicitly teaching behaviour strategies to your students, and how effective understanding and communication can enhance the classroom environment and experience for everyone. 

In this episode, we learn from renowned international expert Associate Professor Kathleen Tait about the form and function of potential communicative acts and find out how to identify them. Kathleen shares strategies and advice for how to support communication in the classroom for students with complex communication needs. 

In this episode of our Inclusive Education series, we focus on neurodiversity and neurodivergent students. Dr Poulomee Datta, Lecturer in Inclusive Education, and Dr Anne McMaugh, Senior Lecturer in Educational Psychology and Child Development, chat about how to support neurodivergent students in the school context and discuss strategies for fostering a neuro-inclusive classroom.

Our Inclusive Education series continues: in this episode, we chat about sensory processing. Dr Diana Tan explains the eight senses, and shares strategies to support students with sensory processing differences in the classroom. 

Our Inclusive Education series begins with a chat with Inclusive Education lecturer, Dr Iliana Skrebneva and Trudy Smith from NextSense, who discuss how teachers can support deaf and hard of hearing students and foster an inclusive classroom where all students can thrive.  

In this episode, Dr Tamika Worrell from the Department of Critical Indigenous Studies chats about considerations and implications for Indigenous inclusion and data sovereignty in a generative AI world. 

Here is the resource Tamika recommends for evaluating Indigenous resources: https://aiatsis.gov.au/education/guide-evaluating-and-selecting-education-resources  

In this episode, Professor Fay Hadley, an Early Childhood academic at Macquarie University chats with Beth Macgregor, Director of Macgregor Consulting, about the importance of co-regulation and how to help young children feel safe, connected and regulated. As Beth says, “Connection and regulation changes lives”. 

In this episode, Dr Loraine Fordham, an Honorary Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Education chats with Dr Kathy Cologon, an Honorary Senior Lecturer in Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, to discuss barriers and enablers to families who have children with disabilities. They even discuss the No 1 most important thing for successful inclusion in Early Childhood Education... 

In this episode, we are talking about out-of-field teaching in high schools – and focusing specifically on teaching History.  Rochelle Wilkinson, an experienced History teacher and sessional academic at Macquarie University provides a wealth of advice for teachers who find themselves teaching History for the first time. 

In this episode, we discuss teaching HSC research ethics in Stage 6 courses.  Dr Natasha Todorov and Dr Stephanie Thompson, an expert Sydney secondary teacher, talk about the importance of the application of research ethics and how to make sure you are including this component in your classroom practice.

What does the Generative AI framework mean for teachers? 

In this episode, we discuss the recent Australian framework for Generative Artificial Intelligence in Schools which was released late 2023. Professor Matt Bower unpacks the framework and its implication for teachers.