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isPodcast

All the latest news, views and ideas about independent education from Victoria, Australia.

Episodes

December 12, 2023 19 mins

Mike Broadstock talks with clinical and forensic psychologist David Cherry about how parents and teachers can help students when healthy high standards turn to perfectionism.

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Natalie talks with psychiatrist, author and comedian Dr. Jo Prendergast about how parents can support their teen's mental health and the importance of getting enough sleep. Mike talks with Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath about how the Learning Blueprint helps students and teachers to get the most from their education by helping them to understand the way they think.  The Knox School student Aurelia Cabrera performs her award winning ...

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September 11, 2023 29 mins

Mike Broadstock talks with Melbourne University Associate Professor Michelle Jongenelis about how we can help vaping teenagers quit (without it turning into a lecture) and Parents Website favourite Diane Bourke shares why nursery rhymes matter.

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Mike Broadstock talks with Mark Riddiford from the Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation about helping young people think critically about gambling, when sports betting is promoted everywhere. Shane Green chats with Psychologist Andrew Fuller about latest neurochemistry research and what it tells us about student learning and wellbeing. And Claude Debussy's Clair de Lune is played beautifully by Eric Lu from The Knox Schoo...

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May 1, 2023 16 mins

Shane Green explores Transformative repair – an arts program which takes broken things and remakes them into something beautiful – and discovers how educators are using it to make a difference in their school communities.

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Natalie Moutafis speaks with Australia’s Women in STEM Ambassador, Professor Lisa Harvey-Smith, about why it’s important to make sure everyone is included in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Mike Broadstock talks with ISV Chief Executive Michelle Green about the changing face of education, and Australian Children Laureate Gabrielle Wang explores why taking in ISV’s student poetry competition can help young people ...

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March 8, 2023 21 mins

Mike Broadstock talks with education consultant and author, Leon Furze, about the latest tech already disrupting classrooms – AI program ChatGPT – and how educators can make the most of its potential.

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February 20, 2023 17 mins

Shane Green talks with ISV's career education consultant, Maria Floudiotis, about new careers program for primary school kids and how it is helping them broaden their horizons.

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January 24, 2023 15 mins

Emma-Rose Parsons from Spectrum House Psychology shares her tips for how teachers and parents can help children prepare for the new school year.

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Mike, Nat and Shane have all picked stories that they think is worth a revisit for the isPodcast Summer Series. Mike has selected Rod Soper’s talk with Natalie Moutafis about the ways parents can prepare their kids for starting school.

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Mike, Nat and Shane have all picked stories that they think is worth a revisit for the isPodcast Summer Series. Nat has chosen Shane's discussion with Dr. Judith Locke, the author of The Bonsai Child and The Bonsai Student, on how doing too much of a good thing for your kids can lead to overparenting.    

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December 21, 2022 17 mins

Mike, Nat and Shane have all picked stories that they think is worth a revisit for the isPodcast Summer Series. Shane has chosen Mike’s chat with Rion Nakaya for this episode, about her family friendly website: The Kid Should See This.

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Natalie Moutafis talks with Kirra Pendergast from Safe on Social about how we can help our kids to make the right choices as they go online, Mike Broadstock talks with ISV Chief Executive Michelle Green about the year in education and the year ahead, and Year 3 Harkaway Hills College student Naushali Anne Navaratne performs her poem: ‘It’s Raining Cats and Dogs’.

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Dr Georgie Buckley talks with Natalie Moutafis about the Body Confident Collective’s new guide for helping young athletes develop a safer and more positive body image. Leading career’s expert Helen Green chats with Shane Green about how young people can respond to an ‘ATAR surprise’, and why many of them are taking a year off before they return to study. Year 9 Bialik College student Ethan Lust recites Blissful Ignorance.

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VicHealth CEO, Dr. Sandro Demaio talks with Mike Broadstock about the health risks of vaping for young people, well-being expert Meg Durham chats with Shane Green about what students, parents and teachers who are feeling run down can do to keep their personal batteries charged, and Year 8 Presbyterian Ladies College student Katherine Lam's step-by-step guide on How to Belong.

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Natalie Moutafis talks with The Learning Future founder Louka Parry about the importance of social emotional learning (SEL) in educating our children, Mike Broadstock talks with ResourceSmart Secondary School Teacher of the Year, Clare Tuohy, about the sustainability programs at Beaconhills College, and why they are so important for students, and Year 11 Alice Miller School student Ruby Wiggins shares The Thrill of the Theatre.

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September 20, 2022 18 mins

In this special episode for the Spring holiday, we revisit the conversation Natalie Moutafis had with author and psychologist Megan de Beyer about the benefits for families in getting back to nature, and Carey Baptist Grammar School prep student Emerson Pitman recites her award-winning poem 'Who Loves Spring?'.

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Michelle Green and Shane Green celebrate the young poets who took part in this year's student poetry competition, Mike Broadstock learns more about the Duke of Edinburgh's International Award with Johanna Leitch and Lillian Henderson, and Year 7 Harkaway Hills College student Grace Sudjono recites her award-winning Song of Hope.

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Shane Green talks with leading clinical psychologist Dr. Andrew Fuller about encouraging young people who have opted out of challenging situations since the pandemic to opt back in. Natalie Moutafis talks with Senior Education Trainer from eSafety, Greg Gebhart, about how parents and schools can help students have more positive experiences online. 

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Mike Broadstock learns about the work that the Pat Cronin Foundation does in schools to help end the coward punch with Pat's father, Matt Cronin, and Natalie Moutafis speaks with Haileybury master teacher Clare Mackie about the Teaching Excellence Program at the Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership.

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