The Art of Teaching
Episodes
Alex Wharton: Developing deep connections across school communities, building cohesive teams and how to protect what matters most.
22 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today it is my great pleasure to introduce you to the amazing Alex Wharton. Alex is the Principal at Carinya Christian School, Gunnedah. He is a pas...
Beth Taylor-Jones: The teacher that changed my life, student voice, caring classrooms and 367 marathons later.
08 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s episode is a really special one. We all have that teacher that changed our lives, the one that saw us, the one that believed in us and t...
Dr Hugh Chilton: Reinventing Education, building expert teaching and learning communities and the power of encouragement.
23 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today I have another amazing episode from an incredible educator, Dr Hugh Chiltern. He serves as Director of Research and Professional Learning at...
Moments with Dr. Lyn Sharratt: Putting faces to the data and global literacy rates.
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s bitesized episode is with Dr. Lyn Sharratt. Lyn combines academic theory with hands-on educational leadership experience. She has a track ...
Moments with Michelle James, PhD: The power of public education and the teacher changed the direction of her life.
13 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Michelle James is one of my favourite people. She is a wonderful person, a dear friend and a brilliant thinker. Michelle is an Assistant Professor...
Moments with Megan Dredge: The privilege of our profession and teachers that changed our lives.
10 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this bitesize episode of The Art of Teaching Podcast, we are hearing from the incredible Megan Dredge. Megan is a skilled and animated presenter, ...
Carolyn Blanden: Being a school principal, grace and the power of second chances.
09 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today I have the great privilege of introducing you to Carolyn Blanden. Carolyn has over 30 years of experience in both private and independent educ...
Professor Craig Hassed OAM: Smiling Mind, mindfulness as our natural state and how to be present.
27 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Associate Professor Craig Hassed OAM has been working within the Faculty of Medicine at Monash University since 1989, he is also the coordinator of mi...
Debbie Lowe: GenerationLEAD: helping leaders unlock hidden value and the power of people-centred leadership.
20 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It is my great pleasure to introduce you to another inspiring leader and educator. With over 25 years of experience in leadership including in ed...
Eddie Woo: Australia’s favourite (and unlikely) maths teacher and why maths is for everyone.
06 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Eddie woo is a guest that needs no introduction. He is, arguably, Australia’s most famous and most loved maths teacher. He is a brilliant educator, ...
Dr. Shyam Barr: Self-regulated learning and the motivational, cognitive and metacognitive factors that influence learners.
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Art of Teaching Podcast. Dr. Shyam Barr is an Australian educator helping people become self-regulated learners so t...
Distinguished Prof Viviane Robinson (PhD Harvard): The difference between change and improvement, psychological safety and why engaging in constructive problem talk is essential.
19 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Vivianne Robinson is currently a professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Auckland, and academic director of its Centre fo...
Dr Bo Stjerne Thomsen: Chair of Learning through Play and Vice-President at the LEGO Foundation, the power of play and why he built a house with a tree inside of it.
12 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Bo Stjerne Thomsen is the Vice-President and Chair of Learning through Play in the LEGO Foundation. Bo has published widely on Creativity, Play and Le...
Dr Scott Alterator: Uniting the education and design narrative and why great spaces matter.
05 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today I have the great pleasure of introducing you to the phenomenal Dr Scott Alterator [PhD]. Scott is a passionate educator and researcher who has...
Rohan Dredge and Mike Hardie: How to build leaders worth following and cultures worth reproducing, Jim Rohin and John Maxwell and why self-awareness is everything.
23 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to this week's episode of The Art of Teaching podcast with the amazing Rohan Dredge and Mike Hardie. Rohan and Mike run For Leaders Global wh...
Moments with Dr Heather Michel: My experience at school.
07 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another bitsized episode of The Art of Teaching Podcast, the first for 2022! If you haven’t heard my full interview with the amazing Dr. ...
Dr Fiona Young: Innovative learning environments and why spaces matter.
11 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the next episode of The Art of Teaching. I have the great pleasure of introducing you to another phenomenal guest, Dr Fiona Young. Dr Young...
Aaron Johnston: Building online communities, the challenges of school leadership and what he would do differently if he had his time again.
21 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today I have another very special episode to share with you - an interview with the amazing Aaron Johnston an innovative school leader and teacher. ...
Moments with Dr Tim Sharp: Positive psychology myths, The Happiness Institute and his own struggles with mental health.
14 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Sharp has three degrees in psychology (including a Ph.D.) and an impressive record as an academic, clinician and coach. He is Australia’s very...
Ash from Rainbow Sky Creations: How to support and quip the next generation of teachers.
07 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode we have another inspirational educator, Ashleigh, who is one half of the duo and education entrepreneurs that is Rainbow Sky Crea...
Moments with David Allen: Why it‘s all about efficiency, not productivity.
31 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today we have another bitesized episode of The Art of Teaching Podcasts with the amazing David Allen. His best selling book Getting Things Done: The...
Stephen Heppell: Contemporary learning spaces, online education and why we must keep ”eyes on the horizon and feet on the ground”
24 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Heppell is an English educator who specialises in the use of ICT in education. He is a Professor at Bournemouth University and holds a number ...
Dr Marian Mahat: Innovative learning spaces, co-designing curriculum and pedagogy and what it is really like to be a woman in academia.
17 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It is my great pleasure to introduce you today to the amazing Dr Marian Mahat - she has over 20 years of professional and academic experience across m...
Phil Roberts: The new era of principal leadership, how and why we should take calculated risks and why leading is about others.
12 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today I have the great privilege of introducing you to the amazing Phil Roberts. He is an innovative school leader and educator with over 30 years in ...
Dr Adam Fraser: The importance of asking great questions, challenging assumptions and why he loves working with school leaders.
09 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Adam Fraser is a peak performance researcher, professional speaker, author and consultant In this wide-ranging and incredibly personal discussion w...
Steven Kolber and Bec West: Being two of the 50 finalists in the 2021 Global Teacher Prize, teacher networks across borders and sharing expertise.
02 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode of The Art of Teaching Podcast, I had the pleasure of interviewing the phenomenal Bec West and Steven Kolber. These two incre...
Professor Stephen Fogarty: Transformational leadership, intellectual stimulation and how to remain constantly curious.
13 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Stephen Fogarty is President of Alphacrucis College, a self-accrediting higher education provider and the national training college of Austr...
Moments with Anne Knock: Challenging assumptions and why questioning things that were once considered immovable, is a really really great idea.
05 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this bitesize episode of The Art of Teaching Podcast, we are hearing from the amazing Anne Knock. For more than three decades Anne has worked in ed...
Mundanara Bayles: Generational trauma, truths and conversations that need to be had.
29 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
“The most inhumane things have been done to our people, and yet we are still here, we are still welcoming people to our country and we are still wil...
Andrea Stringer: Why professional learning must be personalised and how to bridge the gap between practice and educational research..
17 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode of The Art of Teaching Podcast is with another amazing educators; Andrea Stringer. She was introduced to me by Professor Pasi Sahlbe...
Moments with Ben Hammersley: Inventing the word podcast and time travel.
16 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this bitesize episode of The Art of Teaching Podcast, we are hearing from the amazing Ben Hammersley. His career combines three interconnected sub...
Doug Thomas: Why visionary leadership matters now (more than ever), innovative school design and creating a culture in which all people thrive
14 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Doug Thomas is a primary school principal who leads an independent school in Sydney. He is a visionary leader, passionate educator and is driven by in...
Moments with Pasi Sahlberg: What is knowledge, how he would change the system and significance of teacher collaboration.
04 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this bitesize episode of The Art of Teaching Podcast, we are hearing from the amazing Pasi Sahlberg. He is a Finnish educator who has worked as a s...
Professor Richard M. Ingersoll: teacher turnover and retention and the importance of teacher voice and autonomy.
31 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Ingersoll is the leading expert on America’s teaching force. He examines teaching as a job, teachers as employees, and schools as workplaces...
James Nottingham: The Learning Pit, cognitive conflict and our primary role as educators.
24 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
James Nottingham is regarded by many as one of the most engaging and thought-provoking presenters in the world of education. He is the author of ten...
Moments with Nigel Marsh: What do you really want out of life, and why we need to be honest about work/life balance.
20 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this bitesize episode of The Art of Teaching Podcast, we are hearing from the incredible Nigel Marsh. As well as the author of three books, he is t...
Professor Alma Harris: Why schools must now embrace distributed, collaborative and network practices.
16 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Alma Harris has held professorial posts at the University of Warwick, University College London, the University of Malaya, the University of...
Professor Stephen Dinham: Teacher satisfaction, dissatisfaction, and resignation; and the ever changing role of school leaders.
13 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Stephen Dinham is so well known in the Australian educational landscape that he almost needs no introduction. For those that need a brief re...
Moments with Professor Yong Zhao: His failure as a Chinese farmer and how this changed his life and the perils of implementing outdated pedagogy.
06 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to this bitesize episode of the Art of Teaching Podcast. These bitesize episodes are small snippets of the longer form interviews that are ava...
John Hattie: Understanding learning through the eyes of our students, what really makes a difference and some fascinating COVID-19 research.
30 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Hattie's work is internationally acclaimed. His influential 2008 book Visible Learning: A synthesis of over 800 Meta-Analyses Relating to Ac...
Moments with Richard Gerver: Conversations that change our lives: President Obama and Sir Ken Robinson.
27 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to this bitesize episode of the Art of Teaching Podcast. These bitesize episodes are small snippets of the longer form interviews that are ava...
Ron Beghetto Ph.D: The role uncertainty and creative risk-taking, why all students need to be creative thinkers and and how – or if – we should assess creativity in schools (18)
13 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Beghetto is an internationally recognized expert on creative thought and action in educational settings. He explains why all students need to be c...
Gabbie Stroud: Brutal honesty, letters that she wished she could have written to parents and her heartbreaking decision to leave teaching (#17)
24 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s episode is another very special chat with a passionate and inspiring educator, Gabbie Stroud. Gabbie is a former teacher and currently s...
Prof. Dr Anantha Duraiappah: Directing UNESCO’s Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable development (MGIEP) and why we need education for human flourishing (#16)
09 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anantha Duraiappah is the director of UNESCO’s Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable development (MGIEP). It is located in...
Simon Breakspear and Bronwyn Ryrie Jones: Teaching Sprints How Overloaded Educators Can Keep Getting Better (#15)
04 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I am going to be having a conversation with with Simon Breakspear and Bronwyn Ryrie Jones, the authors of the book Teaching Sprints H...
Dan Haesler: How can leaders learn to reflect on framing failure and setbacks and what are some of the essential components of teacher training?
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Haesler is a coach whose work focuses on creating happier, healthier and higher performance. He works with leaders in order to help them, and t...
Dr. Catherine Attard: Maths anxiety, misconceptions about this beautiful subject and student engagement (#13)
24 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Catherine is an Associate Professor in primary mathematics education and Deputy Director of Research within the School of Education. She is a multipl...
Dr. Lyn Sharratt: A teacher that had a significant impact on her life, why it's important to put faces to data and her new book "Clarity." (#12)
18 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Lyn Sharratt combines academic theory with hands-on educational leadership experience. She has a track record of substantially increasing school...
Assistant Professor Michelle James PhD: Why science education is essential, vampires and staying curious (#11)
13 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Michelle James is a truly amazing person. I have spent many hours with her talking about her fascinating work. Michelle asks amazing questions and is ...
Megan Dredge: Deciding to stay passionate, tackling apathy and how to get a life. (#10)
06 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Megan Dredge is a skilled and animated presenter, communicator, educator and trainer. For more than a decade, she has been teaching in both the privat...
Heather Michel, EdD: The importance of personal experience, dedicating your life to something that will change the world and why liking kids is just not enough (#9).
25 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Heather Michel EdD is an experienced educator and lecturer from the University of San Diego. Her research areas include: supporting recent teaching gr...
Dr Tim Sharp: The importance of happiness, the role of gratitude and why you need a life outside of work (#8)
11 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
An internationally renowned leader in the field of Positive Psychology Dr. Tim Sharp (aka Dr. Happy) is a sought after Speaker and Facilitator, Consul...
David Allen: The Getting Things Done (GTD) the art of stress free productivity (#7)
11 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
David Allen is one of the world’s most sought after speakers and management consultants. He has been described as the “Father of Modern Productivi...
Anne Knock: The Beauty of a Complex Future and how we can embrace the messiness of change in school environments (#6)
23 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For more than three decades Anne has worked in education and development. Commencing as a primary school teacher, she then moved into leading communit...
Ben Hammersley: Inventing the word podcast, Moore’s Law and preparing young people for a future that we can’t even imagine (#5).
21 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Hammersley is a New York-based consultant, keynote speaker, and systems developer, working on Adaptive Futurism, and Cognitive Risk. His resume ...
Pasi Sahlberg: Embracing collective responsibility for student learning, teaching autonomy and why change is so hard (#4)
18 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Pasi Sahlberg has worked as a schoolteacher, teacher-educator, researcher, and policymaker in Finland and advised education system leaders around the ...
Nigel Marsh - What do you really want out of life? (#3)
14 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode of The Art of Teaching Podcast, we are hearing from the incredible Nigel Marsh. His TED speech on work/life balance remains t...
Professor Yong Zhao - The lessons all schools must learn from COVID-19 (#2)
14 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode is a discussion with Professor Yong Zhao. Professor Zhao has been recognised as one of the world’s most influential education sc...
Richard Gerver: Why it's time to take bold risks in education (#1).
24 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Richard has been described as one of the most inspirational leaders of our generation. He is an award-winning author, speaker and renowned thinker. Af...