Dr Ken Boston began his professional career as a university lecturer, after being awarded his PhD in Earth Sciences. He then went into the education bureaucracy to go on to a distinguished career in Australian and international education. Dr Boston is a former Director-General of Education in South Australia and New South Wales, a former Director-General, Education and Training and Managing Director, TAFE NSW and former CEO of Britain’s Qualifications and Curriculum Authority. He was also a Gonski school funding reforms panellist.



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ABC Radio National interview with Dr Boston on 6th June 2023 https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/archived/edpod/dr-ken-boston/3057944



Boston, K. (September, 2016). What Gonski really meant, and how that’s been forgotten almost everywhere. Inside Story.What Gonski really meant, and how that’s been forgotten almost everywhere 



Boston, K. (February, 2017). Gonksi at five. Vision or hallucination. Inside Story. Gonski at five: vision or hallucination? 



Hare, J. (May 2022) Gonski has been politicised, bastardised and cherry-picked: Ken Boston

https://www.afr.com/policy/health-and-education/gonski-has-been-politicised-bastardised-and-cherry-picked-ken-boston-20220217-p59x8w

Dr Ken Boston began his professional career as a university lecturer, after being awarded his PhD in Earth Sciences. He then went into the education bureaucracy to go on to a distinguished career in Australian and international education. Dr Boston is a former Director-General of Education in South Australia and New South Wales, a former Director-General, Education and Training and Managing Director, TAFE NSW and former CEO of Britain’s Qualifications and Curriculum Authority. He was also a Gonski school funding reforms panellist.
 
Show notes
 
ABC Radio National interview with Dr Boston on 6th June 2023 <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/archived/edpod/dr-ken-boston/3057944">https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/archived/edpod/dr-ken-boston/3057944</a>
 
Boston, K. (September, 2016). What Gonski really meant, and how that’s been forgotten almost everywhere. Inside Story. <a href="https://insidestory.org.au/what-gonski-really-meant-and-how-thats-been-forgotten-almost-everywhere/">What Gonski really meant, and how that’s been forgotten almost everywhere </a>
 
Boston, K. (February, 2017). Gonksi at five. Vision or hallucination. Inside Story. <a href="https://insidestory.org.au/gonski-at-five-vision-or-hallucination/">Gonski at five: vision or hallucination? </a>
 
Hare, J. (May 2022) Gonski has been politicised, bastardised and cherry-picked: Ken Boston
<a href="https://www.afr.com/policy/health-and-education/gonski-has-been-politicised-bastardised-and-cherry-picked-ken-boston-20220217-p59x8w">https://www.afr.com/policy/health-and-education/gonski-has-been-politicised-bastardised-and-cherry-picked-ken-boston-20220217-p59x8w</a>

Hosts: Dr Don Carter & Associate Professor Jane Hunter

https://www.uts.edu.au/about/faculty-arts-and-social-sciences/podcasts

Don & Jane are members of the Life-wide Learning and Education Research Group in the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences at the University of Technology Sydney. They have spent decades involved with education in schools as classroom teachers, head teachers, policy advisors, curriculum experts, course developers, partners in school-based research studies and the advancement of undergraduate and postgraduate teachers including inservice teacher professional learning.

Hosts: Dr Don Carter &amp; Associate Professor Jane Hunter
<a href="https://www.uts.edu.au/about/faculty-arts-and-social-sciences/podcasts">https://www.uts.edu.au/about/faculty-arts-and-social-sciences/podcasts</a> 
Don &amp; Jane are members of the Life-wide Learning and Education Research Group in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Social Sciences at the University of Technology Sydney. They have spent decades involved with education in schools as classroom teachers, head teachers, policy advisors, curriculum experts, course developers, partners in school-based research studies and the advancement of undergraduate and postgraduate teachers including inservice teacher professional learning.

Talking Teachers

Don & Jane are members of the Life-wide Learning and Education Research Group in the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences at the University of Technology Sydney. They have spent decades involved with education in schools as classroom teachers, head teachers, policy advisors, curriculum experts, course developers, partners in school-based research studies and the advancement of undergraduate and postgraduate teachers including inservice teacher professional learning.

Hosts: Dr Don Carter & Associate Professor Jane Hunter

Producer: William Verity

Don &amp; Jane are members of the Life-wide Learning and Education Research Group in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Social Sciences at the University of Technology Sydney. They have spent decades involved with education in schools as classroom teachers, head teachers, policy advisors, curriculum experts, course developers, partners in school-based research studies and the advancement of undergraduate and postgraduate teachers including inservice teacher professional learning.
Hosts: Dr Don Carter &amp; Associate Professor Jane Hunter
Producer: William Verity

A former Director General looks back to look forward

Erin Morley is the editor of Education Review and Campus Review both of which report on current issues in school-based education and higher education respectively. A graduate of the University of Wollongong, Erin completed her internship at the Illawarra Mercury, where she investigated the lack of childcare vacancies by phoning 100 childcare centres within 70km of Wollongong.

Throughout 2023, Erin investigated and produced news for the health sector through Nursing Review and Aged Care Insite. 

Show Notes

Knijnik, J., Hunter, J. & Paterson, C. (December 2024). Paper presentation: Education and democracy in schools through the lens of the Australian print media: a decadal examination at AARE Annual Conference, Macquarie University. 

Hopwood, N., Palmer, T. A., Koh, G. A., Lai, M. Y., Dong, Y., Loch, S., & Yu, K. (2024). Understanding student emotions when completing assessment: technological, teacher and student perspectives. International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 1-16. 

Maher, D., & Young, K. (2023). Artificial Intelligence and Literacy Development in K–12 Schools. In Creative AI Tools and Ethical Implications in Teaching and Learning (pp. 80-98). IGI Global. 

Manuel, J., Carter, D., (2020). The English Teacher’s Handbook A-Z (2nd Edn). Phoenix Education.  

Mockler, N. (2022). Constructing teacher identities: How the print media define and present teachers and their work. London: Bloomsbury. 

Nationwide News Pty Ltd. (2024). Education Review. 

Credits

Hosts: Associate Professor Don Carter and Associate Professor Jane Hunter, members of the Life-wide Learning and Education Research Group in the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences at the University of Technology Sydney. 

Producer: William Verity from Verity Media.

Made on Gadigal Country of the Eora Nation, with respect to Elders past, present and emerging.

Erin Morley is the editor of Education Review and Campus Review both of which report on current issues in school-based education and higher education respectively. A graduate of the University of Wollongong, Erin completed her internship at the Illawarra Mercury, where she investigated the lack of childcare vacancies by phoning 100 childcare centres within 70km of Wollongong.
Throughout 2023, Erin investigated and produced news for the health sector through Nursing Review and Aged Care Insite.&nbsp;
Show Notes
Knijnik, J., Hunter, J. &amp; Paterson, C. (December 2024). Paper presentation: Education and democracy in schools through the lens of the Australian print media: a decadal examination at AARE Annual Conference, Macquarie University.&nbsp;
Hopwood, N., Palmer, T. A., Koh, G. A., Lai, M. Y., Dong, Y., Loch, S., &amp; Yu, K. (2024).&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1743727X.2024.2358792">Understanding student emotions when completing assessment: technological, teacher and student perspectives</a>. International Journal of Research &amp; Method in Education, 1-16.&nbsp;
Maher, D., &amp; Young, K. (2023).&nbsp;<a href="https://www.igi-global.com/chapter/artificial-intelligence-and-literacy-development-in-k12-schools/330830">Artificial Intelligence and Literacy Development in K&ndash;12 Schools</a>. In Creative AI Tools and Ethical Implications in Teaching and Learning (pp. 80-98). IGI Global.&nbsp;
Manuel, J., Carter, D., (2020). <a href="https://www.phoenixeduc.com/english-teachers-handbook-a-z-2e-9781925169393">The English Teacher&rsquo;s Handbook A-Z</a> (2nd Edn). Phoenix Education.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Mockler, N. (2022). Constructing teacher identities: How the print media define and present teachers and their work. London: Bloomsbury.&nbsp;
Nationwide News Pty Ltd. (2024). <a href="https://www.educationreview.com.au/">Education Review</a>.&nbsp;
Credits
Hosts:&nbsp;<a href="https://profiles.uts.edu.au/Don.Carter" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0">Associate Professor Don Carter</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://profiles.uts.edu.au/Jane.Hunter" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="1">Associate Professor Jane Hunter</a>, members of the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.uts.edu.au/about/faculty-arts-and-social-sciences/research/research-centres-groups-and-projects/life-wide-learning-and-education-research-group" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="2">Life-wide Learning and Education Research Group</a>&nbsp;in the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.uts.edu.au/about/faculty-arts-and-social-sciences" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="3">Faculty of Arts &amp; Social Sciences</a>&nbsp;at the University of Technology Sydney.&nbsp; Producer:&nbsp;William Verity from Verity Media.
Made on Gadigal Country of the Eora Nation, with respect to Elders past, present and emerging.

The media taking note to improve practice

Dr Jill Brown is an Associate Professor in Mathematics Education at Deakin University. She is a former maths teachers and current maths educator and education researcher.

Jill is internationally recognised for her research where her interests include researching the teaching, learning, and assessing of real-world applications and mathematical modelling, mathematical thinking and reasoning, functions in technology-rich environments, affordances, zone theory, and anything that furthers our understanding of teaching and learning mathematics. She was an elected member on the International Executive of the International Community of Teachers of Mathematical Modelling and Applications (ICTMA), 2013-2022.  

Show Notes

Brown, J. (2024). Explicit teaching mandate – a pushback now is critical, AARE EduResearch Matters, April. 

Brown, J. P. (2024). Challenging Tasks: Opportunities for Learning. In Proceedings of the 14th International Congress on Mathematical Education: Volume II: Invited Lectures (pp. 77-92). 

Brown, J. P., Stillman, G. A., Galbraith, P. L., & Ng, K. E. D. (2024). Mathematical modelling of real-world phenomena. Research in Mathematics Education in Australasia 2020–2023, 29-57. 

Brown, J. et al (Ed). (2023). Affordances for learning to teach mathematics: the case of out of filed teachers. Methodological approaches to STEM education research. 4:1-19. Cambridge Scholars.  

Gabriel, F. (2022). Maths anxiety–and how to overcome it. Significance, 19(1), 34-35. 

Credits

Hosts: Associate Professor Don Carter and Associate Professor Jane Hunter, members of the Life-wide Learning and Education Research Group in the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences at the University of Technology Sydney. 

Producer: William Verity from Verity Media.

Made on Gadigal Country of the Eora Nation, with respect to Elders past, present and emerging.

Dr Jill Brown is an Associate Professor in Mathematics Education at Deakin University. She is a former maths teachers and current maths educator and education researcher.
Jill is internationally recognised for her research where her interests include researching the teaching, learning, and assessing of real-world applications and mathematical modelling, mathematical thinking and reasoning, functions in technology-rich environments, affordances, zone theory, and anything that furthers our understanding of teaching and learning mathematics. She was an elected member on the International Executive of the International Community of Teachers of Mathematical Modelling and Applications (ICTMA), 2013-2022.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Show Notes
Brown, J. (2024). <a href="https://blog.aare.edu.au/explicit-teaching-mandate-a-pushback-now-is-critical/">Explicit teaching mandate &ndash; a pushback now is critical</a>, AARE EduResearch Matters, April.&nbsp;
Brown, J. P. (2024).&nbsp;<a href="https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/pdf/10.1142/9789811287183_0006">Challenging Tasks: Opportunities for Learning</a>. In Proceedings of the 14th International Congress on Mathematical Education: Volume II: Invited Lectures (pp. 77-92).&nbsp;
Brown, J. P., Stillman, G. A., Galbraith, P. L., &amp; Ng, K. E. D. (2024). <a href="https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-97-1964-8_3">Mathematical modelling of real-world phenomena</a>. Research in Mathematics Education in Australasia 2020&ndash;2023, 29-57.&nbsp;
Brown, J. et al (Ed). (2023). Affordances for learning to teach mathematics: the case of out of filed teachers. Methodological approaches to STEM education research. 4:1-19. Cambridge Scholars.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Gabriel, F. (2022).&nbsp;<a href="https://academic.oup.com/jrssig/article/19/1/34/7029478?login=false">Maths anxiety&ndash;and how to overcome it</a>. Significance, 19(1), 34-35.&nbsp;
Credits
Hosts:&nbsp;<a href="https://profiles.uts.edu.au/Don.Carter" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0">Associate Professor Don Carter</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://profiles.uts.edu.au/Jane.Hunter" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="1">Associate Professor Jane Hunter</a>, members of the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.uts.edu.au/about/faculty-arts-and-social-sciences/research/research-centres-groups-and-projects/life-wide-learning-and-education-research-group" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="2">Life-wide Learning and Education Research Group</a>&nbsp;in the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.uts.edu.au/about/faculty-arts-and-social-sciences" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="3">Faculty of Arts &amp; Social Sciences</a>&nbsp;at the University of Technology Sydney.&nbsp; Producer:&nbsp;William Verity from Verity Media.
Made on Gadigal Country of the Eora Nation, with respect to Elders past, present and emerging.

Maths education in Australian schools

Marnee Shay is an Associate Professor and a Principal Research Fellow in the School of Education at the University of Queensland. She is an Aboriginal woman whose maternal family is from the Ngen'giwumirri language group (Daly River, Northern Territory), she was born in Brisbane, with strong connections to Indigenous communities in southeast Queensland.

Marnee is an experienced and qualified secondary teacher. 

Marnee is a lead editor of a critical text in the field of Indigenous education, “Indigenous education in Australia Learning and Teaching for Deadly Futures”, published by Routledge in 2021 The book won a national award for ‘The Tertiary/VET Teaching and Learning Resource' category at the Education Publishing Awards Australia. 

Show Notes

Mielke, M. & Farrington, D.P. (2021). School based interventions to reduce suspension and arrest: A meta-analysis, Aggression and Violent Behaviour. 56  

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1359178920302226?via%3Dihub

Perkins, R., Thomson, A. & Shay, M. (2024). Towards equity: Privileging Indigenous knowledge in education research. Understanding sociological theory for education practices (pp. 45-63). Cambridge University Press. 

Shay, M., Miller, J., Hameed, S. & Armour, D. (2024). Indigenous voices: reimagining Indigenous education through a discourse of excellence. The Australian Educational Researcher, 1-19.  

Shay, M. & Oliver, R. (Eds). (2021). Indigenous education in Australia: Learning and Teaching for Deadly Futures. Abingdon, Oxon United Kingdom: Routledge. 

Shay, M. & Sara, G. (17 May 2024). There’s $110 million for Indigenous education in the budget. But where’s the evidence it will work? in The Conversation 

https://theconversation.com/theres-110-million-for-indigenous-education-in-the-budget-but-wheres-the-evidence-it-will-work-230103

Credits

Hosts: Associate Professor Don Carter and Associate Professor Jane Hunter, members of the Life-wide Learning and Education Research Group in the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences at the University of Technology Sydney. 

Producer: William Verity from Verity Media.

Made on Gadigal Country of the Eora Nation, with respect to Elders past, present and emerging.

Marnee Shay is an Associate Professor and a Principal Research Fellow in the School of Education at the University of Queensland. She is an Aboriginal woman whose maternal family is from the Ngen'giwumirri language group (Daly River, Northern Territory), she was born in Brisbane, with strong connections to Indigenous communities in southeast Queensland.
Marnee is an experienced and qualified secondary teacher. 
Marnee is a lead editor of a critical text in the field of Indigenous education, “Indigenous education in Australia Learning and Teaching for Deadly Futures”, published by Routledge in 2021 The book won a national award for ‘The Tertiary/VET Teaching and Learning Resource' category at the Education Publishing Awards Australia. 
Show Notes
Mielke, M. &amp; Farrington, D.P. (2021). School based interventions to reduce suspension and arrest: A meta-analysis, Aggression and Violent Behaviour. 56  
<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1359178920302226?via%3Dihub">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1359178920302226?via%3Dihub</a> 
Perkins, R., Thomson, A. &amp; Shay, M. (2024). Towards equity: Privileging Indigenous knowledge in education research. Understanding sociological theory for education practices (pp. 45-63). Cambridge University Press. 
Shay, M., Miller, J., Hameed, S. &amp; Armour, D. (2024). Indigenous voices: reimagining Indigenous education through a discourse of excellence. The Australian Educational Researcher, 1-19.  
Shay, M. &amp; Oliver, R. (Eds). (2021). Indigenous education in Australia: Learning and Teaching for Deadly Futures. Abingdon, Oxon United Kingdom: Routledge. 
Shay, M. &amp; Sara, G. (17 May 2024). There’s $110 million for Indigenous education in the budget. But where’s the evidence it will work? in The Conversation 
<a href="https://theconversation.com/theres-110-million-for-indigenous-education-in-the-budget-but-wheres-the-evidence-it-will-work-230103">https://theconversation.com/theres-110-million-for-indigenous-education-in-the-budget-but-wheres-the-evidence-it-will-work-230103</a> 
Credits
Hosts: <a href="https://profiles.uts.edu.au/Don.Carter" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0">Associate Professor Don Carter</a> and <a href="https://profiles.uts.edu.au/Jane.Hunter" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="1">Associate Professor Jane Hunter</a>, members of the <a href="https://www.uts.edu.au/about/faculty-arts-and-social-sciences/research/research-centres-groups-and-projects/life-wide-learning-and-education-research-group" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="2">Life-wide Learning and Education Research Group</a> in the <a href="https://www.uts.edu.au/about/faculty-arts-and-social-sciences" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="3">Faculty of Arts &amp; Social Sciences</a> at the University of Technology Sydney.  Producer: William Verity from Verity Media.
Made on Gadigal Country of the Eora Nation, with respect to Elders past, present and emerging.

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