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Rethinking assessment in education with Professor Bill Lucas
Professor Bill Lucas is internationally recognised for his work on creativity, assessment, and educational leadership. In this week’s episode, Prof. Lucas explores how education has developed over time, emphasising the importance of creativity, critical thinking, and dispositions alongside traditio…
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Walking Alongside: Embedding Aboriginal perspectives in Family Day Care
In this episode, Kaurna Elder Kauwana Tamaru and Family Day Care Service Manager Liz Whitbread share insights on their collaborative "Walking Alongside" project, helping educators to embed Kaurna language and culture into their services. Hear stories about how they are connecting connecting childr…
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Language, Culture and Learning: Aboriginal EALD Education in Practice
In this episode of Teach we explore effective strategies for supporting Aboriginal EALD (English as an Additional Language or Dialect) learners in South Australia. Our guests highlight approaches such as explicit teaching, translanguaging, and leveraging students' first languages and cultural backg…
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New Year, New Opportunities with Chief Executive Martin Westwell
Start the new school year inspired with Chief Executive Martin Westwell as he joins Teach to discuss the year ahead. From encouraging new teachers and exploring the updated curriculum, to the introduction of three-year-old preschool and the first technical college student graduates, the Chief Execu…
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Chief Executive Martin Westwell reflects on the 2025 school year
In the final episode of Teach for 2025, Chief Executive Martin Westwell reflects on the many achievements made across the Department for Education this year. Professor Westwell shares stories from his visits to schools and preschools and discusses big projects such as the rollout of EdChat to all …
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Shaping the future of learning in SA with the Curriculum Leaders’ Network
In this episode Stew Nancarrow, Assistant Principal at Colonel Light Gardens Primary School and Sarah Bradbury, Assistant Director in the Department for Education’s Learning and Teaching Directorate discuss the Curriculum Leaders' Network. This initiative is designed to connect leaders of curricul…
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Challenge to change – Implementing Positive Behaviour for Learning
Principals Sylvia Groves, Salisbury High School and Sally Schwartzkopff, Renmark Primary School, join us to talk about implementing Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) at their schools. Hear how adopting the PBL framework has led to cultural transformation, improved wellbeing and strengthened rel…
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Building a blueprint for resilience at Lenswood Primary School
Join us to explore Lenswood Primary School’s Resilient Lenswood Parents in Education project, an inspiring initiative born from the devastating 2019 Cudlee Creek bushfires. Sokhan Greenwood, Principal at Lenswood Primary School and Caroline Williamson, parent, volunteer and Project Lead share how t…
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Anti-racism in education
Natalie Gentle, Education Programs Manager at Reconciliation SA and a member of the Department for Education’s Reconciliation Action Plan working group, and Leonie Shelley, Principal at Blair Athol North School (B-6), join us to discuss anti-racism in education. Natalie shares how Reconciliation S…
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Numeracy Summit 2025 – Supporting early mathematical thinking with purposeful talk and visualisation
Professor Caroline Cohrssen and Dr. Danielle Harris share their insights into enhancing mathematical understanding in early childhood and secondary education, emphasising the importance of purposeful communication and responsive engagement in early years to foster mathematical thinking beyond basic…
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