Join us as we sit down with Chief Executive, Professor Martin Westwell as he takes us through 2024’s key achievements and outlines priorities for 2025.

Professor Westwell discusses how South Australia’s education system is a learning system centred on relationships and purpose-driven strategy.

The conversation also explores how to create an education system that prioritises innovation, equity, and civics, ensuring students are prepared for the challenges of tomorrow.

Join us as we sit down with Chief Executive, Professor Martin Westwell as he takes us through 2024&rsquo;s key achievements and outlines priorities for 2025.
Professor Westwell discusses how South Australia&rsquo;s education system is a learning system centred on relationships and purpose-driven strategy.
The conversation also explores how to create an education system that prioritises innovation, equity, and civics, ensuring students are prepared for the challenges of tomorrow.

Join us for an open discussion about life as an educator and the best educational approaches to drive quality learning. You'll hear from expert teachers and inspiring school leaders who have tried, failed and triumphed and have the scars and gold stars to show for it.

A South Australian podcast about teaching and learning.

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Shaping the future: SA education achievements and priorities with Professor Martin Westwell

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 traditional knowledge.

In this insightful conversation, Prof. Lucas clears up common myths about assessment, shows how knowledge and skills fit together, and gives easy tips for teachers to help students become confident, adaptable learners. Whether you're a school leader or classroom teacher, this episode offers valuable advice for embedding creative thinking and holistic assessment into daily practice.

Professor Bill Lucas is internationally recognised for his work on creativity, assessment, and educational leadership. In this week&rsquo;s episode, Prof. Lucas explores how education has developed over time, emphasising the importance of creativity, critical thinking, and dispositions alongside traditional knowledge.
In this insightful conversation, Prof. Lucas clears up common myths about assessment, shows how knowledge and skills fit together, and gives easy tips for teachers to help students become confident, adaptable learners. Whether you're a school leader or classroom teacher, this episode offers valuable advice for embedding creative thinking and holistic assessment into daily practice.

Rethinking assessment in education with Professor Bill Lucas

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 children, educators, and families with Country, the ripple effect of knowledge sharing, and practical advice for educators wanting to engage respectfully with Aboriginal culture.

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 children, educators, and families with Country, the ripple effect of knowledge sharing, and practical advice for educators wanting to engage respectfully with Aboriginal culture.

Walking Alongside: Embedding Aboriginal perspectives in Family Day Care

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 backgrounds through co-teaching and culturally responsive practices.

The episode also outlines the resources available through the EALD hub, including online modules, coaching and professional learning communities. Educators are encouraged to keep learning, collaborate and use these supports to enhance teaching and learning outcomes for Aboriginal EALD students across the state.

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 backgrounds through co-teaching and culturally responsive practices.
The episode also outlines the resources available through the EALD hub, including online modules, coaching and professional learning communities. Educators are encouraged to keep learning, collaborate and use these supports to enhance teaching and learning outcomes for Aboriginal EALD students across the state.

Shaping the future: SA education achievements and priorities with Professor Martin Westwell

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