Feb 25, 2021
In a follow-up to the last episode and based on several comments I received I thought I would chat about the Left Brain versus Right Brain myth. Well sorry to tell you but it is a myth. It is based on very old research that was just plain wrong. We all use both sides of our brains and there is no evidence that...
Jan 27, 2021
Learning styles continue to be popular in many schools and with many teachers even though research shows that they do not exist. Many researchers have shown that separating students and teaching them according to their learning style does not improve learning outcomes.
Oct 20, 2020
I chat with Emeritus Professor Jere Confrey who is an expert in Mathematics Education.
We discuss a range of topics including:
Sep 27, 2020
There is a lot of discussion around what the future of education will be and how we future proof our students for the new tomorrow. But what does it mean to future proof our students and what will the future look like? A lot of people seem to be assuming that robots and automation will take many of the current jobs and...
Sep 4, 2020
I had the pleasure of chatting with Dr Sam Ginsberg for the Connected Teachers Academy podcast. Sam has had over 50 years of experience as a teacher and a psychologist in both private and public schools in Australia. He has worked with abandoned children in India, at-risk Australian Aboriginal youth, deaf and...