Curriculum – Mr van W's Class

Category: Curriculum

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Episode 134: Proper late night energy on the pod.
Hey in this episode Pete (@mr_van_w) and Shawtima (@shawtimasmiles) talk about: Stuff. Not gonna lie, there’s some late night energy going on here and Pete ended up spending a considerable amount of time unwell this week (hence the late ep). But here we are. Here is Stile for our Science teacher friends: https://stileapp.com/login no add here but check it ou […]
Episode 133: Sad Teacher Daddy
Hey in this episode Pete (@mr_van_w) and Shawtima (@shawtimasmiles) talk about: In this episode we share a win at school with an indigenous program at our nation’s peak STEM body, CSIRO. We delve into Mastery Learning and Education Systems, particularly around the online platform setup by Sal Khan. We also look at the In another win for the Aboriginal A […]
TTT Episode 132: Not Pretty, But Pretty Useful
Hey in this episode Pete (@mr_van_w) and Shawtima (@shawtimasmiles) talk about: Thinking Routines (Headlines) and how they've adapted them to suit what they want to do in the classroom. We talk ever so briefly about the authoritarian rise of the Flipped Teacher in an article from Times Higher Education. We talk in more depth about the New Pedagogies for […]
TTT Episode 131: ADHD Squared
Pete (@mr_van_w) is back with the original Shiny Educator, Shawtima (@ShawtimaSmiles). It's time to introduce some changes, to the podcast but also not really. Mostly, it's the same nonsense you already love. Pete and Shawti are talking about all sorts of stuff in this episode. For example, Dungeons and Dragons in schools for students who are eith […]

Mr van W's Class

Teaching and flipping an Australian Science class

Category: Curriculum

The Learning Rainforest by Tom Sherrington – there is no Binary in teaching.

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Teaching New Dogs Old Tricks: Why the new HSC curriculum is not what we need.