HSC – Mr van W's Class

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Curriculum, HSC, Professional Development

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

February 26, 2017 — 1 Comment

TTT Episode 60: Don't Design Lessons Around Fads and Get a Mentor
This week Pete (@mr_van_w) examines the tempting lure of building lessons around the current fad in student culture. This happens to be Fortnite at the moment, it was Pokemon a couple of years ago and it will be something else next time you teach the topic. John (@jfcatto) highlights the need for teachers old and new to have a mentor to support them and the […]
TTT Episode 59: Teacher Breakdown and ATAR Problems
Pete (@mr_van_w) talks about anxiety and depression and its effect on teacher burnout. Sometimes maybe a change is as good as a holiday and experiences may vary. John (@jfcatto) delves into some of Australia's Chief Scientist's criticism of the ATAR. Pete: Breakdown, reach out, recover - Victoria @mrshumanities https://teacher5adaybuddy […]
TTT Episode 58: A Perhaps Misinformed Take on Flipping and Gonski 2.0
This week John (@jfcatto) brings in an article that he is really conflicted about and put down to the difference in application of Flipped Learning rather than the pedagogy itself. Pete (@mr_van_w) managed to finish the full 150 pages of Gonski 2.0 (BTW in no way building upon or related to any other reports that may have been written by the same person and […]
TTTonus 12: Answering Some Listener's Questions
John (@jfcatto) and Pete (@mr_van_w) are back from holidays to answer listener questions that have been coming in over the last couple of weeks. Despite John's "fat voice" https://youtu.be/1urXgf0gilg they manage to talk about: Primary school teachers using music for good Social media accounts for teachers The disappearance of the catfishedu […]