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TTT75: Round table chat about flipped learning and such
This week (a little late - soz about that) Pete (@mr_van_w) sits down with some very special guests to run through the many things that we learned at RESCon this year. We sit down with @MrMCimino, Steven Kolber (@Steven_kolber) and @ShawtimaSmiles. It was a great time and a good listen. Not so much on the audio quality - it's four friends sitting in a h […]
TTT Episode 74: The Public/Private Debate and Stuff Rob Stokes Says
This week Pete (@mr_van_w) makes comment on an interview with Jane Caro by one of our AEON stable-mates. John (@jfcatto) keeps us up to date on the developments in NSW Education and some recent comments made by the Honourable and Handsome Rob Stokes. Pete: TER #118 Jane Caro on Education - Dan Haesler https://terpodcast.wordpress.com/2018/09/02/ter-118- […]
TTT Episode 73: Transcending the Syllabus
In an almost-full-episode-but-really-a-part-deux Pete (@mr_van_w) and John (@jfcatto) discuss the comments made by everybody's second-favourite astrophysicist Professor Brian Cox about the broken education system. Comments that are obviously ludicrous and he has no right to make in the first place, according to edutwitter. John: Stressed teenagers sho […]
TTT Episode 72: Thoughts on Depth Studies
In a short episode in a busy week/term, Pete (@mr_van_w) and John (@jfcatto) discuss the new depth studies that have been added to the Stage 6 syllabus in Biology, Chemistry and Physics.