Meet The Education Researcher Podcast
1) Assessment and feedback in higher education (Phillip Dawson)
We talk to Phill Dawson (Deakin University) about how to make sense of some of the latest trends around authentic assessment, self-assessment and ‘ungrading’. We also talk about what makes good feed...Show More
2) International student mobilities (Rachel Brooks)
Students choosing to study overseas has long been an important part of higher education, but is becoming increasingly politically contentious. Professor Rachel Brooks (University of Oxford) talks ab...Show More
3) School uniforms and ‘appropriate appearance’ policies (Kayla Mildren)
Many Australian schools have extensive rules around what students are expected to wear and what they should look like. Kayla Mildren (Griffith University) talks about her work on the sociology of sc...Show More
4) A journal editor’s view on getting published (Sam Sellar)
Getting published in academic journals can be a major source of stress for education researchers. We talk to Sam Sellar (lead editor of Discourse) about how best to navigate the article writing and ...Show More
5) Teacher recruitment and the problem of ‘hard-to-staff’ schools (Jo Lampert)
We hear regular reports of a ‘crisis’ in teacher recruitment and what has been characterised as an exodus of educators leaving the profession. Professor Jo Lampert (Monash University) talks about h...Show More
Teacher recruitment and the problem of ‘hard-to-staff’ schools (Jo Lampert)
15:23 | Jul 13th, 2024
6) Precision Education Governance (Kristiina Brunila)
Prof. Kristiina Brunila (University of Helsinki) talks about the rise of ‘Precision Education Governance’ – the current push to reform education systems through markets, digital technologies, standard...Show More
7) Mental health education and social-emotional learning (Neil Humphrey)
Mental health is now recognised as an important part of schooling. Neil Humphrey (University of Manchester) talks about recent efforts to establish compulsory mental health education across English sc...Show More
8) The coming crisis in education research … and what we might do about it (Sally Power)
Academic research is becoming increasingly peripheral to education policy-makers and practitioners. Prof. Sally Power (Cardiff University) talks about the current shortcomings of our work, and how e...Show More
9) Academics’ use of social media and generative AI (Mark Carrigan)
Why did Twitter so quickly fall apart as a place for scholarship? Where are academics now going for their social media buzz? How can you use Chat GPT as a genuinely useful interlocutor? Mark Carriga...Show More
10) Educational leadership, gender and race (Pontso Moorosi)
A/Prof Pontso Moorosi (University of Warwick) joins us to talk about her research on leadership preparation in South African schools, and the varying experiences of Black women school principals aroun...Show More