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Talking Teaching is a University of Melbourne podcast about effective, evidence-based classroom practice and the latest in educational thinking. Each episode features insights from world-renowned educators and thinkers.
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Thriving Kids: Rethinking Early Intervention, Neurodiversity and Belonging (opens the original)
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In this timely episode, host Dr Sophie Specjal is joined by Professor Frank Oberklaid AM and Associate Professor Matt Harrison to examine one of the most significant changes to Australia’s approach to supporting young children and their families. The staged national rollout of the Australian Government’s Thriving Kids initiative is due to begin on 1 October 2026, with the program expected to reach full scale by January 2028. Professor Oberklaid brings exceptional insight to this conversation as
The Promise to Every Student: From Classroom Practice to National Leadership. In conversation with Stephen Gniel, CEO of the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) (opens the original)
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Education carries a promise: that every student has the opportunity to learn, progress, belong and thrive. But what does it take to deliver on that promise, from the decisions made in a classroom to those shaping education across Australia? In this episode of Talking Teaching , University of Melbourne host Dr Sophie Specjal PhD speaks with Stephen Gniel , CEO of the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), about a remarkable career and lifelong commitment to education s
Questions That Matter: Rethinking Assessment, AI and the Future of Learning with Professor Therese Hopfenbeck (opens the original)
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In this episode of Talking Teaching , host Dr Sophie Specjal is joined by Professor Therese N. Hopfenbeck , Director of the Assessment and Evaluation Research Centre at the University of Melbourne and Chair of the PISA 2029 Questionnaire Framework Group. Across a rich and wide-ranging conversation, Sophie and Therese explore what assessment is really for, what student voice can tell us that traditional measures cannot, and how artificial intelligence is challenging educators to rethink what it m
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