AAFIE in Conversation

Episode 10 - DSD2024 - Dr. Tom Brunzell  

In this episode AAFIE’s Dale Murray is joined by Dr. Tom Brunzell, Director of Education at Berry Street. Dale and Tom chat about Tom's work at Berry Street, Melbourne University, his new book (co-authored with Professor Helen Stokes) and why he is committed to Doing School Differently. Tom also gives us a little sneak peek into what to expect from his Keynote Presentation this year. 

 Dr. Tom Brunzell and Professor Helen Stokes:  Implementing trauma informed pedagogies for school change shifting schools from reactive to proactive.

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In this episode AAFIE’s Dale Murray and Professor Kitty te Riele are joined by Henk van Woudenberg from The Netherlands.  Henk is the part of the Student Ownership of Learning (SOL) Foundation, whose research relates to the outcomes of 'game-based research' with the experiences of 'ownership of learning' of students. Henk spends some time talking about 'The Game', a board-game that encourages players to articulate the culture of their school and their idea about what is the most desired culture for the future of their school. 

The game is played with all participants of the school community. The game generates data that can be used to define the direction of the school development.

With the board game dubbed ‘We own the school’ you discuss ownership of learning with students, teachers and school leaders. The aim of this game is to start a conversation about 'ownership of learning' and how the school can promote that. 

Student ownership of learning SOL - Welcome 

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Join this amazing group of young people from Canberra College as they host this amazing vodcast discussing the Indigenous Voice to Parliament.
They lead a balanced conversation about the YES vote and hope to provide as much information for our young people who are of voting age to make an informed decision about their vote.

The power of the youth voice important in this referendum and this conversation is a must listen for all young people and all voters!  

These young folk we're joined by esteemed guests for a Q & A. 

Dr John Davis : JD is a proud Murri Ambae man. He is a Traditional Owner of the western sides of Bunya Bunya Mountains, Country we call Boobagarrn Ngumminge. 

“My people are Cobble Cobble kinnected to Warra and Dalby. We have links directly to the Barunggam and Wakka Wakka people”. John is passionate about our people, our languages and culture and working and moving our ways forward as best practice in education and community development. John is currently a Senior Research Fellow at the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab (Deakin University), an activist, public-facing think-tank rooted in research that leads with the insight that Indigenous Knowledge carries the patterns, systems, methods and protocols to make regenerative models of production, trade, economics, governance and technology function sustainably at scale.

John was former CEO of the Stronger Smarter Institute, an organisation that works with educators to improve the educational outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. He is a regular media commentator, including regular appearances as a panellist on ABC’s The Drum. 

 Brydie Zorz: Working as an advocate and a proud Wiradjuri woman, Brydie has featured in a wide range of forums from the Lithgow Mercury to Italy’s Il Globo newspapers. Brydie has given voice to the Uluru Statement from the heart and speaking on both indigenous representation in our country and the specific issues that are currently under debate regarding the Uluru Statement and the constitutional reform. Brydie is an ambassador for the Uluru Youth Network.

Scott Gorringe : Scott is a Mithaka man from far western Queensland. Scott is both passionate and resolute about bringing people together around approaches to complex challenges. He is best known for his trustworthiness, humility and unbridled and unparalleled passion for driving cultural awareness and change.

Along with 5 other Mithaka people, Scott led the Mithaka Native Title process for 12 years to a successful Consent Determination decision in October 2015. He believes the challenge is to reconnect with self, others, and the environment. Scott has a master’s degree from the University of Queensland, studied at The University of British Columbia in Canada. He is Director of Murrimatters Consulting, Fellow of the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation, and Chief Investigator on Australian Research Council grant (ANU).

The National and International experiences broadened Scott’s knowledge and understanding of other Indigenous societies which places him at the forefront of articulating ground-breaking and cutting-edge strategies which have been created to assist First Nation Peoples’ ongoing willingness to foster and drive self-determination.

Ngunnawal elder Aunty Violet Sheridan : Aunty Violet cannot be with us on the day but has passed some thoughts to relay to the audience: 

Aunty Violet says that the referendum is a critical step towards her Grand Children and Great Grand Children being able to walk with you in a country with no racism. 
She wants you to know that she feels that her community cannot do this without other Australians walking alongside

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In this episode Co-Chair of AAFIE Professor Kitty te Riele is joined by Professor Karen Martin from the University of Tasmania. 

Professor Martin is a Professor in Trauma-Informed Pedagogy in the School of Education.  Professor Martin's research explores trauma-informed practice and how its application can transform the education experience for school students.

In addition to promoting awareness of the impact of trauma, her areas of expertise include child and adolescent mental health, psychological and post-traumatic distress, and family and domestic violence.

Kitty and Karen yarn about trauma, and the work that Karen is doing in Tasmania as part of the Trauma Informed Research Lab at UTAS. 

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In this episode, AAFIE's Dale Murray is joined by Mr. Richard O'Neill from Manchester UK. Richard describes himself as a master storyteller brought up in the nomadic storytelling tradition. Richard has made and continues to make a huge contribution to the art of storytelling across the world.

Richard's book 'The School for Nomads' recognises the importance for young Gypsy and Traveller people to have access to books that positively reflect their lives and experiences.

At the same time, the book highlight the  important of education understanding the barriers Gypsy and Traveller children often face in both accessing mainstream education and in staying in the education system.

Whilst literacy levels are lower than the national average so too is the understanding of Gypsy and Traveller cultures and traditional learning models. 'The School for Nomads' was created with Gypsy and Traveller students, for Gypsy and Traveller students and their teachers,  which explores what a ‘School for Nomads’ would look like.

During this chat, Dale and Richard yarn about the mirrored experiences of gypsy and nomad students with many young people  in Australia on the fringes of education. These similarities highlight the importance of representation for marginalised students and how the education system understands and includes these cohorts in learning. 

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Join Co-Chair of AAFIE Professor Kitty te Riele as she yarns with Dr. Tom Brunzell, Director of Education, Berry Street about his Keynote address at the upcoming Doing School Differently Conference.

Tom's presentation is titled: Proactively supporting positive behaviour in FLO: Re-imagining student behaviour intervention through a systems-informed perspective. 

Tom also shares with us, why he is a returned speaker and delegate of the Doing School Differently Conferences!

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In this episode, AAFIE's Dale Murray is joined by Professor Martin Mills, Dr. Aspa Baroutsis and Dr. Glenda McGregor as they share their insights into their presentation for Doing School Differently 2022 - Who teaches in the flexible and non-traditional school sector in Australia.

There are over 70,000 young people, across 400 flexible and non-traditional schools in Australia, yet little is known about the workforce, the people who 'make the magic happen'. Through their current Australian Research Council Linkage Project, Martin, Aspa and Glenda are eager to present some preliminary findings collected from a range of interviews conducted with principals, teachers, teacher aides, youth workers and social workers, who comprise the teaching workforce in this sector.

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Join Co-Chair of AAFIE Dale Murray as he yarns with Dr. Luci Pangrazio, Senior lecturer in Language and Literacy and Alfred Deakin postdoctoral research fellow at Deakin University about her Keynote address at the upcoming Doing School Differently Conference (DSD2022). Luci's research focuses on social media, personal data and privacy, the politics of digital platforms, and young people’s critical understandings of social media. At DSD2022 Luci will be presenting a Keynote address entitled: Children and young people’s digital rights in the algorithmic age.

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In this episode, AAFIE's Dale Murray is joined by Helen Connolly, the South Australian Commissioner for Children and Young People, who will open the Doing School Differently Conference with her keynote address entitled From the Wings to Centre Stage: Understanding Education from the perspective of children.

During this chat, Commissioner Connolly shares her commitment to children and young people through various aspects of her work including a series of 'Keeping Kids Connected' summits. The Commissioner highlighted that through these opportunities it is clear that there are many people who are interested in the education of our children and young people; acknowledging the important roles that education plays in keeping kids connected in all aspects of their lives.

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