Stemiverse 0014 - Professor John Fischetti: Transformational Teaching

Summary:

In this episode of Stemiverse, Peter and Marcus talk with Professor John Fischetti.

Professor Fischetti is Head of School of Education School in the University of Newcastle.

Over the past 30 years John has worked to revamp classroom practices, school structures and board policies around the new era we are in, that he calls “the collaborative, global innovation age”.

In the past, John has served as a Dean in the US, a Professor and teacher.

Working inside school reform, revamping teacher education and rethinking leadership preparation over the past thirty years, Professor John Fischetti brings a divergent set of experiences to The University of Newcastle.

In this hour long, gem-packed discussion, John talks about

* equity vs equality in education,

* flipped schools,

* refugee education in Miami,

* personalised education,

* intellectual inspiration,

* student engagement,

* how to equip our children with the intellectual tools they need to reach the moon and beyond,

* how the role of teachers has already changed,

* and much much more.

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