This week we discuss metaphor as a privileged types of language, Pete mansplains Sonic the Hedgehog and Shawtima talks about the Gradual Release of Responsibility model.

Transfer of knowledge and utilisation of 21st Century Skills also become part of our discussion today. Transfer of knowledge from one area to another is a learnable skill.

But most importantly, let's remember our new motto "Yeah, what Pete said"!

@ShawtimaSmiles

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In this episode we cover a wide variety of topics including Learning Styles and VARK, a way to introduce welcome to country in an academically valued way and most importantly, science where rats drive cars for education. Hell yeah.

Stay Shiny Pony Boy,

Hi TTT Fam,

Here we have an episode that almost never made it out of the gates thanks to some dodgy recording. 

We got the sound good though!

Enjoy.

Hey in this episode Pete (@mr_van_w) and Shawtima (@shawtimasmiles) talk about:

Stuff. Not gonna lie, there’s some late night energy going on here and Pete ended up spending a considerable amount of time unwell this week (hence the late ep). But here we are.

Here is Stile for our Science teacher friends: https://stileapp.com/login no add here but check it out. It’s genuinely useful. Tell them Pete and Shawtima sent you, they won’t care.

We come back to some things that we’ve been talking about and trying, to let you know how they went.

Then there are some articles. Shawti talks about this article on the Conversation

https://theconversation.com/the-proposed-new-maths-curriculum-doesnt-dumb-down-content-it-actually-demands-more-of-students-162088

Go us. Anyway, I’m going back to bed til I feel better.

Also, join Pete on Pokemon GO! His trainer number is 1783 2412 6146. For real, do it. He plays and sends gifts daily.

Support the podcast on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/CatfishEducation, it really really helps us keep this regular.

Stay Shiny Pony Boy!

Hey in this episode Pete (@mr_van_w) and Shawtima (@shawtimasmiles) talk about:

In this episode we share a win at school with an indigenous program at our nation’s peak STEM body, CSIRO. 

We delve into Mastery Learning and Education Systems, particularly around the online platform setup by Sal Khan. We also look at the

In another win for the Aboriginal Australians we discuss the modern usage of Aboriginal pedagogy in the classroom at Higher Education levels and High School. Also, why it’s important to value our culture … but you know, that’s obvious.

We also look at some listener feedback and the icky feelings data can leave. We looked at the #Edureading article that lined up so well accidentally with podcast 132

Podcast: People I (Mostly) Admire

Steven Levitt

Episode 22. Sal Khan: “If It Works for 15 Cousins, It Could Work for a Billion People.”

The ‘doublethink’ of data: educational performativity and the field of schooling practices by Ian Hardy and Steven Lewis

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Hey in this episode Pete (@mr_van_w) and Shawtima (@shawtimasmiles) talk about:

Thinking Routines (Headlines) and how they've adapted them to suit what they want to do in the classroom.

We talk ever so briefly about the authoritarian rise of the Flipped Teacher in an article from Times Higher Education.

We talk in more depth about the New Pedagogies for Deep Learning that is going on at Pete’s school - The Central West Leadership Academy. This is from the book Dive into Deep Learning: Tools for Engagement (non-affiliate link - as if they’d pay us).

Then Shawtima gets real misogynistic, and focuses on the work of a dude while talking about a book written primarily by a female educator (Lynn D Sharratt) and other work by Michael Fullan. To be fair, Pete was mostly distracted by what he thought was Shawtima’s insane Trad ramblings of rankings but then it all came good.

Also, join Pete on Pokemon GO! His trainer number is 1783 2412 6146. For real, do it. He plays and sends gifts daily.

Support the podcast on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/CatfishEducation, it really really helps us keep this regular.

Stay Shiny Pony Boy!

Pete (@mr_van_w) is back with the original Shiny Educator, Shawtima (@ShawtimaSmiles). 

It's time to introduce some changes, to the podcast but also not really. Mostly, it's the same nonsense you already love.

Pete and Shawti are talking about all sorts of stuff in this episode. For example, Dungeons and Dragons in schools for students who are either neurodivergent or need social skills.  We also cover Student Leadership, and getting kids good.

Also we <3 Joeldemort (@JoelBSperanza); Courtney (@ComfortDisturb) and Rich (@cambourne26) 

#StayshinyPonyBoy #KissthehomiesGoodnight

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Pete (@mr_van_w) shares how his school celebrated International Women's Day and discusses some of the considerations to running genuine activities and conversations.  

John (@jfcatto) then looks at some Biesta's functions of education and the need for having a conversations about what we value in education.

Good education in an age of measurement: On the need to reconnect with the question of purpose in education - Gert Biesta

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/41529875_Good_Education_in_an_Age_of_Measurement_On_the_Need_to_Reconnect_with_the_Question_of_Purpose_in_Education

Jared Cooney Horvath - What is the purpose of Education

https://youtu.be/3BEjnXS6DXg

Tea and Consent - Blue Seat Studios

https://youtu.be/pZwvrxVavnQ 

How to Put on a Sock

https://youtu.be/06kT9yfj7QE

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This week Pete (@mr_van_w) shares a resource and encourages non-indigenous people to get involved in Aboriginal education and teaching Aboriginal perspectives. John (@jfcatto) then has a whine about the effects of politics on professional development opportunities. 

Educator Resource: 'But I am NOT ABORIGINAL I don't know how to do this stuff!' - Amy Thunig (@amythunig)

https://thebabyacademic.com/2018/09/07/but-i-am-not-aboriginal-i-dont-know-how-to-do-this-stuff/

Stop the political meddling: Who is really setting education policy in NSW -  Marco Cimino (@MrMCimino)

https://educationhq.com/news/stop-the-political-meddling-who-is-really-setting-education-policy-in-nsw-88829

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Hi TTT Family,

No John this week so I thought I'd reflect a little on life and my new schools for you.

Enjoy,

Pete

@mr_van_w