Pete (@mr_van_w) opens with a shout out to the Mr Barton Maths Podcast http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/podcast/ and his interview of Andrew Blair (@inquirymaths). Which is a good example of a teachers from both sides of the Trad/Prog fence having a civil conversation. Something that we would like to see more of especially on twitter. 

John (@jfcatto) discusses the lowering in worth of a Bachelors degree and whether we should continue to push students into degrees that they don't need and perhaps no longer count for much.

Pete: The rise of "education rage". Is this why Australia never seems to get ahead - Minds Wide Open

https://mindswideopen.com.au/posts/the-rise-of-education-rage-is-this-why-australian-education-never-seems-to-get-ahead 

John: Julia Gillard's Dropouts - John Slater

https://www.spectator.com.au/2018/09/julia-gillards-dropouts/ 

Pete's not near John, and this makes him sad. So he sent John an audio message. 

Dear John...

Pete's been reading the excellent @cultofpedagogy again. As it often does it pulled his head out of the oven. Nostalgia is the killer of art and it turns out it may be just as dangerous to education.

Pete (@mr_van_w) has some tips from some teachers he knows for Teachers. 

Check out the Shiny teacher he works with on Instagram @stammertime, she's posting some rad stuff.

Flipgrid - not just for Flipped Learning (in fact probably mostly not for flipped learning).

Pete

This week we join Pete (@mr_van_w) and John (@jfcatto) halfway a conversation about why Pete hates apathy and blames Gen X. 

They then decide to put off talking about the the Q&A episode until another day, and then spend half an episode discussing it.

Pete then highlights the need for diversity in teachers. Both so minority students can have relatable role model and so other develop tolerance through interacting with a cross section of society.

Q & A: Eddie Woo, Pasi Sahlberg, Cindy Berwick, Gabbie Stroud and Jennifer Buckingham

https://iview.abc.net.au/show/qanda/series/0/video/NC1804H033S00

Pete: Does Teacher Diversity Matter in Student Learning? - Claire Clain Miller 

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/10/upshot/teacher-diversity-effect-students-learning.html 

Test your bias' with the Harvard Implicit Association test

https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/Study?tid=-1

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https://www.youtube.com/user/LiamCatterson  

So Pete and John had grand plans of getting together and putting out this pod in the start of the holidays and then doing a couple of pods during the holidays.

Look, we all know that didn't happen. I'm not sure what's on this one either - I like to take a gamble and see what's on there when it's published. 

In other words, as John likes to say, I'm rubbish. I might update these show notes after I listen. But I doubt it.

Dear listener we love you, my rubbishness is less a reflection on how we feel about you and more a direct correlation with the intensity of life at the moment. 

Thanks for sticking with us, and if you get the chance give it a rate and review on iTunes or wherever else you can.

Thanks,
Pete (@mr_van_w) and John (@jfcatto)

In a disjointed partially lost episode; John (@jfcatto) criticises the practice of behavior charts as they sound crazy. Then realises that he basically does the same thing. Pete (@mr_van_w) then questions whether students should be able to question the relevance of learning. The answer is "yes and teachers should have an answer".

John: Tear Down Your Behavior Chart! - Lee Ann Jung and Dominique Smith 

http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/sept18/vol76/num01/Tear-Down-Your-Behavior-Chart!.aspx

Pete: Five Ways to Help Student Find the Relevance in Your Lessons - Dan Jones

http://flr.flglobal.org/five-ways-to-help-students-find-the-relevance-in-your-lessons/ 

This week (a little late - soz about that) Pete (@mr_van_w) sits down with some very special guests to run through the many things that we learned at RESCon this year.

We sit down with @MrMCimino, Steven Kolber (@Steven_kolber) and @ShawtimaSmiles.

It was a great time and a good listen. Not so much on the audio quality - it's four friends sitting in a hotel room talking smack. Not in our usual podcast studio.

Pete

This week Pete (@mr_van_w) makes comment on an interview with  Jane Caro by one of our AEON stable-mates.

John (@jfcatto) keeps us up to date on the developments in NSW Education and some recent comments made by the Honourable and Handsome Rob Stokes.

Pete: TER #118 Jane Caro on Education - Dan Haesler

https://terpodcast.wordpress.com/2018/09/02/ter-118-jane-caro-on-education-02-sept-2018/

John: New NSW teachers to require a credit average, 'superior' intelligence - Jordan Baker

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/new-nsw-teachers-to-require-a-credit-average-superior-intelligence-20180902-p501ao.html

New NSW curriculum on the way - Dominica Sanda

https://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/new-nsw-school-curriculum-on-the-way/news-story/8701bc74124ca9385b7f962a1fd69820

In an almost-full-episode-but-really-a-part-deux Pete (@mr_van_w) and John (@jfcatto) discuss the comments made by everybody's second-favourite astrophysicist Professor Brian Cox about the broken education system. Comments that are obviously ludicrous and he has no right to make in the first place, according to edutwitter.

John: Stressed teenagers should think about Mars, not exams, says star physicist Brian Cox - Sian Griffiths

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/stressed-teenagers-should-think-about-mars-not-exams-says-star-physicist-brian-cox-c8vx58vdp     

In a short episode in a busy week/term, Pete (@mr_van_w) and John (@jfcatto) discuss the new depth studies that have been added to the Stage 6 syllabus in Biology, Chemistry and Physics.