Text to Task: Simplifying Education

Today, we’re talking with Dr. Penny Round from Monash University, Australia. She’s an experienced educator and researcher who’s been working with students with special needs.

Guest: Dr Penny Round has been working in the area of students with special needs for 35 years. Penny has qualifications in both special education and gifted education. Her primary research has revolved around students with special needs in regular secondary schools, with a particular focus on students at the senior secondary level.

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As teachers, we go through many training sessions and professional development programs that can feel too much—especially when deciding which methods or tools to use. In today’s episode, I am discussing how to simplify our teaching approach and stay focused on achieving meaningful learning outcomes, all while reducing stress and anxiety. Let’s make teaching a little easier and a lot more effective!

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Happy New Year. Thank you for hanging out with me. I’m so excited to kick off the year with you.

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In this episode, I sit down with with Dr. Mohammad Ali Heidari-Shahreza to explore practical real life strategies for improving learning through humour and playfulness in the classroom. He explains the psychology behind why humour increases engagement and how playful learning taps into the brain's neuroplasticity, making it easier for students to grasp and remember.

Guest - Mohammad Ali Heidari-Shahreza is a university professor, teacher educator, and interdisciplinary educational researcher with a focus on playful learning, particularly humor-integrated education. His extensive research has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, including Humor: International Journal of Humor Research, TESOL Journal, and Comedy Studies. He has authored several books and contributed chapters to edited volumes by prominent publishers like Routledge and Springer.

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Join me, on this special episode of Text to Task: Simplifying Education, where I have the incredible honour of sitting down with renowned poet and political thinker Peter Dale Scott for his first interview in a decade. I'm thrilled that he chose to share his insights with me, and I can't wait for you to hear this unique conversation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Dale_Scott & https://www.peterdalescott.net

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In this episode, I share the journey that led to this incredible opportunity and the valuable lessons I learned along the way.

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Today we explore the tough life of the Uyghur people in Xinjiang, China. We're joined by Professor Darren Byler, who interviewed and lived among Uyghurs in China, seeing their struggles firsthand. Stay tuned for an eye-opening conversation on their fight for justice.

Guest: Anthropologist Darren Byler is an Assistant Professor of International Studies at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia. He is the author of an award-winning ethnography titled Terror Capitalism: Uyghur Dispossession and Masculinity in a Chinese City (Duke University Press 2022) and a narrative-driven book titled In the Camps: China's High-Tech Penal Colony (Columbia Global Reports 2021). His current research and teaching is focused on infrastructure development and global China.

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In today's world, we're surrounded by screens and notifications that constantly grab our attention. Social media updates and email notifications bombard us, making it hard to focus and get things done. But why is this such a big problem? How does all this digital stuff affect our ability to think clearly? And most importantly, what can we do about it? To shed light on this topic, we're joined by an expert in educational psychology, Dr. Abraham E. Flanigan.

Guest - Abraham E. Flanigan, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of educational psychology at Georgia Southern University. Dr Flanigan is the senior chair of the American Educational Research Association's Studying and Self-Regulated Learning Special Interest Group. He specializes in factors influencing undergraduate motivation and self-regulation, such as digital distraction, student-instructor rapport, and note-taking mediums. Dr Flanigan has been recognized as one of the most productive early-career educational psychology researchers globally.

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In this episode we delve into the lives of Rohingya refugee children, exploring their struggles, resilience, and the hopes they carry for a brighter future. The Rohingya crisis, one of the world's most dire humanitarian situations, has left countless families displaced and seeking refuge. As of September 2023, a total of 965,467 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh have been officially registered and provided documentation through collaboration between the Government of Bangladesh and UNHCR. Notably, over half of the registered refugees (52%) are children.

In an exclusive interview, Professor Mahbub Alam Prodip, who has worked closely with the Rohingya refugee children, speaks about the unimaginable challenges they face and how education serves as a potential lifeline to a brighter future.

Guest : Mahbub Alam Prodip (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8340-6812), a Lecturer at Acknowledge Education in Australia and Associate Professor in Public Administration at the University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh, specializes in gender and politics, particularly in local-level politics in India and Bangladesh. A Ph.D. holder in Peace Studies from the University of New England, he is a prominent feminist scholar and a leading authority on refugee education in South Asia, with numerous publications and an edited book on the subject.

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Join us as we explore the concept of Translanguaging, and its implications for teaching and learning. We'll discuss how it goes beyond traditional notions of bilingualism and encourages learners to use all their linguistic capabilities.

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