Come to our first TER Live event: BYOD Policy Forum on March 25

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Main Feature: Interview with Dr. Lesley-Anne Ey on the influence of media and music videos on increased sexual behaviour in children at younger ages. Regular Features: AITSL’s Teacher Feature, Danielle Cavill & Emily O’Connor talk about student voice; Education in the News; Teachers’ Brains Trust, Danielle Vandenberg talks about her early experiences with the Flipped Classroom; Mystery Educator competition.

Links and Show Notes

00:00:00 – Introduction

00:04:18 – AITSL’s Teacher Feature, Danielle Cavill and Emily O’Connor talk about student voice

00:08:06 – Education in the News

• Victorian Government Education Department investigates Access Ministries over inappropriate materials given to students
• A Queensland Director of Catholic Education admits to systems failure leading to prolonged child sexual abuse
• ACT announces plans to text literacy and numeracy of public school teachers
• NT Education Minister Peter Chandler releases discussion paper outlining possible overhaul of Education Act with specific reference to Independent Public Schools
• NSW Principals instructed to investigate any students absent for 10 days or more
• NAPLAN data on MySchool website updated on March 4 prompting numerous comparisons of schools & systems
  • The Age compares Victorian government and non-government schools
  • Courier Mail shows elite private schools regularly outperformed by public schools
  • Daily Telegraph shows public schools outperform private schools despite millions of dollars difference in income.
• NSW Education Minister Adrian Piccoli speaks out against MySchool and the publication of assessment data
• Ongoing industrial action by teachers in the Northern Territory and Western Australia
• South Australian State Election on March 15 has significant focus on Education.

00:17:00 – News Analysis and Discussion

00:23:22 – Teachers’ Brains Trust: Danielle Vandenburg talks about her early experiences with the Flipped Classroom

00:30:37 – Mid Show Credits

00:31:47 – Main Feature: Interview with Dr. Lesley-Anne Ey about her research into the increasingly sexualised behaviour of students at a younger age, the role of media, particularly music video clips, on student behaviour and self-image, and the role that schools, parents and communities have to play in addressing the issue.

01:11:52 – Mystery Educator Competition

01:13;34 – Announcements

• TER Live! BYOD Policy Forum, 5pm March 25 at Harold Park Hotel

01:17:35 – Quote: “When you know better, you do better” – Maya Angelou

01:18:00 – Closing Credits