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Talking Teaching

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  • Disrupting Disadvantage: Inside Hester Hornbrook (Special Assistance School)

    December 28, 2025 · 35 min

    In this episode of Talking Teaching, host Dr Sophie Specjal explores the story of Hester Hornbrook Academy, a fee-free, Independent Special Assistance School (SAS School) in Victoria supporting young people aged 15–25 who have experienced…

  • Reading, Reasoning, and AI: A New Era in Education

    December 16, 2025 · 23 min

    In this episode of Talking Teaching, our host Sophie Specjal sits down with Dr Jennifer Buckingham Dr Jennifer Buckingham to explore the critical intersection of reading, reasoning, and artificial intelligence in contemporary…

  • “Indigenous Wisdom: Story, Land and Ceremony in Early Childhood Education”

    November 21, 2025 · 38 min

    What can Indigenous knowledge teach us about raising and educating children? Anishinaabe visiting scholar Professor Jan Hare, from the M’Chigeeng First Nation and Dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia…

  • John Hattie on 50 Years of Evidence, Impact and Belonging

    August 31, 2025 · 38 min

    How do we measure what truly matters in education? Laureate Professor Emeritus John Hattie joins host Dr Sophie Specjal to reflect on five decades of research, leadership and global influence. From his pioneering work on Visible…

  • Teaching with Torres Strait Island Knowledge—A Conversation with Dr John Doolah

    July 6, 2025 · 34 min

    To mark 50 years of NAIDOC Week, Talking Teaching celebrates this year’s theme, The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy, by spotlighting the work of Dr John Doolah, a proud Torres Strait Islander and Indigenous education lecturer at…

  • Wellbeing Literacy: Teachers and students using language to enhance wellbeing

    June 25, 2025 · 35 min

    How does language shape how we feel, relate, and learn? In this episode, host Dr. Sophie Specjal is joined by Professor Lindsay Oades, Dr Jacqui Francis and Lisa Baker to explore the emerging concept of Wellbeing Literacy; the capability…

  • Expanding How We Learn with Professor Guy Claxton

    June 11, 2025 · 31 min

    What if learning isn’t just about what we know, but about who we become? Professor Guy Claxton joins Talking Teaching to unpack his fascinating journey through psychology and education, and discusses learning as a capacity, calling for a…

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About the show

Talking Teaching is a University of Melbourne podcast for the Faculty of Education in Melbourne, Australia. It is a podcast about effective, evidence-based classroom practice and the latest in educational thinking. Each episode features insights from world-renowned educators and thinkers and is expertly hosted by Dr Sophie Specjal.