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This is a podcast about evidence-based teaching and the science of learning. I’m your host, Luke Rowe, and I’m a lecturer and learning scientist in Melbourne, Australia. I’m extremely passionate about the education and the learning sciences, and I started this podcast with the hope of sharing this passion with you! The mission here at Powerful Learning is to help you know more, do more, and be more. Come join me and my guests on a learning journey into topics such as feedback, metacognition, ...
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Mastering Influence: Brain-Based Strategies for Impactful Learning
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Mastering Influence: Brain-Based Strategies for Impactful Learning Welcome to the "Powerful Learning Podcast"! 🌟 In this episode, I summarize some big ideas from the book Stop Talking, Start Influencing: 12 Insights from Brain Science to Make Your Message Stick by Dr. Jared Cooney-Horvath. This book is a treasure trove of practical tips and scienti…
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Series 2. Episode 17. Study Smarter, Not Harder, with Professor Sean Kang
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In this evidence-rich episode we are joined by our guest, A/Professor Sean Kang, as we explore scientifically proven principles of practice to supercharge your learning journey. Sean is a cognitive psychologist whose research focuses on applying the cognitive science of human learning and memory towards improving instructional practice. He has writ…
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Series 2. Episode 16. Education and Human Flourishing, with Dr. Kylie Trask-Kerr
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What's the purpose of education? Could it have something to do with human flourishing? In this episode, we invite guest and human flourishing expert, Dr. Kylie Trask-Kerr, to explore the topic of human flourishing in various educational contexts, including at the level of individuals, classrooms, schools, and broader communities. Kylie is an experi…
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Series 2. Episode 15 (extended). What Makes a Quality Teacher with Dr. Mike Witter (extended version)
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EXTENDED VERSION This is an extended version of episode 14, with Dr. Mike Witter. It's been provided to support those of you who would like to take a deeper dive into the notion of 'teacher quality'. Some additional topics that we discuss on this extended version include: Teacher-performance pay Professional Learning and Development to Improve Teac…
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Series 2. Episode 14. What Makes a Quality Teacher with Dr. Mike Witter
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What does it mean to be a good teacher? This is a multifaceted concept that has been the subject of research for over a century. While we've made significant progress, there are still many questions that remain unanswered about the purpose of education, the distinction between teacher quality and quality teaching, how to measure effective teaching,…
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Series 2. Episode 13. Dynamic Discourse for Deep Learning with Dr. Sophie Specjal
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How much classroom discussion involves the teacher talking compared to their students? For most teachers, the reality is sobering: the typical teacher spends far more time talking and asking questions than their students and this is often detrimental to learning and engagement. Sadly, research even suggests that some students can go through an enti…
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Series 2. Episode 12. Three Misconceptions About Feedback in Education with Luke Rowe, Ph.D.
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Have you ever heard of the ‘feedback sandwich’? What about the idea that the best feedback is often given immediately after performance and without delay? And if feedback is simply a transfer of information from one person to another, then why does the research suggest that feedback given is often vastly different from feedback received? In this ep…
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Series 2. Episode 11. The Foundations of Effective Feedback with Dr. Luke Rowe
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What do we mean by the term ‘Feedback’ – is it really just as simple as giving a student information about their performance? Or is there more to it? And what are some of the models and strategies that underpin high-impact feedback in various educational settings? In today’s podcast, I’ll attempt to tackle some of these tricky questions by standing…
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Series 2. Episode 9. Reimagining Student Engagement with Dr. Amy Berry
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What does it mean to be engaged in your learning? When superficially understood, engagement refers to the level of involvement and participation that students have in their own learning process. But that’s an impoverished view of engagement. In today’s podcast, we’re going to take our understanding of student engagement to the next level with my gu…
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Series 2. Episode 10. Creativity in the Classroom with Prof. John Munro
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Do schools really “kill creativity”? (a claim famously made by the late Sir Ken Robinson). Does a tightly structured curriculum stifle creative potential among some students while rewarding a conformist mentality among others? How can we best foster and nurture creativity in schools whilst maintaining academic excellence? In today’s podcast, I’ll b…
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Series 1. Episode 8. Multimodalities, Multiliteracies, and Digital Technologies with Prof. Kathy Mills
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iPads, podcasts, vodcasts, YouTube, interactive books, the metaverse, zoom, virtual and augmented reality, eBooks, laptops, social media, antiscocial media, creators, consumers, coding and maker spaces... Welcome to the 21st century classroom where students engage with text through multiple modalities that are fundamentally shifting the way we thin…
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Series 1. Episode 7. Feedback in the Wild with Dr. Luke Mandouit
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Feedback is one of the most widely-used and regularly deployed strategies in the toolkit of educators. And rightfully so. Much of the research points to the fact that feedback can be extremely powerful at improving student learning. Yet did you know that major reviews of the scholarly literature on feedback suggest that up to one-third of all appro…
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Series 1. Episode 6. Health and Wellbeing in Schools with Associate Professor Jon Quach
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How important is the notion of ‘health and wellbeing’ in schools? Should schools simply 'stay in their lanes' and avoid this topic altogether? Or should they play a pivotal role in the lives of learners in how they develop their health and wellbeing? And if you agree with the latter point, then to what extent should teachers be responsible for the …
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Series 1. Episode 5. Visible Learning The Sequel - Interview with John Hattie Part 2 of 2
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In 2008 Professor John Hattie released his landmark publication, Visible Learning. This book synthesised research from over 800 meta-analyses representing findings from research involving millions of students and over 100 different influences on academic achievement. John’s book was widely celebrated for having built that elusive bridge between the…
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Series 1. Episode 4. Interview with John Hattie - Evidence-Based Teaching (Part 1 of 2)
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How do you know if you're an effective teacher? How do you interpret and evaluate evidence to inform your teaching practice? At least part of the answer to these questions must have something to do with the impact a teacher has on the learning of their students. But the next question of course is ‘How do we know that our students are learning?’ One…
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Series 1. Episode 3. Evidence Based Teaching - Three Models of Evidence-Based Teaching
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Do you want to integrate ‘Evidence-Based Teaching’ into your practice? If so, where should you begin? What are some of the key steps and working 'models' that we can adopt to help integrate evidence-based teaching into our educational practice? In this podcast, we'll look into some of the key features of different models of evidence-based teaching …
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Series 1. Episode 2. Evidence Based Teaching - The Research Practice Divide
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Why is it that there seems to be such a massive gap between research and practice when it comes to teaching and learning? It turns out that this is a highly complex question to answer. But that will not deter us from trying! So, for today’s podcast, we’ll look into some of the anecdotal and empirical claims about why the research-practice divide ex…
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Series 1. Episode 1. Evidence Based Teaching - The Context
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Have you ever wondered what is meant by the terms ‘Evidence-Based Teaching’? Why is it that evidence-based teaching has become such an important topic among circles of students, educators, and policy-makers? And what are some of the models and strategies that underpin evidence-based teaching? Well, in this series I’ll attempt to tackle some of thes…
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Introduction to the Powerful Learning Podcast
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Interested in discovering more about about the science of learning and evidence-based teaching? Look no further.... Welcome to the Powerful Learning Podcast! This episode provides you with a brief outline of things to come. Luke shares his mission and vision for the podcast and a bird's eye view of the research framework he'll be drawing upon when …
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