In a new book of essays edited by the unstoppable Professor Susan Groundwater-Smith AM, my colleague Associate Professor Jorge Knijnik and I have a contribution titled: “Hope and Courage: A collective pedagogy to build sustainable gender and equality and more”. In this essay we concern ourselves with learning regarding gender equality through different organisational structures…
Since the beginning of 2024 I have received hundreds of emails in regard to distress teachers and principals have about the direction education in NSW public schools is taking. It’s fair to say it’s quite depressing for someone like myself who has always sought to deeply understand what great classroom teaching can look like and…
Thank you for the amazing response to this op ed published on 16 July in ‘Education Review’ – link is here Please get in touch using my jane.hunter@uts.edu.au – if you would like a pdf of the piece.
On Friday 28th June Associate Professor Don Carter and I recorded the twelfth podcast episode* for Series 2 of Talking Teachers.This episode features Federal Minister for Education Jason Clare. Going to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Offices at 1 Bligh Street in Sydney to do the recording was a highlight – recommend a visit soon – the…
New work in secondary schools involves building student and teacher capacity in critical thinking by working with journalists – a group based in Berlin does this really well. Lie Detectors. Do you know their work? Lots of free resources for schools on their website. Thank you for featuring this good news story with links to…
The THREE I’s of school-university partnerships : delighted to work with Corinne and Michelle on this new Springer book – my chapter is Invitations, Impact, and Involvement: Tales from Successful School-University Partnerships in STEM and STEAM in Australian Schools, p.39-57. Full citation here Hunter, J.L. (2024). Invitations, Impact, and Involvement: Tales from Successful School-University Partnerships…
