Stemiverse 0034 – Dr Jane Hunter on High Possibility Classrooms 

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In this episode, Dr. Peter Dalmaris and Marcus Schappi talk with Dr. Jane Hunter.

Jane is a former primary and high school teacher. She is currently leading a series of postdoctoral research studies in Australia to build teacher capacity in STEM and STEAM in schools. Her work reinforces the importance of pedagogy and ongoing teacher professional learning through action learning in school-university partnerships.

The pedagogical framework featured in her recent book: “Technology integration and High Possibility Classrooms: Building from TPACK” is leading education change and new thinking in schools. Jane also teaches pre-service teachers in the Master of Teaching Program (Secondary) in the School of Education at the University of Technology, Sydney.

This is Stemiverse Podcast episode 34.

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Show Notes

• [spp-timestamp time=”00:00″] Introduction – Introducing Dr. Jane Hunter
• [spp-timestamp time=”03:15″] Jane talks about her childhood and her innate love for learning and teaching
• [spp-timestamp time=”05:05″] Jane’s parents’ influence during her childhood years
• [spp-timestamp time=”07:34″] Jane talks about her background and what lead her to be “a humanities’ person working in the STEM space”
• [spp-timestamp time=”10:44″] Jane’s current research and teaching activities regarding classroom teaching & learning and pedagogy
• [spp-timestamp time=”13:03″] Professor Russell Tytler
• [spp-timestamp time=”14:27″] High Possibility Classrooms and their Conceptions: Theory-Creativity-Public Learning-Life Preparation-Contextual Accommodations
• [spp-timestamp time=”14:55″] Student Learning Processes and Teaching Strategies – New South Wales model of Quality Teaching – Fred M. Newmann
• [spp-timestamp time=”16:07″] Ken Robinson – Anna Craft
• [spp-timestamp time=”16:30″] Jane’s Book: Technology Integration and High Possibility Classrooms: Building from TPACK
• [spp-timestamp time=”17:16″] Introduction to TPACK: Mishra and Koehler built on Lee Shulman‘s idea of Pedagogical Content Knowledge
• [spp-timestamp time=”20:03″] How the framework of High Possibility Classrooms can be applied in a classroom
• [spp-timestamp time=”24:57″] “Planning hard to teach easy”
• [spp-timestamp time=”26:03″] Life preparation examples – Working on real-world problems
• [spp-timestamp time=”30:25″] Reforming pedagogy in earlier years of school vs. later years
• [spp-timestamp time=”33:50″] Parramatta Marist High School
• [spp-timestamp time=”35:23″] Jane’s opinion of changes in University entry methods such as project-based vs. exams – Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President of UTS Professor Shirley Alexander, Ted Dintersmith, Tony Wagner (book: Most Likely to Succeed: Preparing Our Kids for the Innovation Era)
• [spp-timestamp time=”38:02″] Assessing projects with the use of AI
• [spp-timestamp time=”38:39″] Women in subjects like engineering – Professor Michelle Simmons horrified at the “feminized” nature of the HSC physics curriculum
• [spp-timestamp time=”42:23″] The work of the teacher is becoming more complicated – Teachers that inspire students – Paying teachers more & having teaching assistants
• [spp-timestamp time=”45:58″] What workload would Jane offload to teaching assistants?
• [spp-timestamp time=”49:32″] Parents struggling with their kids’ screen time – Ruha Benjamin, Princeton University (keynote speech in ISTE 2016 Conference & Expo, Denver)
• [spp-timestamp time=”51:41″] How should Public Schools get money from the government and the need for resources
• [spp-timestamp time=”52:54″] Dr. Jane Hunter – High possibility STEM classrooms Talk at UTS
• [spp-timestamp time=”53:51″] Auxiliary but central issues in Education
• [spp-timestamp time=”55:29″] Quantum Physics for Babies, by Chris Ferrie
• [spp-timestamp time=”56:15″] Is STEM really about STEM or something else?
• [spp-timestamp time=”59:30″] Thoughts regarding STEM as a field of Teacher Education
• [spp-timestamp time=”01:00:39″] Book Recommendations – Jane’s Academia Profile
• [spp-timestamp time=”01:03:50″] Will AI take over the role of teachers? Professor Genevieve Bell, Boyer Lectures: Fast, Smart and Connected
• [spp-timestamp time=”01:05:04″] Mark Scott and The Education for a Changing World – Symposium 2017, #futurefrontiers
• [spp-timestamp time=”01:05:27″] What happens to Teachers when you can download whatever you want to learn?
• [spp-timestamp time=”01:06:11″] New Vision for Education by the World Economic Forum
• [spp-timestamp time=”01:06:37″] Beyond just transmitting data to the students
• [spp-timestamp time=”01:08:14″] How should new Educators get prepared for teaching STEM?
• [spp-timestamp time=”01:11:26″] Teacher Education at UTS
• [spp-timestamp time=”01:12:14″] Jane’s Contact Information: Email, Twitter, HPC Website