Explicit teaching’s ‘robotic’ tag cast aside as new podcast showcases great practice

Education HQ Australian Teacher Magazine, April 22, 2025, By Sarah Duggan

Excerpt from Australian Teacher Magazine

A new podcast that is aiming to blow apart the misconception that explicit teaching is robotic and inflexible is set to hand teachers a ‘front row seat’ to some of the best classrooms in the world.

Launched by prominent NSW school leader Rebecca Birch and LaTrobe University senior lecturer Dr Nathaniel Swain, ‘Chalk Dust‘ will zero in on footage taken from real classrooms to unpack the seemingly subtle but highly impactful ways in which teachers are applying the science of learning.

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