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Spotlight: Empowering Learners with Professor Guy Claxton
In the latest spotlight, Professor Guy Claxton shares practical ways to help learners become more curious, confident and independent. It features videos from his visit to Orbis earlier this year, showing how small everyday tweaks can build positive dispositions and create classrooms where students thrive.
What you’ll learn in this 90-minute module:
- How to encourage the development of positive learning dispositions.
- Ways to shape how learners think about learning and themselves through words, tone, and classroom habits.
- Simple everyday tweaks to teaching practice ...[read more]
In the latest Let’s talk, Lou Pyman invites us to explore the power of compassion, starting with self-compassion.
A former teacher and now a leader with Compassion Revolution, Lou shares practical insights and tools to help support your wellbeing.
You’ll discover:
- What self-compassion is and how it can be used to reduce stress.
- How stress can affect the body and how to use self-awareness and soothing strategies.
- How self-compassion can boost motivation, help to prevent burnout, and build resilience.
Why this matters
Looking after your own wellbeing is essential. This ...[read more]
“We want to be responsive; we want to be future focused, but we also want to ensure that our work is aligned to our Strategy for Public Education.” - Jacqui van Ruiten
In the latest Orbis podcast Jacqui returns to reflect on the highlights from 2024, including the increase in certification of Highly Accomplished and Lead teachers and the expansion of the Early Career Teacher Development program and mentor support.
She unpacks how Orbis continues to improve access and equity, with our expanded reach in ...[read more]
What role does literacy play in shaping successful classrooms?
In this insightful short course, Professor Larissa McLean Davies explores the crucial roles of talking, reading and writing in education. She explores how improved language and literacy practices can enhance learning for all students.
Professor McLean Davies is a leading voice in education, known for her expertise in literacy, equity and teacher development. Currently she serves as Deputy Dean, Faculty of Education at the University of Melbourne, where she focuses on innovative approaches to language and learning.
In this ...[read more]
“The more that I use the technology, the more I understand that humans very much have to be in the loop.”
Rebecca Weber – AI Education Specialist Lead, Emerging Technology & EdPass Team
Are you curious about how members of the education community are using AI to enhance their work? Dive into this online course—the first of our series—on meaningfully integrating AI into the education context.
This short course highlights how the South Australian education community is harnessing EdChat, the Department’s generative AI chatbot. ...[read more]
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