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Teacher magazine talks to Professor in STEM Education Lyn English about the importance of Engineering in the primary years and resources to support teachers in the classroom.

Three years ago, Nikki Urlich and her colleagues redesigned the teaching and learning of maths at their New Zealand school. The ‘Modern Maths’ program brings together 120 learners and a team of four teachers in an innovative learning environment.

Teacher talks to University of New England academics Dr Jennifer Charteris and Dr Sue Gregory about their research that looks at the impact of the messaging app Snapchat in education settings, and how schools are responding to issues such as cyber bullying and sexting.

Dr Kevin Anthony Perry talks to Teacher magazine about a collaborative research project exploring classroom wellbeing in Denmark.

Teacher magazine speaks to Peter Johnson about efforts to improve the recruitment and retention of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander educators in Australian schools.

Teacher speaks to New York educator Jaymes Dec about school FabLabs, pop-up makerspaces and the open-source Nerdy Derby.

In this special episode, Teacher talks to Computer Science education expert Professor Tim Bell, one of the keynote presenters at the ACER Research Conference 2016.

In honour of our second birthday, the Teacher team looks back on some of our favourite podcasts from the last year.

Teacher chats to Claire Warden about Nature Pedagogy – what it is and how it works in practice, including lesson planning and risk management.

Teacher speaks to Professor Rosemary Johnston about the findings of the inaugural Kids & Family Reading Report Australia and its implications for educators.

Professor Geoff Masters AO and Robert Marshall discuss school improvement, assessment and teaching.

Teacher speaks to Associate Professor Gerry Redmond about the Australian Child Wellbeing Project, capturing student voice and the importance of focusing on the middle years of schooling.

Teacher speaks to Dr Mary Kimani about school support for refugee students from Sub-Saharan Africa.

Teacher speaks to Professor David Lynch about a five year pilot study that explored the characteristics of an outstanding school.

Can peer assessment techniques help improve pass rates and student learning outcomes? According to one educator’s action research, the answer is yes.

We find out about Harvard University's Best Foot Forward project, which is exploring the effectiveness of videoing lessons as a feedback tool in teacher observations.

Five global education experts sat down with Teacher to give a snapshot of the developments and challenges in mathematics in their respective countries.

Dr Elisabeth Duursma discusses her research on the impact of fathers reading to their children, and why it has implications for educators in the classroom.

The lead architect behind one of the shortlisted school designs at the World Architecture Awards tells Teacher about designing a school that reflects local culture, history and landscape.

Dr Stephen Keast and Dr Bec Cooper share tips for those interested in adopting the team teaching approach and pitfalls to watch out for.