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Putting the love back into teaching and learning one episode at a time

Take your teaching to the next level and break free from the negativity and the daily grind and embrace those strategies that inspire children to become independent, happy, curious and capable learners!

Tune in every week for conversations that will give you the confidence and support you need to shake things up, and integrate inquiry, play and nature-based learning into your everyday lessons to foster a lifelong love for learning in the children you teach.

No edubabble, just straight talk.

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Latest Episodes

April 29, 2024

Ep 25 Interview with Marcus Veerman of Nudel Kart

Marcus Veerman is a playground designer, founder and CEO of a charity called Playground Ideas and designer and founder of the Nudel Kart, Nudel Pod and Nudel Rover, innovative open ended toys based on loose…

April 22, 2024

Ep 24 Interview with Dr Claire Warden – The Meaning of Nature Pedagogy in Practice

Today we welcome Dr Claire Warden, Nature Pedagogist, author, education consultant, entrepreneurial leader and founder of Auchlone, a multi award winning nature kindergarten in Scotland. We unpack what nature pedagogy is, and how educators can…

April 15, 2024

Ep 23 How to plan for and integrate inquiry into your existing lessons

So you’re inspired to integrate inquiry-based learning into your existing lessons, but you’re struggling to know how to go about it. This episode will walk you through the process and give you some ideas of…

April 8, 2024

EP 22 What’s the Deal with Explicit Instruction vs Inquiry-based learning?

According to the latest Australian news reports, Australian children are performing terribly and the real culprit is the fact that teachers are not teaching using an explicit instruction model. In today’s episode I explore very…

April 2, 2024

Ep 21 How to Integrate Inquiry and Nurture Curiosity

Curiosity naturally leads to inquiry. Edwina demonstrates how the inquiry process is closely aligned to the strategies for nurturing your own curiosity and takes you through the step-by-step process for nurturing that natural curiosity in…

March 26, 2024

Ep 20 Two Educators answer:”What is your favourite strategy for engaging children and keeping them curious?”

In this episode two educators respond to the question, “What is your favourite strategy for engaging children and keeping them curious?” Both Veronica Green and April Zajko who are educational consultants and experienced early childhood…
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About your host

Hi, I’m Edwina, a teacher just like you.

I’m also a blogger and podcast host!

My mission is to help you go from feeling overwhelmed and drowning in paperwork and demands, to feeling confident and armed with the tools and know-how to spark curiosity and excitement in your learners as you integrate inquiry into your lessons. To help you create experiences that get kids excited, curious and confident in their learning.

And you know what else? We’ll do it while keeping admin happy and ticking off all those curriculum boxes.

Each week I’ll bring you conversations that inspire you to take action and give you the confidence to know that what you’re doing makes a real difference.

 

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