Episodes

  • Perfectionism
    Dec 13 2023

    Mike Broadstock talks with clinical and forensic psychologist David Cherry about how parents and teachers can help students when healthy high standards turn to perfectionism.

    You can find transcripts and links to what we discussed on our podcast page. Please connect with ISV on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and LinkedIn.

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    19 mins
  • The Learning Blueprint and the importance of sleep
    Oct 18 2023

    Natalie talks with psychiatrist, author and comedian Dr. Jo Prendergast about how parents can support their teen's mental health and the importance of getting enough sleep. Mike talks with Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath about how the Learning Blueprint helps students and teachers to get the most from their education by helping them to understand the way they think. The Knox School student Aurelia Cabrera performs her award winning poem The Man on The Steering Wheel.

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    38 mins
  • Helping teens quit vaping
    Sep 12 2023

    Mike Broadstock talks with Melbourne University Associate Professor Michelle Jongenelis about how we can help vaping teenagers quit (without it turning into a lecture) and Parents Website favourite Diane Bourke shares why nursery rhymes matter.

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    30 mins
  • Everything to lose: Helping young people steer clear of gambling
    Jul 18 2023

    Mike Broadstock talks with Mark Riddiford from the Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation about helping young people think critically about gambling, when sports betting is promoted everywhere. Shane Green chats with Psychologist Andrew Fuller about latest neurochemistry research and what it tells us about student learning and wellbeing. And Claude Debussy's Clair de Lune is played beautifully by Eric Lu from The Knox School.

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    41 mins
  • Transformative repair
    May 1 2023

    Shane Green explores Transformative repair – an arts program which takes broken things and remakes them into something beautiful – and discovers how educators are using it to make a difference in their school communities.

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    17 mins
  • Why we need more girls to embrace STEM
    Apr 4 2023

    Natalie Moutafis speaks with Australia’s Women in STEM Ambassador, Professor Lisa Harvey-Smith, about why it’s important to make sure everyone is included in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Mike Broadstock talks with ISV Chief Executive Michelle Green about the changing face of education, and Australian Children Laureate Gabrielle Wang explores why taking in ISV’s student poetry competition can help young people grow their imagination.

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    21 mins
  • What ChatGPT means for schools
    Mar 9 2023

    Mike Broadstock talks with education consultant and author, Leon Furze, about the latest tech already disrupting classrooms – AI program ChatGPT – and how educators can make the most of its potential.

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    21 mins
  • Career Allsorts
    Feb 20 2023

    Shane Green talks with ISV's career education consultant, Maria Floudiotis, about new careers program for primary school kids and how it is helping them broaden their horizons.

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    18 mins