7am: Why Private Schools are Ruining Australia. 19th of June 2023.
https://7ampodcast.com.au/episodes/why-private-schools-are-ruining-australia
In this episode of Shwartz Media and The Saturday Paper’s 7am Podcast Scott Mitchel interviews The Saturday Paper contributor Jane Caro and explores the inequality that has arisen between state schools and private schools in Australia. Caro explores the historical reasons for the inequality and contends state schools are suffering as a result. This discussion is about the social factors that have always characterised the debate about different school systems in Australia.
Meet The Education Researcher: The Ides of Public Education. 2nd November 2021.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4F31yJsbIB7cBjLFA9WUnp
This podcast is developed by the Faculty of Education at Monash University. In this episode Neil Selwyn speaks to Carl Anders Safstrom an educational philosopher from Maynooth University. They discuss the history of public education and look specifically at the history of thinking about the notion of public education, exploring the ideas of great thinkers like American educational reformer John Dewey and the sophist teachers from Ancient Greece.
Meet The Education Researcher: What Can We Learn From The History of Education? 26th April 2022.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4fheaoYmJn8zE3bJ8kNH2v
In this episode Neil Selwyn interviews Johannes Westberg an education researcher from the University of Groningen and explores the importance of looking at and learning from the history of education when analysing the current policies and trends in the field of education.
Meet The Education Researcher: The Educational Philosophy of John Dewey. 19th April 2019.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7bGyXH2M8MypiR1EpzcxaV
In this episode Neil Selwyn interviews Jennifer Bleazby from Monash University and discusses the work of John Dewey, the American education scholar and reformer, whose theories of democratic education have influenced state school systems around the world. Bleazby discusses Dewey’s historical influence and still-progressive modern influence on education in Australia.
ERRR Podcast: Stephen Dinham and The Worst of Both Worlds. 29th January 2017.
https://www.ollielovell.com/002/
In this episode of the Education Reading Room Podcast, Professor Stephen Dinham discusses his article ‘The Worst of Both Worlds’ about the Australian trend of copying America and the United Kingdom when it comes educational trends both currently and historically. Dinham contends that this practice does more harm than good as it is not based on sound evidence. He also explores the persistent negative associations around the public education system in Australia.