Educate to Self-Regulate

About Educate to Self-Regulate

Welcome to Educate to Self-Regulate, a podcast for educational leaders, teachers, and learners. I’m Dr Shyam Barr, Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Canberra, joined by my co-host Nidean Dickson, Education Leader at Brigidine College. Together, we unpack educational research and translate it into practical approaches that help students become better learners.

Publisher

Dr Shyam Barr

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

7 Jun 2022

Latest episode

1 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

51 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   1 Sept 2026

   47. Use the Australian Curriculum's Personal and Social Capability for Self-Regulated Learning.

   In this episode of Educate to Self-Regulate, Dr Shyam Barr sits down with Paula Hall, a teaching principal who spent 18 months building self-regulation and resilience into a small, multi-age rural school at Coowonga State School, cutting major behaviour incidents by 85%, and is now adapting that same approach as acting principal of the larger Depot Hill State School. Drawing on Paula's hands-on experience, we unpack how she turned the Australian Curriculum's Personal and Social Capability co...

2. 

   3 Jun 2026

   46. Utility Value Interventions: Practical Strategies for Motivated Classrooms

   In this episode of Educate to Self-Regulate, Nidean Dickson and Dr Shyam Barr explore how task value—understanding the why behind learning—drives both motivation and self-regulation. Drawing on recent research and classroom experience, we unpack why "poor motivation equals poor self-regulation" and offer practical strategies educators can use immediately. In this episode, you'll learn: ✔️ Three actionable task value strategies—"What's My Why," "For Future Me," and cost-benefit analysis—that...

3. 

   4 May 2026

   45. Responsive Teaching: Decisions Over Assumptions for Deeper Learning

   In this episode of Educate to Self-Regulate, Nidean Dickson and I (Dr Shyam Barr) celebrate the podcast's milestone 45th episode and dive into Carl Hendrick's UNESCO paper on Responsive Teaching. We share self-regulation stories from busy terms—my reflections from the Thought Leader Series Queensland workshops with Dr Amy Berry, and Nidean's classroom refinements to self-regulated learning (SRL) strategies—and link responsive tactics to real teacher practice amid explicit instruction debates...

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

20 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 36 / 100

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Quality

41

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

77

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