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by Sam Franzway

26 episodes
Updated Weekly
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<p>A podcast about the people who become the teachers who guide our lives.</p><br><p>Who is that person in front of the whiteboard, the smartboard, the chalkboard? How did they end up there? What did it take to become a person who wants to inspire and guide future generations?</p><br><p>In Why Teach? Australian teachers talk about the paths which lead to their current career, and the things they have picked up along the way.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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3/6/2023

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Episode thumbnail for HIP Beijing 2025 - Professor Yong Zhao with Sam, Carrie and Michael (22-8-25)

August 27, 2025

HIP Beijing 2025 - Professor Yong Zhao with Sam, Carrie and Michael (22-8-25)

<p>At the beginning of the HIP Learning Camp, Beijing, Professor Yong Zhao posed the students and educators present a series of questions to bring with them through the week. Top of the list was "What is worth learning in the age of AI?" After a week of interviewing a rich cross section of those involved, Dr Sam Franzway, Michael Jacobsen and Carrie Phillips&nbsp;were able to sit with Professor Zhao and explore that very concept and much more beyond.</p><br><p>We began with "What is AI's role in a poetic world?" and went on and up from there.</p><br><p>This podcast is the sixth and final episode of a series of special episodes of Why Teach? recorded over the course of a week-long learning camp held in No. 80 High School,</p><p>Beijing, China (17-23 August, 2025). The festival focused around the Human Interdependence Project, developed and lead by <a href="https://www.yeeeducation.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YEE Education</a>.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

Episode thumbnail for HIP Beijing 2025 -  Li Tianze feat. Sam, Michael and Carrie (21-8-25)

August 27, 2025

HIP Beijing 2025 - Li Tianze feat. Sam, Michael and Carrie (21-8-25)

<p>In many ways, Li Tianze typifies a contemporary approach to organising and designing education. Tianze talks about his complex methods of considering and carrying out the huge range of student-focused experiences during and around the HIP Learning Camp for Beijing 2025.</p><br><p>This podcast is from a series of six special episodes of Why Teach? recorded over the course of a week-long learning camp held in No. 80 High School,</p><p>Beijing, China (17-23 August, 2025). The festival focused around the Human Interdependence Project, developed and lead by <a href="https://www.yeeeducation.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YEE Education</a>.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

Episode thumbnail for HIP Beijing 2025 - Dr Trina Emler feat. Michael Jacobsen, Dr Sam Franzway and Dan Clift (19-9-25)

August 27, 2025

HIP Beijing 2025 - Dr Trina Emler feat. Michael Jacobsen, Dr Sam Franzway and Dan Clift (19-9-25)

<p>Sometimes you have to get these chats on tape. Or MicroSD. In what began as one of those free-floating ideas chats during a student workshop, Dr Trina Emler talks with University Senior College's Michael Jacobsen and Dr Sam Franzway, and Pulteney Grammar School's Dan Clift about her research and experience of the process of reconsidering what learning means in the age of AI.</p><br><p>This podcast is from a series of six special episodes of Why Teach? recorded over the course of a week-long learning camp held in No. 80 High School,</p><p>Beijing, China (17-23 August, 2025). The festival focused around the Human Interdependence Project, developed and lead by <a href="https://www.yeeeducation.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YEE Education</a>.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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What is Why Teach??
<p>A podcast about the people who become the teachers who guide our lives.</p><br><p>Who is that person in front of the whiteboard, the smartboard, the chalkboard? How did they end up there? What did it take to become a person who wants to inspire and guide future generations?</p><br><p>In Why Teach? Australian teachers talk about the paths which lead to their current career, and the things they have picked up along the way.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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This podcast updates weekly.

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Yes, this podcast regularly features guests.

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