How are we going in Australia?
In this thought-provoking Spotlight episode on equity and excellence in practice, Professor Pasi Sahlberg explores equity in Australian education. He asks, “how can equity extend beyond the school gates and become part of the fabric of our society?”
A former teacher and policy advisor in Finland, Professor Sahlberg is an award-winning author who has guided global education leaders to improve teaching and learning. Currently, he serves as Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Melbourne, co-designing and facilitating the Leading Future Learning program.
In this session, Professor Sahlberg examines the trends shaping education in schools, discussing what equity and excellence look like in practice and highlighting new opportunities to make education fairer and better for all learners.
This Orbis Spotlight session features a live recording of Professor Sahlberg, offering valuable insights into:
- building a shared understanding of equity in learning
- ways to positively impact external factors that influence student learning.
South Australian Department for Education employees can access this course through plink here:
Spotlight: equity and excellence in practice
Time commitment: 1 hour 45 minutes
This includes time for all professional readings, course content, and videos.
Watch the trailer.
Transcript
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Hi. My name is Pasi Sahlberg. Welcome to my Orbis Spotlight today. The title is Equity and Excellence in Practice. As you all know equity is one of those things that we often talk about, we hear about it a lot but for many it's still difficult to understand what it is exactly. So today we are going to take a global look at the education from the equity perspective and then zoom in into Australia and into South Australia particularly and finally speak a little bit about what equity might look like in your school. So join me in this Spotlight.
I hope you like it and find it rewarding.
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