Better teachers, better teaching? Building a stronger education system

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Join the Centre for Independent Studies in Sydney on Tuesday, 10 March as we welcome David Didau and Carl Hendrick for an insightful panel discussion on how evidence can be used to improve teaching quality and drive better student outcomes.

We often ask “What makes a good teacher, and how do we get more of them?” Instead of trying to recruit ‘better’ individual teachers, what’s required is better teaching across the board – and a growing body of robust evidence from cognitive science provides the opportunity to reconsider what it is effective teachers know and can do that makes them such a powerful force for lifting student outcomes.

In this evening discussion, we’ll be joined by a dynamic duo of David Didau and Dr Carl Hendrick, whose varied work across teaching, writing, consulting, and academia has helped change the conversation in England about what schools, systems and policymakers can do to support all teachers to be more effective and discerning professionals.

David Didau is an education consultant, teacher trainer and former English teacher. He has written The Learning Spy blog since 2011 and is the author of several influential books, including Intelligent Accountability, What Every Teacher Needs to Know About Psychology, Making Kids Cleverer and Making Meaning in English. He currently chairs the English subject working group for the Northern Ireland curriculum review.

Dr. Carl Hendrick is Professor of Evidence-Informed Learning and Teaching at Academica University in Amsterdam and co-author of several books, including Instructional Illusions, How Teaching Happens and How Learning Happens. A former English teacher, he writes widely on bridging research and classroom practice.

Trisha Jha is Research Fellow in the Education program, where she has produced several research reports relating to the science of learning and its implementation across Australian education, most recently Knowledge is Power: What do teachers believe about learning?