Why Teach?
A podcast about the people who become the teachers who guide our lives.
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?
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.
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- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 38 minutes
- Episodes
- 26
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Judith Mohan
On this episode of Why Teach? we are so fortunate to be joined by Judith Mohan, an English Literature of great experience and deep knowledge. Judith talks about the huge range of topics and technique…
Tyson Wood
If you about to listen to this episode, you might be familiar with Tyson Wood's journey. Tyson speaks about a passion for learning, and the feeling that it should be shared, and shared for the wider …
Lesley Day
On this episode of Why Teach?, English teacher Lesley Day further explores - and answers - that always-tricky question from students: "Yeah, but what are we learning this for?" Lesley talks about how…
Olivia Saunders
Olivia Saunders, an early-career maths teacher, talks about how her enthusiasm for education and people lead her to teaching mathematics first at an all-girls private school in Western Australia, bef…
Ryan Jackson
Ryan Jackson, the Head of English, talks about his hopeful beginnings in Virginia as he points his talents towards the search for fusion and science, and the subsequent turn towards teaching (care of…