The Network of Associate Deans of Learning and Teaching in the Discipline of Education (NADLATE) was established in 2011 to share knowledge, identify issues, and provide leadership about learning and teaching in the discipline of Education.
Chair: Associate Professor Greg Oates, University of Tasmania | greg.oates@utas.edu.au | 03 6324 3339
NADLATE GOALS
- Establish and maintain an open access database of best practice in strategic aspects of learning and teaching and related processes such as curriculum/ program design, program accreditation standards or other relevant artefacts developed in response to the work of the Network.
- Build leadership capacity and develop strategies to respond in a timely manner to current and emerging issues and agendas that include participation, engagement and success of Indigenous, low SES and rural/ remote students.
- Build sustainable infrastructure to provide support, mentoring and enhanced professional development.
- Encourage, support and embed a culture of good learning and teaching across the discipline of Education in all Faculties and Schools of Education.
- Build on the capacity, information and networks established during the Teaching Teachers for the Future (TTF) project, the Discipline Scholar Project and other national initiatives.
NADLATE 2024 NATIONAL SPEAKER SERIES
“EduFuture Talks: Envisioning Tomorrow’s Teaching”
NADLATE will be hosting three talks in 2024 considering critical issues in teacher education, such as:
- LANTITE and other TEEP requirements
- RPL
- Pathways into the workforce and early career teacher support
The first two talks will be broadcast online, with the first planned for end May/early June. The final talk will be a hybrid event on Thursday 31 October the day before the 2024 ACDE Conference. Full details of all events to be confirmed.
We welcome suggestions from members on any issues they would like to discuss or inspiring/prominent colleagues in the teacher education area that could be invited to speak and help lead our discussions.
Enquiries and suggestions:
- Greg Oates greg.oates@utas.edu.au
- Paula Mildenhall p.mildenhall@ecu.edu.au
EDUFUTURE VIDEO COLLECTION
#2: “Generative Artificial Intelligence in Education”
19 August 2024
Join Professor Matt Bower (Macquarie University, School of Education) as he shares his expertise on generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its implications and opportunities for education! In this session, Matt explores various kinds of AI that students are using, how they’re using it, and provides some much-needed answers on how this rapidly developing technology actually works. Matt suggests that a shift away from ‘fear of cheating’ or ‘banning of AI’ can facilitate learning environments in which students are equipped to work alongside AI to create positive change. Matt’s talk includes a variety of resources, useful to teacher educators, pre-service, and practicing teachers alike. Thank you, Matt, for helping us to better understand the complex phenomenon that is AI!
#1 “Unpacking LANTITE: Challenges, Biases and Myths”
24 June 2024
In the inaugural session of NADLATE’s EduFuture Talk Series, hear Professor Shane Dawson (UniSA’s Executive Dean, Education Futures) talk about all things LANTITE. Shane shares with us his critiques of LANTITE – from its basis in the unfounded belief that pre-service teachers lack basic literacy and numeracy skills, to the disproportionate burden it places on students from rural and low socio-economic status backgrounds. Shane suggests a shift which would take LANTITE from an unnecessarily stressful and expensive graduation requisite, to a probationary requirement undertaken during provisional registration which is consistent with the conditions of other professions. Thank you, Shane, for your insights into this complex issue.
ARCHIVE VIDEO LIBRARY
Former NADLATE Chair, Associate Professor David Geelan on NADLATE’s purpose and projects.
Trust us, classrooms are complex.