Join Catriona Vo in conversation with Professor Nicole Mockler as they discuss the intensification of teachers' work, time poverty and complex educational change.

Nicole is a Professor of Education at the University of Sydney whose research explores teacher professional identity, education policy, and media representations of teachers. Her work sheds light on the stories told about teachers and teaching in the media, and how teachers' work is becoming increasingly intensified over time.

In this episode, Nicole shares:

• 🏛️ How education policy often oversimplifies the complexity of teachers’ work


• 🧠 Why professional judgment and decision-making are at the heart of teaching


• 📰 What 65,000 media articles reveal about how teachers are represented in Australia


• 🤝 Why society needs to trust teachers more

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