The Network of Associate Deans of Learning and Teaching in the Discipline of Education (NADLATE) was established in 2011 to address the need for a community where those in the learning and teaching space in the discipline of education could come together to identify issues, share knowledge and provide support regarding initial teacher education.
NADLATE Chair:
- Associate Professor Paula Mildenhall
- p.mildenhall@ecu.edu.au
- Edith Cowan University
NADLATE NATIONAL SPEAKER SERIES
“EduFuture Talks: Envisioning Tomorrow’s Teaching”
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:
- Paula Mildenhall p.mildenhall@ecu.edu.au
NADLATE – NETWORK GOALS
- Contribute to learning and teaching in higher education at the national level, strategically addressing issues relating to the discipline of education.
- Develop strategies regarding the 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.
CURRENT NADLATE PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES
EduFuture Talk Series
In 2024 NADLATE hosted a series of expert-led seminars exploring key issues in initial teacher education. Topics included LANTITE, the role of AI in education and the Teacher Education Expert Panel (TEEP).
These sessions were well received by NADLATE members and the wider learning and teaching community, sparking lively discussions and fostering collaboration.
Thanks to renewed funding from ACDE, the EduFuture Talk Series continues in 2025, offering members fresh opportunities to engage with current debates and developments in initial teacher education. The first session built on the TEEP conversation.
NADLATE NATIONAL SPEAKER SERIES
“EduFuture Talks: Envisioning Tomorrow’s Teaching”
12 August 2025
Educational leaders in Australia will be closely familiar with the Federal Government’s 2023 Strong Beginnings reforms to Initial Teacher Education (ITE). The first reform, and most debated, recommends the implementation of core content related to the Brain and Learning and other cognate areas by the end of 2025. In this talk Penny maps some of the opportunities, risks, and implications of implementing Brain and Learning content. She focuses first on the content itself, challenging recent ITE narratives by discussing the value of cognitive science in education and acknowledging some natural limitations. She next outlines what is covered and missed within the core content and the implications for ITE practice. Penny concludes by considering the intersection of science and policy, including potential risks to the standing of ITE and our opportunities as leaders.
29 April 2025
For 2025’s first EduFuture Talk, NADLATE members were joined by Emeritus Professor Bill Louden AM, interim Chair of the Initial Teacher Education Quality Assurance Oversight Board. Hear Bill’s insights on the importance of the core content, updates on the progress of the Board and its activities, and answers to some of our network’s questions.
31 October 2024
NADLATE members were very fortunate to be joined by Professor Michele Simons, Dean of Western Sydney University’s School of Education and President of the Australian Council of Deans of Education. Michele presented our third and final EduFuture Talk of 2024, which centred around the Strong Beginnings: Report of the Teacher Education Expert Panel (the TEEP Report). The report was produced in a context of significant teacher shortages, and aimed to enhance the quality of graduate teachers, thus contributing toward an efficient workforce. Michele provided an overview of the TEEP Report and the work which has been undertaken to implement its recommendations so far. Michele left us with the important reminder that ‘the core content is not the curriculum, but rather should be imbedded in the curriculum’. Thanks again to Michele for your fascinating talk!
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!
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.
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