Grow Your Flow & Glow - Teacher Podcast
Welcome to Grow Your Flow & Glow, a podcast where educator and Assistant Principal Kurt Walker explores the real heartbeat of learning: belonging, self-regulation and those powerful moments when students lose themselves in their work.
Through practical examples, honest reflections and research that actually makes sense in a classroom, Kurt helps teachers understand how to build environments where students feel capable, motivated and deeply connected to their learning.
Simple ideas. Real stories. Better learning. Every episode.
Grow Your Flow & Glow - Teacher Podcast
'Learning That Doesn’t Hurt' - Grow Your Flow and Glow - Series 1 Episode 1
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What if the problem in our classrooms isn’t student motivation — but how learning feels?
In this opening episode of Grow Your Flow & Glow, I reflect on my journey as a learner — from struggling with maths in primary school, to failing (and then passing) mathematics as an adult learner at university — and how those experiences sparked my interest in flow, self-regulated learning, and learner wellbeing.
Set against the backdrop of NSW curriculum reform, this episode explores an important question:
How do we strengthen essential foundations without losing student engagement, teacher creativity, or the joy of learning?
This series isn’t about rejecting reform.
It’s about making it work in real classrooms — by understanding how learners develop the habits, strategies, and mindsets that allow them to thrive.
Whether you’re a classroom teacher, instructional leader, or school executive, this episode invites you to rethink what effective learning actually feels like — for students and teachers.
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