Teachers Talk Radio

The Christmas Social with Ed Finch and Toby Payne-Cook

Join hosts of Christmas past Ed Finch and Toby Payne-Cook for a one-off Christmas Social.  They discuss the future of Twitter, their dream edu-dinner party and their hopes for 2024 – with a musical interlude or two along the way!

Teaching in a War Zone: The Late Late Show with Paul Hazzard

Join Paul as he speaks with charismatic & courageous school director Trae Holland of PSI Kyiv about his outstanding work in making life as normal as possible for his students and staff amids the chaos and danger of war.
Pechersk School International (PSI Kyiv)
https://enrol.psi.kyiv.ua/

Purpose: The Twilight Show with Maxine

In this show, Maxine talks about the benefits of having a strong moral purpose and shares what she has learned about purpose from educators such as Sam Strickland and Geoff and Margaret (favourites on X).

Building independent learners - ’What were they doing at their last school?’: The Late Late Show with Rae

How can teachers build on previous learning experiences and avoid the 'key stage blame game'?
Rae is joined by fellow teachers Yasmin, Claire and others to discuss metacognition, working memory and classroom practice.

Teaching and Artificial Intelligence (AI) - the present and the future: The Late Show with Tom Rogers

Tom is joined by Mark Wilson, Paul Matthews and many more guests and contributors to discuss AI in education - What is AI? Why AI? What is the added value of AI? How have you used AI in your teaching this year/how have you seen it being used with specific examples? What impact has it had for you/others? Beyond Chat GPT, what other apps or processes do you use? What are common scripts you use? What exciting uses do you think might be upcoming for AI in education? What are the pitfalls or dangers? And more!

Differences in the Classroom: The Monday Morning Break with Khanh-Duc Kuttig

My guests and I talk about the differences in students motivations, attitudes to learning and responses to the classroom environment and teaching methods and practices.

English for Corruption: The Twilight Show with Graham Stanley

English teacher Shaun Dowling joins me from Brazil to talk about his work helping policymakers, lawyers, and others to become fluent in English for Corruption, to help them fight against fraud and other examples of mispractice in the country.

Personal and Professional Development: The Saturday Breakfast Show with Darren Lester

In the final Saturday Breakfast Show of 2023, Darren discusses the importance of personal and professional development, both for teachers and pupils.

Associative disability discrimination: The Friday Morning Break with Poppy Gibson

In this episode, Poppy is joined by experienced educator Dr Sarah Wall, to talk about what 'associative' discrimination means, and questions how our schools can offer reasonable adjustments to best support our students and their parents and carers. Poppy also learns about the smallest school she has ever heard of!

Raising Attainment in Literacy: The Late Late Show with Paul Hazzard

Paul talks to award winning teacher, Brenda Edwards about her vision for raising interest and attainment in literacy for the boys of St Joseph's, Derry.
Through a stellar vision and with charismatic leadership and steadfast support across the school, Brenda and her teams generate interest, enjoyment and commitment to literacy, the impact of which is felt and appreciated beyond the school and into the community.
The programme contains contributions from teacher, Paul Quigley, and students from the school that offer insights into strategies and techniques teachers and schools can apply in their own contexts.
Further information can be had from the school's website: https://www.stjosephsderry.org.uk/
Key contacts from this show include: @ENG_StJosephs @RenLearnUK @abigail_steele2 @StJosephsDerry