Teachers Talk Radio

The End of the English Major: The Monday Morning Break with Khanh Duc Kuttig

In this conversation, my guest, Dr Marcel Hartwig, shares with us why a humanities degree is valuable, and how project-based learning helps students develop the soft skills, critical thinking and creativity.

Explicit Writing Instruction: The Saturday Twilight Show with Graham Stanley

On today's show I was joined by UK secondary school English teachers Aisha Zaman and Assam Javed to talk about reading, writing and teaching English in the UK.

Teachers and Time: The Late Late Show with Sean Mackay.

On this episode, Sean talks about the time that teachers have, or how little time teachers have, to do their work. He will also be looking at how time constraints affect leaders with teaching committments, specifically Literacy, on this episode but also more generally.

Wellbeing wind down to the weekend: The Friday twilight show with Maxine

Starting with the recently published Teacher Wellbeing Index – an annual piece of research published by Education Support
What are their key findings and what are the implications of this for teachers & school leaders?
Using their findings & recommendations to consider what is needed at national, local and school levels for wellbeing.
Hearing form Claire – AHT with responsibility for wellbeing at an AP – to update us on the wellbeing strategy, learning and what the next plans are going to be
Finally – what can we do for ourselves as teachers & school leaders to enable us to thrive in our challenging roles. Considering the stress bucket and the MHFA My Whole Self MOT.

The science of sleep and dreaming. The Friday Morning Break with John Gibbs

Why do we dream and why is sleep so important to our health? Join me and my guest Dr. Caroline Horton of Bishop Grosseteste University as we discuss the importance of sleep and dreaming to learning, creativity and good health.
Caroline is a sleep scientist and host of the Sleep Science Pod.

Maths and Anxiety: The Tuesday Morning Break with Sabrina

Sabrina's guests were Diane Tate and Sophie from the North East of England, talking about maths students and what is expected of them, and the anxiety they sometimes feel.

Supporting Students with Revision: The Late Show with Tom Hopkins Burke

Tom is joined by Mike Hobbiss to discuss barriers to effective revision and the strategies students can use that have the greatest impact. Plus, Andrew Cohen discusses what Brainscape can offer to students looking to maximise the benefits of self-quizzing and spaced repetition.

”Englishes!”: The Twilight Show with Hadi Fathi

Hadi discusses English as a lingua franca! He talks about what you should teach and more importantly what you shouldn't.

SEND and Relationships: The Late Show with John Bee

John is joined by special guest Sam Keys, an educator from the North East to discuss his experience working with SEN students and how to build relationships in these contexts.

From assistant head to deputy head: The Morning Break with Marie Greenhalgh

Tanya is a newly appointed deputy head and shares her journey to her new role and how she is finding it so far.