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Classrooms - cells or wards?: The Twilight Show with Andrea Hanna

Classrooms: Cells or Wards? Unmasking Foucault's Prison-School Paradigm.Do schools liberate minds, nurture creativity and individuality or serve to create 'docile bodies' for the capitalist marketplace? Listen to an application of Michel Foucault's thoughts on the key issues in our educational system.

Exam Results: What just happened? The Friday Morning Break with John Gibbs

Join me and my guest Dennis Sherwood and we ask if exams fair and reliable. We discuss exam marking, the appeals process, and calls for reform. Be prepared to rethink your view of exams.

Exam results special - A Level results day 2023: Education Tonight with Brent Poland and Adam Spence

Adam and Brent (and guests) review the biggest stories from A Level Results Day.

Research Methods in Education: The Twilight Show with Nathan Gynn and SAGE

Nathan Gynn is joined by Scott Buckler and Harriet Moore to discuss their book 'The essentials of research methods in education'. Listen to this lively chat that covers every question you could think you wanted an answer to when it comes to educational research! 
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Why study History?: The Tuesday Late Late Show with Emily Edwards

Join host Emily Edwards to discuss the stereotypes around subjects, particularly History, and how we can inspire students to enjoy our subject more by using our own authentic enthusiasm.

Persistent absence, the balancing act of education systems, staffroom cliques: The Weekly Review

Nathan Gynn is joined by John Gibbs, Lianne Lax, Shaniqua Edwards-Hayde and special guest Loic Menzies to discuss the biggest stories in education from this week.

Language Teaching and EdTech: The Twilight Show with Graham Stanley

My guest was language teacher and EdTech expert, Rachel Lucas (@LucasRachel2) and we spoke about a wide range of topics, including how she became a Spanish teacher, motivating children to learn, gamification in the classroom, and how teachers can use Artifical Intelligence (AI) to save time.

Critical thinking and respectful discussions in the classroom: The Friday Morning Break with Poppy Gibson

In this episode, Poppy is joined by American educator Aaron Burdon, from Virginia, USA. Poppy and Aaron talk about teacher upskilling, along with how to develop critical thinking and developing conversation and communication in the classroom.

Culture, Cake and Yoga with Liz Bartholomew: The Welbee Podcast with Mark Solomons

This is episode 2 of the Welbee Podcast - series 1 will contain 6 episodes, with this being the second. The Welbee podcast will focus on all things wellbeing in schools. Mark Solomons is the host and he is joined in this episode by Liz Bartholomew, Headteacher. They discuss wellbeing in schools, how leaders can promote wellbeing and what to avoid and promote when it comes to staff wellbeing.
Welbee can help you systemise and improve staff wellbeing at your school, college or MAT without increasing your workload - find out more at Welbee.co.uk.

Creating Healthy Habits: The Twilight Show with Hannah Wilson

Joined by life coach Karl Williams, we discuss how to build better habits for a better life. How to improve your sleep, set yourself challenges and reduce anxiety. What we should be teaching students about their choices and how to build good habits into their education.