Teachers Talk Radio

The future of Maths teaching, should I quit teaching: The Late Show with Tom Rogers

Tom covered two topics on tonight's late show. He's joined by Labour Counsellor and Maths teacher Laurie Burton to discuss the future of Maths teaching - what does Laurie think of the most recent Conservative and Labour Maths policy proposals? What makes Maths engaging? What is good Maths teaching? What makes students like Maths. This discussion is followed by Tom interviewing Dan Johnson, a former teacher and school leader who recently quit teaching to work in Amazon warehouses. Two great conversations on TTR. 

High Prior Attaining Students: The Twilight Show with Hannah Wilson

The show looks at how students are grouped by their prior attainment and what that means for HPA's. How can they be challenge appropriately but also supported to reach their full potential. Why are disadvantaged HPA's more likely to drop behind? The importance of showing students aspirational careers that are relevant and how to be resilient and be able to apply both their skills and knowledge that helps them succeed…

Robots replacing teachers?: The Late Show with Brent Poland and Adam Spence

Brent and Adam discuss AI and Robots and their potential capacity to replace teachers, amongst plenty more!

Decline in Music at GCSE: The Sunday Late Show with Amanda Kinsley-Smith

Amanda talks to Nikki Mark, Head of Music in a post-primary school, about the declining number of students choosing GCSE Music and the impact this could have in the future.

Storytelling: The Twilight Show with Graham Stanley

Rasheedat Sadiq, a teacher based in Nigeria, joins me today to chat about storytelling and her educational journey, as well as developing literacy and skills of readers, teaching with emotional intelligence, the Mobile Reading Room project, and much more. 

Art for art’s sake’ The case for aesthetics in teaching. The Friday Morning Break with John Gibbs.

Join me as I continue to explore 'what schools are for' with my guest Dr Laura D' Olimpio, Associate Professor at the University of Birmingham. We discuss her work on aesthetics in education. 

Growing Up Online: The Late Late Show with Paul Hazzard

In a fascinating, absorbing and informative show Paul talks to Professor Noel Purdy and members of his research team about their recent publication - Growing Up Online: Children's Online Activities, Harm and Safety In Northern Ireland - An Evidence Report
Their conversation highlights the importance of positive online experiences children & young people have and the centrality of online connection in their lives.
Paul and Noel, along with others (see below) discuss the report's findings about the amount of time children and young people spend online and the impact of screen time on their lives.
Other areas of conversation include:  the power of influencers, involving young people in designing and implementing online safety education, the impact on teachers, parents and need for additional training and the specific needs of SEN children in relation to being online.
There are valuable and insightful contributions from Dr Karen Orr, Dr Emilia Symington, Dr Deborah Webster and Dr Leanne York.
An Executive Summary of the report can be downloaded here and the full report is available here.
Purdy, N., Ballentine, M., Lyle, H., Orr, K., Symington, E., Webster, D., York, L., (2023) Growing Up Online: Children's online activities, harm and safety in Northern Ireland - an Evidence Report. Belfast: Centre for Research in Educational Underachievement (CREU), Stranmillis University College / Safeguarding Board for Northern Ireland Published: 21/09/2023
Further information and updates can be had by following @stranbelfast and @strancreu

Character Education: The Late Show with Finola Jackson

Caroline Weir and Louisa Harrop join Finola to discuss Character Education - how can schools develop courageous advocates for change in their local, national and global communities?

The future of classroom teaching: The Late Show with Lucy Neuburger

Are traditional classrooms becoming obsolete? Are AI and Chat GPT going to change classrooms radically? Are teachers teaching from the front going to become a thing of the past? Is personalised learning going to become more tangible than ever before? Lucy explores all these questions and more with special guest Nihad Ćehić.

Bright Minds, Brighter Futures: The Tuesday Late Late Show with Emily Edwards

Join me, Emily Edwards, to discuss why we need to build more positivity into the profession and how we can do so authentically.