Teachers Talk Radio

Reflections on ITT: The Late Late Show with Kathryn Taylor

Kathryn Taylor discusses the Initial Teacher Training and the challenges of workload, recruitment and retention with Rachel Hill-Kelly, who shares her experiences of joining the teaching profession and then making the decision to leave the classroom, whilst maintaining her passion for education.

Education and the emotions: The Sunday Late Show with Christopher Vowles

Christopher talks to recently-retired teacher and life coach Wanda Davies and US college professor Dr Ronnie Gladden, @drronniespeaks, about the post-Covid emotional recovery; the challenges that unregulated emotion pose for academic learning; and the vital role that emotional intelligence plays in the practice of teaching.

Assistive Technology: The Monday Morning Break with Marie Greenhalgh

Today's how has been looking at ways to support pupil's development and skills using assistive technology, and some time saving tips for staff too!

Teacher recruitment, Josh Sutcliffe, Reading Recovery: The Weekly Review

Tom Hopkins-Burke is joined by Nathan Gynn, Maxine Howells and Ben Thomas to discuss the biggest stories from this week in education.

Celebrities who used to be teachers: The Saturday Breakfast Show with Darren Lester

Darren talks about the small business model of school leadership and how it leads to meetings-that-should-be-emails, before discussing 33 celebs who have also been teachers.

Just how good or bad are schools in the UK?: The Friday Morning Break with John Gibbs

This week my guest is John Jerrim, Professor of Education and Social Statistics at the University College London. Join us as we ask if making meaningful judgments and comparisons between school systems is possible.

How to Enhance Sustained Attention: The Late Late Show with Paul Hazzard

Dr Éadaoin Slattery of Dublin City University (DCU) discusses attention and how it can be improved.
She describes self-alert training.
How can Minecraft have positive benefits for pupils?  Listen in and you'll find out what it can do for your class.
 
If you try the self-alert training be sure to leave a comment about how it went.
 
Éadaoin Slattery, M.Sc., Ph.D. 
Post-Doctoral Researcher in Game-Based Learning and Assessment 
Centre for Assessment Research, Policy and Practice in Education (CARPE)
Institute of Education, St. Patrick's Campus 
Dublin City University 
 
Recent publications:
Slattery, E. J., Butler, D., O’Leary, M., & Marshall, K. (2023). Primary school students’ experiences using Minecraft Education during a national project-based initiative: An Irish study. TechTrends. 
 
Slattery, E. J., Butler, D., O'Leary, M., & Marshall, K. (2023). Teachers' experiences using Minecraft Education in primary school: An Irish perspective. Irish Educational Studies.
 
Slattery, E. J., O'Callaghan, E., Ryan, P., & Fortune, D. & McAvinue, L. P. (2022). Popular interventions to enhance sustained attention in children and adolescents: A critical systematic review. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews.
 
Slattery, E. J., Ryan, P., Fortune, D. G., & McAvinue, L. P. (2022). Unique and overlapping contributions of sustained attention and working memory to parent and teacher ratings of inattentive behaviour. Child Neuropsychology.

Tom Bennett on Behaviour: TTR Special

Tom Bennett OBE is the UK government behaviour advisor, he sits down with Tom Rogers to discuss all things behaviour in 2023. SLANT, TLAC, Routines, Mobile Phones, Uniforms, Silent Corridors, Relationships and Behaviour Leadership all under the microscope. You can watch the video edition of this interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdXnK3qM3ho&t=12s

Sound matters or Sounds Matter: The Morning Break with Jane Ritter

This morning I had a fascinating conversation with Mark Hancock. We spoke about his teaching journey, pronunciation and some of his hidden talents.
Mark Hancock is a well-known ELT author, teacher and trainer with over 35 years experience in the field. He has taught in Sudan, Turkey, Brazil, Spain and the UK. He works as a teacher trainer online and on the MA TESOL programme at the University of Chester. Mark is keen on creating art and music in his free time and walking in the mountains.

Mastery in Maths: The Late Show with John Bee

Mr Bee discusses the concept of mastery in Maths teaching amongst lots of other things alongside special guest Kate Henshall, a head of school improvement for Primary Maths. A must listen for Maths teachers or anyone interested in the teaching of it!