Teachers Talk Radio

GCSE Results Special: Education Tonight

Brent (@BrentPoland1) and Paul (@Arkle123) examine discuss this year's GCSE results and examine the exam system to find out if it's fit for purposes.
Tonight's guest is Sammy Wright.

Tips for starting in a new school: The Late Show with Tom Rogers

Tom hosts solo as he explores the do's and don'ts for starting out in a new school. He talks about his own personal experiences of starting in new schools and then delves into teachers shared wisdom on how to make the best possible start in a new place of work. 

Supporting deaf pupils: The Monday Morning Break with Marie Greenhalgh

Marie talks to Emily Sharpe about the various ways in which teachers can support deaf students. 

Google & Gomez, Abolish Exams, Teacherless Classrooms: The Weekly Review

This week on The Weekly Review Lianne Lax and John Gibbs join Paul for discussion on the top stories from the week in education.
This week's stories:
Google and Selena Gomez partner to fund teen mental health in the classroomhttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/google-ap-selena-gomez-mental-health-united-states-b2595295.html
Should we abolish exams?https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/aug/12/the-big-idea-should-we-get-rid-of-exams?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Now pupils get AI maths and English lessons in 'teacherless classrooms' - but it can't do art and sex education... yethttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13731457/AI-maths-English-lessons-teacherless-classrooms-art-sex-education.html
Shows Reviewed:
Prison Education - Every bit as difficult, challenging, rewarding and essential as you thought: The Friday Morning Break with John Gibbs
Lessons Learnt from the Olympics: Education Tonight with Hannah Wilson and Lucy Neuburger
Critical skills to help students identify fake news and conspiracy theories?: The Late Show with Tom Rogers

The effects of prior learning: The Saturday Breakfast Show with Darren Lester

Darren looks at the research into prior learning and thinks about why we need to be more deliberate about our elicitation of it in our teaching.

Prison Education - Every bit as difficult, challenging, rewarding and essential as you thought: The Friday Morning Break with John Gibbs

This week my guests are Cassie Edmiston and Paul Grady. We discuss the work of the Prison Education Trust and Paul's journey from prison to being a successful artist.

Lessons Learnt from the Olympics: Education Tonight

For one night only, Education Tonight features the dazzling dynamic duo, Lucy & Hannah, as they cast an eye over what we can learn from the Paris Olympics.

Critical skills to help students identify fake news and conspiracy theories?: The Late Show with Tom Rogers

Can you teach critical thinking? Should you? What is fake news? How should we instruct students to handle online information? Should we? This is a far ranging debate featuring Claire Fox (Director of the Institute of Ideas), Dan Sohege (Director of Stand for All), Kirsty, Paul and Alistair (all classroom teachers) + some callers too.

SEN in Disarray, Schools & Riots, Quality CPD: The Weekly Review

Hannah Wilson, Lucy Neuburger, Kathryn Taylor and Brent Poland dissect the week's important news stories.
Special educational needs system in England in ‘utter disarray’, says ombudsman
After the riots: The role of schools in healing our communities
How quality CPD could help solve the teacher recruitment crisis
Shows of the week include:
Education Tonight' interviews with Daniel Kebede and Matt Pinkett
Nationwide riots - How should schools react? The Late Show with Tom Rogers
Xander Lofts's debut show on The Saturday Social - The Next Five Years

The Next Five Years: The Saturday Social with Xander Lofts

Xander talks to Mark Ravenwood about teacher recruitment and retention under Labour’s educational initiatives, and why record numbers are both leaving the profession and failing to qualify. To what extent will the 20% VAT levied on independent schools affect the state sector? Will students with SEND be particularly vulnerable? And how can teachers best support students with additional requirements? Two Maths teachers share and compare ideas.