Teachers Talk Radio

Education election pledges: The Late Show with Tom Rogers

Tom is joined by an exciting and informed panel to discuss the most controversial election pledges this general election, guests are:
Reem Ibraham - communications officer at the institute of economic affairs, former tutor turned conservative political commentator
Vic Goddard - principal at Passmores Academy
Rich Atherton - Assistant Headteacher and Politics teacher
Policies under discussion:
3,000 new primary school-based nurseries? A new report card system? Mobile phone bans? National service? VAT on private schools to recruit 6,500 new teachers? Sex Ed age limits? And so much more!

Teaching in SEND Schools: The Late Late Show with Rae

What are SEND schools really like and how do they differ from mainstream? Host Rae discusses specialist SEND provision with guest Stuart, a teaching instructor with eight years of experience working with children and adults with additional needs. 

Instructional coaching implementation : The Monday Twilight Show with Adam Kohlbeck

In this episode, Adam is joined by Paul Cline as they delve back into the world of Instructional coaching and specifically, implementation challenges. With a nod to rehearsal and the importance of matching your purpose to your model of Instructional coaching, this is an episode not to be missed. 

Stories from the Vietnamese classroom: The Monday Morning Break with Khanh-Duc Kuttig

In this episode, Anh Nguyet Nguyen tells us about the Vietnamese school system and shares her experiences as an ESL teacher in Vietnam.

What do the Liberal Party want to do on education?:The Sunday Late Show with Christopher Vowles

Christopher talks to Liberal Party education spokesman and prospective parliamentary candidate Charles Shaw about his party's priorities for education.

Desirable Difficulties: The Saturday Live Show with Jamie Clark

Join Jamie for an insightful discussion with Aussie Maths teacher Peter Sherwin.
In this show, they delve into key ideas from Robert Bjork’s research and explore how to design ‘desirably difficult’ classrooms that boost learning. Discussions include; Learning vs Performance, Distributed Practice, Interleaving, Retrieval Practice and Strategies to Build a DD Culture. The video version of this show is available here.

Fatigue: The Saturday Breakfast Show with Darren Lester

As 2023/2024 starts winding down, Darren discusses the origins of the word 'fatigue', what is means to be fatigued and why fatigue reduction is important.

The School Library. Making it the heart of the school: The Late Late Show with Sean mackay

Tonight I talked about how I am trying to make my school library the heart of our school. I give advice on what to do to enhance your library, the research you need to do and the impact you need to know in order to get funding to make any school library a school's heart. 

Parlez-vous une langue étrangère? Talking all things Modern Foreign Languages

Dave talks to PGCE Lecturer Verna Brandford, Trust Director of Languages Pierre Bolis and Initial Teacher Trainee Jo Thomas about all things Modern Foreign Languages in schools at the present moment. 

Election 2024 what it means for FE: The Thursday Late Late Show with Chris Wilkinson

Chris teams up with Mark Gomersall to break down the 2024 General Election education pledges and their impact on further education. The show will put the spotlight on funding, apprenticeships and qualification reforms.