Teachers Talk Radio

Arts in Education: The Lunch Show with Chris Passey

Join Chris in conversation with Jo Tompkins as they talk about how crucial the arts are in education and its impact on our most vulnerable students. 

MOOCs in Teaching & Learning: The Saturday Twilight Show with Graham Stanley

Liliya Morska talks about her use and research using MOOCs (Massively Open Online Courses) in her teaching at university with students in Poland and Ukraine.

Y6-7 transition - How can we support our pupils? The Twilight Show with Claire Cannon

Year 6-7 Transition. Two experienced SENCOs - Katie Hall (secondary) and Emily Smith (primary) share their thoughts on what works well in two very different schools.
Hear from Emily about primary schools inviting secondary SENCOs in to meet students in Y5 as well as Y6 and Katie explains how she has set up a bespoke provision to support Y7s with EHCPs. 
From both, some great tips and advice around the power of relationships and  collaboration plus my usual wellbeing word for the weekend.

'The Evil of Authoritarian Education' The Friday Morning Break with John Gibbs

This week's guest is a former teacher, now Chair of Education at the University of Birmingham. We discuss his essay: 'The Evil of Authoritarian Education. Banality and Compliance in the Neo-Liberal Era'

Perfect Partners: The Late Late Show with Sophie Smith-Tong

How do we create the perfect teaching partnership? Sophie invites her partner teacher Beth Ewin in to explore what makes the dream teaching team and how to manage those challenging moments when the partnership breaks down.

The Art of Timetabling: The Twilight Show with Morgan Whitfield and Tod Brennan

Morgan and Tod chat with timetabler extraordinaire Rizwana Shaikh on the art of creating a great timetable. Given the demands and constraints of facilities, staffing, resources and curriculum Riz shares her insights and tricks of the trade. Timetabling is the backbone of the school and the timetabler brings the institution to life by balancing many priorities at once.

Unlimited Access, Unlimited Problems: The Tuesday Late Late Show with Emily Edwards

What happens when social media platforms open up the floodgates for schools to face unlimited criticism over their school policies? What impact does this have on us as a profession and what can we do about it? Join me to debate all these questions and more!

How should students revise?: The Late Show with Tom Rogers

Tom is joined by Dan Worker (Deputy head and History teacher), Michael Downes (Head of History), Robert Simpson (English teacher) and Helen Bradford-Keegan (a Foundation Head of Educational Research & Innovation 0-19) to discuss effective revision strategies. What are the best revision strategies? What do you use? What revision routines do you promote with students? Do you have any revision do's and don'ts? What does the science say on revision? All covered in this 90 minute conversation. 

Should science classes be set: The Monday Late Late Show with Rae Whitehouse

Rae talks to Richard Beard about science teaching, examinations and whether science classes should be set.

Leading assessment in the foundation subjects: The Monday Twilight Show with Adam Kohlbeck

Leading assessment in the foundation subjects.
Matt Foy is an Assistant Headteacher and assessment lead.  He has a particular interesting and expertise in the assessment of the foundation subjects.