Teachers Talk Radio

Purpose: The Twilight Show with Maxine

In this show, Maxine talks about the benefits of having a strong moral purpose and shares what she has learned about purpose from educators such as Sam Strickland and Geoff and Margaret (favourites on X).

Building independent learners - ’What were they doing at their last school?’: The Late Late Show with Rae

How can teachers build on previous learning experiences and avoid the 'key stage blame game'?
Rae is joined by fellow teachers Yasmin, Claire and others to discuss metacognition, working memory and classroom practice.

Teaching and Artificial Intelligence (AI) - the present and the future: The Late Show with Tom Rogers

Tom is joined by Mark Wilson, Paul Matthews and many more guests and contributors to discuss AI in education - What is AI? Why AI? What is the added value of AI? How have you used AI in your teaching this year/how have you seen it being used with specific examples? What impact has it had for you/others? Beyond Chat GPT, what other apps or processes do you use? What are common scripts you use? What exciting uses do you think might be upcoming for AI in education? What are the pitfalls or dangers? And more!

Differences in the Classroom: The Monday Morning Break with Khanh-Duc Kuttig

My guests and I talk about the differences in students motivations, attitudes to learning and responses to the classroom environment and teaching methods and practices.

English for Corruption: The Twilight Show with Graham Stanley

English teacher Shaun Dowling joins me from Brazil to talk about his work helping policymakers, lawyers, and others to become fluent in English for Corruption, to help them fight against fraud and other examples of mispractice in the country.

Personal and Professional Development: The Saturday Breakfast Show with Darren Lester

In the final Saturday Breakfast Show of 2023, Darren discusses the importance of personal and professional development, both for teachers and pupils.

Associative disability discrimination: The Friday Morning Break with Poppy Gibson

In this episode, Poppy is joined by experienced educator Dr Sarah Wall, to talk about what 'associative' discrimination means, and questions how our schools can offer reasonable adjustments to best support our students and their parents and carers. Poppy also learns about the smallest school she has ever heard of!

Raising Attainment in Literacy: The Late Late Show with Paul Hazzard

Paul talks to award winning teacher, Brenda Edwards about her vision for raising interest and attainment in literacy for the boys of St Joseph's, Derry.
Through a stellar vision and with charismatic leadership and steadfast support across the school, Brenda and her teams generate interest, enjoyment and commitment to literacy, the impact of which is felt and appreciated beyond the school and into the community.
The programme contains contributions from teacher, Paul Quigley, and students from the school that offer insights into strategies and techniques teachers and schools can apply in their own contexts.
Further information can be had from the school's website: https://www.stjosephsderry.org.uk/
Key contacts from this show include: @ENG_StJosephs @RenLearnUK @abigail_steele2 @StJosephsDerry

The data around school suspensions: The Twlight Show with Hannah Wilson

Hannah Wilson is in conversation with Aaron King, who has a background in working with SEND and leading specialist provision as they discus the data around school suspensions. 

Are T-Levels the right level for Level 3 students? :The Morning Break with Sabrina Ahmed-Qureshi

A discussion with Ashley Deane about the reforms for Level 3 students in Further Education where they will be moving away from BTEC qualifications and towards the Technical Levels. An equivalent to A-Levels but with a host of new challenges for the sector to overcome in the pursuit of parity and skills development.