Teachers Talk Radio

Stepping Into Christmas: The Tuesday Late Late Show with Emily Edwards

Join me, Emily Edwards, to discuss the hotly debated question of what to do in the classroom as we build up to the end of term and the Christmas holidays.

Families and Schools - the Social Contract: Education Tonight with Brent Poland and Adam Spence

The “social contract” between families and schools: is it broken? Discussion between @Brent Poland & @Adam Spence and guests.

Positive Masculinity: The Late Late Show with Rae

Host Rae and guest Dave, a teacher and Head of Year in the Midlands, discuss engaging boys in their learning from a teaching and pastoral perspective--including the challenges of building aspiration, resilience and confidence inside and outside of the classroom, and the value of a relational approach. 

Social Emotional Learning: The Monday Morning Break with Khanh Duc Kuttig

In this episode, Luis and I discuss what social emotional learning (SEL) is and share some techniques that help make our classrooms become learning communities and safe spaces for our learners.

Neurodivergence in education: The Late Late Show with Kathryn Taylor

Jane Green, MBE, talks to Kathryn Taylor about neurodivergence in education.

Teaching Welsh in Patagonia: The Twilight Show with Graham Stanley

Claire Vaughan joins me from Patagonia, Argentina, for a conversation about her work mentoring teachers and teaching Welsh. Claire has been living and teaching Welsh there for the last 18 years, thanks to a unique programme that supports the Argentine-Welsh community that began in 1865 when people from Wales first travelled to the region.

Transition Writing - Keeping Writing Great: The Late Late Show with Sean Mackay.

In this episode I talk to Shelley Francis, an English teacher and Literacy Coordinator based in North Wales. She has been working with her feeder primary schools to create a framework for the teaching and assessment of writing across the transition and we talk about how to bridge the writing gap between KS2 and KS3, how important writing is and how to teach great writing. 

The Power of AP: The Sunday Social with Anna Hudson

What an we learn from Alternative Provision?
What are the pros and cons of alternative provision? Join Ann as she is joined by George Baldock who left mainstream school at 11 to attend a pupil refferral unit. He is now studying history and politics at Cambridge University and is an avid campaiger for alternative proivision and SEND support. 

Why aren’t we giving teachers and learners more freedom? The Friday Morning Break with Poppy Gibson

In this interesting episode, Poppy is joined by Dr Morgan Phillips. Poppy and Morgan contemplate whether our education system is serving our young people with regarding to preparation for their futures and the future of our planet. 

Equity in Education: The Twilight Show with Nathan Gynn

Equity in Education sets out a new equity-based approach in education to help teachers improve the prospects of under-resourced and working-class pupils. We are joined by Lee Elliot Major to talk about his new book ‘A practical guide for teachers - Equity in Education: Levelling the playing field of learning’ #equity #disadvantaged #workingclass #books