Teachers Talk Radio

The Mind and its Education: The Saturday Breakfast Show with Darren Lester

"The Mind and Its Education" by George Herbert Betts is an early 20th century book on how the mind creates knowledge. Listen to extracts with Darren and consider how these philosophies might be applied to your teaching.

Child-Centred Education: The Friday Morning Break with Poppy Gibson

In this episode, Poppy is joined by music teacher and inspiring educator Mark Taylor. Poppy and Mark chat about music lessons, paradiddles (!), extra curricular activities, and ponder on how child-centred education is or should be in terms of wellbeing.

Do you want to share that with the class?: The Twilight Show with Nathan Gynn

Hilarious anecdotes and honest advice for primary ECTs. We are joined by James JP Pearce to talk about his new book ‘Do You Want To Share That With The Class?’ #ect #trainee #nqt #books #advice

Careers Spotlight: The Late Show with Tom Hopkins-Burke

Tom discusses three key topics on careers education:
Responding to Ofsted’s review of careers with @CareersDefenderAI in careers: will it ever replace a careers coach? With @WorldWebbWeaving careers into the curriculum
Listen back to a great conversation.

Phenomenon based learning: The Late Late Show with Kathryn Taylor

Kathryn is joined by Donna Lee Fields to discuss the phrase 'phenomenon based learning' and approaches to developing student competencies and enhancing learning.

From Industry and into the Fire: The STEM teacher crisis: The Morning Break with Sabrina Ahmed-Qureshi

Join me, Sabrina Ahmed-Qureshi, and Graeme Barker talking about the STEM industry and the current state of education for our vocational students.

The future of Maths teaching, should I quit teaching: The Late Show with Tom Rogers

Tom covered two topics on tonight's late show. He's joined by Labour Counsellor and Maths teacher Laurie Burton to discuss the future of Maths teaching - what does Laurie think of the most recent Conservative and Labour Maths policy proposals? What makes Maths engaging? What is good Maths teaching? What makes students like Maths. This discussion is followed by Tom interviewing Dan Johnson, a former teacher and school leader who recently quit teaching to work in Amazon warehouses. Two great conversations on TTR. 

High Prior Attaining Students: The Twilight Show with Hannah Wilson

The show looks at how students are grouped by their prior attainment and what that means for HPA's. How can they be challenge appropriately but also supported to reach their full potential. Why are disadvantaged HPA's more likely to drop behind? The importance of showing students aspirational careers that are relevant and how to be resilient and be able to apply both their skills and knowledge that helps them succeed…

Robots replacing teachers?: The Late Show with Brent Poland and Adam Spence

Brent and Adam discuss AI and Robots and their potential capacity to replace teachers, amongst plenty more!

Decline in Music at GCSE: The Sunday Late Show with Amanda Kinsley-Smith

Amanda talks to Nikki Mark, Head of Music in a post-primary school, about the declining number of students choosing GCSE Music and the impact this could have in the future.