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Podagogy- Season 5, Episode 8 - Knowledge with professor David C Geary
March 20, 2019 11:00 - 53 minutes - 48.5 MB“Once you get to real academic learning, the child discovery approach is just not going to work,” explains David C Geary (http://web.missouri.edu/~gearyd/) , Curators' Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences at the University of Missouri, keeping alight the eternal flame of the debate about the best way to teach. Geary’s statement is based on what is really his secondary research focus: much of his career has been spent looking at how we learn maths, but his surety on how best...
Further - 15 March 2019 - A new approach to GCSE resits
March 15, 2019 15:04 - 18 minutes - 8.52 MBTes columnist Sarah Simons talks to Dudley College vice principal Diana Martin about the college's unique approach to GCSE resits. They also discuss the wider challenges around students resitting the qualification in an FE setting - and the measures Dudley College is taking to support them. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
News - 15 March 2019 - Funding, GCSEs and dopamine
March 15, 2019 12:49 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MBJoin the Tes team as we discuss what the exams regulator Ofqual had to say about exam stress and iGCSEs this week. We also consider what Philip Hammond's Spring Statement did - and did not - mean for schools, and get the lowdown on cortisol, dopamine, testosterone and oestrogen. Tune in and enjoy! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Podagogy – Season 5, Episode 7 - Eating disorders with Dr Tara Porter
March 13, 2019 10:41 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MBWhat do we know about the causes of eating disorders, and what teachers can do to spot the signs and intervene early? Helen Amass speaks to clinical psychologist Dr Tara Porter to find out. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
News - 8 March 2019 - Knife crime, off rolling and primary assessment
March 08, 2019 11:04 - 18 minutes - 17.3 MBJoin the Tes team as we discuss claims that schools are to blame for the rise in knife crime. We also ask whether Ofsted is sending mixed messages by rating a school "good" despite finding that it off-rolled pupils, and consider whether the baseline assessment of children starting primary school will work. Tune in and enjoy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Podagogy – Season 5, Episode 6 - Diversity in children's books with professor Karen Sands O'Connor
March 06, 2019 09:41 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBHow much of a problem is diversity in children’s literature, and what can teachers do to make events such as World Book Day more inclusive? In this week’s episode of the Tes Podagogy podcast, Helen Amass talks to professor of English Karen Sands O’Connor to find out. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
News - 28 February 2019 - Sex ed, gambling, and the future of teaching
February 28, 2019 17:15 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MBJoin the Tes team as we discuss one of the world's most influential educational thinker's thoughts about how technology will change the role of teachers. We also hear how the government's reforms of sex education will leave headteachers with some difficult decisions, and ask whether schools should teach pupils about gambling. Tune in and enjoy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Mathematips - February - Professor Anne Watson
February 27, 2019 09:00 - 51 minutes - 46.7 MBWhat is variation theory and how can teachers apply the research around it in their classrooms? In the latest episode of Tes' Mathematips podcast, Lucy Rycroft-Smith talks to Professor Anne Watson to answer these questions. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Further - 25th Feb 2019 - Stepping backwards to go forward
February 26, 2019 14:19 - 16 minutes - 7.45 MBIn this episode of the Tes FE Podcast Nikki Lane, assistant principal at East Coast College joins Sarah Simons to discuss situations where students have moved sideways or stepped down a level in order to build a stronger foundation for progression. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
News - 21 February 2019 - Academies, knife crime and party splits
February 21, 2019 15:41 - 18 minutes - 16.6 MBJoin the Tes team as we discuss a dramatic decline in the number of applications to become academy sponsors. We also ask what the evidence does and does not tell us about knife crime, and wonder what this week's political shenanigans in Westminster could mean for education policy. Tune in and enjoy! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
News - 15 February 2019 - Behaviour, mental health and GCSEs
February 15, 2019 17:04 - 16 minutes - 15.5 MBJoin the Tes team as we discuss a controversial school behaviour policy known as 'flattening the grass'. We also hear from a royally-arranged conference about mental health in schools, and discuss the future of GCSEs. Tune in and enjoy! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Podagogy – Season 5, Episode 5 - Effective revision with professor John Dunlosky
February 13, 2019 08:15 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MB“Students do a whole lot of things to prepare for their exams, some of which are good uses of their time and some of which are not,” explains professor John Dunlosky (https://www.kent.edu/psychology/profile/john-dunlosky) , professor in the department of psychological sciences at Kent State University. Dunlosky is well placed to tell you which techniques fall into each category: he is behind the oft-quoted paper Improving Students’ Learning With Effective Learning Techniques: Promising Dir...
Further - 11th February 2019 - Ian Pretty
February 11, 2019 12:37 - 19 minutes - 9.1 MBIn this episode CEO of the Collab Group, Ian Pretty, joins TES columnist Sarah Simons to chat about all things governance. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
News - 7 February 2019 - Funding, pay and silent corridors
February 07, 2019 16:54 - 13 minutes - 12.8 MBJoin the Tes team as we discuss the latest news about school funding, and how an email from the DfE provoked anger among heads. We also talk about the concept of silence in schools. Tune in and enjoy! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
English Focus - February - Metacognition with Alex Quigley
February 06, 2019 07:45 - 1 hour - 56 MBHow can metacognition help your pupils to perform better in exams? In this episode of the Tes English teaching podcast, Jamie Thom speaks to Alex Quigley, co-author of the EEF’s recent report on metacognition and self-regulation, to find out. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
News - 1 February 2019 - Recruitment, pay and funding
February 01, 2019 14:56 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MBJoin the Tes team as we ask whether Damian Hinds' flagship teacher recruitment and retention strategy will solve one of the biggest problems facing our schools. We also discuss his evidence about how much teachers' pay should go up September, and look at the latest trends in school funding. Tune in and enjoy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Podagogy – Season 5, Episode 4 - Child and adolescent mental health with professor Tamsin Ford
January 30, 2019 09:54 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBMental health among teenagers is out of control, there is an epidemic of issues, and things are so much worse than they used to be - that is the message that has been perpetuated in the media and that has largely been bought into in schools. But the data simply does not support that narrative, according to Tamsin Ford, professor of child and adolescent psychiatry at the University of Exeter. Professor Ford was one of the principal researchers for the largest study of mental health in 2-19 ye...
Mathematips - January - professor Margaret Brown
January 28, 2019 11:00 - 40 minutes - 18.5 MBWelcome to episode one of Mathematips - the Tes Maths Podcast with teacher and researcher Lucy Rycroft-Smith You may never have heard the name Professor Margaret Brown, but for several decades now she’s been working on researching aspects of maths education in the UK – not only trying to find out what the current picture is, but crucially how to help make it better. Her work has focused on multiplicative reasoning, one of the significant keys to mathematical understanding at all ages. (You ...
News - 25 January 2019 - Edtech, academies and genetics
January 25, 2019 16:13 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBJoin the Tes team as we discuss the academies programme as it passes a key milestone: educating more than half of England's pupils. We also take a look at edtech in the week of the Bett Show, and ask what genetics means for teachers and teaching. Tune in and enjoy! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Podagogy – Season 5, Episode 3 - Learning through play with professor David Whitebread
January 23, 2019 09:18 - 34 minutes - 31.2 MBPlay is one of the most misunderstood topics in education, says developmental cognitive psychologist and early years specialist David Whitebread. In this week’s episode, he talks to Helen Amass to set the record straight. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
News- 18 January 2019 - Ofsted and Camhs
January 18, 2019 16:20 - 13 minutes - 6.31 MBJoin the Tes team as we discuss the week’s biggest talking points in the world of education. We start with the launch of Ofsted's new inspection framework, and what this means for teachers. Will the inspectorate be descending on schools with little warning? And will Ofsted cap the proportion of schools which can be rated "good"? We also discuss a Tes investigation which revealed the human cost of our overstretched children and adolescent mental health services. See acast.com/privacy for pri...
Podagogy – Season 5, Episode 2 - Spatial ability with professor Emily Farran
January 16, 2019 10:09 - 23 minutes - 10.7 MBWhat is ‘spatial thinking’ and how important is it in the classroom? In this week’s Tes Podagogy Helen Amass talks to cognitive developmental psychologist Emily Farran about the need for teachers to “spatialise” their teaching. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
News - 11 January 2019 - Funding, ethics and languages
January 11, 2019 13:39 - 17 minutes - 8.01 MBJoin the Tes team as we discuss the implications of the latest research on the state of school funding. We also ask whether school leaders need an ethical code to help them do the right thing, and look for causes of optimism in modern foreign languages in our schools. Tune in and enjoy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Podagogy – Season 5, Episode 1 - Mentoring with professor Rachel Lofthouse
January 09, 2019 10:44 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBMentors provide crucial support for new teachers, but without proper recognition the role can become a workload ‘burden’ says Rachel Lofthouse, professor of teacher education at Leeds Beckett University. In this episode she discusses what makes a good mentor and what can be done to raise the profile of mentoring. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Further - 4 January - Post-16 Maths
January 04, 2019 13:29 - 20 minutes - 9.37 MBIn this week's episode of the Tes FE Podcast Catherine Sezen, senior policy manager at the Association of Colleges, talks to Sarah Simons about maths teaching, GCSE maths resits and maths teacher recruitment. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
News - 21 December 2018 - The highs and lows of 2018
December 21, 2018 10:34 - 18 minutes - 16.8 MBJoin the Tes team as we pick over the highs and lows of 2018, discuss our people of the year, and predict what to expect in 2019. And don't miss our specially commissioned festive jingle from Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders. Tune in and enjoy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
News - 14 December - Ofsted's 150 minute warning, and teaching spelling
December 14, 2018 09:39 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MBJoin the Tes team as we discuss Ofsted's idea of giving schools just 150 minutes' notice before inspectors arrive at the gates. We also consider concerns that teachers may not be using the most up-to-date evidence about how to teach children how to spell. Tune in and enjoy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
English Focus - December - Why teachers need to talk better, not less with Andy Tharby
December 14, 2018 08:49 - 59 minutes - 54.8 MBThere has been "a war" on teacher talk over the past decade, says Andy Tharby, English teacher and author of ‘How to Explain Absolutely Anything to Absolutely Anyone: The Art and Science of Teacher Explanation'. In this episode, he discusses the value of teacher talk and what teachers can do to communicate more effectively in the classroom. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Further - 14th December 2018 - Dame Ruth Silver
December 13, 2018 15:37 - 20 minutes - 9.5 MBIn this week's podcast Dame Ruth Silver talks to Sarah Simons about the changing face of FE leadership. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
News - 7 December 2018 - Off-rolling, TAs and parents
December 07, 2018 13:08 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MBJoin the Tes team as we discuss the week’s biggest talking points in the world of education. Firstly, we talk about Ofsted's 2018 annual report, and the spotlight it put on the controversial practice of "off-rolling". We discuss whether schools could cope without teaching assistants, and look at new evidence about the impact of parental engagement on pupils' outcomes. Tune in and enjoy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Further - 7th December 2018 - Ben Verinder
December 07, 2018 11:40 - 21 minutes - 9.72 MBIn this week's podcast Ben Verinder, founder and managing director of Chalkstream an education focussed research, strategic planning and public relations organisation, chats with TES columnist Sarah Simons about the 42 day rule. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Podagogy – Season 4, Episode 12 - School readiness with Dr Louise Kay
December 05, 2018 10:09 - 33 minutes - 31.1 MBIs your child 'school ready'? Your answer will depend on what you think that term means. And from policy makers to parents, and teachers to pupils, everyone seems to have a different view. “There is no clear definition about school readiness actually means, therefore, it has been left open to interpretation,” explains Tes Podagogy (https://www.tes.com/news/hub/tes-podagogy) she talks at length about the problems with the school readiness concept and the way it is assessed by government....
Further - 1st December 2018 - Sue Pember
December 03, 2018 12:02 - 19 minutes - 8.73 MBThis week's podcast features Dr. Sue Pember, director of policy and external relations at HOLEX - the professional body for adult community education and learning. Ms Pember is a former teacher, principal and senior government official, and talks to Sarah Simons about the links between community learning and health. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
News - 30 November 2018 - School funding and attacks on teachers
November 30, 2018 14:37 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MBJoin the Tes team as we discuss the latest high profile DfE person to claim there is no school funding crisis. We also talk about disturbing reports about teachers and headteachers who are facing physical violence from pupils and parents. Tune in and enjoy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Podagogy – Season 4, Episode 11 - The teenage brain with professor Sarah Jane Blakemore
November 27, 2018 18:33 - 30 minutes - 28 MBSarah Jane Blakemore (http://www.ucl.ac.uk/cdcn/aboutus/steering/Blakemore) wants you to be nicer to teenagers. Or rather, to show more understanding that they are not as adult as they may appear and that the behaviours they often adopt are sometimes out of their control. “One of the messages of my research, the papers we write and the books I have written, is that we should be more understanding of teenagers, of this really critical period of development,” she says. Blakemore is profess...
News - 23 November 2018 - Champagne, teachers and reading
November 23, 2018 10:34 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MBJoin the Tes team as we discuss the findings of an exclusive poll which asked teachers about stress, funding and why they entered the profession. We also consider whether efforts to get children to read fluently have come at the cost of comprehension, and ask if a minister's bet of a bottle of champagne over school waste fell flat. Tune in and enjoy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Further - 23rd November 2018 - Mark Dawe
November 23, 2018 10:12 - 18 minutes - 8.47 MBIn this week's episode Mark Dawe, chief executive of the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) speaks to Tes columnist Sarah Simons about end point assessments. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
English Focus - November - Why are some children leaving school still unable to read? with Diane and James Murphy
November 22, 2018 08:52 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MBSchools have a moral responsibility to teach every child to read and excuses are not good enough, say Diane and James Murphy, authors of Thinking Reading: What every secondary teacher needs to know about reading. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Podagogy – Season 4, Episode 10 - Tech myths and teens with professor Andrew
November 20, 2018 18:58 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MB"We are fed a steady diet from the press that screens are bad for kids - if you show people enough of those terrible articles based on terrible research, a proportion of people will have a terrible idea about screens," says Andrew Przybylski, associate professor in the department of psychology at the University of Oxford and director of research at the Oxford Internet Institute. In this podcast, he banishes the myths around screen time and tech, explaining that our condemnations are way ahea...
News - 16 November 2018 - Social media, off-rolling and premature children
November 16, 2018 13:56 - 13 minutes - 12.1 MBJoin the Tes team as we discuss comments from the children's commissioner that schools should take the lead in tackling their pupils' use of social media. We also talk about evidence of what teachers think should be done about off-rolling, and explore the complex issues raised by the increasing number of children in school who were born prematurely. Tune in and enjoy! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Further - 17th November 2018 - Julia Belgutay
November 16, 2018 10:19 - 16 minutes - 7.51 MBIn this week's episode, Tes deputy FE editor Julia Belgutay, chats with columnist Sarah Simons, direct from Worldskills Live UK See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Pedagogy – Season 4, Episode 9 - Curriculum design with professor Cecilia Chan
November 13, 2018 19:26 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MB“We need to make our learning authentic, we need to be able to see how it is applicable to real life, and in curriculum all around the world we are failing to do that,” argues Cecilia K Y Chan, head of professional development and an associate professor in the Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning at the University of Hong Kong. Chan is the guest on this week’s Tes Podagogy podcast and she discusses curriculum choices at length: what we are teaching now, why we make those choic...
Further - 9th November 2018 - Sir Alan Tuckett
November 09, 2018 11:35 - 21 minutes - 9.69 MBIn this week's Tes FE Podcast, Sir Alan Tuckett, professor of education at the University of Wolverhampton and former NIACE chief executive, discusses the drop in participation in adult education with Sarah Simons. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
News - 9 November 2018 - Workload, working in MATs, and curriculum
November 09, 2018 09:52 - 20 minutes - 18.4 MBJoin the Tes team as we discuss what a major international survey tells us about the pay and workload of teachers in the UK. We also talk about what working in a multi-academy trust can mean for classroom teachers, and what effect it has on their professional autonomy. We also consider advice in this week's magazine about how to build a primary school curriculum. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Podagogy – Season 4, Episode 8 - Supporting autistic pupils with Dr Luke Beardon
November 07, 2018 10:13 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MB“Being autistic is not necessarily disabling,” explains Dr Luke Beardon (https://www4.shu.ac.uk/mediacentre/dr-luke-beardon) . “Instead, it is a disadvantage. And is that disadvantage a result of being autistic, or is it a result of being in a certain environment?” Dr Beardon is certain it is the latter. He is a senior lecturer working within The Autism Centre at Podagogy podcast (https://www.tes.com/news/hub/tes-podagogy) he explains why he believes autistic children have an unnecessari...
News - 2 November 2018 - The Budget, 'stuck schools' and wellbeing tips
November 02, 2018 10:19 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MBJoin the Tes team as they analyse a Budget that angered schools with the promise of £400 million to buy "little extras". We also discuss how Ofsted chief inspector Amanda Spielman is continuing to flex her muscles, this time by creating a new group of 'stuck schools' and entering the debate about home education. And we also outline some wellbeing tips teachers have been sharing with Tes using our Smile Until Christmas hashtag. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Further - 2nd November 2018 - Sarah Waite
November 01, 2018 17:42 - 17 minutes - 8.06 MBIn this week's Tes FE Podcast Sarah Waite, a former government policy adviser, maths teacher and Teach First ambassador who has set up Get Further, an organisation to support young people with GCSE English and maths re-sits, joins Tes columnist Sarah Simons. They discuss the teacher recruitment crisis in FE, as well as how to develop effective re-sit interventions. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Pedagogy – Season 4, Episode 7 - Trauma with professors Essi Viding and Eamon McCrory
October 31, 2018 11:00 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MB“Children do make choices to misbehave,” states professor Essi Viding, “but the tools they bring to make the choices are different. Someone who has very stable developmental history is making a particular choice with a completely different toolkit than a child who has a unpredictable developmental history.” Viding is Developmental Risk and Resilience Unit (https://drru-research.org/) at UCL. Speaking on this week’s Podagogy podcast, they explain how trauma impacts development, how this aff...
News - 26 October 2018 - SEND, the Budget and kind kids
October 26, 2018 13:20 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MBJoin the Tes team as we discuss the decline of the International Baccalaureate, and how the spotlight has focused on SEND funding ahead of the Budget. We also enjoy the small acts of kindness by pupils that have given teachers some of their favourite classroom memories. Tune in and enjoy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Further - 19th October 2018 - Clare Howard
October 22, 2018 11:51 - 17 minutes - 15.9 MBIn this episode of the Tes FE Podcast Sarah Simons is joined by Clare Howard, chief executive of Natspec, the membership association for organisations that offer specialist FE and training for students with learning difficulties or disabilities. They discuss reasons for the rocketing numbers of post-16 providers for students with special educational needs and disabilties and ask whether it represnets and increased focus on SEND or a fragmented sector. See acast.com/privacy for privacy ...