This week John Gibbs revisits his show over the past year and asks: what have I learned? With the help of guests Dennis Sherwood, Dr Edda Sant, Professor Ester Leslie, PhD researcher Hannah Robinson as well as fellow TTR hosts Brent Poland, Lucy Neuburger, and Paul Hazzard, John explores lessons including:

The (un)reliability of exams

The instrumentalism creeping into schools.

Educating for democracy

Loss of teacher autonomy

How teachers use humour

Embrassing mess