Cambridge Assessment Podcasts

Paul Newton, Tim Oates and Nick Saville examine the role of ideas – theory, assumptions and values – which, in some cases, are consciously adopted as the basis of specific assessments, and in other cases perform powerful, but unspoken, shaping. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alison Peacock talks about the alternative approach that her primary school has taken to assessment, pedagogy and curriculum throughout KS1 and KS2. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Professor Jeremy Hodgen of King’s College London joins Cambridge Assessment's Tim Oates to debate whether maths education in England has improved over recent years. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Panel debate on 'Making maths relevant' with: Charlie Stripp, Chief Executive – MEI and Director – National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics; Mark McCourt, Chairman – Teacher Development Trust, CEO – Beluga Learning; Janet De Wilde, Head of STEM – The Higher Education Academy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Panel debate on 'Numeracy, arithmetic, maths – what age and at what stage?' featuring: Lynne McClure, Project Director – NRICH; Lynn Churchman, Trustee – National Numeracy; Jennie Golding, deputy chair – Advisory Committee on Mathematics Education (ACME); and Tim Oates, Group Director of Assessment Research and Development – Cambridge Assessment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chaired by Dr Christine Binns, Mathematics Mastery Curriculum Development Lead, ARK Schools, a viewpoint debate on whether technology is changing maths for the better featuring Conrad Wolfram, Founder – Computerbasedmath.org, and European CEO – Wolfram, and Tony Gardiner, British mathematician. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cambridge Assessment researchers Beth Black, Chung-Pak Cheung and Tim Gill discuss whether students who take GCSEs early perform better in their chosen examinations, or are they giving up their chance of getting a higher grade? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

21st century skills: a 21st century problem? Part 1 of our big debate. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr Newman Burdett and Rebecca Wheater answer questions on international surveys. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Translanguaging: a dynamic bilingual perspective on pedagogy, assessment and research - interviews with Dr W Gwyn Lewis (Bangor University), Helen Imam and Stuart Shaw (Cambridge International Examinations) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.