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Teachers Talk Radio
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Sep 6, 2025 • 1h 30min
Using Language to Construct Identity: The Saturday Breakfast Show with Darren Lester
Darren opens the show talking about identity construction for new teachers but, through chatting with commenters, demonstrates how we use language specifically to construct a type of identity.

Sep 5, 2025 • 55min
Teachers as Changemakers: The Saturday Lunch Show with Famida Choudhary
In this show, Famida Choudhary was joined by international educator Chandani Kinger to explore how teachers are stepping beyond the classroom to become mentors, innovators, and global leaders. From SDG-4 to cross-border collaboration, this conversation dives into the challenges and triumphs of educators shaping the future. Tune in for bold questions, heartfelt reflections, and a celebration of teacher agency in a rapidly changing world.

Sep 5, 2025 • 1h 2min
The Great Vanishing Act: How do we get our children back into school? The Friday Morning Break Show with Carl Smith
Carl chats to Assistant Principal, Abi Hibbins about why attendance is so bad in schools across the world and what needs to change if things are to improve. Abi gives us a sense of hope and realism forged out of working on the front line of education.

Sep 4, 2025 • 59min
Rewarding Learners - Inspiring, recognising and motivating: Thursday Late, Late Show with Chris Wilkinson
Join Chris as he explores how to reward learners fairly and creatively, with practical ideas to inspire and motivate every student (plus! a secret song he teases throughout the show for you to guess before the big reveal at the end).

Sep 3, 2025 • 49min
The Reading Wars: The Late Late Show with Graham Stanley
What is the best way of teaching reading?

Sep 3, 2025 • 1h 11min
Repetition in Learning - Building skill or causing disengagement?: The Late Late Show with Seema Aggarval
Some people believe that repetition is absolutely critical to establishing the fundamentals. Others would say repetition creates an environment where students don’t feel sufficiently challenged. Some will assert that repetition builds confidence. Others will argue that repetition takes away valuable time from the exploration of new material and topics. Where do you sit? Listen in, as Seema catches up with Claire Lambert (Senior Lecturer, ex-BBC/Ogilvy) to chat about this topic.

Sep 2, 2025 • 1h 2min
AI in the SEND classroom: The Twilight Show with Matt Wemyss
Join Matt for his debut show on TTR! He is joined by David Curran, a teacher in a specialist dyslexia school, as they discuss how to best utilise AI with SEND learners.

Sep 2, 2025 • 1h 3min
AI and exam reform, Exam resit debate: Points of View
Dave Brown, Lucy Trimnell and Rae Whitehouse debate the big stories from this week in education. They ask if generative AI is causing a need for exam reform and whether getting rid of resits is dumbing down? Has the need to pass maths and English GCSEs helped improve overall quality of students? Join us for this one where they discuss the details behind the headlines.

Sep 1, 2025 • 1h 12min
Big changes or more of the same? A look ahead to the new academic year: The Twilight Show with Tony Harwood
Tony and Yannick discuss what to expect from the 2025-2026 academic year in UK schools.

Aug 30, 2025 • 1h 4min
Beating the back to school blues: The Morning Break with Liz Webb, Kate Tully and Rachel Gilyeat
The end of the summer is upon us! Liz, Kate and Rachel discuss the inevitable feelings that descend upon the profession as the autumn term looms ahead and offer some thoughts about how we might all attempt to beat the ‘back to school blues.