Teachers Talk Radio
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Jun 25, 2025 • 57min
Teaching Smarter, Not Harder: Evidence-Informed Instruction: The Saturday Lunch Show with Famida Choudhary
Join Famida Choudhary as she explores how evidence-informed instruction can empower teachers to teach smarter—not harder. In conversation with Jake Cowling, this show dives into how cognitive science and explicit teaching strategies can transform classroom practice. From retrieval routines to adaptive instruction, discover how research-backed methods can boost learning outcomes without overloading teachers or students.
Jun 24, 2025 • 1h 7min
Teacher Education in Thailand: The Monday Morning Break with Khanh-Duc Kuttig
Khanh-Duc and special guest Apapan talk about teacher education in Thailand.
Jun 22, 2025 • 1h 39min
Making the compulsory compelling: English language re-sits in post-16 settings. The Late Show with Christopher Vowles
Christopher talks with Andrew Otty and Dr Ellie Willard about the challenges and opportunities that come with preparing students for GCSE English language re-sits in post-16 settings.
Jun 21, 2025 • 1h 25min
Eudaimonia - Wellbeing through living a purposeful life: The Saturday Breakfast Show with Darren Lester
Darren discusses how ancient philosophers saw the concept of wellbeing and what that means for us today.
Jun 21, 2025 • 1h 3min
School trips - Jollies or Jolly hard work?: The Morning Break with Liz Webb and Kate Tully
Join Liz and Kate for their debut show on Teachers Talk Radio! They focus on all things educational visits. They both share stories of visits gone by, the highs and lows. Did the children behave? What were their best trips they went on as teachers? Why are educational visits so worthwhile? Enjoy!
Jun 20, 2025 • 1h 28min
Should we shut up? - SEND, disadvantaged, behaviour and social mobility: The Twilight Show with Tony Harwood
Yannick (Music Teacher) returns to Tony's show to discuss recent comments by social mobility commissioner Alun Francis:
You can read those comments in this Schoolsweek article: https://schoolsweek.co.uk/shut-up-complaining-about-poverty-social-mobility-chair-tells-heads/
Jun 19, 2025 • 1h 13min
The Great GCSE English Language Exam Review: The Wednesday Late, Late Show with Toby Doncaster
Toby, Emily and Roberto have an in-depth discussion about this year's GCSE English Language exams. Where the themes accessible to learners? How could the papers be improved? What developments can teachers make to reach more learners?
All these questions and more are discussed in this scintillating radio show.
Jun 18, 2025 • 2h 4min
Have you seen this #%@! ?: Private School VAT despair, 9000 WhatsApp messages, Managed moves
Tom, Nathan, Yasmin and Rae discuss the latest news from the education world.
An opinion piece in the Standard newspaper complaining about Labour's VAT policy pricing some parents out of private schools.
A headteacher who uncovered a student WhatsApp group that had 9000 messages unread in one night.
A policy for managed transfer of excluded students - forcing academies to take more students on managed moves.
Jun 16, 2025 • 60min
Teaching 'Grit' and 'Horror Toilets': Points of View
Tom Rogers, Rae Whitehouse and Lucy Trimnell discuss the latest news and views in the education world. They discuss whether grit can be taught and news that 25% of secondary parents and 12% of primary parents have concerns over the condition of school toilets.
Jun 15, 2025 • 1h 2min
Is educational leadership a cult?: The Late Show with Beejesh Deva and Claire Bills
In this show, Claire Bills and Beejesh Deva explore the rise of short-term implementation, the spread of teaching fads, and the growing commitment to the science of learning. They also unpack how AI is reshaping school leadership—for better or worse. A sharp, questioning take on what’s driving decisions in our schools.
