Emma & Tom Talk Teaching

Mae Tameidiau o Ymchwil TAR yn cyflwyno ymchwil gorau myfyrwyr ar gyrsiau Addysg Gychwynnol i Athrawon gyda Phartneriaeth Caerdydd. Yn y bennod hon mae Mari Price (TAR Uwchradd Cymraeg) yn trafod sut yr aeth ati i ddysgu mwy am strategaethau cefnogi ac ymestyn sgiliau llafar disgyblion, gan ffocysu ar egwyddorion Llais 21 / Ein Llais ni yn y sector uwchradd cyfrwng Cymraeg. Gallwch hefyd wrando ar Tameidiau o Ymchwil TAR ar ffurf glywedol drwy danysgrifio i bodlediadau Emma and Tom Talk Teaching, ar gael ar blatfformau cyffredin podlediadau.Gallwch wylio'r bennod hon ar YouTube - youtube.com/@cardiffpartnership

It's a welcome return to the podcast for Dr Kevin Smith from Cardiff University this week. Dr Kev has done sterling work on our live panel discussions, as well as previously joining us from the depths of coronavirus lockdown, when it emerged that Dr Kev was keeping busy formulating a curriculum of salsa (you had to be there) as Tom battled to keep the lines working from his shed to Emma and Dr Kev's respective houses while leaning on the inside of the door to stop his children from breaking in during the recording. Ah, lockdown... we don't miss you here in podcast land. Happily, Dr Kev and his impressive collection of tattoos have joined us in person in our temporary podcast studio for this recording, in which we discuss how we can recognise, develop and articulate our personal philosophies of education. This helps us when we need to try and assimilate books by various edu-celebs, advice from colleagues and edicts from our bosses into a teaching practice that fits with our own epistemological, ontological, axiological and ethical position while also (quite importantly) doing the right thing by the kids. Dr. Kev has lots of advice, theorists, book recommendations and stories to help us on our journey, and also has a good go at making the very long words in the paragraph above accessible to all of us. Dr Kev, we salute you!-----------------------------------Recorded in studio B0.17 at Cardiff Metropolitan University's Cyncoed Campus on 2nd August 2023

We welcome Christy Scott back to Research Bites, noting that she is only the second student teacher to make two appearances during her PGCE. Congratulations, Christy!For her second assignment, Christy was keen to find out what strategies she could put in place in her primary school classroom to try and foster a more positive, motivated attitude towards maths in her pupils. A keen advocate of maths herself, Christy was sad to find that her pupils didn't share her enthusiasm, that maths anxiety was a significant issue for her pupils, and that there was a significant gender gap in pupils' feelings about the subject.Following a review of the literature, Christy settled on the use of play to help modify her pupils' feelings about maths while also improving their knowledge.Thanks to Christy for joining us again to share her research!Finally, don't forward that you can watch this discussion in video form by going to the Professional Learning with the Cardiff Partnership channel at www.youtube.com/@cardiffpartnership-----------------------------------------------------------Recorded in studio B0.17 at Cardiff Metropolitan University's Cyncoed Campus on 27th June 2023.

It's time for another live panel discussion, a format we conveniently discovered a few weeks before the coronavirus lockdown, and then had to wait three years to have another go at! Now we're making up for lost time with another one, live from the Newport City Campus of our friends, the University of South Wales. The National Professional Enquiry Project has been running in Wales for a number of years now, and today's episode comes from a conference celebrating the project. We're joined by Sian Sarwar from Cardiff Met, and Lisa Taylor (friend of the podcast!) and Dr Cath Jones from USW, to discuss experiences of enquiry. No live episode is complete without some audience Q&A at the end, too. Thanks to our hosts, USW, for looking after us, our audience and questioners, and to Gemma Mitchell for reprising her role as keeper of the microphone on a very long wire. -----------------------------------------------------------------Recorded live at the University of South Wales's Newport City campus on 6th July 2023

Mae Tameidiau o Ymchwil TAR yn cyflwyno ymchwil gorau myfyrwyr ar gyrsiau Addysg Gychwynnol i Athrawon gyda Phartneriaeth Caerdydd. Yn y bennod hon mae Eloise Bennett yn trafod sut yr aeth ati i ddysgu mwy am rôl y Celfyddydau Mynegiannol, yn arbennig celf, wrth helpu plant ag anhwylder ar y sbectrwm awtistiaeth i ddelio gyda symptomau gorbryder. Gallwch hefyd wrando ar Tameidiau o Ymchwil TAR ar ffurf glywedol drwy danysgrifio i bodlediadau Emma and Tom Talk Teaching, ar gael ar blatfformau cyffredin podlediadau.Gallwch wylio'r bennod hon ar YouTube - youtube.com/@cardiffpartnership

We welcome back a newly-doctorised (?) Elizabeth MacGregor to the podcast this week. Last time we spoke to Elizabeth we were all in the depths of Covid lockdown and she was embarking on her PhD. Now the results of that research are starting to appear in the form of articles, and Elizabeth is going from strength to strength as an academic having signed a book deal and started editing a journal!Elizabeth joins us down the line today from Cambridge to discuss her findings on musical vulnerability: the idea that music is uniquely-placed to affect people both semantically and somatically, and the implications of that for the classroom. Elizabeth tells us what she found out, what it means for us, and gives some golden tips for the next cohort of student teachers, whatever their subject specialism. Stick around for Elizabeth's book and podcast recommendations, too!You can read Dr Elizabeth's latest article (open-access) here.-----------------------------------------------------Recorded in studio B2.16 at Cardiff Metropolitan University's Cyncoed Campus, and remotely, on 19th June 2023

PGCE Research Bites is back for another run! Today, PGCE Art and Design student teacher Hannah Woodward joins Emma to discuss her work on developing pupils' oracy skills through supporting their vocabulary. Hannah spent her second placement in a special school setting, and this discussion covers how Hannah came to notice that her pupils were not all confident to speak in class, what she did about it, and what she learnt from the experience.You can watch the video of this discussion on our Professional Learning with the Cardiff Partnership YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/@cardiffpartnershipThanks to Hannah for joining us to share her research!Our Welsh-language strand, Tameidiau o Ymchwil TAR returns in a fortnight.---------------------------------------------------------Recorded in studio B0.17 at Cardiff Metropolitan University's Cyncoed Campus on 21st June 2023

Gareth Rein, headteacher of St Peter's RC Primary School, discusses using research to improve schools, challenges faced during a lockdown, collaborating with external support, creating an effective learning environment, fostering a culture of research-based practice, inquiry-based learning, use of scripted lessons, and tips for new student teachers.

Hello to all our listeners - we're in the middle of the podcast summer hiatus, and just checking in to reflect on the last year and look forward to the next. We're amazed to have completed five years of podcasting - thanks to everyone for listening! We've already got lots of goodies lined up for season 6, so please do tune in on the 8th of September.Enjoy the rest of the summer, and we'll be back soon!------------------------------------Recorded in studio B0.17 at Cardiff Metropolitan University's Cyncoed Campus on 21st July 2023

We've reached the end of our fifth year of podcasting, so a huge thank you to everyone who's been along for the ride so far!Our final episode this year was recorded in front of a live (and very quiet!) audience of PGCE primary and PGCE secondary student teachers at the Cardiff Met PGCE Research Conference 2023. The theme of the session was how we can use research to help us make the new Curriculum for Wales a success. Our panel of experts in this episode is:Rebecca Roach from Central South ConsortiumCeri Prosser from St Teilo's Church in Wales High School in CardiffDr Kevin Smith from Cardiff UniversityRichard Jones from Welsh GovernmentEveryone on the stage has been a classroom teacher at some point during their career (and obviously Ceri still is!) and so the discussions about the place of research are firmly rooted in doing the best for the people who matter most: the pupils in our classrooms. After a five minute presentation each, our panel took questions from the audience. Even if you're not in Wales, we hope there's plenty of useful material to take away into your own context as we approach the end of another year. Thanks for listening, and best wishes from Emma and Tom----------------------Recorded live in lecture theatre 1 at Cardiff Metropolitan University's Cyncoed Campus on 26th May 2023.