Emma & Tom Talk Teaching

@ethayer_cmu & @thomasbreeze, 2 teacher educators from @cardiffmet, present a fortnightly podcast on education. Artwork: Beth Blandford, Music: @camerongstewart

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THIS FRIDAY: for the final episode of season 8 (yes, 8!), @thomasbreeze is joined by Dr Louise Allen-Walker to turn our podcast big guns on the end-of-level boss of neuromyths: learning styles. Tune in as we take on the neuromyth that just won't die.

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THIS WEEK: We're joined by @dafydd_sioned to talk about some research we did using Wenger's theory of Communities of Practice (much used and abused) to dig into perceptions of research and enquiry in ITE. Here's Tom giving a taste of what Wenger's work is about.

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THIS FRIDAY: @thomasbreeze is joined by Sarah McErlaine who's done a whole doctorate helping school literacy specialists nail down the key concepts in a curriculum. Great work & well worth a listen whether or not literacy is your thing. What are the key concepts of your subject?

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Don’t forget to check out our Senedd Elections Special series on your favourite podcast platform + YouTube to hear those politicians for yourself!

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Great roundup from @garethdjevans as we get ready for polling day… if you want more detail on what the parties themselves had to say for themselves, check out our article for the Institute of Welsh Affairs the other day!

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TOMORROW: Tune in for our discussion of Joe Brown and Tim Clark's new book 'Debating Childhoods'. Here's Joe telling individual teachers that we do in fact have lots of power to change the lives of the children we work with!

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THIS FRIDAY we're Debating Childhoods, which also happens to be the title of a new book by Joe Brown and Tim Clark. Here's Joe giving some advice for policymakers: listen to children more!

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New article for the Institute of Welsh Affairs about the recent Senedd Elections interview series with @ImpactWales. Thanks to @garethdjevans for co-writing it to ensure the readers don’t doze off by the third paragraph! https://t.co/Q1G3U0wwvM

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Don't scrap Curriculum for Wales, says Finola from @impactwales - give teachers more detail and support to make it work. Tune in tomorrow for our full Senedd Elections roundup episode.

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Plenty of the party spokespeople in our Senedd Elections Special series name-checked more professional learning for teachers as a promise. Here's @garethdjevans saying we need to get real about supporting teachers properly. Tune in on Wednesday for more!

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Here's Finola Wilson from @ImpactWales on the hard decisions our next Welsh Government will need to make in order to make sure what money we have gets to where it's needed. Tune in on Wednesday for more!

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Here's @garethdjevans
on what he hopes the next Welsh Government will do to support teachers implementing the Curriculum for Wales. Tune in next Wednesday for more round-up as the election approaches!

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Stand by for the round-up episode of our Senedd Elections Special series next Wednesday. @thomasbreeze is joined in the @metbroadcast studio by @garethdjevans and Finola Wilson to chew over what we've found out from the six parties.

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THIS FRIDAY: We speak to Donald Mbeutcha and Sara Gattward from @EveryFutureFdn about their work supporting teachers in England in anti-racism. Here's Sara talking about the impact for pupils of not seeing any teachers who look like them...

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A timely article from The Guardian here, about what Dr @garethdjevans has called the ‘democratic deficit’ in Wales.

We hope we’ve gone some way to helping with our recent Senedd Elections series!

https://t.co/fc9NGWNCUr

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Phew - after all that political content, it's time to relax for the Easter break with our traditional 'light' episode. By the magic of pre-recording, we welcome back Emma this week, and @thomasbreeze is off on one again...

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We're available in video too! Most of our listeners enjoy the podcast in audio form. That makes sense - busy teachers tend to listen while doing something else! But don't forget that most of our episodes are also available in video on our channel: https://t.co/OJ2FfnowyC

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Tune in this week for the next three episodes of our Senedd Elections Special series, in collaboration with @impactwales - Lib Dem, Plaid Cymru and Reform!

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Tune in on 22nd April to hear @thomasbreeze, @garethdjevans and Finola from @ImpactWales chewing over the education policy offerings from the six main political parties!

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Yet again a huge thanks to the team at @metbroadcast for supporting the recording of our final Senedd Elections Special from their snazzy new studio! Particular thanks to Adrian for being the reassuring voice in my earpiece throughout the discussion.

[Gareth Evans @garethdjevans]

welsh education has long suffered from a lack of informed, sector-specific scrutiny and challenge. huge respect to the @TalkTeachingPod team for looking beyond the headlines and adding new depth to our analyses. no politician should fear criticality, it makes for better policy

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Our Senedd Elections Special series, in collaboration with the @ImpactWales podcast, continues today with the @WelshLabour party, represented by Lynne Neagle. What do Labour have to offer the education profession if we vote for them in May? Tune in to find out!