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Episodes

The Long Goodbye

1/30/2015
“So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, adieu” as the Inside Learning podcast bids farewell to listeners everywhere, and nowhere. For reasons we discuss on the podcast, Matthew and I have decided that this will be the last one; the archive will remain. Thank you to fellow presenters, loyal listeners, former guests and friends for being with […]

Duration:01:31:27

Episode 163: Who you gonna call?

12/11/2014
insidelearning of course, as we root out some more zombie ideas (although horror fans might not forgive us for mixing up ghosts and zombies, but we can’t take either them or ourselves too seriously). A couple of quick news items to ‘kick off’ with: ‘Ofsted warns secondary school progress ‘stalled'” Link here “Primary 1-3 class […]

Duration:00:37:32

Episode 162: Zombie ideas

12/4/2014
VAK up your troubles in your old kitbag… as Matthew and Steve chat through some ideas that really should be dead but still seem to be stalking the pedagogic corridors. VAK and learning styles is one. Are there also ideas with potential that are turned into zombies through their misuse? Bloom’s Taxonomy might be an […]

Duration:00:41:08

Episode 161: Eduporn?

11/27/2014
Steve and Matthew are delighted to be joined by the ineffable Bill Boyd, Literacy Adviser, as we chew over some recent education news and events. We talk about the political mood in Scotland and notice in passing that England’s Secretary of State for Education Nicky Morgan is promising a less confrontational style than her predecessor: […]

Duration:01:03:59

Episode 160: Brass and Mahogany

11/13/2014
Matthew and Steve are back on the education news trail tonight, and excited by the scientific achievements of landing a bunch of experiments on a far distant comet. However, we start with some historical reflection: “The anarchic experimental schools of the 1970s”, By Tom de Castella BBC News Magazine. Link here See also this blog […]

Duration:00:35:27

The Language Coup

10/30/2014
Beautifully hijacking the podcast tonight is guest ranter and welly wearer Gillian Campbell -Thow who is joined by two language legends and podcasting pros Mark Pentleton and Joe Dale. “The Language Coo” All three are participating in the Scottish Association for Language Teaching conference this weekend. A bit of lingo showboating and Gillian manages […]

Duration:00:51:19

Episode 157: Welsh Farrago

10/2/2014
We are delighted to welcome back the campaigning Bill Boyd as the three musketeers return to the digital highway, cutting a swathe through education news items. A discussion on inspection, accountability and support sparked by Education Scotland: Education inspection and review consultation underway, link here What does the growth of the Khan academy signify? “The […]

Duration:00:56:16

Episode 156: Sweet streams are made of this

9/25/2014
Tonight Matthew and Steve chat post-referendum and discuss some current education topics: “Low-level classroom disruption hits learning, Ofsted warns” story from Katherine Sellgren BBC News education reporter, Link here, and “Heads reject Ofsted’s poor classroom behaviour claims” Sean Coughlan BBC News education correspondent link here “Streaming ‘widens rich-poor achievement gap'” story from Hannah Richardson […]

Duration:00:52:16

Episode 155: Schleicher liker

9/18/2014
Matthew, Gillian and Steve chat about education news as nerves are jangling and we all think: bring on tomorrow! Amongst the chat we get round to stories about: “Teachers face shambles over school places” Andrew Denholm, Education Correspondent, The Herald, link here “Longer school days will help learning crisis in white working class children, DfE […]

Duration:00:57:58