Emma & Tom Talk Teaching Teachers' Curriculum Conversations with Dr Mary Woolley
Friend of the podcast Dr Mary Woolley joins us on the line from Canterbury for this episode, to discuss a research project about teachers' curriculum conversations.
The Curriculum for Wales makes the suggestion that if learners are given the opportunity to make 'powerful connections' between subject disciplines, their overall learning can be more meaningful. The curriculum framework empowers schools designing their curriculum to structure learning experiences in more flexible ways than have previously been the case.
Our research project, Cultivating Deeper Interdisciplinary Conversations has been funded by Templeton World Charity Foundation to find out more about what this looks like in practice. Cardiff Met have joined forces with the National Institute for Christian Education Research (NICER) at Canterbury Christ Church University, who are leading the work.
Today, Mary joins us to talk through the results of a survey of secondary school teachers all over Wales, to find out what conversations actually look like on the ground.
You can find out more about the project by subscribing to the Nicernews Substack here.
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Recorded in studio B2.15 at Cardiff Metropolitan University's Cyncoed Campus on 23rd January 2026