Emma & Tom Talk Teaching

Well, here we are again - in the gap between Christmas and New Year, and it's time for our annual tradition of giving each other six Christmas presents consisting of interesting things we've begged, borrowed and stolen.This year, Emma's finally succumbed to Covid after a glorious three-year run of immunity, and is therefore forced to dial in down-the-line from home. Tom, meanwhile, is all alone in an apparently deserted university after teaching has finished on the last Friday of term. All in all, then, a not so festive start to an episode which will hopefully pull some Christmas cheer out of the bag,Sit back and enjoy as Emma and Tom discuss unsung heroes of music, a classic Christmas film, the evils of PowerPoint, primary school parental admin, and some wholesome(ish) literature to while away the holiday period. Apologies, as ever, to Cameron for butchering his theme music with festive bells.We hope you enjoy it, and we'll see you in 2023!Best wishes from Emma and TomPS: last year we made a video of us recording our Christmas episode. This year, you can watch the sad spectacle of Tom recording all by himself in the studio.----------------------------------------------------------------------------Recorded in studio B2.16 at Cardiff Metropolitan University's Cyncoed Campus, and remotely, on 16th December 2022

Today we welcome a friend of PGCE Research Bites to his first full podcast episode! Dr. James Snook heads up all things to do with research and professional learning here at the Cardiff Partnership, and is a strong advocate for classroom enquiry.We sat down with James to ask him about the benefits of classroom enquiry, how to embed a culture of enquiry in school, the place of universities, and more.Thanks to James for coming in, and we'll be back in a fortnight with something festive!-------------------------------Recorded in studio B2.16 at Cardiff Metropolitan University's Cyncoed Campus on 8th November 2022

This week, we're delighted to welcome a school colleague to our podcast studio. James Wise is the ITE coordinator at Cardiff High School, and also the organising force behind ResearchED Cymru. We wanted to chat to James about how he works with new teachers to help them create a culture of challenge for all pupils in their classrooms.Thanks to James for taking part, and do check out the latest from ResearchED Cymru by checking out @Cymru_Ed on Twitter.----------------------------------------------------------------------------Recorded in studio B2.16 at Cardiff Metropolitan University's Cyncoed Campus on 10th November 2022

Dyma damaid arall o ymchwil TAR i chi ac mae’r myfyriwr TAR Uwchradd Mathemateg, Tomos Woods, yn siarad gyda Dr Gina Morgan am ei waith ymchwil. Mae’n trafod ei ail Aseiniad, sef ymyrraeth sydd yn ffocysu ar sut mae Esboniadau Ychwanegol Gweledol yn Cynyddu Dealltwriaeth Gysyniadol Disgyblion mewn Gwersi Mathemateg. Mae’r ystyried effaith gadarnhaol y defnydd o luniau, diagramau, siapiau a lliw ar sgiliau Mathemateg a Rhifedd ei ddysgwyr. Yn y sgwrs hon mae Tom yn esbonio beth wnaeth e ddarganfod ac effaith hynny ar ei ymarfer proffesiynol.

Confession time: quite a long time ago we were asked to provide a recommendation of something interesting from the EBSCO database of education literature for the Education Workforce Council's Meddwl Mawr book and journal club. Teachers registered in Wales can access anything in EBSCO for free, helping to bring education literature goodies to classroom practitioners all over the country.Finally, we've got our act together and have a discussion for you about initial teacher education reform in Wales in the form of an article by Professor John Furlong and co-authors. Despite the apparently niche subject area, there's plenty in here for anyone in the education world to chew over, so we hope you'll stick with us for the ride!If you want to read the article, look for Furlong, J., Griffiths, J., Hannigan-Davies, C., Harris, A. and Jones, M. (2021) ‘The reform of initial teacher education in Wales: from vision to reality.’ Oxford Review of Education 47(1) pp. 61-78You can find the Meddwl Mawr book and journal club at https://www.ewc.wales/site/index.php/en/professional-development/ewc-book-and-journal-club.htmlThanks to our friends at the EWC for the opportunity!------------------------------------------------------Recorded in studio B2.16 at Cardiff Metropolitan University's Cyncoed Campus on 24th October 2022

Today's Research Bite features Daniel Gurner, a PGCE Secondary Music student teacher who designed and delivered an intervention in his placement school to help pupils improve their literacy when answering GCSE music exam questions.In putting the intervention together, Daniel drew on various sources of literature as well as his understanding of the advantages of treating music as a holistic subject in which pupils develop their understanding of music through making it.You can also watch this episode on the Cardiff Partnership's professional learning YouTube channel.------------------------------Recorded in studio B0.17, Cyncoed Campus, Cardiff Metropolitan University on 21st June 2022

Hello from our latest podcasting home - just across campus from our old podcasting home! And as is traditional at this time of year, we've got a feast of random stuff for one another, drawn from all four corners of the internet and beyond.If you'd like to see any of the items from this episode, check out the links below. We'll see you again soon!News is bad for you - Rolf Dobelli in the GuardianTea - Hanan IssaAdmin Assistant II - Ed BurmilaBameEd WalesAfter Rembrandt and Grubby Grub - Morten MorlandThe Golden Mole and other living treasure - Katherine Rundell-------------------------------------------------------------Recorded in studio B2.16 at Cardiff Metropolitan University's Cyncoed Campus on 24th October 2022

In this episode, Phoebe Rees (who has just graduated from our PGCE primary programme) speaks to Tom Breeze about an intervention she created to tackle her concerns about low academic self-esteem in her pupils. Before embarking on the PGCE, Phoebe did a degree in psychology, and she brought her knowledge of research-informed approaches to bear on the practical issues she wanted to address in her classroom.----------------------------Recorded in studio B0.17 at Cardiff Metropolitan University's Cyncoed Campus on 21st June 2022

For today's episode we welcome one of our newest colleagues, and one of the newest Doctors on the team - Dr Kristina Kelly joins us at Cardiff Met with a wealth of knowledge about additional learning needs (ALN), so we immediately put her in front of a microphone to tell us about her research.Kristina carried out classroom research into how Piagetian schema are applicable to pupils with autism, and came up with some intriguing conclusions about potentially new schema to add to those identified by Piaget. In this conversation she talks about juggling research and teaching, the benefits of classroom-based research, and the ethics of carrying out research with participants who can't give full informed consent owing to their conditions.Thanks to Kristina for a fascinating chat, and we'll be back again soon!------------------------------------------------------Recorded in S1.03 at Cardiff Metropolitan University's Cyncoed campus on 4th August 2022