Education Scotland podcast

The Curriculum Improvement Cycle mini podcast series: The Digital literacy episode

In this episode Ollie Bray, Strategic Director, is joined by Education Scotland colleague and Education Officer George Milliken to talk about Digital Literacy and the Curriculum Improvement Cycle. Find out more about the Digital Literacy story so far and what this will mean for Scotland’s Children and Young people.

The Curriculum Improvement Cycle mini podcast series: The Learning for Sustainability episode

In this episode Ollie Bray, Strategic Director is joined by Education Scotland colleague and Senior Education Officer Ian Menzies to talk about Learning for Sustainability and the Curriculum Improvement Cycle. Find out just what Learning for Sustainability means and why the Curriculum Improvement Cycle co-design work fits in to the wider strategy for Scotland.
 
You can find out more by visiting the Learning for Sustainability area of the Education Scotland website:
 
https://education.gov.scot/resource-themes/learning-for-sustainability/

The Curriculum Improvement Cycle mini podcast series: The Creativity episode

The Curriculum Improvement Cycle mini podcast series: The Creativity episode
Ollie Bray, Strategic Director at Education Scotland, hosts this podcast series to talk about the work of the cross-curricular themes win the context of the Curriculum Improvement Cycle.
In this 20 minute episode, Ollie is joined by Julia Fenby, Education Officer for Creativity at Education Scotland. They discuss the work that has happened around Creativity so far, emerging themes, next steps and what Creativity means for Scotland’s children and young people.

The Learning Conversations: Judy Murray

The Curriculum Improvement Cycle mini podcast series: The Financial Education episode

Ollie Bray, Strategic Director at Education Scotland, hosts this mini podcast series to talk about the cross-curricular themes within the context of the Curriculum Improvement Cycle.
 
In this 20 minute episode, Ollie is joined by Education Officers for Numeracy and Mathematics at Education Scotland Nanette Brotherwood and Jaclyn Andrews. They discuss the work around Financial Literacy so far, emerging themes, next steps and what they hope this will mean for Scotland’s children and young people.
 
Links to the following resources are recommended in the podcast:
Scotland's Financial Schools Homepage — Scotland’s Financial Schools
Money and Pensions Guides Financial education guidance for primary and secondary schools in Scotland | Money and Pensions Service

The Power of Presence: Why Attending School Matters – The Role of Education in Today's Society

How Glasgow City is Shaping the Future by Prioritising School Attendance: Collaborative Efforts Between Schools, Parents, and Pupils

The Learning Conversations: Time for Inclusive Education (TIE)

The Learning Conversations: Time for Inclusive Education (TIE)
In this episode of The Learning Conversations, Gillian Hamilton is joined by Jordan and Liam from Time for Inclusive Education (TIE), a charity that addresses prejudice and bullying of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender young people with education in Scotland’s schools.
This lively, and at some points emotional, conversation explores the importance of LGBT-inclusive education.
 

Focus on Froebelian practice

In this episode of The Learning Conversations Gillian Hamilton discusses Froebelian practice with Professor Tina Bruce CBE, who has spent her career supporting the development of educators working with young children.
Froebel’s work and writing changed the way we think about and value early childhood. Froebelian practice is one of the approaches highlighted within our national practice guidance for early years (0-8) Realising The Ambition: Being Me.

Strathclyde University Students Family Learning Placements

This podcast features student teachers from Strathclyde University Initial Teacher Education Programme. They were involved in a pilot programme which placed student teachers in a Local Authority Family Learning Team. The students talked about their experiences of working with parents and families within a Family Learning setting and how that positively impacted their attitudes, confidence, and practice.

Generations Working Together

This podcast features Lorraine George, Learning and Development Officer from Generations Working Together (GWT). Lorraine outlines the benefits of generations working together and how people of all ages can learn from each other. This is an important part of Lifelong Learning, where the generations work together to gain skills, values, and knowledge. Beyond the transfer of knowledge, it fosters reciprocal learning relationships between different generations and helps develop social capital and social cohesion in our ageing societies. Lorraine also talks about their newly published teacher resource that can be utilised by schools to develop their own intergenerational programmes linked to experiences and outcomes.