Education Scotland podcast
Pedagogy
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Tuesday Nov 07, 2023
Tuesday Nov 07, 2023
Education Scotland fervently believes children should be seen and heard, and the incorporation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) is an excellent opportunity to further the rights and well-being of children in Scotland. In this series, Maxine Jolly sits down with guest speakers from across Education Scotland to better understand why children’s human rights matter and how UNCRC has influenced our work in supporting quality and improvement in learning and teaching.
Friday Nov 03, 2023
Friday Nov 03, 2023
Following on from her conversation with Marnie Ferguson, head teacher of Westfield and Torphichen Primary schools, Bex chats with the children from both primaries. They share their insights on their schools’ agile approach to learning and teaching and offer views on what should happen to meet learner needs across Scotland.
Episode links:
The Pedagogy Podcast Spotify Playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3OlQjzxsYdhXkYg8W7F7d1?si=dc4fd84d97d649e4
The Pedagogy Podcast – Core Pedagogical Considerations Graphic:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1SY5Z4lXiluxNXhNkgk0UCukrKXNzw3iX?usp=sharing
Impressive innovation in Scottish primary at Torphichen and Westfield primary:
https://robhouben.com/2022/05/02/impressive-innovation-in-scottish-primary-at-torphichen-and-westfield-primary/
Friday Nov 03, 2023
Friday Nov 03, 2023
In this episode Bex chats with Marnie Ferguson, head teacher of award winning Torphichen and Westfield Primary schools in West Lothian. Marnie has led both schools in the development of an innovative, research-based, agile, and child-centred curriculum approach built upon learner agency.
Episode links:
The Pedagogy Podcast Spotify Playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3OlQjzxsYdhXkYg8W7F7d1?si=dc4fd84d97d649e4
The Pedagogy Podcast – Core Pedagogical Considerations Graphic:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1SY5Z4lXiluxNXhNkgk0UCukrKXNzw3iX?usp=sharing
Impressive innovation in Scottish primary at Torphichen and Westfield primary:
https://robhouben.com/2022/05/02/impressive-innovation-in-scottish-primary-at-torphichen-and-westfield-primary/
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
In this episode Bex chats to New Zealand’s Nicola Ngarewa,
a school principal passionate about disrupting the educational norm through transformative leadership and a focus on global citizenship. Nicola shares her thoughts on pedagogy through her experience gained by working across all sectors of education from early childhood to tertiary - and even in New Zealand’s prison system.
The Pedagogy Podcast Spotify Playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3OlQjzxsYdhXkYg8W7F7d1?si=dc4fd84d97d649e4
The Pedagogy Podcast – Core Pedagogical Considerations Graphic:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1SY5Z4lXiluxNXhNkgk0UCukrKXNzw3iX?usp=sharing
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Join Gillian Hamilton, Interim Chief Executive of Education Scotland in a new series of podcasts in which she hopes to open up conversations about education. Whether you are a parent, pupil or education practitioner – she will explore a range of different topics over the series which she hopes you will enjoy hearing about.
Thursday Oct 26, 2023
Thursday Oct 26, 2023
Episode 2 – Bex Ewart in conversation with Professor Alison Clark
In this episode Bex chats to award winning academic, artist and author Professor Alison Clark about the concept of ‘slow knowledge and the unhurried child’ - the urgent need to embrace slow pedagogies in early childhood and beyond.
Episode links:
Slow knowledge and the unhurried child: time for slow pedagogies in early childhood education:
https://www.froebel.org.uk/research-library/slow-knowledge-and-the-unhurried-child-time-for-slow-pedagogies-in-early-childhood-education
The Pedagogy Podcast Spotify Playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3OlQjzxsYdhXkYg8W7F7d1?si=dc4fd84d97d649e4
The Pedagogy Podcast – Core Pedagogical Considerations Graphic:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1SY5Z4lXiluxNXhNkgk0UCukrKXNzw3iX?usp=sharing
Thursday Oct 26, 2023
Thursday Oct 26, 2023
Episode 1 – Ollie Bray in conversation with Dr Ben Mardell
In this episode Ollie chats to Ben Mardell, a teacher and researcher with over 40 years of experience. Ben is the former principal investigator at Project Zero, a research organisation at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Ben was also project director of ‘Pedagogy of Play’ a collaboration with the LEGO Foundation and the International School of Billund, exploring how play can be a central part in children’s learning in school.
Music by Finn McGuire - 6th Year student at St Aidan’s High School, Wishaw
Episode links:
Project Zero Pedagogy of Play resources:
https://pz.harvard.edu/projects/pedagogy-of-play
The Pedagogy Podcast Spotify Playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3OlQjzxsYdhXkYg8W7F7d1?si=dc4fd84d97d649e4
The Pedagogy Podcast – Core Pedagogical Considerations Graphic:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1SY5Z4lXiluxNXhNkgk0UCukrKXNzw3iX?usp=sharing
Monday Sep 04, 2023
Monday Sep 04, 2023
Education Scotland believes an empowered, connected, self-improving education system is vital to achieve excellence and equity for all children and young people in Scotland. In this latest podcast series, the School Empowerment Steering Group has launched a number of episodes focusing on what empowerment looks like for those working across the education system, including insight from school leaders, teachers and local authority leads.
Previous episodes:
1 https://EducationScotland.podbean.com/e/empowerment-an-introduction/
2 https://EducationScotland.podbean.com/e/empowerment-school-leaders/
3 https://EducationScotland.podbean.com/e/empowerment-scotish-government/
4 https://EducationScotland.podbean.com/e/empowerment-local-authorities-and-regional-improvement-collaboratives/
Monday Sep 04, 2023
Monday Sep 04, 2023
Education Scotland believes an empowered, connected, self-improving education system is vital to achieve excellence and equity for all children and young people in Scotland. In this latest podcast series, the School Empowerment Steering Group has launched a number of episodes focusing on what empowerment looks like for those working across the education system, including insight from school leaders, teachers and local authority leads.
Previous episodes:
1 https://EducationScotland.podbean.com/e/empowerment-an-introduction/
2 https://EducationScotland.podbean.com/e/empowerment-school-leaders/
3 https://EducationScotland.podbean.com/e/empowerment-scotish-government/
Friday Sep 01, 2023
Friday Sep 01, 2023
Education Scotland believes an empowered, connected, self-improving education system is vital to achieve excellence and equity for all children and young people in Scotland. In this latest podcast series, the School Empowerment Steering Group has launched a number of episodes focusing on what empowerment looks like for those working across the education system, including insight from school leaders, teachers and local authority leads.
Previous episodes:
1 https://EducationScotland.podbean.com/e/empowerment-an-introduction/
2 https://EducationScotland.podbean.com/e/empowerment-school-leaders/
Education Scotland
Education Scotland is the national body for supporting quality and improvement of learning and teaching in Scottish education.
We are driven by the shared ambitions of supporting the development and wellbeing of all those who work in education and ensuring positive experiences and outcomes for all learners.