Kate Hill, a first year ECT, is an Art teacher at Chosen Hill School near Cheltenham. She talks about having ‘to be like a swan’, projecting calm when nothing seems to be going right. She described the benefits of our Wellbeing Charter – especially how her mentor and facilitator have given peer support when she most needed it. Full show notes, transcript and links: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news/2023/mar/everything-everywhere-all-once-life-year-1-ect-ecf-staffroom-s02e05 ECF Staffroom speaks to ...
Mar 17, 2023•43 min
Sofia Eleftheriadou and Lisa Baines are post-doctoral researchers at UCL’s Centre for Educational Leadership. Sofia and Lisa came into the ECF Staffroom to share the initial findings of their longitudinal study, ‘The impact of the ECF programme on the work engagement, wellbeing and retention of teachers.’ They talked to us about how the research of the ECF is always mediated – through school leaderships, through mentors, and through the teacher standing in front of the classroom with the student...
Mar 03, 2023•45 min
This roundtable is the first event in the TCRU@50 programme of activities celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Thomas Coram Research Unit. Following an introduction to TCRU’s history, the speakers reflect on race, multiculture, and conviviality in the shadow of Brexit, COVID, and the Windrush scandal, three events that have each exposed and exacerbated racialised inequalities. Speakers: Prof Les Back (Glasgow University) Prof Ann Phoenix (UCL, Thomas Coram Research Unit) Dr Sivamohan Valluvan...
Mar 02, 2023•1 hr 8 min
Join Dr Michael Spence (UCL President & Provost) and Professor Li Wei (IOE Director & Dean) as they discuss their shared love of languages: from raising bilingual children and language learning mishaps, to preserving heritage languages and the importance of supporting language teaching in schools. [BONUS CONTENT] You can also watch Dr Spence and Professor Li Wei speaking in Chinese about their experiences, and access the transcript: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/global/news/2023/feb/celebrating-...
Feb 21, 2023•17 min
Being an ECT cheerleader and a facilitator of their pedagogical progress. Haili Hughes is a writer, expert on mentoring and facilitator on the UCL ECF programme. Haili took us through the ‘long, winding road’ of her career, and shared with us her passion for mentoring. She says that mentors have a huge job on their hands to be conversant with the research behind the ECF, arguing that mentor development programmes such as ours are therefore really important. Full show notes, transcript and links:...
Feb 10, 2023•31 min
This podcast aims to bring the latest academic research on the Holocaust into the classroom. ‘Survivors’ is a conversation between Dr Rebecca Clifford of Swansea University and Dr Tom Haward of the UCL Centre for Holocaust Education about her book ‘Survivors: Children’s Lives After the Holocaust.’ Aimed at educators who are teaching about the Holocaust, it’s also fascinating for anyone just curious about the past and the intriguing stories of child survivors of the Holocaust. It explores issues ...
Jan 27, 2023•32 min
Siobhan Goffee is co-host of the podcast series and coaching programme for educators, ‘Joyblockers – and how to get rid of them’. Siobhan talked to us about when teaching can feel like being in a bad relationship. Living off the adrenaline of teaching, being constantly in survival mode, and struggling to admit you are struggling. And she talked about joy, creativity, community: the things that bring us into teaching in the first place but which can be the casualties of toxic productivity. Her an...
Jan 27, 2023•51 min
Why the ECF programme needed to be adapted for teachers in special schools Melanie Hogan is the deputy headteacher at Castlebar Special School in Ealing. Melanie invited us into her school to talk to us about the specific needs of ECTs in special education, how the ECF programme supports them, and what more we can still do to make the programme really work for this important group of teachers. Show notes, links and transcript: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news/2023/jan/sometimes-it-can-feel-we-have...
Jan 13, 2023•47 min
Our guest Professor Douglas Bourn is aware that “hope” can often be considered an idealistic and utopian term, but if it is grounded in real-life issues and challenges, then it can provide a valuable approach to learning about global issues. Full show notes and links: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news/2022/dec/pedagogy-hope-rftrw-s18e03
Dec 19, 2022•39 min
Emanuele Frascadore is in his first year of the ECF Programme at Rosedale College, in Hayes. He talks with us about how we can create an inclusive environment for LGBT+ students and staff. Show notes, links and transcript: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news/2022/nov/breaking-cycle-inequality-making-space-lgbtq-issues-ecf-staffroom-s01e07 ECF Staffroom speaks to Early Career Teachers, mentors and participants at all levels of the UCL Early Career Teacher Development programme....
Nov 25, 2022•21 min
It’s widely acknowledged that more climate change or sustainability education is needed. What’s probably missing is the kind of learning, aims and agendas required to be at the heart of teaching. Dr Laura Outhwaite hears from Dr Stuart Tannock about his work linking academic research to engage communities to achieve social, economic and environmental justice. We hear about the challenges facing climate education, what educators need to get right and how they can help students think through what ...
Nov 14, 2022•23 min
Tayaba Chaudhry, Celeste Leonard and Liv Moran are in their second year of their ECF Programme at Burnage Academy in Manchester. They are joined by Erin Brown, their induction tutor, and talk to us about how the practitioner inquiry approach has shaped professionals. Show notes, links and transcript . ECF Staffroom speaks to Early Career Teachers, mentors and participants at all levels of the UCL Early Career Teacher Development programme....
Nov 11, 2022•38 min
This podcast features work that helps highlight the role of children and the duty of adults in raising awareness of this crisis and caring for the environment, so that the burden and responsibility does not fall solely on young people. Our presenter Dr Laura Outhwaite is joined by Dr Lizzie Rushton to discuss the importance of providing opportunities for teachers, teacher educators and young people to work together in the context of climate change and sustainability education. Dr Rushton also de...
Nov 04, 2022•22 min
[PREVIEW] With students and young people increasingly aware of the impact of climate change and wanting to do something about it, in this season of Research for the Real World we're focusing on how education systems can be reimagined to embed sustainable development principles and practices to bring about positive change and climate justice. In this season of Research for the Real World we'll hear from: Dr Lizzie Rushton on professional development for teachers and the student voice when it come...
Nov 01, 2022•7 min
Kate Atkin is a Deputy Headteacher at Balby Central Primary Academy in Doncaster. As a facilitator on Year 2 of the Early Roll Out Programme, she shares with us how she made practitioner inquiry come alive for Early Career Teachers (ECTs) and mentors, and the positive impact this has had. Full show notes, links and transcript . ECF Staffroom speaks to Early Career Teachers, mentors and participants at all levels of the UCL Early Career Teacher Development programme....
Oct 28, 2022•21 min
Jill Whitehouse is a Deputy Headteacher in South Gosforth First School. She is a mentor and a facilitator on the ECF programme. She talked to us about her many years’ experience working with new teachers, and what it has taught her about how to make best use of our resources. Full show notes, links and transcript. --- ECF Staffroom speaks to Early Career Teachers, mentors and participants at all levels of the UCL Early Career Teacher Development programme....
Oct 14, 2022•31 min
For separated child migrants - or unaccompanied minors in legal terms - ‘care’ is ambiguous: they may receive care because of their ‘child’ status or be excluded from provision because of their ‘migrant’ status. We start from the premise that care is not limited to what can be provided by an adult or the state, but can come from other separated children themselves. This episode's presenter Dr Keri Wong finds out how participatory and creative research can help researchers like Dr Rachel Rosen to...
Oct 03, 2022•28 min
Nathan Williams, Mitchell Scott and Daniel Ruy Pereira are in the second year of their ECF programme. We talked to them about how they had enjoyed working on their practitioner inquiries, how they have drawn on wider mentoring support and how the year has changed them as teachers. Full show notes, links and transcript: TBC --- ECF Staffroom speaks to Early Career Teachers, mentors and participants at all levels of the UCL Early Career Teacher Development programme....
Sep 29, 2022•1 hr 2 min
This podcast hears about research that centres the perspectives of asylum seekers in the UK and challenges existing arrangements to support them as they navigate the system. Full show notes and links: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news/2022/sep/why-we-need-examine-ways-uk-treats-asylum-seekers-rftrw-s17e03
Sep 26, 2022•33 min
Stephanie Bingham is the Regional Lead for ECF for Newcastle University and the North-East Teaching School Partnership. Stephanie works with dozens of schools and school induction leads, and she shares her insights about successful implementation of the ECF programme. Full show notes, links and transcript: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news/2022/aug/dilemma-based-facilitation-experienced-facilitators-share-what-goes-wrong-them-s01e02 --- The ECF Staffroom series speaks to Early Career Teachers, ment...
Sep 16, 2022•38 min
Through research on underperforming 'stuck' schools, the podcast explores factors that contribute to educational inequity and how education systems can support refugee and other disadvantaged children attending these schools. Full show notes: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news/2022/sep/how-can-we-prevent-refugee-children-getting-stuck-educational-inequity-rftrw-s17e02
Sep 14, 2022•29 min
There are differences between how national governments see the issue of asylum seeker reception and local governments and communities where the actual asylum seekers come in. This means that asylum seekers may be held back from integration until a decision is made, leaving inclusive opportunities such as employment and social connections at risk. Dr Laura Outhwaite hears from Dr Caroline Oliver about a project in the Netherlands that sought to recognise that, like us, asylum seekers have lives a...
Sep 07, 2022•36 min
Conflicts near and far have left lasting direct and indirect impacts on us all. With the food, fuel and the cost of living crisis, it feels like we’re in uncharted waters, with everyone trying to stay afloat. Conflict has always been a source of mass migration and as people move, labels tend to blur so we thought it's important to understand the differences between refugees and asylum seekers as those labels will impact their experience of receiving support, care and legal representation. In thi...
Aug 22, 2022•8 min
James Stubbs is a mentor in a secondary school in Durham. James talks to us about how he collaborated with his ECT to ensure the work of the programme has never become overly burdensome. He speaks passionately about his own role as mentor, about how he himself wants to keep on developing, so he can – as he puts it – stay in the game. Full show notes, links and transcript: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news/2022/aug/games-always-changing-so-keep-playing-it-keeping-focus-professional-learning-s01e01 -...
Aug 19, 2022•33 min
There’s a current crisis of confidence in exams and other methods of testing, but why? As Professor Mary Richardson tells us, there’s no such thing as a perfect test, so how can public confidence be rebuilt? With results days coming up next month for students who sat the first in-person A level and GCSE exams since before the pandemic, and proposals by the government to put GCSE exams online from 2025, we discuss what changes might be possible to make sure the nation’s assessments continually ev...
Jul 22, 2022•33 min
In this podcast we hear about research that seeks to improve interest and engagement in learning about science for primary school students through personal experience and identity. Dr Meghna Nag Chowdhuri is part of the team behind the Primary Science Capital Project - applied action research working in partnership with teachers to develop a science capital-informed pedagogical approach for use in primary schools. Full show notes and links: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news/2022/jul/what-does-socia...
Jul 13, 2022•24 min
In this podcast we hear about how UCL aims to support students, their parents and teachers in understanding the climate crisis through the curriculum and where history education fits in learning about these issues. Dr Alison Kitson’s background and expertise in history education places her in an important position - Emily MacLeod finds out how this has led to her interest in the environment and her current role as Programme Director of the UCL Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability Educati...
Jul 05, 2022•32 min
In this podcast we learn about the concept of ‘translational research’ and hear examples of projects where it has supported the successful move from research to practice. Our presenter Emily MacLeod is joined by Dr Sinéad Harmey to discuss what translational research looks like in action. Full show notes and links: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news/2022/jun/bridging-gap-between-research-and-practice-rftrw-s16e01...
Jun 29, 2022•34 min
This roundtable discusses major themes at the intersection of culture, education and society. It variously covers the changing status of language, art and other cultural subjects in education, the rise of digital making, the impact of technology on learning and society, and inequality in cultural representation. Segments: (0:00:00) - Introduction (0:02:29) - Language learning and language use (Professor Andrea Révész) (0:12:33) - Communication and health (Professor Jeff Bezemer) (0:27:48) - Lear...
Jun 21, 2022•1 hr 51 min
Season 16 of Research for the Real World is focusing on how IOE research is addressing very important current issues related to teacher education, teachers and teaching itself. In this preview you'll hear from: Dr Sinéad Harmey on the research to practice gap Dr Alison Kitson on responding to the climate crisis through education Dr Meghna Nag Chowdhuri on how science education benefits from a social justice approach Professor Mary Richardson on improving and evolving educational assessment. Hear...
Jun 20, 2022•9 min
