Inside the Classroom: Recent Episodes
Steven McNeil
The purpose of this podcast is to research all areas of teaching and learning from practitioners across the country. We aim to share good practice, motivate and inspire.
In our latest episode of "Inside the Classroom" we interview Deputy First Minister & Cabinet Secretary for Education John Swinney. We discuss NQ PE course assessment issues, PE class sizes, and much more.
In our latest episode of Inside the Classroom, we chat with Lenzie Academy Headteacher, Brian Paterson. We speak to Brian about how he planned for the school returning to a full timetable, the stress this caused implementing the necessary safety measures in place, and his views on the SQA decision on overturning this year's exam results.
In our latest episode of "Inside the Classroom", we speak with S6 pupils Hannah & Kiendi from Lenzie Academy. We ask them about returning to school after lockdown and their opinion on the change of grades to their SQA results.
In our latest episode, we speak with Principal Teacher of Geography Ryan Metcalfe on how he includes Cooperative Learning within his class.
In our latest episode, we speak with Dr Ash Casey about how to successfully implement Cooperative learning within PE. Ash is a Senior Lecturer in Pedagogy at Loughborough University. His research focuses on Co-Operative learning, Models-Based Practice, teacher learning/research, and the use of new technologies in learning. Ash is an Associate Editor of the peer-reviewed journal Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy (Routledge) and is the author, co-author, or editor of four Routledge books and publishes regularly in leading education research journals.
In this brand new episode, Russell and I speak with Head of Training at Pivotal Education Specialist Ollie Firth. Ollie has been Head of Training at Pivotal since 2016, where he has been developing a highly competent and progressive training team. Ollie also manages to fit in time to deliver training in Behaviour, Teacher as Performer, Restorative Approaches, and Learner Engagement as well as ensuring he keeps a foot in the classroom.
In our latest episode of Inside the Classroom, we chat with Mathematics teacher and recently qualified Pivotal Education specialist Gill Ness. Gill chats with us on how important building relationships with pupils is and how to implement some behavioral strategies within the classroom.
In our latest episode of Inside the Classroom, we speak with English teacher and Metacognition enthusiast, John Mcgovern. John chats to us on how to implement and deliver Metacognition within the classroom.
In our brand new episode of Inside the Classroom, we discuss retrieval practice with Amazon Best-Selling Author and head of History at the British School Al Khubairat in the UAE, Kate Jones. Kate's published titles include 'Love to Teach' and the recently published 'Retrieval Practice'.
In our latest episode of Inside the Classroom, we speak with Design & Technology teacher Louise Campbell on how she successfully implements active learning within her class.
In this episode, we speak with practitioners from England, Canada, and Switzerland where they share insight into how their respective schools have adjusted to the new norm due to COVID-19.
In this episode we speak to Principal Teacher of Modern Languages - Tito Cortes. Tito describes to us his approaches to delivering an inclusive Broad General Education, particularly through differentiation.
In this episode, we speak with the superb Sam Strickland - the author of the recently published book Education Exposed. We discuss with Sam a variety of topics including, leadership, behaviour, the power of teacher knowledge, and keeping the teacher as the expert!
In episode 2 of Inside the Classroom we welcome History teacher Jen Byres. We chat to her about how she brings History alive within her classroom and what innovative ideas she implements.
In the first episode of our brand new podcast Inside the Classroom we are joined by special guest Grant McKenzie. We discuss in detail Grant's successful teaching career as a Principal Teacher of Chemistry and what his plans are when he retires in the near future.