Ed Talks: Recent Episodes
David Ardley and Ryan Maxwell
A Chat between two teachers in the International teaching circuit. We chat about all things educational.
In this episode, David and Ryan discuss the considerations when entering the International teaching circuit for the first time.
In this episode Dave and Ryan discuss how schools can nurture commitment and a sense of 'buy in' from it's staff.
David and Ryan are joined by Riza, a Data Manager to discuss how schools can use their Management Information Systems (MIS) well to improve their efficiency. Riza also shares his thoughts on the important considerations that schools ought to give when considering a new MIS for their organisation.
In this episode Dave and Ryan discuss the importance of teachers being the content creators of their own learning materials.
Episode 8 of Ed Talks discussing 'Green Flags' and 'Red Flags' in the teacher recruitment process from the perspective of schools and teachers.
In this episode we have a chat with Donald Robertson, a writer on resilience and Stoicism. We discuss the benefits that Stoicism can bring to schools as a way of building resilience amongst our students and teachers.
Donald Robertson can be found on Amazon and we highly recommend his book 'How to Think like a Roman emperor - The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius.'
Episode 4 discussing the use of mobile phones and laptops in the classroom. We discuss how schools are embracing the digital future.
Discussing the motivation of why teachers continue to teacher. This episode features a memory recall exercise. The proceedure is as follows.
Richard Kopps Memory Recall exercise:
Alfred Adler (1939) believed that early recollections (ERs) were projections of the present-day self onto the past. This led to the use of ERs as a projective technique for identifying lifestyle (personality) themes and unconscious goals that explain behavior.
- Pick your earliest memory.
A. Describe the scene.
B. What stands out most vividly in the memory.
C. What was your feelings.
D. If you could change the memory in any way, what would it be?
- Discuss your memory of the moment when you decided to become a teacher.
A. Describe the scene
B. What was your feelings.
C. What stands out most vividly in your mind.
- Linking the questions: (The other person answers these questions)
What common themes are shared in both memories.
Is there a solution present in the memories?
How might the links in both memories explain your decision to enter teaching?