Virtually Teachers: Recent Episodes
David Hibbert, Rachel Lewin, Chloe Bateman, Simon Davies, Jacob Keet and Mike Hill
Virtually Teachers is a show which brings 5 teachers from different contexts together in a roundtable format to discuss big educational questions.
0.00-0.45: Introduction
0.45-44.25 discussion of effective CPD
Jonnie Grande blog referenced in the discussion: https://curricularpasts.wordpress.com/2023/03/05/12-this-week-in-history-you-cant-action-step-your-way-to-effective-teaching/
44.25-end: recommendation
0.00-0.43: Introduction
0.43-33.42:
1) What are the challenges that we see casting a shadow on the educational future?
2) What would we like to recommend to the education policy-makers of 2024 and beyond?
33.42-end: Recommendations
0.00-1.00: Introductions
1.00-32.32: Why is teaching great? Why do we love it?
32.32-35.31: Closing recommendations
0.00-1.25: Introduction
1.25-12.19: How are we experiencing recruitment and retention issues on the ground?
12.19-41.28: Why is our system not retaining experienced teachers? What needs to be done about this?
Why is our system now not recruiting enough new teachers or retaining new teachers? Is there anything that can be done about this? What would need to change?
41-28-end: Recommendations
0.00-1.02: Introduction
1.02-33.01: Assessment discussion
33.01-36.36: Closing recommendations
0.00-2.39: Introduction to season 2!
2.39-27.54: Are we educational techno-optimists or techno-pessimists? Why?
27.54-43.54: Are there areas where technology offers particular potential when teaching history?
43.54-end: Final recommendations
0.00-0.41: Introduction
0.41-24.26: introducing Mike and an exploration of his ideas on world building
24.26-43.44 : a discussion about the 'knowledge turn'
43.44-52.49: the tension between construction and deconstruction across a curriculum
52.49-end: recommendations
Mike: People From My Neighbourhood by Hiromi Kawakami
Simon: get in the garden and the new book by Lionel Shriver
David: The Story of India by Michael Wood
You can find more of Mike's work here:
https://www.history.org.uk/publications/resource/9922/curating-the-imagined-past-world-building-in-the
https://intheoldendays.home.blog/2020/04/28/world-building-what-can-history-teachers-learn-from-imaginary-realms/
0.00-1.16: introduction
1.16-22.23: What does assessment mean to us?
22.23-53.50: Are GCSEs fit for purpose?
53.50-end: Recommendations
Chloe:
https://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep1week13/britains-tiger-kings-trail-ross-kemp
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000tzg6/louis-theroux-shooting-joe-exotic
Rachel:
Instagram and Ruth Brownlee
https://www.instagram.com/shetlandruthie/?hl=en
Simon:
Anatomy of Scandal by Sarah Vaughn
The Pattern Seekers by Simon Baron-Cohen
Jacob:
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
David:
The Ezra Klein Show (podcast)
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/isabel-wilkerson-wants-to-change-how-we-understand/id1081584611?i=1000488978920
https://www.nytimes.com/column/ezra-klein-podcast
0.00-1.02: Introduction to the episode
1.02-17.48: How have we helped our students to feel more connected in an online context?
17.48-31.24: What approaches have we found to be most succesful in overcoming the challenges of remote teaching?
This section draws on Doug Lemov's new book on remote teaching which can be published here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Teaching-Online-Classroom-Surviving-Thriving-ebook/dp/B08HGXDBT9/ref=sr_1_1?crid=AN8D96WBNRLQ&dchild=1&keywords=lemov+remote+learning&qid=1613418301&sprefix=lemov+remo%2Caps%2C150&sr=8-1
31.24-49-20: How can we make sure we are not doing 'busy work' for the sake of appearances and make our provision as lean and effective as possible?
This section draws on this excellent blog by Kat Howard: https://saysmiss.wordpress.com/2020/04/14/justification-for-busy-work/
49.20-end: Lockdown suggestions
Chloe: It's a Sin on Channel 4
https://www.channel4.com/programmes/its-a-sin
Rachel: Yoga with Adriene
https://www.youtube.com/user/yogawithadriene
Simon: No Time Like the Future by Michael J Fox
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Time-Like-Future-Considers-Mortality/dp/1472278461/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1M4O0VBX03LB6&dchild=1&keywords=michael+j+fox+no+time+like+the+future&qid=1613418405&sprefix=Michael+J+Fo%2Caps%2C155&sr=8-1
Jacob: 1776 by David McCullough
https://www.amazon.co.uk/1776-America-Britain-at-War/dp/0141021713/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=1776&qid=1613418437&sr=8-1
David:
1: Jacob Keet's videos (see our twitter account)
2: The Beautiful Risk of Education by Gert Biesta
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Beautiful-Risk-Education-Interventions-Philosophy-ebook/dp/B0184CBP1I/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=biesta&qid=1613418506&sr=8-2
0.00-01.07: Introduction to the episode
01.07-5.53 : Jacob's reflection
5.53-10.53: Simon's reflection
10.53-18.13: Rachel's reflection
18.13-21.09: David's reflection
Festive recommendations
Rachel: John Patrick Elliott
https://johnpatrickelliott.bandcamp.com/album/december-songs?fbclid=IwAR2OHomNsnBpTZV3l0o_5Mv8pfh9Sq4c3xNVGeMtpsAcjQaCCFYiiIxOizs
Simon: A Promised Land by Barack Obama
Jacob: Any Human Heart by William Boyd
David: Like Stories of Old on Youtube
It's a Wonderful Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ7n4bOLNwc&ab_channel=LikeStoriesofOld
Who we are when everything goes wrong: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT_sKGbP1yY&ab_channel=LikeStoriesofOld
Jacob's Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/keet1579
0.00-0.45: Introduction
0.45-25.39: Reflections and changes in our curricula/practice
25.39-35.48: Practical tips for teachers
35.48-end: Recommendations
Jacob: Fires of Fath by Eamon Duffy
Chloe: Office Lens (app)
Rachel: My Octopus Teacher
David: Queen's Gambit
Zaiba: Teaching to Transgress by Bell Hooks
0.00-1.03: Introduction
1.03-30.21: What are the keys to great behaviour at a school level?
30.21-43.23 : Tips for managing behaviour in the classroom
43.23-50.54 : How have we adjusted our practice to meet the current moment?
50.45-end: Weekly recommendations
Jacob: Dune by Frank Herbert
Simon: Fuel What Matters podcast (hosted by Simon and others)
https://open.spotify.com/show/6d4BR0iSBXsAmB1biSQNZw?si=NO6GiPBhScGBJwfbKyjRRg#:~:text=The%20Fuel%20What%20Matters%20Podcast,professional%20athlete%20journeys%20and%20more!
Rachel: Criminal Minds
David: James Baldwin episode of Throughline
https://www.npr.org/2020/09/14/912769283/james-baldwins-fire
0.00-0.55: Introduction
0.55-48.01: Top tips for NQTs
Weekly recommendations:
Jacob: Baudolino by Umberto Eco
Chloe: Discounts for teachers. You can get 35% off an Emma Mattress!
https://www.discountsforteachers.co.uk/
Simon: Teacher Man by Frank McCourt and Hoodies All Summer by Cano
Rachel: 10 Minutes and 38 Seconds in this Strange World by Elif Shafak and Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
David: Autumn by Ali Smith
0.00-1.09: introduction
1.10-21.12: what makes a good PSHE curriculum?
21.13-48.41: Do we need a recovery curriculum? What should it look like?
Blogs and resources that Rachel referred to:
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/a-recovery-curriculum-or-recovery-conversations/?fbclid=IwAR3QOl4_Xm-WiGanyfkwfEbUUN1Bm8MhlQLsNP4nhy2zrdYHgk_P4P_d9zk
https://marymered.com/2020/04/14/five-ways-to-help-children-heal-when-schools-reopen/?fbclid=IwAR1PjcwkebFSsp9trv8swOyXBzbZyVkiK7pd_N13HWczL6Mb5L8Y3sJpUrk
https://bigeducation.org/lfl-content/a-roadmap-for-renewal/?fbclid=IwAR0GZ-XdfgGZWGncvaID85TwhO3mOmLVTAtC2uRHwQ4H0OvHvkqR1F34NzM
48.42-end: weekly recommendations:
Chloe: Parks and Recreation (the best sitcom ever made)
Rachel: a request for reading material! Tweet @scillyteacher
Simon: The Plot Against America (TV series) and being outside/running up hills
Jacob: his recent youtube episode on his trip to Istanbul (link below)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFkSOZx14kE&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR0MJS8vxGmm2ZazEgf68gXggtJ2D2JX23yIHXu75P3bGbHAiY5tTj7iKbo
David: the film music of Ennio Morricone and the beautiful recent piece in the New York Times by US civil rights icon John Lewis (published postumously)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/30/opinion/john-lewis-civil-rights-america.html
0.00-0.58: Introduction
0.00-18.11: What makes a great school leader?
18.11-34.14: What are the leadership traps to avoid?
34.14-54.31: What makes good curriculum leadership?
54.31-end: Lockdown suggestions
Chloe: Benidorm (TV series)
Rachel: The Norman Conquest by Marc Morris
Jacob: In Defence of History by Richard Evans
Simon: Conrad Thompson's WWE podcasts
David: The New York Times Daily podcast
0.00-1.20: introduction to the episode and to our guest Zaiba Patel
1.20-20.39: What can individual teachers do to address racism?
20.40-42.38: How can we avoid destructive silences in our curricula?
42.39-1.01.17: What needs to happen on a wider/systemic level for the moment to lead to meaningful change?
1.02-20-Lockdown recommendations
Zaiba: Natives by Afua Hirsch
Rachel: Sugar and Blood by Andrea Stuart
Simon: Spike Lee's Da 5 Bloods (film on Netflix)
Jacob: The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins
David: The Good Fight on Amazon Prime
We also referred to a number of resources this week and many of them can be found at the links below:
EqualiTeach: https://equaliteach.co.uk/
Arthur Chapman's presentation on Public Understanding of the Past: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO3z9voyvCU
Justice to History podcast: https://soundcloud.com/user-461660784/j2h-podcast-1-anti-racism-and-the-history-classroom-the-challenges-for-knowledge-and-pedagogy-in-2020
Resources on teaching African history: https://africankingdoms.co.uk/
0.00-0.57: Introduction
0.57-1.50: Introduction to this week's discussion
1.50-12.36: Simon's reflection
12.36-20.36: Rachel's reflection
20.36-30.49: Jaco'b reflection
30.49-36.30: David's reflection
36.30-end: Lockdown suggestions:
Rachel: Hilary Mantel's The Mirror and the Light
Simon: The novel Rhodam and David Olusoga's Black and British
Jacob: Britain BC (book about prehistoric Britain)
David: Detectorists (TV show available on BBC Iplayer)
The music is by our very own Jacob Keet!
0.00-0.50: Introduction
0.50-22.00: What can individual teachers do to mitigate the workload issue and ensure that they don't burn out?
22.00-34.45: What are the systemic and cultural issues that drive excessive workload?
34.45-45.42: What might be effective in tackling the workload issue at a school level?
54.42-end: Lockdown recommendations
Chloe: Hollywood on Netflix
Rachel: Teacher Tapp (teacher polling app)
Simon: counterfactual novel Rhodham and The Last Dance (again)
Jacob: SPQR by Mary Beard
David: Normal People on BBC Iplayer
0.00-0.54: Introduction to the episode
0.54-13.48: Are there any events/people/topics that we think we will teach differently because of he pandemic?
13.48-20.33: How do we navigate the tension between a curriculum with expanatory power while not inserting our own perspectives in a problematic way?
20.33-40.00: The Big History Project
40.00-44.37: Lockdown suggestions
Chloe: #Curricularium remote CPD. Tweet at Will Bailey-Watson @mrwbw if you would like access!
Rachel: Killing Eve
Simon: Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl
Jacob: World Order by Henry Kissinger
David: Marnie Hughes-Warrington on History as Wonder
Lecture: https://londonhiesig.wordpress.com/events-3/
Book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/History-as-Wonder-Beginning-Historiography/dp/1138846228/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=history+as+wonder&qid=1589573339&sr=8-1
The music is played by our own Jacob Keet!
0.00-0.46: Introduction to the podcast
00.46-2.16: Introduction to this week's topic
2.16-21.00: How has the increased emphasis on knowledge, cognitive science etc. improved our practice?
21.00-33.00: How has curricular thinking improved our practice and thinking?
33.00-47.55: Do we have any reservations about the way that the ‘knowledge turn’ has manifested itself in teaching practice, schools or educational discourse? Are there ways forward which might address these concerns?
47.55-end: Lockdown recommendations
Chloe: Self Made on Nextflix
Rachel: Peterloo to the Pankhursts on Futurelearn
https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/peterloo-to-the-pankhursts-radicalism-and-reform-in-the-nineteenth-century
Simon: American Lion (about Andrew Jackson) and Last Song on Netflix
Jacob: The Silence of Animals by John Gray
David: Talking Politics: History of Ideas (podcast)
https://www.talkingpoliticspodcast.com/history-of-ideas
Thank you to our own Jacob Keet for the music!
0.00-1.20: Introduction
1.20-4.00: Introduction to the topic of accountability and a quote from The Tyranny of Metrics by Jerry Muller.
4.00-18.18 : Discussion of the impacts of high-stakes accountability
18.18-34.12: Discussion of the new Ofsted framework
34.12-45.44: Discussion of the impact of the pandemic on the way that we see accountability and potential ways forward
45.44-end: Lockdown suggestions
We referred to the following blogs and books in the course of the podcast:
https://rebeccaallen.co.uk/2019/09/29/the-ungameable-game/
https://johntomsett.com/2020/02/28/this-much-i-now-about-putting-staff-first/
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Putting-Staff-First-blueprint-revitalising/dp/1912906848/ref=sr_1_1?crid=VNDF9C9RHKPR&dchild=1&keywords=putting+staff+first&qid=1587928214&sprefix=putting+s%2Caps%2C146&sr=8-1
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tyranny-Metrics-Jerry-Z-Muller/dp/0691174954/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+tyranny+of+metrics&qid=1588283157&sr=8-1
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Making-Good-Progress-Assessment-Learning/dp/0198413602/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=making+good+progress&qid=1588285228&sr=8-1
https://onebighistorydepartment.com/2019/11/04/an-honest-view-of-the-curriculum-planning-process/
Rachel: Webinars on teaching African history with Toby Green, Trevor Getz and Nick Dennis
Register here: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/5737318050986299147
Chloe: Online CPD on Seneca and through the Open University
Jacob: The Fordham Medieval Soucebook (online resource)
https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/sbook.asp
Simon: Landscape gardening
David: Devs on BBC Iplayer (TV show)
The music was performed by our own Jacob Keet!
0.00-1.23: Introduction to the show and the hosts
1.23-21.26: Discussion of the blog post below by Michael Merrick and reflections on its implications for our classrooms as well as education more generally.
https://michaelmerrick.me/2020/03/31/time-to-re-think/?fbclid=IwAR0_3iVlh6kZ1QtS9hfKzOsNDCaWZF0RV_hOfvGxCQNzvZnMtydpT4ZhDdo
21.26-27.10: Lockdown suggestions
Rachel: Patrick O'Brian's Master and Commander novels
Chloe: Outlander (TV series on Amazon Prime)
Jacob: Reading and particularly biographies of Napoleon!
Simon: Exercise and particularly Crossfit and burpees!
David: Folk on Foot podcast (https://www.folkonfoot.com/) and Studio Ghibli films (Netflix)
Music: https://www.bensound.com