Emma & Tom's Pgce Podcast

Emma and Tom try to get to the bottom of the difference between coaching and mentoring, and what's best for student teachers at different times in their course. The regular wellbeing slot explores an idea from David Allen's famous book 'Getting Things Done', we shout out to a multi-talented drama PGCE student from the 2017-18 cohort, and Tom finds a good use for an hour-long countdown timer in his lessons. Join us again in a fortnight, when we'll have a guest with us to put the theory into practice and discuss with us how student teachers can get the best from their mentor. (and vice versa!)

In their first attempt at a podcast all about the wonderful world of the PGCE, Emma and Tom sit in a boiling hot hotel room in Bolton musing on the BESA2018 conference we have attended. There were talks on everything from equity in international education to school improvement strategies. The wellbeing slot is all about taking the time to do something to enhance your own work life, we shout out to a performance poet from the 2016-17 PGCE drama cohort, and Emma's calorie-free takeout (!) is called 'power walk'. Spontaneous decisions to record using only the equipment you've brought to a conference don't always result in the best sound quality, so don't judge us on that yet! Normal service will be resumed once we're back in sunny Cardiff. We're on twitter at @ethayer_cmu and @thomasbreeze so please do come and say hello. If you want to know more about PISA, take a look here: https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pisa/ If you've not come across John Hattie's work, check out his website: https://visible-learning.org/ See y

The second trailer for Emma & Tom's PGCE Podcast. Join us on September 7th for the very first episode.

Emma and Tom are coming soon with their brand-new podcast! Subscribe on iTunes or anywhere else you get your podcast fix. We're on twitter - @ethayer_cmu and @thomasbreeze - and this podcast is on Instagram - @pgcepodcast