Emma & Tom's Pgce Podcast

Rapidly attaining the status of podcasting legend, Dr Louise Allen-Walker returns to our studio for another fun-filled adventure in the world of neuroscience. Louise is the programme director for Cardiff Met's MSc Psychology in Education programme, and is therefore well-placed to give us some interesting psychological goodies to help us in our teaching practice, as well as to bust some more examples of neuroscience being used in ways that are confusing, inaccurate or just plain dodgy. Louise has brought along one of her favourite books: The Science of Learning: 99 studies every teacher needs to know. The book presents 99 two-page summaries of seminal studies and unpacks the implications for the classroom teacher in a highly accessible format - no psychology expertise required!In this episode, we discuss four studies which cover cognitive load, resilience, interaction with nature and the ominously-named 'seduction of neuroscience'. Louise also brings us something interesting and something to try, because you d

For today's research bite, Emma is in conversation with Danielle Kates from our PGCE Primary programme. Danielle was keen to investigate ways to improve her pupils' reading comprehension, so she carried out a review of literature in order to make recommendations for her placement schools and her own practice.You can download Danielle's summary of her research here, and you can watch the video version of this conversation on our YouTube channel.Thanks to Danielle for joining us to share her research!Danielle's sources were:Blything, L.P., Hardie, A. and Cain, K. (2020) ‘Question Asking During Reading Comprehension Instruction: A Corpus Study of How Question Type Influences the Linguistic Complexity of Primary School Students’ Responses’, Reading research quarterly, 55(3), pp. 443–472. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1002/rrq.279.Estyn (2021), English language and literacy insetting and primary schools. Available at: https://www.estyn.gov.wales/system/files/2022-01/Estyn%20English%20language%20and%20literacy%2

We welcome Sioned Dafydd back to our studio today. Welsh-speaking listeners to the podcast will be very familiar with Sioned, and she has been working with Emma and Tom on a project to develop an understanding of how to support new members of the profession as they learn and develop.There's some discussion of the Professional Standards for Teaching and Leadership in Wales, but even for listeners outside the country, there's plenty to think about in terms of the processes and ways thinking that characterise new teachers as they learn.You can see the videos from the project at www.youtube.com/@sharedunderstanding--------------------------------------------------------------Recorded in studio B2.16 at Cardiff Metropolitan University's Cyncoed Campus on 18th April 2023

For today's PGCE Research Bite, Tom is joined by Christy Scott from PGCE Primary. Christy has carried out some research for her school about how to create classroom spaces which motivate pupils to read. In this episode, Christy explains to Tom what she found out from her research, and the recommendations she made for her school. You can also watch this discussion on our youtube channel at youtube.com/@cardiffpartnershipThanks to Christy for sharing her work! You can download her infographic here. Christy's six main sources are:Barrett, P., Davies, F., Zhang, Y. and Barrett, L. (2015) ‘The Impact of Classroom Design on Pupils’ Learning: Final Results of a Holistic, Multi-level Analysis’, Building and Environment, 89(89), pp.118–133. Chou, M.-J., Cheng, J.-C. and Cheng, Y.-W. (2016) ‘Operating Classroom Aesthetic Reading Environment to Raise Children’s Reading Motivation’, Universal Journal of Educational Research, 4(1), pp.81–97. Oakley, G., Wildy, H. and Berman, Y. (2018) ‘Multimodal Digital Text Creation Usi

It's time to turn the tables on Emma and find out about her doctoral research in progress! Emma is investigating pedagogical content knowledge, a seminal concept in teaching, and specifically how we support student teachers to develop it.She's been working hard on her literature review, and Tom's here to ask all the questions about what it might mean for those who support new members of the profession.If you want to read Shulman's seminal 1986 paper, Those who understand, you can find it here.---------------------------------------------------------Recorded in studio B2.16 at Cardiff Metropolitan University's Cyncoed Campus on 18th April 2023

Mae Tameidiau o Ymchwil TAR yn cyflwyno ymchwil gorau myfyrwyr ar gyrsiau Addysg Gychwynnol i Athrawon gyda Phartneriaeth Caerdydd. Yn y bennod hon mae Nia Jefferies yn trafod sut yr aeth ati i ddysgu mwy am sut mae gemau cyfrifiadurol yn gallu datblygu sgiliau rhif plant oed cynradd. Gallwch hefyd wrando ar Tameidiau o Ymchwil TAR ar ffurf glywedol drwy danysgrifio i bodlediadau Emma and Tom Talk Teaching, ar gael ar blatfformau cyffredin podlediadau.Gallwch wylio'r bennod hon ar YouTube - youtube.com/@cardiffpartnership

It's been ages since we did a book review, and today we bring you the smallest book yet! Beginning Teachers' Learning is a slim volume but full of fascinating insights for anyone who works with novice teachers. We've got an in-depth review for you, and hopefully you'll be keen to get hold of your own copy once you've listened! You can find all the details here: https://www.criticalpublishing.com/beginning-teachers-learning -----------------------------------------------Recorded at Cardiff Metropolitan University's Cyncoed Campus on 1st March 2023

For our latest episode of PGCE Research Bites, Dr. Sally Bethell is joined by Meredith Bawks from our PGCE Secondary PE programme. Meredith's research was sparked by seeing a pupil with autism in her PE class who was distressed and unable to participate in the lesson. Meredith saw an opportunity to put her assignment to good use in looking for strategies to support her pupil, and today's presentation is the result.Meredith's recommendations are relevant to subjects across the curriculum, and it's especially good to see Meredith presenting today, as she was a Research Bites viewer before coming on the PGCE programme, and wasn't expecting to be called up to contribute!Thanks to Meredith for making her visual summary available, which you can download here.If you'd like to see the video version of this episode, you can head over to our YouTube channel, Professional Learning with the Cardiff Partnership.Meredith's main sources are:Dillon, G.V., Underwood, J.D. and Freemantle, L.J. (2016) “Autism and the U.K. Secon

It's the Easter break, and we've come to our beloved studio B2.16, plagued as it is with the noise of building work and passing students, with a pile of thought-provoking material from books, podcasts and the news.How can we reduce inequities for pupils in poverty? How do we effectively challenge deficit perspectives in student teachers? What's going on with pupil behaviour policies which insist on 'standard English'? Why did that man just give me a bunch of flowers and run away?All of these questions, and more, will be chewed over and flogged half to death in an episode that includes some upsetting content and strong language.You can find the content that inspired us here:Enser, Z. and Enser, M (2020) Fiorella and Mayer's Generative Learning in Action. Woodbridge: John Catt.'More darts and laurels' - Transom.org (Sound School podcast)John Humphrys - Radio Moments: ConversationsThompson, I (2017) Tackling social disadvantage through teacher education. St Albans: Critical Publishing.Cushing, I. (2021), 'Langua

PGCE research bites is back! Our student teachers have completed the latest set of assignments in which they address an area of interest or need in their schools. Reviewing the literature and outlining arguments and recommendations, our student teachers have all presented a visual summary of their research to their schools. Over the next few weeks we're bringing some of the best work to a wider audience in podcast and video form.Today, Cara Whitfield from PGCE Secondary Drama discusses with Emma her research into creating accountable anti-racist spaces in the drama classroom.If you'd like to see this podcast in video form, you can check out the Professional Learning with the Cardiff Partnership YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@cardiffpartnershipThanks to Cara for making her visual summary available, which you can download here.-------------------------------------------------------------------------Recorded in studio B2.16 at Cardiff Metropolitan University's Cyncoed Campus on 17th March 2023

It's been a very long time since we did a live podcast recording - in fact it was just before Covid locked us all down and Tom's car became the podcast recording studio. And it's been almost exactly the same amount of time since the very first ResearchED Cymru conference was held at Cardiff High School. Now both of these things have made a triumphant return at the same time: we were delighted to be asked to present a live panel discussion for the podcast from the second ResearchED Cymru conference. Featuring Lucy Crehan and Gareth Rein - both podcast veterans - and new guest Sam Eaton, the theme of this episode is whether equity and coherence can be achieved in the new Curriculum for Wales, and what's needed to ensure it happens. There are some frank views and strong opinions from the panel, as well as pertinent questions from the three audience members we managed to squeeze in right at the end. So if you didn't make it to ResearchED Cymru (or even if you did), have a listen to a flavour of what's going on at

Today we welcome our colleague Dr. Anne Hodgson, an expert in autism and additional learning needs more widely. We discuss the new ALN act in Wales and the implications for pupils and teachers. As well as that, we consider how the new curriculum in Wales might have an impact on provision for pupils with additional learning needs, and what mainstream settings (and the teachers in them) need to do in order to support pupils to access their education in a mainstream environment.Thanks to Anne for joining us! If you'd like to find out more about the education and social justice research group, you can drop her an email at ahodgson@cardiffmet.ac.uk!-----------------------------------------------------------Recorded at Cardiff Metropolitan University's Cyncoed Campus on 15th February 2023

It's time for another look at doctoral research in progress, and Tom's hoping his won't be in progress for much longer! Recorded the day after submitting his viva corrections, this episode looks at Tom's PhD thesis, A Study of Key Stage 3 Music Teachers' Pedagogic Beliefs in the Context of a New Curriculum for Wales. The study aimed to create a model of the beliefs of classroom music teachers about what the subject is for, what they are trying to achieve and what goes on in their classrooms, all at a time of major education reform.Emma gives Tom a gentle grilling about what makes classroom music problematic, his use of sociology to try and make sense of it, and what he took away from the project. You can download the visual model here.---------------------------------------------------Recorded in studio B2.16 at Cardiff Metropolitan University's Cyncoed Campus on 6th February 2023.

Today we welcome Dr. Mary Woolley from Canterbury Christ Church University. Mary joins us down the line from Folkestone to discuss her role in a research project focusing on encounters between science and religion in the classroom. Having met Mary and her colleague Professor Bob Bowie at the UCET conference, we immediately saw the potential for their work to support curriculum reform in Wales. Today's discussion outlines the work of the project, what the team have found out, and what resources are available to support science and religion teachers in coming closer together. Plus we discuss the take-aways for teachers of other subjects looking to foster meaningful dialogue.-------------------------------------Recorded at Cardiff Metropolitan University's Cyncoed Campus on 6th February 2023.

Today, we welcome Professor David Egan to our podcast studio for an extended discussion about poverty in education in Wales. David has had a long and distinguished career in education, starting as a history teacher in the Welsh valleys in 1976 and ending up as a professor, so he has plenty to tell us about the education landscape.In this episode, David tells us about the causes and consequences of child poverty in Wales, how education reform might have an impact, and how we can do the very best we can for the least advantaged pupils in our schools.-------------------------------------------------------Recorded at Cardiff Metropolitan University's Cyncoed Campus on 9th January 2023

Happy new year! Friend of the podcast Sally Bethell is back once again, with an upgrade to Doctor Sally after successfully achieving her EdD professional doctorate a few months ago. Having spoken to us several times in the past about her work on mentoring, Dr Sally is now in a position to outline how she's been working to support mentors in generating a self-reflection tool to help them reflect on the complexities of the role. If you'd like to get in touch with Sally with a view to making use of her research, drop her an email at sbethell@cardiffmet.ac.uk! --------------------------------------Recorded at Cardiff Metropolitan University's Cyncoed Campus on 9th November 2022

Well, here we are again - in the gap between Christmas and New Year, and it's time for our annual tradition of giving each other six Christmas presents consisting of interesting things we've begged, borrowed and stolen.This year, Emma's finally succumbed to Covid after a glorious three-year run of immunity, and is therefore forced to dial in down-the-line from home. Tom, meanwhile, is all alone in an apparently deserted university after teaching has finished on the last Friday of term. All in all, then, a not so festive start to an episode which will hopefully pull some Christmas cheer out of the bag, Sit back and enjoy as Emma and Tom discuss unsung heroes of music, a classic Christmas film, the evils of PowerPoint, primary school parental admin, and some wholesome(ish) literature to while away the holiday period. Apologies, as ever, to Cameron for butchering his theme music with festive bells. We hope you enjoy it, and we'll see you in 2023!Best wishes from Emma and TomPS: last year we made a video of us re

Today we welcome a friend of PGCE Research Bites to his first full podcast episode! Dr. James Snook heads up all things to do with research and professional learning here at the Cardiff Partnership, and is a strong advocate for classroom enquiry. We sat down with James to ask him about the benefits of classroom enquiry, how to embed a culture of enquiry in school, the place of universities, and more. Thanks to James for coming in, and we'll be back in a fortnight with something festive!-------------------------------Recorded at Cardiff Metropolitan University's Cyncoed Campus on 8th November 2022

This week, we're delighted to welcome a school colleague to our podcast studio. James Wise is the ITE coordinator at Cardiff High School, and also the organising force behind ResearchED Cymru. We wanted to chat to James about how he works with new teachers to help them create a culture of challenge for all pupils in their classrooms. Thanks to James for taking part, and do check out the latest from ResearchED Cymru by checking out @Cymru_Ed on Twitter. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Recorded at Cardiff Metropolitan University's Cyncoed Campus on 10th November 2022

Dyma damaid arall o ymchwil TAR i chi ac mae’r myfyriwr TAR Uwchradd Mathemateg, Tomos Woods, yn siarad gyda Dr Gina Morgan am ei waith ymchwil. Mae’n trafod ei ail Aseiniad, sef ymyrraeth sydd yn ffocysu ar sut mae Esboniadau Ychwanegol Gweledol yn Cynyddu Dealltwriaeth Gysyniadol Disgyblion mewn Gwersi Mathemateg. Mae’r ystyried effaith gadarnhaol y defnydd o luniau, diagramau, siapiau a lliw ar sgiliau Mathemateg a Rhifedd ei ddysgwyr. Yn y sgwrs hon mae Tom yn esbonio beth wnaeth e ddarganfod ac effaith hynny ar ei ymarfer proffesiynol.