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talkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

THIS FRIDAY: We make no apology for returning to one of our obsessions - planning. We've got a deep dive into a fascinating paper about how student teachers learn to plan and plan to learn. It's a tricky process and one we all need to think about and support!

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talkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

THIS WEEK: We hear from Scott Norman-Stephenson about the creative approaches he uses to support persistently absent children to come to school - and why it matters. Tune in bright and early tomorrow!

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talkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

THIS FRIDAY: what are the individual stories behind the post-Covid attendance slump in our schools? We welcome Scott Norman-Stephenson, who works with families to try and address persistent attendance issues, to find out all about it. Tune in!

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talkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Check out our PISA special today, in which we report that Wales will see a curriculum review before the end of the year... Watch this space!

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talkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Our PISA special is up - we hope we've had a proper run around the issues, come up with more than 'this is a total disaster' while not sugar coating the need for something to change, and soon. In the process, Tom waves his arms around a lot...

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talkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

TUNE IN TOMORROW: our special episode on Wales's PISA results. Where do we go from here? We cover the results, the commentary and try to work out what our new Plaid Cymru government can do to turn things around...

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talkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

We're working away to bring you an analysis of Wales's PISA results, which were published today, as an extra podcast episode. But they've landed right in our busiest teaching period of the year! Hang on for a couple of days and we'll be with you...

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talkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

TOMORROW: Tune in for our first episode of the new year, with Dr Gwenllian Lansdown Davies from Dysgu. As part of our chat, we asked: do we need to be more explicit that there are some good things to be taken from the education system in our nearest neighbour, England?!

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talkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

We're back with a bang this Friday for our 9th season! Tom's been out to interview Dr Gwenllian Lansdown Davies, CEO of the government's new professional learning organisation, Dysgu. Will teachers at the coal face see a difference?

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talkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

We're now off air for the summer, but are already putting together exciting plans for our ninth season, starting on 4th September. Thanks to all of our guests, our guest presenter Sian and our wonderful colleagues at Cardiff Met Sport Broadcast & Media. Have a good summer and see you again soon!

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talkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

THIS FRIDAY: for the final episode of season 8 (yes, 8!), @thomasbreeze.bsky.social is joined by Dr Louise Allen-Walker to turn our podcast big guns on the end-of-level boss of neuromyths: learning styles. Tune in as we take on the neuromyth that just won't die.

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talkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

THIS WEEK: We're joined by Sioned Dafydd to talk about some research we did using Wenger's theory of Communities of Practice (much used and abused) to dig into perceptions of research and enquiry in ITE. Here's Tom giving a taste of what Wenger's work is about.

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talkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

THIS FRIDAY: @thomasbreeze.bsky.social is joined by Sarah McErlaine who's done a whole doctorate helping school literacy specialists nail down the key concepts in a curriculum. Great work & well worth a listen whether or not literacy is your thing. What are the key concepts of your subject?

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Thomas Breeze @thomasbreeze.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

TOMORROW: Tune in for our discussion of Joe Brown and Tim Clark's new book 'Debating Childhoods'. Here's Joe telling individual teachers that we do in fact have lots of power to change the lives of the children we work with!

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talkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

THIS FRIDAY we're Debating Childhoods, which also happens to be the title of a new book by Joe Brown and Tim Clark. Here's Joe giving some advice for policymakers: listen to children more!

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talkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Don't scrap Curriculum for Wales, says Finola from @impactwales.bsky.social - give teachers more detail and support to make it work. Tune in tomorrow for our full Senedd Elections roundup episode.

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talkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Plenty of the party spokespeople in our Senedd Elections Special series name-checked more professional learning for teachers as a promise. Here's @garethdjevans.bsky.social saying we need to get real about supporting teachers properly. Tune in on Wednesday for more!

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talkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Here's Finola Wilson from @impactwales.bsky.social on the hard decisions our next Welsh Government will need to make in order to make sure what money we have gets to where it's needed. Tune in on Wednesday for more!

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talkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Here's @garethdjevans.bsky.social on what he hopes the next Welsh Government will do to support teachers implementing the Curriculum for Wales. Tune in next Wednesday for more round-up as the election approaches!

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talkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Stand by for the round-up episode of our Senedd Elections Special series next Wednesday. @thomasbreeze.bsky.social is joined in the studio by @garethdjevans.bsky.social and Finola Wilson to chew over what we've found out from the six parties.

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talkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

THIS FRIDAY: We speak to Donald Mbeutcha and Sara Gattward from Every Future Foundation about their work supporting teachers in England in anti-racism. Here's Sara talking about the impact for pupils of not seeing any teachers who look like them...

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talkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Phew - after all that political content, it's time to relax for the Easter break with our traditional 'light' episode. By the magic of pre-recording, we welcome back Emma this week, and @thomasbreeze.bsky.social is off on one again...

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talkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

We're available in video too! Most of our listeners enjoy the podcast in audio form. That makes sense - busy teachers tend to listen while doing something else! But don't forget that most of our episodes are also available in video on our channel: www.youtube.com/@talkteachingpod

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talkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Tune in this week for the next three episodes of our Senedd Elections Special series, in collaboration with @impactwales.bsky.social - Lib Dem, Plaid Cymru and Reform!

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talkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Our Senedd Elections Special series, in collaboration with the @impactwales.bsky.social podcast, continues today with the @welshlabour.bsky.social party, represented by Lynne Neagle. What do Labour have to offer the education profession if we vote for them in May? Tune in to find out!

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talkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

The podcast is a Dr Gareth Evans-travaganza right now - not only is he our post-match pundit in the Senedd Elections specials, he also joins us for our regular Friday episode this week to look back over 25 years of devolved education in Wales! @garethdjevans.bsky.social

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talkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Next week we'll have interviews with the Conservatives, the Green party and Labour. Here on our podcast there's analysis after every interview with Tom and Dr Gareth Evans from the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David. Join us on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday for our first three episodes!

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talkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Join us & @impactwales.bsky.social next week for the start of our series of interviews with education representatives of the 6 main political parties contesting the Senedd elections in May. By the magic of alphabetical order, we start with the Conservative party's @natasghar.bsky.social on Monday.

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talkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

TOMORROW: We're joined by Dr Mary Woolley from Canterbury Christ Church University to discuss our research into teachers' curriculum conversations in the Curriculum for Wales. Who are teachers talking to, when, and what about?

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talkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Tune in tomorrow for our episode about the National Plans for Music Education in Wales and England. Yesterday's clip focused on Wales, so here's a bit about England to whet your appetite! Full article here: doi.org/10.1080/1063...

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talkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

THIS FRIDAY: an extended discussion with @ehmacgregor.bsky.social and Dr Viv John about the National Plans for Music in Wales and England. In Wales, we're not so pleased that the whole of 'music education' was conflated with 'learning to play an instrument'...

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talkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

THIS FRIDAY on the podcast, we're looking at pupils whose education is in one language, while at home they speak another. Dr Mirain Rhys and Dr Katharine Young join us to talk about Welsh Medium education but the principles are similar for other languages!

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talkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

In tomorrow's episode Suzy tells us about a study into what percentage of medical advice on TikTok is accurate. The answer (as the clickbait headlines love to say) may surprise you...

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talkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Pupil health and wellbeing is high on all of our agendas, and this week we speak to Drs Chris & Suzy Peach, 2 doctors who have built their own online platform to help schools and pupils. We asked Suzy what’s going on with pupil resilience. Are pupils these days just massive snowflakes? (Spoiler: no)

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talkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

THIS FRIDAY: We hear from Nicola Lo Celso from Willows High School about their whole-school literacy policy, what they're trying to achieve and why. Tune in!

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talkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Merry Christmas to all our listeners! On Boxing Day you can tune in to our annual offering of interesting, odd and festive things, featuring Emma, Sian and Tom, plus AI, food, electric shocks, poetry and more...

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talkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

THIS FRIDAY: We join Kerry Bevan for an episode all about languages. Why should we learn languages? What's unique about the subject? What are the opportunities and challenges of teaching languages? All this and plenty more if you tune in wherever you get your podcasts.

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talkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

THIS FRIDAY: What can we as reflective practitioners learn from the world of sport? We welcome back Professor to find out!

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talkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

We always like a 'first' on the podcast, and in yesterday's recording we name-checked our first podcast dog, coming to us down-the-line from Oxford!

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Thomas Breeze @thomasbreeze.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Very enjoyable Thursday morning recording a podcast episode with Dr Viv John in the studio and Dr @ehmacgregor.bsky.social (+ Walnut the dog) in Oxford. Plenty of critique for the National Plans for Music Education of both England and Wales!

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talkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

We hope you enjoyed last week's 'light'(ish) half term episode. If you haven't had a listen yet, here's a bonus bit of @thomasbreeze.bsky.social causing trouble...

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talkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

THIS FRIDAY: It's half term here in Wales, so we indulge in one of our 'light'(ish) episodes, bringing some random things to the table to chew over. PLUS we soft-launch Emma's stunt-double, Sian Wickersham - tune in!

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talkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

THIS WEEK: We take a look at the subject of Art with Daisy Wilson from Yr Athrofa, UWTSD, and then talk to just-qualified art teacher, Jack Siddall, who gives us the lowdown on some fantastic work he did on decolonising the art curriculum while he was on the PGCE. Tune in on Friday!

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talkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

TOMORROW: a slightly belated reflection on Estyn's report on the quality of maths teaching, which landed too late last year to squeeze it into season 7. As always, some poky discussion, not least our colleague Cameron with this...!

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talkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Next Friday we'll bring you a discussion of Estyn's recent report into the variability of maths teaching here in Wales. As part of that, recently qualified maths teacher Laurence told us what had brought him into the teaching profession as a career-changer.

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talkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

You can also be sure that we have an episode about to come out about the recent Estyn report on the teaching of maths in Wales. Delayed because it dropped after we’d got all our episodes for last season locked in, but now just about to be released. Watch this space!

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Prof Damien Page @profdamienpage.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

How about we start celebrating higher education as a nation? How about we start shouting, loudly, of the social good of higher education? How about we talk of the nurses, the doctors, the teachers, the social workers, educated at universities? How about we celebrate the artists, the writers, 1/

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talkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Nice to see friend of the podcast Finola Wilson from impactwales.bsky.social making waves in the media again! For more on this, you can listen to our episode on reading standards in Wales from last year, as well as an extended interview with the mighty Finola herself! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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talkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

WE'RE BACK this coming Friday with season 8, and there's some top-quality episodes lined up. First of all, an update to our 'So you want to become a teacher' episode featuring our colleague Rhian Wyn Griffiths. All your myths busted, all your questions answered. Tune in!

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talkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

No thank you, academia.edu - if anyone wants to know about this paper, lead author Judith Kneen, the real human version (accept no substitutes) and two co-authors (us) have already made a podcast for people to enjoy: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...

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