Reposted by Thomas Breezetalkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 30/09/2026THIS 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! 001
Reposted by Thomas Breezetalkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 17/09/2026THIS 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! 001
Reposted by Thomas Breezetalkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 16/09/2026THIS 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! 001
Reposted by Thomas Breezetalkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Check 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! 001
Reposted by Thomas Breezetalkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Our 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... 002
Reposted by Thomas Breezetalkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 10/09/2026TUNE 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... 001
Reposted by Thomas Breezetalkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 08/09/2026We'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... 001
Reposted by Thomas Breezetalkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 03/09/2026TOMORROW: 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?! 001
Reposted by Thomas Breezetalkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 02/09/2026We'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? 001
Reposted by Thomas Breezetalkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 10/06/2026THIS 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. 001
Thomas Breeze @thomasbreeze.bsky.social · 30/04/2026TOMORROW: 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! 001
Reposted by Thomas Breezetalkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 29/04/2026THIS 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! 001
Thomas Breeze @thomasbreeze.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Another journal article staggers into the sunlight at last... Thanks to lead author Dr Emma Rawlings Smith for keeping the faith over nearly 3 YEARS of writing, rejections, revisions and radio silences! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comUnderstanding mentoring conversations in initial teacher education: a systematic review of the literatureIn the context of an increased attention on mentoring in Initial Teacher Education, this systematic literature review aims to identify empirical studies published in peer-reviewed journals that exp... 010
Reposted by Thomas Breezetalkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Don'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. 001
Reposted by Thomas Breezetalkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Plenty 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! 001
Reposted by Thomas Breezetalkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Here'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! 002
Reposted by Thomas Breezetalkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Here'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! 001
Reposted by Thomas Breezetalkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Stand 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. 002
Reposted by Thomas Breezetalkteachingpod.bsky.social @talkteachingpod.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Phew - 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... 001
Thomas Breeze @thomasbreeze.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Very 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! 022
Thomas Breeze @thomasbreeze.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Tomorrow, I'll be joining @ehmacgregor.bsky.social & Viv John to present our work comparing the Welsh & English National Plans for Music Education. Cardiff Met colleagues please come along if you can! Article here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 000
Reposted by Thomas BreezeWales Journal of Education @walesjournaled.bsky.social · 13/05/2025🔸 Open Access - Wales Journal of Education 26.2 🔸 'Are we nearly there yet? 25 years of initial teacher education policy in Wales' by Trevor Mutton and @thomasbreeze.bsky.social Read: journal.uwp.co.uk/wje/article/...journal.uwp.co.ukAre we nearly there yet? 25 years of initial teacher education policy in WalesInitial teacher education (ITE) policy in Wales over the past 25 years has, in many ways, reflected wider global concerns around the need to produce sufficient high-quality teachers to ensure that pup... 031
Thomas Breeze @thomasbreeze.bsky.social · 19/06/2025I've mainly been shocking and offending journal peer reviewers this year rather than students. Can we warn them too? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukBe ready to be shocked and offended at university, students toldGuidance has been published by the Office for Students on new free speech rules coming into force this year. 120
Reposted by Thomas BreezeElizabeth MacGregor @ehmacgregor.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Very much looking forward to presenting two papers at #RiME2025 this Thursday and Friday! I'll be drawing on my postdoctoral research @somervillecollege.bsky.social and some recent work with the Group for Research in Music Education at Cardiff Metropolitan @thomasbreeze.bsky.social 182
Thomas Breeze @thomasbreeze.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Always nice to get something out of the door: article about student teacher transitions between placements published in the Oxford Review of Education with colleagues Emma O'Dubhchair & Sioned Dafydd, and it's open access so free for anyone to read. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comHolistic, aspirational professional standards as a boundary object between communities of practice for pre-service teachersThis article reports on a research project which seeks to understand how pre-service teachers and their school-based ‘mentors’ use a holistic, developmental set of professional standards as a tool ... 011
Thomas Breeze @thomasbreeze.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Teacher recruitment and retention is a hot topic at the moment, so it was a timely visit by Professor David Egan to our studio to discuss his recent report into the issues. Tune in on Friday! Here's a taster, and you can read the report here: issuu.com/cardiffmet/d... 000
Thomas Breeze @thomasbreeze.bsky.social · 13/02/2025This week we welcomed some school colleagues to our studio to create multimedia resources to support school-based teacher educators in making student teachers’ observations of lessons more focused and purposeful. Huge thanks to them, and the team from C.Met Sport Broadcast & Media for their help! 020
Thomas Breeze @thomasbreeze.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Nice to see this article (open access and available in Welsh!) out today, lead-authored by Professor Trevor Mutton from @UniofOxford who kindly asked me to help out. It was a great learning experience. journal.uwp.co.uk/wje/article/...journal.uwp.co.ukAre we nearly there yet? 25 years of initial teacher education policy in WalesInitial teacher education (ITE) policy in Wales over the past 25 years has, in many ways, reflected wider global concerns around the need to produce sufficient high-quality teachers to ensure that pup... 020
Thomas Breeze @thomasbreeze.bsky.social · 08/05/2024Congratulations to Dr @VivJohn6 who did a fab research seminar today on the experiences of popular musicians learning to be teachers. Thanks for inviting me along for the ride, Dr Viv! 010
Thomas Breeze @thomasbreeze.bsky.social · 01/05/2024Read in one sitting - thanks, @N8Holder! Ranges widely and is clear, concise, interesting and subject-specific - all my favourite things! 030
Thomas Breeze @thomasbreeze.bsky.social · 29/04/2024It’s PGCE Research Bites recording time again… two days in @MetBroadcast’s very shiny studio to bring you some of the best student teacher research from @ITEcardiffmet in both English and Welsh! 000
Thomas Breeze @thomasbreeze.bsky.social · 18/04/2024Massive congratulations to Dr @VivJohn6 who's just had an article published in Research Studies in Music Education. And it's open access so go and have a read! 000
Thomas Breeze @thomasbreeze.bsky.social · 20/03/2024Huge thanks to @lucy_crehan, @garethdjevans and Matt Maughan from @BassalegSchool1 for their contribution to today’s panel discussion for the PGCE Secondary programme. We’ll put it out on @TalkTeachingPod soon for everyone to enjoy! 000
Thomas Breeze @thomasbreeze.bsky.social · 19/01/2024What a day! @Fenn5Lisa and I had a great time, but more importantly we learned a lot, and hope our student teachers did too. Huge thanks to our panellists @Pymble1984 @prycewilliams and Marc Lewis from @YsgolPlasmawr and to Peter and Adrian from @MetBroadcast! 000
Thomas Breeze @thomasbreeze.bsky.social · 19/01/2024We’re off! Here’s what I’m seeing this morning… 000
Thomas Breeze @thomasbreeze.bsky.social · 19/01/2024A new first today - our PGCE Equity & Diversity conference, live online to nearly 400 student teachers, is a co-production between @MetBroadcast and @ITEcardiffmet - our schools of Education & Social Policy and Sport & Health Sciences collaborating on 4 hours of live broadcasting 010
Thomas Breeze @thomasbreeze.bsky.social · 01/01/2024Why we must all bang the drum for music in schools 000
Thomas Breeze @thomasbreeze.bsky.social · 22/11/2023In Edinburgh to present at #seraconf23 - looking forward to hearing some interesting things from fellow education people here! @SERA_Conference 000
Thomas Breeze @thomasbreeze.bsky.social · 29/09/2023Had a first go in the new studio today, recording a segment for @talkteachingpod with @CameronGStewart - thanks as ever to @MetBroadcast for the support! 000
Thomas Breeze @thomasbreeze.bsky.social · 25/09/2023Calling all @cardiffmet PGCE students! Time to tune in to the first of our video broadcasts about your clinical practice placements. Check your emails for details and resources. Hope you enjoy the change of pace and format - see you at 9! 000
Thomas Breeze @thomasbreeze.bsky.social · 05/09/2023First day of the PGCE was lovely yesterday, not least because we got to do the day 1 lectures in-person for the first time since 2019. My start-of-programme views from 2020 to yesterday: spot the odd one out! 000
Thomas Breeze @thomasbreeze.bsky.social · 29/08/2023The genius that is @dafydd_sioned watched me and @ethayer_cmu record three lectures this morning (with plenty of slip-ups!), had a quick lunch break, then sat down and delivered all three lectures to camera in Welsh in single takes, with only the English slides as a guide! 🤯 000
Thomas Breeze @thomasbreeze.bsky.social · 29/08/2023Massive thanks to @MetBroadcast who’ve provided their studio (re-dressed with education pictures), top-quality kit and fantastic tech support so we could produce some online resources to support school placements. Six hours of bilingual goodies in the can today! 000
Thomas Breeze @thomasbreeze.bsky.social · 29/07/2023Plenty of speculation about what @CaraCAitchison was saying to me last week. Strict royal protocol means I can neither confirm nor deny that the VC was saying, “fall through the stage again at one of my graduation ceremonies and it’s P45 time for you, miladdo, PhD or no PhD.” 000
Thomas Breeze @thomasbreeze.bsky.social · 27/06/2023Canadian PGCE student teacher Christy sharing her research into game-based maths strategies in the primary classroom with @dafydd_sioned - catch her work on @TalkTeachingPod and YouTube in the autumn! 000
Thomas Breeze @thomasbreeze.bsky.social · 23/06/2023Tameidiau o Ymchwil TAR is back! Capturing some of the best student teacher research from @cardiffmet in Welsh @metcaerdydd 000
Thomas Breeze @thomasbreeze.bsky.social · 28/04/2023Slide 4 of today’s class is dedicated to @MarvinMTMusic and everyone else who twitches a bit when they see this picture. 000
Thomas Breeze @thomasbreeze.bsky.social · 04/04/2023Martha Argerich et Maria João Pires - Concerto pour deux pianos de Mozar... via @YouTube 000
Thomas Breeze @thomasbreeze.bsky.social · 24/03/2023BBC Singers: decision to scrap choir reversed after public outcry 000