IOE Insights
Episodes
Talking Twitter With Rob Webster (@maximisingTAs)
29 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Rob Webster, Maximising the Impact of Teaching Assistants (MITA) Lead and Researcher talks about why he joined Twitter, his initial approaches to usin...
What if… we were able to say more about how the brain learns?
23 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
IOE Public Debates: The rise of neuroscience within education, as in other spheres, has been dramatic, so much so that accusations of ‘neuro mania’...
What if… we thought anew about how we support special educational needs and disability?
09 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
IOE Public Debates: This year the Warnock Report turns 40 years old. How far have we come and where should we go next? The Warnock Report marked a ...
What if… we really wanted to prepare young people for the age of artificial intelligence?
25 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
IOE Public Debates: There’s a lot of talk at the moment about robots and artificial intelligence and how they are bringing about a ‘fourth indust...
Reflections on the Warnock Report, with Baroness Mary Warnock
06 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
IOE Public Debates: The Warnock Report is 40 years old in 2018. The Report marked a pivotal change in the provision of education for children with sp...
Defining further education: does it matter?
12 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
IOE Public Lectures: On Thursday 15 February 2018 the IOE hosted a public lecture by Professor Martin Doel – ‘Defining further education: does i...
What if... we really wanted to support schools facing the greatest challenge?
08 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
IOE Public Debates: Some schools have made a name for themselves in performing ‘against the odds’, their pupils chalking up impressive achievemen...
What if… we really wanted evidence-informed practice in the classroom?
26 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
IOE Public Debates: There’s been a big push to get classroom practice shaped by evidence of ‘what works’. This has been largely inspired by adv...
Further Education: A Cinderella story?
17 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Martin Doel discusses the latest cabinet reshuffle and the issues surrounding the lack of definition for FE. More: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/io...
What if… we wanted to transform teaching as a career choice?
08 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
IOE Public Debates: How can we combat the continuous challenge surrounding teacher retention? Let’s explore how technology and best practice from o...
What if… we really wanted to overcome the academic-vocational divide?
08 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
IOE Public Debates: It’s time to address the latest issues surrounding the stubborn academic-vocational divide. Speakers include: - Mary Curnock ...
Higher education as self-formation
08 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
IOE Public Lectures: Prof Simon Marginson draws on and integrates a range of social science disciplines in his work, primarily political economy and ...
The problem of education and development in sub-Saharan Africa
15 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
IOE Public Lectures: African governments and donor partners have long regarded investment in education as being central to economic growth in the reg...
What if… we really wanted to further social mobility through education?
02 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
IOE Public Debates: On 31st October we held the first in our ‘What if…’ events series, which challenges thought leaders to bring some fresh and...
If you run on your own you run fast, but if you run with a team you run far
28 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Maggie MacDonnell is the winner of the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize 2017. She won from a field of over 20,000 applications from teachers in ...