Thinking Classroom Podcast
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
#62 We Aim To Live - Stories About Men
17 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mike talks to author John Budden about his 2023 collection of short stories, 'We Aim To Live' - 14 tales about men at times of crisis, choice ...
#61 AI Literacy
07 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mike talks to AI policy researcher Thorin Bristow and AI specialist Tess Buckley about equitable access to AI and how we balance regulation with innov...
#60 Successful Difficult Conversations
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mike talks to Sonia Gill of HeadsUp and author of Journey to Outstanding and Successful Difficult Conversations in school about, well, those two theme...
#59 Racism, Representation and Reinforcement
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mike talks to Tara Elie of Starperformance about teacher wellbeing and the challenges and opportunities of senior educational leadership for marginali...
#58 Jamaica STEM
30 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mike talks to Jamaican engineer, entrepreneur and author Dianne Plummer about how early childhood experiences at home and at school set her on a path ...
#57 Choose to do Good
18 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mike talks to Emmie Bidston, teacher and director of coaching and leadership at Wellington College. Emmie brings fun and energy to the world of educa...
#56 Respectful Inspection
09 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Blatchford CBE has served the world of education for over 50 years. Teacher, headteacher, consultant, advisor and international thought leader, hi...
Trailer
02 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Education, Thinking, Innovation: Educator, Author and Coach Mike Fleetham explores the latest thinking in pedagogy, teaching, learning, leadership, co...
#55 What is Laughology?
02 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Stephanie Davies is head of happiness at Laughology, a company that applies the science of emotion to teaching and learning. Steph tells Mike that t...
#54 Botheredness with Hywel Roberts
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mike talks to author and educator Hywel Roberts about his concept of botheredness – what it is and how it can help children get invested in their ...
#53 Gamification and Learning
23 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What are the two kinds of gamification? Does gamification work or is it bull****? (get to hear the beep again). And is there a best way to use the des...
#52 English Hubs and Small Schools
16 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mike talks to Alex Nightingale and Hannah Spencer of the Yorkshire Endeavour English Hub about their work in the North of England giving our young ...
#51 Difficult Creative Conversations
03 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What do you do when the conversation is so difficult that words are not enough? You can turn away, you can harden up...or you can use the creative art...
#50 The Early Humour Survey
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
From Peek-a-Boo to Puns; from tickling to teasing, humour follows a developmental pathway in our youngest learners. Mike talks to Associate Professor ...
#49 A Synthesizing Mind Pt 2 with Howard Gardner
11 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mike talks to Professor Howard Gardner about his 2020 cognitive memoir, A Synthesizing Mind. In part 2, and with the help of researcher Matthew Court...
#48 AI Ethics - A Foundation for Schools
07 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How do we set the rules for using AI in education? How do we balance safeguards with opportunity? How can we integrate tools such as ChatGPT, D...
#47 A Synthesizing Mind Pt. 1 with Howard Gardner
30 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Synthesising not memorising: a manifesto for authentic, rigorous, future-focussed learning and study. Mike talks to Professor Howard Gardner about his...
#46 Encyclopaedia Britannica
23 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Turning the pages of a book that is over 250 years old is an awe-inspiring experience. Mike talks to Robert Betteridge from the National Library of S...
#45 Humour and Learning
17 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mike works out that comedy and learning have a great deal in common and finds out how a good stand up routine is like a good lesson. He talks to autis...
#44 FISH! Philosophy
19 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mike talks to leadership facilitator Michael Meinhardt from leaderswarehouse.com about the four transformational aspects of the FISH! Philosophy; an ...
#43 Leaving Teaching?
11 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mike talks to Katie Stickley of DidTeach about the many options available to teachers outside of school and even outside of education. If you are cons...
#42 Review & Competition
06 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We're at that significant 42nd episode milestone and a competition and review are in order. Win a set of Thinking Assessment Cubes or a Thinking S...
#41 Six-Word Conference
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A summary of the 4Ls conference, 23rd June 2023 in Bracknell. In 6 words. With appropriate pedagogical stingers from Pete. Get a practical flavour of ...
#40 Edtech or Pedtech
22 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mike talks to Headteacher Tim Clarke of Cornerstone Primary School about being a Microsoft Showcase School. Find out how to make sure that teaching le...
#39 One-Word Judgement
13 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A single word has immense power. But who decides which word is used to describe, to summarise, to evaluate, to judge? Mike looks at this in several wa...
#38 Core Pedagogy
07 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A quick guide to pedagogy - what it is, how to say it and what 20 adults and 5 children think. Mike summarises Rosenshine's 10 principles into 100...
#37 STEM & STEAM
30 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A short introduction to STEM and STEAM teaching and learning. Mike talks to all-round avid geek and outdoor expert educator Matt Weston (his words) fr...
#36 Happiness & Wellbeing
25 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
There are at least three kinds of happiness - are you chasing after the right one? Mike talks about school dogs, LinkedIn, cheesecake and US record pr...
#35 Bloom's Taxonomy
15 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The best known thinking hierarchy and an easy way to infuse all kinds of thinking into any subject. But this is only a third of Benjamin Bloom's w...
#34 School Culture
09 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Does your school culture 'feel right'? Does it express who you are and what you want for your pupils? I talk to Dr Tom Hoerr, Emeritus Princip...
#33 Coaching Basics
03 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
'Coach' Colin Farrell in Guy Ritchie's wonderful film 'The Gentleman' typifies the standard, traditional idea of coaching. But it&...
#32 Multiple Intelligences
27 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone is intelligent; everyone is valuable; everyone succeeds. Really? Take a listen to Mike talking about Prof. Howard Gardner's theory of Mul...
#31 White Fragility
12 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Why did a white female who unleased her dog illegally in Central Park hysterically call 911 after a black male birdwatcher simply asked her to control...
#30 Long-Term Memory
28 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
If learning is the commitment of knowledge to long-term memory, then you'd see 'memory skills' on the curriculum, right? You wouldn't ...
#29 Gender Identity
23 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What kind of conversations are you ready to have about gender and inclusion? How and why should we have those conversations? Mike talks to Hannah Wils...
#28 Black Leadership
16 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Makeup, model railway figures and underwear - what have these got to do with black history and black leadership in the UK? Are you lead...
#27 Durable Skills
07 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Which skills should a curriculum emphasise and how should they be balanced with knowledge? And once they've been selected, how can children master the...
#26 Engagement Model
01 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mike talks to Nick Sheffield, Deputy Head at the Heron Academy in Lambeth, London UK about the Engagement Model. Nick helped develop and trial this st...
#25 Creativity
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mike talks to Maria Wojciechowska-Caneda who has over 20 years’ experience working within Primary Education as classroom teacher, SLT and creative c...
#24 Educational Research
10 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mike talks about educational research to Matthew Courtney (Research & Development Lead at Wandle Learning Partnership and Little Wandle SSP) and Bea D...
#23 Learning Barriers
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mike talks to Ann Beatty, chief executive at the Steve Sinnott Foundation and UNESCO ASPNet UK lead, about removing barriers to education for children...
#22 Tree Climbing
26 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Find out about the transformative experience of tree climbing.