Oxford Education Podcast

Oxford Education Podcast


Latest Episodes

7. Teaching and parenting with Gogglebox's voice of reason
April 08, 2021

Baasit Siddiqui In this episode of our series Word Up with Helen Prince, Helen and Baasit Siddiqui chat about his time as a teacher and his journey to becoming one of our favourite Gogglebox regulars

6. How can effective school leadership techniques impact quality of education?
April 01, 2021

Moira Marder In this episode of our series Word Up with Helen Prince, Helen and Moira Marder discuss the effective leadership techniques Moira has used across the Ted Wragg Trust, a group of 12 schoo

5. How can the Word Gap affect communication in pupils with SEND?
March 24, 2021

Louise Pennington In this episode of our series Word Up with Helen Prince, Helen and Louise Pennington talk about communication in children with special educational needs.  Louise talks about the cha

4. Lockdown learnings with Laura Patch: a light-hearted look at acting and home-schooling in the pandemic
March 22, 2021

Laura Patch In this episode of our series Word Up with Helen Prince, Helen talks to Laura Patch about who and what inspired her to pursue a career in acting. Laura discusses how a broad vocabulary ra

3. Covid’s impact on Early Years teaching - how to identify and address gaps in learning
March 17, 2021

Phil Minns In this episode of our series Word Up with Helen Prince, Helen and Phil Minns chat about the joy of working in an Early Years setting, and discuss the impact of school closures on Early Ye

2. How to engage children with reading to expand their vocabulary
March 11, 2021

Shareen Wilkinson - The link between extensive reading and a broad vocabulary is well known, but how can teachers expand children’s vocabulary when they’re reluctant to read?   - In this episode of ou

Why is language important for understanding mathematical concepts?
February 18, 2021

In this first episode of our series Word Up with Helen Prince, Helen and Andrew Jeffrey discuss the importance of understanding language in order to grasp mathematical concepts.  Mathematics is more than just numbers - it’s a language in its own right,...

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