Hello. This is the 6th episode of the Bristol Men in Early Years Podcast. Today we’re joined by Ben Tawil, Lecturer at Leeds Beckett University and joint director of Ludicology - wherein he provides training and offers research to those involved in children’s play. We talk about a host of things, including: Field of free action (maximising children’s play opportunity), play as relegated to recreation (not development), features of play and how to facilitate them in settings, observations without criteria, Simon Nicholson and The Theory of Loose Parts, Liz Wood and criticising EYFS criteria, male experience of working with children, mixed age groups and more.

 

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Hello and welcome to the 5th episode of the Bristol men in early years podcast. Today we’re joined by Professor of Cognitive Neuroimaging, Dr Gina Rippon. We cover a range of topics including: the impact of the environment shaping our neurology, the problem with the claims of pre-socialisation studies - that is studies that claim to measure behaviours prior to social learning. Naturally we go onto discussing the importance of brain development in the Early Years, the importance of toys, reading in the early years, how the gender binary is far too simple a model and how the differences between Sexes are often smaller than within them. Enjoy!

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Join us with Michael Conroy, formerly of Call to Men UK(and at the time of the podcast taking place), discussing the ‘man box’, how to engage those with different opinions, the repercussions of inequality and much more.

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Hello! We’re back with podcast number 3 of the Bristol Men in Early Years Network Podcast. This episode features Dr Finn Mackay, Senior lecturer at UWE Bristol. We discuss the difference between Sex and Gender, how we can break down damaging gender constructs and how to have effective communication with people that might not be on the same page. Enjoy

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Hello and welcome to episode 2 of the Bristol Men in Early Years Network Podcast.

We are joined by Dr Simon Brownhill, a Senior Teaching Associate in the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge.

We talk about the notion of Male Roles, the Gender Gap and the professionalism of Early Years amongst other things. Hope you enjoy

The Bristol Men in Early Years Network and Yuwei Xu (lecturer in Children and Family Studies at the University of Portsmouth) discuss the role of gender within Early Years Education.