Do we need to write this down?

Do we need to write this down?

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Do we need to write this down? episodes

  • What's it like being a teacher?

    John Keating, Dewey Finn, Yoda, Edna Krabappel... there are countless teachers depicted across our media. But what is it actually like being a teacher? Dan reflects on his 10 years as a teacher in three very different schools in the UK. He celebrates the rewarding moments, the challenges and pressures, and how the profession has and continues to change in the modern day. 

    41 min
  • What's the point in school?

    What's the point in school? 

    In this first episode of your soon-to-be favourite podcast Do we need to write this down? Get to know your hosts Dan and Shelby as they think back to their school days, their memories, best teachers, preferred subjects, and how school led them to where they are today... working for New College, Oxford. 

    53 min

About Do we need to write this down?

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Do we need to write this down? A question that echoes through classrooms and schools. This podcast starts there, unpacking what school asks us to remember, what we leave behind, and how our education shapes us long after the lessons end. Because education touches everyone’s lives: your experience could be positive, negative or a mixture of the two, but it’s one of the few things that everyone has an opinion on.