In episode 5 George Eadie interviews Graham Sayer. Graham is in his fifteenth year of service to Somerset College in the Western Cape, and his fourth as both Head of the Senior School and Executive Head of the whole College, he is the youngest person to have been appointed to either role.

Graham and his team have conducted some research into the case for in-person education. In episode 5 George and Graham are therefore discussing the value of in-person education. This theme is in response to the many hopes out there of a technological panacea to our education challenges.

They conclude, amongst other things, that character and resilience are the real goals of education and methods for building these are unique to adolescents; what we consider to work for us as adults may simply not apply to a young person.

Important links:

- The benefits of in-person education

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-08-26-for-the-good-of-the-child-benefits-of-in-person-schooling-far-outweigh-those-of-online-learning/

- Grade 12 Mathematics Videos

https://www.theanswer.co.za/course/grade-12-mathematics/?fbclid=IwAR278fSRuBQRvRAWQpSlDZti7_Czi7_dJqeYjYW9wZZ6ZQEpKgYQqQvgp3Q

- Contact TAS is you're a teacher for group benefits when buying for your class: [email protected]

- Follow George Eadie on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgeeadie/ or on Twitter @GeorgeEadie

- Follow Graham Sayer on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/graham-sayer-438a22100/

- Book recommendation from Graham:

The Righteous Mind - Jonathan Haidt https://www.bookmall.co.za/products/the-righteous-mind?gclid=Cj0KCQjw-NaJBhDsARIsAAja6dNeKkY1YhQDqxVayKJFggmCZhy39PW94LifVlSGB7LrPv1RTy7t2EgaAu5vEALw_wcB

- Cleverlands - Lucy Crehan https://www.bookmall.co.za/products/cleverlands

John Hatti’s list of effects; evaluation of accomplished teaching scale https://visible-learning.org/backup-hattie-ranking-256-effects-2017/