Dr. Shaddai Tembo is joined by Mike Gardner to discuss the importance of oracy and the causes of language gaps in classrooms. 

They discuss the challenges of screen time, further compounded by the Covid-19 pandemic, and how this period in our history and a lack of pedagogy around digital technology has resulted in a lack of ability for children to self-regulate.  

Practitioners can learn more about how oracy cuts across all areas of children’s development and how the way children are taught is more important than the supporting technology used to support them.  

Mike also talks about his upcoming book which will look at the journey of a child from birth through to adulthood through a lens of social mobility with an aim of bridging the oracy gap. 

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