Virtually Teachers

Episode 3: The 'knowledge turn' in education: positive reflections and concerns


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0.00-0.46: Introduction to the podcast

00.46-2.16: Introduction to this week's topic

2.16-21.00: How has the increased emphasis on knowledge, cognitive science etc. improved our practice?

21.00-33.00: How has curricular thinking improved our practice and thinking?

33.00-47.55: Do we have any reservations about the way that the ‘knowledge turn’ has manifested itself in teaching practice, schools or educational discourse? Are there ways forward which might address these concerns?

47.55-end: Lockdown recommendations

Chloe: Self Made on Nextflix

Rachel: Peterloo to the Pankhursts on Futurelearn

https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/peterloo-to-the-pankhursts-radicalism-and-reform-in-the-nineteenth-century

Simon: American Lion (about Andrew Jackson) and Last Song on Netflix

Jacob: The Silence of Animals by John Gray

David: Talking Politics: History of Ideas (podcast)

https://www.talkingpoliticspodcast.com/history-of-ideas

Thank you to our own Jacob Keet for the music! 

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Virtually TeachersBy David Hibbert, Rachel Lewin, Chloe Bateman, Simon Davies, Jacob Keet and Mike Hill