Open Door

Chris and Lee are joined by Shane Lawrence, high school art, computing, film studies, and drama teacher at Elk Island Public School in Edmonton, Canada. Shane is a prolific podcaster, releasing over 130 episodes to date. Shane is passionate about film studies and film production. This week's show is all about getting started in podcasting and Shane's experience in teaching Film Studies.

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Chris and Lee are joined by Jon Coward, Deputy Head at The English Montesorri School in Madrid, Spain. Jon is an experienced international teacher, having worked in Canada, the Czech Republic, Turkey, United Kingdom, and Spain. Jon is a passionate advocate of empowering student voice and the use of technology to enhance teaching and learning.

This week's topic is resilience - a topic dear to Jon's heart after studying his master's degree specialising on the topic. We discuss what resilience is, why it's integral in education, and how it can be developed through support from peers, teachers, and parents.

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👤 Carol Dweck - Growth Mindset

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➕Jo Boaler - Mathematical Mindsets

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Chris and Lee reflect on their past decade of teaching, the achievements and challenges in 2019, and set some resolutions for 2020.

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Math Recess - Sunil Singh and Dr Christopher Brownell

Prisoners of Geography - Tim Marshall

Lifelong Kindergarten - Mitch Resnik

Superior: The Return of Race Science - Angela Saini

The Wrong Boy - Willy Russell

Roots - Alex Haley

Dive into Inquiry - Trevor MacKenzie

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Chris and Lee are joined by Andy Perryer, Cognita Digital Learning Adviser for Cognita, to discuss the power of learning how to code. Andy shares how to get involved in the 2019 Cognita Codes event. Cognita Codes is an opportunity to learn and celebrate coding and by experiencing a special lesson of coding, to create, collaborate and critically think about solving a problem using code or computing skill. 

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Chris is joined by Claire Jones. Claire is the Deputy Headteacher at Layton Primary School, Blackpool in the North of England. Claire is also an Apple Distinguished Educator from the class of 2017 and she’s a passionate advocate for the use of technology to enhance teaching and learning.

Claire shares her experience integrating digital learning and coding across the curriculum at Layton. How does the school sustain its innovative practice and engage all members of its community? Claire also discusses how the school leverages students as Digital Leaders to support their peers and staff in integrating technology in the classroom.

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Lee and Chris literally open the doors to their school and classrooms and welcome Jakob Esben Hansen to sit down for a chat on disrupting education, the challenges faced by the British education system, differences between Scandinavian and British education, and what 21st-century skills are and how we can develop them.

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Lee and Chris are joined by Beth Kerr, Global Director for Well-Being for Cognita. Beth discusses the importance of well-being for both teachers and students and shares some useful tips for educators to maintain a balanced workload. She also shares the plans for this year’s Cognita Global Be Well Day taking place on Friday 27 September 2019.  

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Chris and Lee sit down (in person!) with Emma Sheppard, founder of the MaternityTeacher PaternityTeacher Project and English teacher based in London. Emma shares her inspiration and experience in founding the MTPT project. She discusses some of the challenges faced by parents who take parental leave and how her project helps accredit parents' continuing professional development projects. 

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