How can we improve teacher-happiness and a love of learning in our young people?

Our 96th podcast is with Shafina Iqbal, an A-level psychology teacher and Lego Education lead practitioner and part-time PhD student at Imperial College.

In this podcast, listen to Shafina and Teacher Toolkit founder, Ross McGill discuss:

Becoming a teacher to give children a better learning experience than she did

Education in the U.K. versus the Middle East

Why Shafina started using Lego in her classroom and the 5 Minute Lego plan!

Balancing teaching and PhD during the lockdown

The importance of finding a department that aligns with your research

Being a researcher and a classroom practitioner

The over-emphasis on retrieval practice

The day-to-day challenges of being a teacher during COVID and,

Plagiarism and citation and referencing in the social media era.

Shafina is passionate about LEGO in education! Follow her research on Twitter.