In this ‘Commission Conversation’ Geoff Barton, Chair of the Commission on the Future of Oracy Education in England talks to James Mannion about oracy as a curricular object, building students’ linguistic repertoires and making change stick

James Mannion is the  Director of Rethinking Education and the host of the Rethinking Education podcast.An experienced former teacher and school leader, James has a PhD in Learning to Learn from the University of Cambridge and a Masters in Person-Centred Education from the University of Sussex. He is also the co-author of Fear is the Mind Killer: Why Learning to Learn deserves lesson time – and how to make it work for your pupils.