In this 'Commission Conversation' Geoff Barton, Chair of the Commission on the Future of Oracy Education talks to Rupert Knight about the initial teacher education landscape, teacher agency and what it takes to embed oracy education across a school. 

Rupert Knight is currently associate professor in the School of Education at the University of Nottingham, teaching on a primary initial teacher education programme and a variety of postgraduate education courses. Rupert’s research interests include classroom talk; the role of theory and practice in learning to teach; teachers as professionals; and primary classroom pedagogies. He has authored two books on classroom talk: 'Classroom Talk: Evidence-based Teaching for Enquiring Teachers' and 'Classroom Talk in Practice: Teachers' Experiences of Oracy in Action'.