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The Full English PodcastEp 13: Being resilient and having a positive mindset with Ashley Hickson-LovencePam talks with Ashley Hickson-Lovence about his upbringing in Hackney and how he become a football referee and an English teacher. He’s now a published author with a PHD and lectures in creative writing. This episode is inspiring for teachers and their students, as Ashley discusses a positive mindset and how overcoming shyness and being resilient helped him achieve his life goals.2024-08-2339 min
The Learning CircleAesthetic Literacy in Education with Mrs. Pratima SinhaIn this episode, our host Kavleen Kaur speaks with Mrs Pratima Sinha on the subject of “Aesthetic Literacy”.Mrs. Pratima Sinha holds the position of Chief Executive Officer at DSR Educational Society Hyderabad.The Society has seven schools named Birla Open Minds International K 12 and Birla Open Minds Preschools in Hyderabad . She is a Post Graduate in Education with Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Business English . She has headed schools with CBSE , ICSE ,Cambridge and IB programmes , she has held the position of Regional Academic Head with P...2024-03-2248 min
The Full English PodcastEp 12: Helping students to connect with ShakespeareJoin Pam as she chats with Ange Gordon who is a Product Developer at Pearson Edexcel and recently worked on our new Accessible Shakespeare texts.
The conversation looks at these new texts and discusses some ideas to support teachers with increasing student engagement during their study of a Shakespearean play.
The accessible texts mentioned in this episode are available here: bit.ly/48pj3Lq2023-09-2036 min
The Full English PodcastEp 11: Educational Research in the English classroom with Meera ChudasamaIn this episode Pam speaks with Meera Chudasama who is an English teacher with a passion for educational research. Find out how learners can become researchers in the English classroom and how this can be used in your own classroom practice.2023-03-0536 minThe Full English PodcastEp 10: The impact of diversifying your school's Literature texts with Diane LeeDuring this episode Pam talks with Diane who is an English teacher in Suffolk. Diane’s school is part of our Lit in Colour Pioneers programme, and she explains the positive impact that being a Lit in Colour Pioneer has had on the school community. We hear about how they diversified their literature curriculum and how starting a Lit in Colour book club can really open up conversations about different voices and experiences.2023-01-2043 min
The Full English PodcastEp 9: Closing the Writing Gap with Alex QuigleyIn this episode, Pam is joined by Alex Quigley who talks about his latest book ‘Closing the Writing Gap’. You’ll hear about the science of writing and how to further develop your students’ writing skills. Alex also shares some great ideas to use in the classroom as well as helping you to reflect on your own pedagogy, and how to support and empower your students to create effective writing.2022-06-271h 01
The Full English PodcastEp 08: Reading for Pleasure with Emma BraithwaiteJoin Pam for episode 8 with guest Emma Braithwaite. Emma is Head of Skills and Engagement at The Reading Agency and leads on a range of programmes including Chatterbooks, Reading Sparks and the annual Summer Reading Challenge. Pam and Emma discuss the ‘Winter Mini Challenge’ and other innovative programmes including ‘Reading Well’ which supports readers to understand and manage their health and wellbeing.
The Reading Agency is a national charity that tackles life's big challenges through the proven power of reading. In 2020-2021, The Reading Agency reached over 1.9 million people across the UK, including more than 800,000 children and over 1 million adults and youn...2021-12-0330 min
The Full English PodcastEp 07: GCSE 2.0 and the 'Forgotten Third'Hear about the launch of Pearson Edexcel’s new English Language GCSE qualification. Pam’s guests are Liz Slade (Senior Qualification Manager at Pearson) and Julie Hughes (English consultant/teacher). The discussion includes issues relating to the ‘Forgotten Third’, how to support GCSE English students with resitting their GCSE English Language and ideas for supporting your students to approach the writing and reading questions.2021-04-2240 minThe Full English PodcastEp 06: Lit in Colour with Penguin and PearsonIn this episode, the discussion focuses on diversity in literature and the exciting new Lit In Colour Pioneers programme. Pam’s three guests: Katy Lewis (Head of English, MFL and Drama at Pearson Edexcel), Zaahida Nabagereka (Lit in Colour Programme Manager, Penguin Random House UK) and Suha Yassin (Diversity and Inclusion lead, Pearson UK) explain the exciting new Lit in Colour Pioneers programme from Pearson and Penguin Random House UK.2021-03-1042 min
The She ProjectEpisode 5: Balancing a Business and a Family with Sophie Burnett and Sabina HinchliffeJoin Sophie & Sabina discuss their career stories to date and how they have managed to build their own businesses moving later to a business partnership whilst going through different life challenges such as IVF, post natal depression and raising a family. Sabina and Sophie talk very openly and honestly about the positives of running their business together however also some of the struggles they’ve faced and how they manage their parent guilt every day.Sabina HinchliffeAfter graduating with a BA in English Literature, Sabina worked in high level PA, administration and event ma...2021-03-0158 minThe Full English PodcastEp 05: Mindfulness and wellbeing with Ashley LodgeIn this episode Pam is joined by Ashley Lodge to discuss Mindfulness and the positive impact it can have on our wellbeing.
During the conversation, Ashley explains the neuroscience behind Mindfulness and how to incorporate Mindfulness practice in your daily life. Later on, Ashley talks Pam through a five minute practice of Mindfulness – so join in and see how just a few minutes of Mindfulness practice can impact on your wellbeing.
Ashley Lodge is passionate about Mindfulness. He’s the Mindfulness Lead at Pearson; he has delivered courses to hundreds of people to help them in their personal and professional live...2020-11-2355 min
Future TermsIncreasing racial diversity in the literature we teachDid you know, a pupil can finish school having never encountered a single book written by an ethnic minority author? That’s not right. It needs to change. In October 2020 we launched our report Missing Pages – increasing racial diversity in the literature we teach. It sparked debate and proved that racial representation in literature is a topic that matters to our community.
In this Future Terms episode we’ve invited experts from across the sector to discuss not just why this is a problem – but how we can solve it. Join our online panel event to hear how we ca...2020-11-0357 minThe Full English PodcastEp 04: Embedding effective revision strategies & engaging boysIn our fourth episode, Pam is joined by Mark Roberts, an Assistant Principal in a secondary school in Devon. He regularly writes for the TES as well as writing a blog about teaching English.
He co-wrote the acclaimed ‘Boys Don’t Try: Rethinking Masculinity in Schools’ and his latest book ‘You Can’t Revise for English: Yes You Can’ is the main topic for this episode when we discuss strategies to promote student progress through revision.2020-10-0250 minThe Full English PodcastEp 03: Diversity is not a bolt-on with Bennie KaraIn our third episode, Pam is joined by Bennie Kara to discuss diversity and a diverse curriculum in education, the concept of ‘usualising’ diversity in the curriculum and paralleling texts and non-fiction to complement narratives.
Bennie Kara is a deputy headteacher in the East Midlands, specialising in curriculum, teaching and learning. In January 2018, she co-founded DiverseEd. She is a supporter of the grassroots online movements such as @WomenEd, @BAMEednetwork and @LGBTedUK, and has featured as a keynote speaker for @DiverseEd2020 and the Team English National Conference.2020-09-0942 minThe Full English PodcastEp 02: 'What's your why?' With guest, James AidooIn our second episode, Pam is joined by James Aidoo, a multi-award winning youth practitioner and founder of the coaching company Innerscope. Pam and James talk about increasing resilience, peer coaching and the impact on disengagement. James gives examples of strategies you can use in schools to equip students to be determined to reach their potential, by asking the question 'What's your why?'2020-08-0247 minThe Full English PodcastEp 01: Hot topics with Kat HowardIn our first episode, Pam chats to Kat Howard, founder of LitDrive, Assistant Principal at a school in Northamptonshire and author of Stop Talking About Wellbeing: A Pragmatic Approach to Teacher Workload. Pam and Kat discuss workload, mental health and wellbeing, effective time-saving marking strategies and imposter syndrome.2020-07-0750 min