The EIM Global Podcast

Welcome to the EIM Global podcast, the place where we speak to experts in the education sector so we understand more about how we can develop ourselves in everything we do.In today's episode we are joined by Dr Sue Roffey. Sue is a psychologist, academic author, activist, and speaker. She holds posts as Honorary Associate Professor at University College London and adjunct Fellow at the Western Sydney University as well as being affiliated to the wellbeing institute at Cambridge University. She is a member of the Advisory Board of the Carnegie centre of excellence for mental health in schools, furthermore Sue was a Fellow of the British psychological society, a past member of the editorial board of educational and child psychology and a fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of arts manufactures and commerce.In our conversation we cover Sue's background in student well-being discussing the relationship between agency and wellbeing and why now more than ever schools need to be addressing this area. Sue explains why piecemeal approach to student well-being won't get us where we need to go as well as sharing her own aspire framework developed over many years of work in the field Sues passion and expertise for the topic of clear right the way through our discussion.So, for all that and more let’s jump into this episode with Dr Sue RoffeyEpisode timestamps:1:50 – Sue's journey from teaching students with emotional, social and behavioural difficulties through school leadership and into academia. 4:05 – Why schools should put wellbeing at the heart of what they do 6:40 – The false dichotomy between wellbeing and academic focus 9:30 – The urgent need to address the community and wellbeing crisis in schools 11:40 – Sue’s worries about the narrowing focus of education in recent decades 20:00 – Student agency and the risk of approaches that emphasise a ‘done to’ model of education 24:15 – Sue’s ASPIRE principles as a pedagogy for SEL and an approach to whole school wellbeing 27:00 – Is more agency always a good thing 28:50 – Why a piecemeal approach to wellbeing won’t work and instead a whole-school approach is needed 32:32 – What one thing would Sue emphasise to have the maximum impact on a school community’s wellbeing 35:20 – Sue’s latest area of focus and her new book: “Creating The World We Want To Live In” 38:20 – The enduring importance of teachers EIM Online:www.eimglobal.comDr Sue Roffey:https://twitter.com/sueroffeywww.creatingtheworldwewanttolivein.org

Welcome to the EIM Global podcast, the place where we speak to experts in the education sector so we understand more about how we can develop ourselves in everything we do.In today’s episode we are joined by Jackie Beere. Jackie has had a distinguished career in education and was awarded an OBE in 2002 for developing innovative 'learning to learn' and Metacognition programmes that raised achievement for both students and teachers. Since 2006 she has been training teachers and leaders all over the world in the latest strategies for developing resilience, independent learners and a growth mindset culture in the classroom.Today we talk about why Jackie thinks about Metacognition as being like magic, the value of having a growth mindset and some of the important links between wellbeing and metacognition. We also talk about some of the ways schools can start exploring metacognitive practices for both their staff and students.So, for all that and more let’s jump into this episode with Jackie Beere.EIM Online:www.eimglobal.comJackie Beere:LinkedIn: Jackie BeereWebsite: www.jackiebeere.com

Welcome to the EIM Global podcast, the place where we speak to experts in the education sector so we understand more about how we can develop ourselves in everything we do.In this episode, we’re speaking to Charlie Martin. We explore what the IB career related programme is and why Charlie thinks it's a valuable option for students to consider, the role of the IBCP in personalising education and helping students gain transferable and future-ready skills, as well as the way technology is making this sort of approach to learning more important than ever with the increasing democratisation of knowledge.EIM Online:www.eimglobal.comCharlie Martin's LinkedInwww.linkedin.com/in/charlotte-martin-international-ed/

Welcome to the EIM Global podcast, the place where we speak to experts in the education sector so we understand more about how we can develop ourselves in everything we do.In this episode, we’re speaking to Professor Dr Stuart Kime. We unpack some of Stuart's views on educational data, we hear about why waste is one of the reasons he is motivated to work with schools and educators and we gain some insight on how schools can select the right data points and why more data is perhaps not always better.Stuart also shares a little Lewis Hamilton F1 analogy with us so if you want to find out what that's all about then this is the episode for you.EIM Online:www.eimglobal.comProfessor Dr Stuart Kime:Website: https://evidencebased.education/Professor Dr Stuart Kime Twitter: https://twitter.com/profkimeEvidence Based Learning Twitter:  https://twitter.com/EvidenceInEdu

Welcome to the EIM Global Podcast, the place where we speak to experts from across education, academia, and industry, so we can contribute to the professional conversations happening in our community now. The discussions we have and insights shared by guests help develop our own thinking and work, and hopefully spark further dialogue for other educators too as they reflect on their practice and the students they work with.In today's episode, we're joined by Dr. James Welsh. Dr. Welsh is the director of the Florida Center for Instructional Technology, FCIT, where he provides professional learning, digital content and technology integration evaluation services to schools and districts worldwide. Dr. Welsh teaches classroom technology integration to students at the University of South Florida and professional development courses to educators through USF's I teach professional learning. Dr. Welsh is the project leader for the technology integration matrix evaluation tools, and has worked with many districts and states on education technology initiatives. He directs the Tampa Theatre Film Camp, a digital filmmaking summer camp, and his research interests span media literacies, evaluation of technology integration in K 20 settings, student engagement in the creation and critical evaluation of multimedia texts, and the evaluation of multimodal texts in online settings.We cover a lot of ground in this episode, starting with James' journey into education and his role at the FCIT and his belief in the absolute importance of classroom teachers; the background to how the Technology Integration Matrix (TIM) came to be and what it tries to do; the importance of scaffolding student decisions with technology, and the fact that technology itself is not an academic intervention.We also touch on his thoughts about what's changed and what's not in the use of technology in the last 20 years, and some of his own thoughts about how we should go about measuring the impact of technology in education. EIM Online:www.eimglobal.comFCIT:https://fcit.usf.edu/

Welcome to the EIM Global podcast, the place where we speak to experts in the education sector so we understand more about how we can develop ourselves in everything we do.This episode is a conversation with Helen Hibbott, Asia’s CEO for Impact International, focusing on her work supporting organisational transformation and change leadership. Helen brings over 20 years of consulting experience across three continents to her current role. She is deeply committed to transforming organisations for the better through individual, team and executive development and in discussion shares so much of her wisdom acquired during her successful career in the field.So, for all that and more let’s jump into this episode with Helen Hibbott.EIM Online:www.eimglobal.comHelen Hibbott:Email: [email protected]: www.impactinternational.comNewsletter: www.impactinternational.com/newsletter-register

Welcome to the EIM Global podcast, the place where we speak to experts in the education sector to help further our own practice.This is a special episode where EiM's very own Dr Kevin House, Education Future's Architect, takes over the podcast and chats with Professor Bill Cope. The discussion was recorded for a different release but we felt its value as a discussion was important to share and so are re-packaging it in this new way, as part of the EiM Global podcast series. Bill Cope is a Professor in the Department of Education Policy, Organization & Leadership, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He is a director of Common Ground Research Networks, a not-for profit organization developing and applying new publishing technologies. His research interests include theories and practices of pedagogy, cultural and linguistic diversity, and new technologies of representation and communication. His recent research has focused on the development of digital writing and assessment technologies, with the support of a number of major grants from the US Department of Education, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the National Science Foundation. The result has been the Scholar multimodal writing and assessment environment.Kevin and Bill discuss the following topics:Why does good pedagogy today need to involve a repertoire of approaches – reflexive pedagogy?Models of education from traditional transmission models through constructivism, experiential, conceptual and beyond.Bloom’s taxonomy, bias towards cognition models of education,cognitive load theory and problems with defining learning as long-term memory.Is the real cognitive load problem not too much but lack of cognitive load?Why students need to be able to regulate cognitive load for themselves, not teachers doing it for them.Conventional classroom discourse vs benefits of a technology-enabled approach.What does the future of measurement and evidencing student learning look like.Why current approaches to assessment are problematic.Why so-called formative assessment is often not really formative at all, but actually summative.Moving from small data sets to Big Data in assessment practices.The value of students being given the data in time to own their own learning trajectory.Why data can dissolve the traditional testing approach.Credential capital, Benjamin Bloom and why there’s now no excuse for not doing mastery learning.Education and the importance of finding purpose.Credential ‘stackability’What book is Bill currently reading?What is Bill listening to?What is Bill watching?EiM Online:www.eimglobal.comProfessor Bill Cope and Professor Mary Kalantzis's websiteNew Learning (newlearningonline.com)

Welcome to the EIM Global podcast, the place where we speak to experts in the education sector so we understand more about how we can develop ourselves in everything we do. In this episode, we’re speaking to Natalie Chan, an engineer, former corporate professional, adventure seeker, educator and entrepreneur.Natalie explains to us Own Academy, focusing on empowering the next generation of change-makers and future problem-solvers. Natalie explains why the 'slash' generation needs a new kind of approach and why the student journey while often filled with helpful mentoring and things like internships still has gaps that need to be addressed.EIM Online:www.eimglobal.comNatalie Chan:http://www.ownacademy.coLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ownacademy/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ownacademy/

Welcome to the EIM Global podcast, the place where we speak to experts in the education sector so we understand more about how we can develop ourselves in everything we do.This episode is a conversation with Dr Gerard Calnin. Dr Calnin is currently a school practitioner, Fellow at The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) as well as working with Cambridge University. Before that he was a senior research fellow at the Melbourne Graduate School of education.Dr Calnin has a rich background in education spanning many decades. During this time he's been a classroom teacher, school leader, policy adviser to governments and systems of schools as well as a researcher.In this wide-ranging episode we talk about the nuances of change leadership as well as responses and challenges posed to schools during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr Calnin talks about the future of education, both opportunities and challenges.So, for all that and more let’s jump into this wide-ranging episode with Dr Gerard Calnin.Episode timestamps:1:45 – Gerard's career from teacher to academia 6:00 – Principles of leadership needing to be sensitive to different cultural settings 11:00 – The importance of understanding context when leading in international settings 14:30 – How different aspects of good leadership practice had to be emphasised during the pandemic 22:56 – Advice for leaders wanting to distribute leadership further 25:30 – How might the pandemic response influence and affect schools going forward 31:30 – The changing (possibly diminishing?) role of international mindedness 38:10 – Gerard’s thoughts on the potential for technology to change the teaching and learning paradigm EIM Online:www.eimglobal.comDr Gerard Calnin:LinkedIn: Dr Gerard Calnin

Welcome to the EIM Global podcast, the place where we speak to experts in the education sector so we understand more about how we can develop ourselves in everything we do.In this episode, we’re speaking to LeeAnne Lavender.LeeAnne discusses what digital storytelling is and how technology could actually be a humanising force, impacting the potential for student advocacy and what schools can do to create opportunities for digital storytelling in their curricula.EIM Online:www.eimglobal.comLeeAnne Lavender Online:Website: www.leeannelavender.comTwitter: twitter.com/LeeanneLavender