What motivates children?
How can we motivate children to do well at school and home?Engendering motivation in children can be divided into two key areas: intrinsic motivators, i.e. the motivation that comes from within a pupi...
27 Joulu 202547min
Interview with experts: How can schools strike the right chord?
Exploring harmony in our educational settings with Richard Dunne & Hilary Wyatt.In this episode, we look at the idea of harmony in education, discussing art, music, geometry and nature and how these a...
25 Elo 202533min
Interview with experts: What does the dream school look like?
What would a dream school look like?Join us - co-hosts David Marshall and Isabel Rich - and our guest, Dr Rebecca Torrance-Jenkins, as we discuss what a dream school might look like…In this episode, w...
11 Elo 20251h 4min
The digested read: Why Don't Students Like School? by Daniel Willingham
Welcome to Education Sense, a new podcast from the team behind The Rest is Education!This week's episode is brought to you by David Marshall and Isabel Rich. Together with teacher, Steph Vega, we'll b...
4 Kesä 202549min
How do we kindle curiosity in children?
How do we make space for the curious child? In a society where we are eroding subjects such as music, art and dance from the curriculum, where knowledge and achievement are valued above play and creat...
18 Joulu 202448min
What makes an innovative secondary school curriculum?
Part two of our mini-series on school curriculum sees co-hosts Isabel Rich and Ross Borthwick interview Neil Burch, Senior Master and former Deputy Head Academic at Bradfield College, a leading indepe...
4 Joulu 202452min
What makes an excellent primary curriculum?
In this episode, David Marshall welcomes guests James Page and Dr Cindy Gause-Vega to discuss the question:What makes an excellent primary curriculum?James Page is Chief Executive of Haringey Educatio...
20 Marras 202446min
Are the best lessons taught outside of the classroom?
In Scotland, the government states that all children will have the opportunity to experience a four-night residential trip at some point during their time at school. With at least two-thirds of our ed...
9 Loka 202452min
