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Ep 13: Being resilient and having a positive mindset with Ashley Hickson-Lovence
Pam 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.
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Ep 12: Helping students to connect with Shakespeare
Join 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/48pj3Lq
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Ep 11: Educational Research in the English classroom with Meera Chudasama
In 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.
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Ep 10: The impact of diversifying your school's Literature texts with Diane Lee
During 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.
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Ep 9: Closing the Writing Gap with Alex Quigley
In 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.
Join the Pearson English Team as they invite a host of special guests to join them in discussing the important issues for English teachers in the UK.
The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the panel and guests on the show. These views and opinions do not necessarily represent those of Pearson.
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