Strathclyde Institute of Education - Podcasts

This is the Spanish version of podcast #10.  En este podcast, el Dr Luis Villacañas de Castro reflexiona sobre su reciente publicación en torno a cuestiones filosóficas en la investigación-acción educativa. 

In this podcast, Luis Villacañas de Castro discusses the philosophical tenets of action research, with links to pedagogy. 

Meet the team supporting teacher learning. Dr. Anna Beck, Professor Aileen Kennedy and Professor Kate Wall discuss their Postgraduate Certificate in Supporting Teacher Learning and what makes for good teacher professional learning. They also recommend their go-to reading on the topic.

In this edition of our podcast, June Pisaneschi and Monica Porciani explain to us why someone might want to become a primary teacher and why Strathclyde's School of Education is the place to start that adventure.

In this podcast, Professor David Kirk speaks about his time as the School of Education's second Head of School.  He shares what he found challenging and enjoyable in the role and talks a little about what he did to unwind at the end of a hard day or week at work.

In this podcast, Fhiona Mackay, Director of SCILT (Scotland's National Centre for Languages) and the Confucius Institute for Scotland's Schools (CISS) speaks about the work of SCILT and CISS. Fhiona discusses the range of ways in which they support teachers in meeting the language learning needs of the children and young people with whom they work. She also offers her top tip for anyone learning a...

In this episode, we talk to Dr David Lewin, Senior Lecturer at the School of Education about his latest research into the challenges and possibilities of teaching  Religious Studies in Schools beyond the 6 world-religions paradigm (as a construction of Western scholarship), and with a view towards the academy's turn to the scientific study of religion; which emphasises 'lived' religious pract...

Today, Dr. Claire Cassidy interviews Emeritus Professor Donald Christie. Donald speaks to Claire about the privilege of being the first Head of the School of Education when the new Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences was formed. He talks about the importance of Education as a university discipline, recalls his proudest moments and successes, and shares his fears for teacher education - and h...

In our third podcast, Dr Claire Cassidy introduces us to the Postgraduate Certificate 'Philosophy with Children' at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow - a unique course that doesn't exist in quiet the same way anywhere else in the world. Claire answers what we always wanted to know about philosophy with children, but never dared to ask (is that not for grown-ups?); gives us an insight into the...

This is a short interview with Dr Katja Frimberger who is a lecturer at the School of Education at the University of Strathclyde. She talks about her interest in the formative processes that constitute arts-based education and gives an example of the film-making project 'Scotland, Our New Home'; a collaboration with filmmaker Simon Bishopp and the New Young Scots peer mentoring group - who wanted...

University of Strathclyde - School of Education Podcasts: This is the first episode in our 'meet an academic' series. Meet Dario Banegas, lecturer in TESOL at the School of Education. He is interviewed by Dr Claire Cassidy, deputy head of School and reader in Education.