Podcasts

STEM Insights LogoBringing you the latest news, views and research summaries from the STEM education sphere!
  • Tanya Shields is joined by two special guests from the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) - Katie Luxton and Grace Coker - to discuss the improving primary science guidance report  and how teachers can use its recommendations to make a real impact in the classroom.
  • ITS A POP23 TAKEOVER - The STEM Insights Podcast is handing the mic over to Protecting Our Planet Day (POP23) for a SPECIAL EPISODE. Dr Lauren Beirmann from Plymouth University Marine Lab joins Alex Brown and Dave Gibbs from STEM Learning to explain how they use satalite imagary to monitor plastic waste from space.
  • In this episode Ben Dunn, Head of Monitoring and Evaluation at STEM Learning is joined by Dr Lisa Morrison Coulthard, Research Director at the National Foundation for Education Research (NFER) to discuss The Skills Imperative 2035 - a strategic research partnership, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, to identify the essential employment skills people will need for work by 2035.
  • In this episode Matt King (Westcliffe High School for Girls) discusses the importance of CPD to support a knowledge rich curriculum and Jane Winter and Sarah Dagnell talk about how EYFS science underpins future learning. Steve and Matt 00:32. Jane and Sarah 15:38
  • In this STEM Insights special Sarah Longshaw (Network Education Lead for STEM Learning) and Chris Hillidge (Trust Lead for STEM across the Challenge Multi-Academy Trust) discuss: the impact of COVID-19 on the run up to this cohorts final assessments; differing approaches to the 2023 exam season and; planning implications for teachers, heads of subject and trust leads for the coming academic year.

In each podcast episode, an Explorify Engagement Leader hosts a conversation about an aspect of primary science with a guest expert.

  • Learn about professional development opportunities in primary science with Explorify Engagement Leader Robin James and Tanya Shields from STEM Learning.  Information and links to resources mentioned in this podcast can be found ⁠here .⁠ Visit the ⁠⁠Explorify website⁠⁠ .
  • Learn about how you can make the most of the communities in primary science with Explorify Engagement Leader Jo Moore and Alex Sinclair and Paul Tyler from The Association for Science Education.  Information and links to resources mentioned in this podcast can be found here. Visit the ⁠Explorify website⁠ .
  • Improve your confidence in practical science with this discussion from Explorify Engagement Leader Becky Ellis and Amanda Poole and Nas Prabatani from The Ogden Trust. Information and links to resources mentioned in this podcast can be found here . Visit the Explorify website .
  • Join Explorify Engagement Leader Stacey Reid as she talks to Hayley Sherrard and Jamie Menzies from the Scottish Schools Education Research Centre (SSERC) all about Young STEM Leaders. Information and links to resources mentioned in this podcast can be found ⁠⁠here. ⁠⁠ Visit the Explorify website .
  • Explorify Engagement Leader Becky Ellis hosts a discussion with Sarah Earle from Bath Spa University. Join them as they chat about assessment in primary science. Information and links to resources mentioned in this podcast can be found ⁠⁠here.⁠⁠ Visit the Explorify website .
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