Posts by Mark Taylor
139: Overthrowing Education with Batsheva Frankel
Today we discuss how the current lockdown and remote learning could change the education system forever.
Batsheva Frankel, MAT, is a veteran teacher of over 25 years. In 2011, she began developing the award-winning LaunchBox products, which are games and activities that explore big philosophical ideas.
She is also the creator of Lenses of Questioning, a methodology for helping students develop critical and analytical thinking skills. Batsheva has given classes and workshops for educators all over the US and UK, including at the Deeper-Learning Conference, The California Association for the Gifted, GameLevelLearnCon, Limmud Festival and NewCAJE. She designs curriculum and creative programming, as well as mentors teachers for institutions across the US.
From her long-time teaching and administrative gig at Areté Preparatory Academy, Batsheva and the head of Areté Prep, Jim Hahn, formed The Areté Institute in Los Angeles to actively participate in and contribute to the larger conversation about what great education could and should be and how to make it happen.
As director of The Areté Institute, Batsheva produces and hosts the podcast Overthrowing Education as well creates programming for both educators and parents. Her book, The Jewish Educator’s Companion: Practical Tools and Inspirational Ideas was published in 2017 (Behrman House)
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‘Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire’
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138: OneStep CPD by Twinkl
OneStep CPD provides free CPD courses for teachers to give you the tools and support to improve how you teach.
Our guest Sally Hill is the CPD Manager at OneStep CPD and dedicated to improving teaching and learning by up-skilling teachers to be more effective and confident when delivering lessons. Sally was previously a History Teacher in Manchester for 5 years, including spells as a Head of Department and CPD Lead.
One Step CPD is provided by Twinkl.
‘We regularly talk to customers about the issues they face and as a result of these conversations, we began to understand that CPD often misses the mark. What teachers really wanted was actionable CPD that was relevant to them and their careers.’
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Show Sponsor
The National Association for Primary Education speaks for young children and all who live and work with them. This includes parents, teachers, governors and all those interested in primary education. NAPE is a non-political charity and works tirelessly to support teachers in the classroom. NAPE leads the Primary Umbrella Group of thirty primary subject associations and unions and gives teachers and schools a voice at governmental level at consultative meetings with ministers for schools.
For full details of how they can support you please visit their website at nape.org.uk
‘Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire’
137: Life on the Front Row with Jon Vroman.
Jon Vroman joins me on the Education on Fire podcast and explores the most important learning and educational moments that shaped his life.
Jon helps others be “Moment Makers”. He is married to his gorgeous and free-spirited wife Tatyana and father of two energetic and playful boys, Tiger and Ocean, and live in Austin, Texas.
Jon is the founder of the Front Row Foundation, a charity established in 2005 that creates unforgettable moments for individuals who are braving life-threatening illnesses. They provide a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to “live life in the front row™” by granting “front row moments” to live events of their recipients dreams.
He’s also the founder of a global network of men at FrontRowDads.com. They believe in being “Family men with businesses, not businessmen with families.” He’s host of the top-rated Front Row Dads podcasts, where Jon interviews experts and every-day dads from around the world, to extract and understand the rituals, routines and habits that help every man better serve their families and communities.
As the author of #1 bestselling book The Front Row Factor, Jon helps readers “Learn about living life, from those fighting for it.”
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