I'm Mark Taylor and I interview educators from around the world so that I can enable you to support your children to live, learn and grow to their full potential
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Closing the Attainment Gap: How AI Tutors Are Scaling Quality Math Education – Third Space Learning
The AI maths tutor that gets pupils reasoning out loud.Third Space Learning believe an AI tutor should do more than just generate questions and mark answers.What if it could provide scaffolded support according to knowledge gaps, speaking to students and encouraging them to verbalise their reasoning as they go?What if every pupil who needs it…
Read MoreEndless Studios: Coding & Game Design for Young Learners
Matt Dalio dreams of a world in which every kid has the resources to shape their own technology instead of being shaped by it. In 2011, he founded Endless which aims to provide universal access to technology and equal opportunities to succeed in the digital world by tackling three key challenges. Endless is harnessing the…
Read MoreGer Graus Gets Gritty – Season Announcement
Professor Dr Ger Graus OBE will be joining me for a dedicated season based on his book – Through a Different Lens – Lessons from a Life in Education. We will discuss in more depth the 6 chapters: 1. The benefit of hindsight and the lessons learned. This includes family influences, school experiences, teachers, being…
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As discussed by guests on the podcast these include:
A Children's Podcast, Mentoring, Online Teaching and Learning Tool, Science, Maths, Spelling, Reading & Writing, Arts, Resilience Empathy & Global Citizenship, Parent Engagement, Whole School Mental Health
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What do the children think? – Get involved with season 3
You can be involved with season 3 by talking to the children in your class about the 10 questions listed below. If you teach children aged 5-13 anywhere in the world this is for you! Listen here to my pre-season 3 podcast episode, as I explain how to get involved and inspire your students.…
Read MoreTop 5 tips for whole class primary music
Today I want to share my top 5 tips for teaching whole class primary music lessons. In my experience you have to look at the progress and achievement of your lessons over a period of time. It is hard to gauge week on week. This can be for many reasons – the children may have just…
Read MoreFacebook, Twitter and Social media with your school
Is it ever OK for parents to use social media to express their frustrations with a school? I have to hold my hand up and admit to doing this, but it was a last resort. Nobody was listening. Communication works both ways and when a school says that you can pop in for a chat…
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National Association for Primary Education
Our aim is to achieve a higher priority for the education of children from birth to 13. High quality learning in the early years of life is vitally important to the creation of an educated society. Young children are not simply preparing for the future, they are living a never to be repeated time of life and the best way to learn is to live.