23 July 2006

Subject Special on Business Education

We have posted our latest subject special on business education. This podcast is available via our RSS feed, on our website and is also listed on iTunes.

In this podcast we feature a selection of podcast channels that will be of interest to young people and educators. The podcasts are from the business category of our Podcast Directory for Educators. In this selection you can listen to extracts about a range of business topics including changing demographics, advertising and marketing trends, business news and events in the UK, communication skills for common business situations, tips from the world of trading markets and, finally, a business masterclass from David Maister.

The six podcast channels featured are:
If you know of other good quality podcasts that would be ideal for use with children and young people, then do please let us know or submit details about the podcast. We are keen to showcase and promote educational podcasts from around the world.

Our theme tune is, as always, "Boogie for Jools" from logicalaudiomusic.com.

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posted by Dave Jobbings at 11:39 AM

08 July 2006

School Improvement Podcasts

During the 2005-2006 academic year, we have posted a number of podcasts in our school improvement series.

Each of the five podcasts feature professional discussions and interviews with leading UK-based educational practioners in their field. The series includes contributions from:
  • John Flockton outlines the journey towards the provision of high quality extended school activities at Newhall Park Primary School, located in Bradford, West Yorkshire in England. As headteacher his vision was to establish an effective and coherent approach for school improvement that was shared and developed in partnership with the local communty.

  • Sue Mansfield shares her strategies and approaches securing school improvement, buidling the confidence of staff and parents and rasining the school profile with the community, shortly after taking up her post as the headteacher of Salt Grammar School which is located in Shipley, West Yorkshire in England.

  • Carlton Midgley provides an insight into the school improvement work of the Halifax Excellence Cluster, serving 27 schools in the Metropolitan District of Calderdale, West Yorkshire in England. Excellence Clusters are funded by the Department of Education and Skills (DfES). The Halifax Cluster is the largest, starting operation in January 2004 and funded until March 2008.

  • David Kershaw is an accredited School Improvement Partner (SIP) and also a successful executive headteacher. David shares his direct experience of working in partnership with the leadership teams of secondary schools in his role as a secondary SIP - created as part of New Relationship with Schools agenda of the Department for Education and Skills (DfES).

  • John Chowcat is the the General Secretary of the Association of Professionals in Education and Children's Trusts (Aspect), located at Wooley Hall, Wakefield in the UK. Against a backdrop of unprecendented change in the education and children's services, John gives an insight into the work of the association in forging professional networks and influencing national policy to ensure that the views of members are represented.

Just follow the links to obtain further details about colleagues and choose to listen to each of the podcasts online. Alternatively, you can find these podcasts listed in the professional section of our own podcast directory, other popular podcast directories as well as iTunes.

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posted by Dave Jobbings at 11:59 AM

01 July 2006

Subject Special on Citizenship

We are pleased to announce that out latest subject special podcast on citizenship is now posted in our RSS feed, on our website and on iTunes.

In this episode, we feature a selection of podcast channels from the citizenship and general studies category of our Podcast Directory for Educators.

You can hear extracts from a selection of podcasts, from topics on making things happen in the community to important areas for debate and discussion such as obtaining land in South Africa, exploring different perspectives on democracy, blogging in the Philippines and finally a special story for younger children.

The six podcast channels featured are:

As always, if you know of other good quality podcasts that would be ideal for use with children and young people, then do please let us know or submit details about the podcast. We are keen to showcase and promote educational podcasts from around the world.

We hope that you enjoy the podcast and can find a podcast channel that can support some of your teaching and learning topics for citizenship.

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posted by Dave Jobbings at 11:44 AM