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Education On Fire
078: Season 5 Finale
Mark Taylor rounds up this PE and Sport season 5. He reminds us of previous episodes that focused on dance from the ‘Music & the Arts’ season 4 which can support and enhance your PE provision and gives us an insight into what to expect in the coming weeks. Here are the links to each episode…
077: Character building PE with Jim Harte
Jim Harte is Physical Education Teacher at Cypress Woods Elementary School in Palm Harbor, FL. Jim has over 37 years coaching and teaching experience. His programs have been recognized for Creativity and Innovation in PE and Recess. Jim’s personal coaching and teaching philosophy is to develop the whole individual with a special emphasis on sound…
076: Headteacher view of PE
Peter Cansell is my resident education expert. He has great experience of teaching PE in primary schools, as well as being responsible for how it was integrated into his school when he was a Headteacher. Peter has been in education professionally for 35 years, teaching in middle schools in Oxford, doing advisory work, teaching higher education…
Learning On Fire
High School Math Teachers with Jeanette Stein. LF014
Jeanette Stein joins me on the Learning on Fire podcast and explores the most important learning and educational moments that shaped her life. Our guest – Jeanette Stein I love teaching and have been at it my whole life. I can remember being a young girl teaching the neighborhood kids, my stuffed animals, and even…
Executive Function with Seth Perler. LF013
Seth Perler joins me on the Learning on Fire podcast and explores the most important learning and educational moments that shaped his life. Our guest – Seth Perler Seth from sethperler.com is an executive function and 2e coach who helps make life easier for students who struggle with homework, motivation, organization, grades, focus, study skills,…
The Cartoon Block with Evan Burse. LF012
Evan Burse joins me on the Learning on Fire podcast and explores the most important learning and educational moments that shaped his life. Our guest – Evan Burse Evan has been an animation professional for over 10 years. He’s worked on such shows as Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Black Panther, Marvel’s Hulk and…
National Association for Primary Education
Founding Member John Coe – NAPE 007
Mark Taylor talks to founding NAPE member John Coe about his educational experiences, views and involvement with the National Association for Primary Education since 1980. John Coe began teaching in Essex. After primary headships, first of a small rural school and then of an urban school serving an underprivileged community; he joined the West Riding…
What are the criteria of a good junior school? – NAPE 006
A Report to the Junior School Sub Panel – Ministry of Education – 17th May 1946 The National Association for Primary Education present an annual lecture with a guest speaker who creates their talk inspired by the work of Christian Schiller. This episode is read by Peter Cansell from the book ‘Christian Schiller in his…
Information Officer Peter Cansell – NAPE 005
Today on the NAPE podcast we get some background on Information Officer – Peter Cansell. Peter talks to Mark about his school experience, how he became a teacher and then a headteacher. His route was less than traditional and these experiences have shaped his desire to support children to follow their passion. Peter has been…
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National Association for Primary Education Rosemary Evans Bequest Award Are you a recently qualified early years / primary teacher (QTS gained since June 2016)? Are you keen to reflect on your professional development as a classroom practitioner? Are you keen to get something published in an educational journal and add it to your CV? If…
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