Brighter Futures with Education Development Trust
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Hello and welcome to Brighter Futures - the podcast brought to you by Education Development Trust. I'm Tony McAleavy from Education Development Trust and I'll be your host throughout this series. Education Development Trust are a non-for-profit organisation working towards more positive education outcomes around the world, and our aim is to improve school systems, transitions from..
Brighter Futures with Education Development Trust
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Welcome back to the Brighter Futures podcast brought to you by Education Development Trust.
On episode 7, host Tony McAleavy is joined by Noelle Buick, Regional Inspections and Accountability Lead, Middle East and Asia and Valerie Dunsford, Deputy Chief Inspector for BSO/ISQM to discuss school improvement through external review.
This episode includes:
How the inspection of British Schools Overseas works.
How the International School Quality Mark operates.
Areas of focus and measurement for each system.
Collating the views of parents, students and teachers.
Challenges and op ..read more
Brighter Futures with Education Development Trust
6M ago
An evidence-based approach to applying research in the education sector is a great grounding for improving practices, but how do we ensure its proper application?
Cat Scutt, Emma Gibbs and Dr Richard Churches join us on Brighter Futures to discuss the essential nuances of applying research evidence in the field, both domestically in the UK and internationally.
This episode covers
Putting research at the heart of teacher professionalism
The importance of ‘intellectual wellbeing’
Setting desired outcomes to better make use of research
Neuroscience’s role in relation to teachers
International ch ..read more
Brighter Futures with Education Development Trust
11M ago
Creating pathways for young people to bring career aspirations to life is an essential part of their educational journey, and one in which we’re seeing a positive shift.
Join us on Brighter Futures this week where we look at the growing initiatives around young people’s pathways with The Careers & Enterprise Company’s Oli de Botton, and Education Development Trust’s Mark De Backer & Wendy Phillips.
We hear their fascinating insight on careers education, from NEET-preventative measures to connecting with industry professionals and embedding careers education throughout the school journe ..read more
Brighter Futures with Education Development Trust
1y ago
If we consider the specific needs of genders in the delivery of education as we do with other factors such as disability, then the benefits of gender-responsive education can be felt by all.
In this special episode of Brighter Futures, celebrating International Women’s Day, we’re looking at some of the key gender-based issues faced globally, how we can move towards greater gender-responsive education, the progress made thus far, and the steps yet to be taken in the realm of girls’ education.
This episode covers
The long-running push for greater provisions for girls’ education
Closing the gap ..read more
Brighter Futures with Education Development Trust
1y ago
In recent years there’s been a shift in how we nurture teachers at the beginning of their career journeys, so how has a ‘golden thread’ approach to training ECTs helped solve the teacher retention equation?
Two experts driving the Early Career Framework that’s providing support to new teachers join Tony McAleavy on Brighter Futures this week: Samantha Twiselton OBE, Director of the Sheffield Institute of Education, and our own Dr Nicky Platt, Lead Education Advisor.
We break down the discourse around research that’s informing these vital frameworks, how to encourage more mentors to engage with ..read more
Brighter Futures with Education Development Trust
1y ago
Hello and welcome to Brighter Futures - the podcast brought to you by Education Development Trust.
I’m Tony McAleavy from Education Development Trust and I’ll be your host throughout this series. Since starting as Education Director here I’ve had the pleasure of being involved in extensive education reform within many countries across the world, particularly those in the Uk, Middle East and Africa.
Education Development Trust are a non-for-profit organisation working towards more positive education outcomes around the world, and our aim is to improve school systems, transitions from educatio ..read more
Brighter Futures with Education Development Trust
1y ago
Welcome back to Brighter Futures, and a quick update from the latest developments within the Education Development Trust.
Anna Riggall, our Director of Research & Consultancy, brings us a summary of the exciting Annual Impact Review 2020-2021, highlighting our growing reach throughout what proved to be a testing year for all.
This episode also covers some of our work around gender responsive pedagogy which was an inspiring project to undertake around the recent International Women’s Day, as well as our participation in panels at Expo 2020, and much more.
Read the report here: https://bit.l ..read more
Brighter Futures with Education Development Trust
1y ago
Welcome to the first bonus episode of Brighter Futures, where we bring you the latest developments and initiatives happening here at Education Development Trust.
It’s been a busy few months across the organisation; our Global Head of Research & Consultancy, Anna Riggall, shares the latest programmes we’ve launched, such as those around gender responsive pedagogy and professional development in Zimbabwe.
We also hear about the progress on our Building Learning Foundations initiative in Rwanda (which you can hear about in more detail on episode 1 of the podcast), and numerous reports release ..read more
Brighter Futures with Education Development Trust
1y ago
Welcome to the premiere of ‘Brighter Futures’, the podcast brought to you by Education Development Trust.
Each month we’ll be bringing together an exciting panel of renowned experts to share their take on groundbreaking research in the education sector, and we’re kicking off with an engaging look at recent research on the Rwandan response to last year’s Covid challenges.
Joining host Tony McAleavy on this episode is EDT’s Rwanda-based Leadership for Learning Lead, Jean-Pierre Mugiraneza, and Amy Bellinger, who is currently leading the Education Workforce Initiative (EWI) for the Education Comm ..read more