Education On Fire - Sharing creative and inspiring learning in our schools
Do you feel the education system is sucking the life out of you and the pupils you serve? I think many of us wish we could click our fingers and make it fit for purpose. A place of growth with shared learning that empowers pupils to be their best selves, so they can create a world they want to inhabit now and in the future.
While a magic wand or a visionary politician might sound like the answer I believe change is already happening. Educators are changing futures one conversation at a time. New technology and the environments where we learn are beginning to look different both in and out of the classroom. I hope you are seeing this first hand and are excited about what you can share with your pupils. We are having conversations, sharing organisations and communities that are supporting education in a way that you may have not experienced.
Educational change will come from us all working in way that supports the best interests of each of our pupils, personalised learning. Governments and policy makers will follow when they see fully how it can be different. So let us teach, coach, mentor and create an environment that fuels every child with feedback, inspiration, resilience and empowerment. The Education on Fire community is shining the torch, so no matter where you are in the world or how you are supporting children this podcast is here for you.
‘Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.’
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 36 minutes
- Episodes
- 462
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
220: Time for Teachership with Lindsay Lyons
Lindsay Lyons is an educational justice coach who works with teachers and school leaders to inspire educational innovation for racial and gender justice, design curricula grounded in student voice, a…
219: School education and you 21/22
As we start the 21/22 academic year Mark Taylor shares his plans on how Education on Fire aims to support you as a teacher.
His new audio course '10 Pieces of Advice You'd Like to Have as a Child' is…
218: Be Kind programme with Wild at Heart Foundation
The Wild at Heart Foundation believe that every single dog – no matter where in the world it is born, no matter its size, breed, age or circumstance – deserves to live a healthy, happy life. They cha…
217: Reading and parental engagement with Stamshaw Junior School
James Schillemore is English Leader and Lower Phase Leader at Stamshaw Junior School in Portsmouth.
James published his own children's book, 'Off the Post' in 2013 and is passionate about children lea…
216: Dream It and Do It with Holly Sharp
Holly Sharp - The Next Generation's Career Counselor
Award Winning Author. Coach. Classroom Advocate. Non-fiction books for kids junkie.
Helping Kids, Parents and Teachers Navigate The Question: "What …
215: Illuminated Life School with Heidi DeCoux
Heidi DeCoux is a serial entrepreneur that has built four businesses to high-six figure status and sold two of them, has appeared in magazines and websites like Forbes, is the author of an Amazon bes…
214: Your 3 Eyes with Dr. Megan Sweet
Dr. Megan Sweet is an author, speaker, and systems-thinker who has been in education for more than twenty-five years. Through her extensive experience leading personal and system-wide change, Megan h…
213: Educational travel with Garrett & Mandi Oler
Garrett & Mandi Oler discuss how travel and enrolling their children into a bilingual school has enhanced their educational experiences, confidence and world citizenship.
Garrett & Mandi are a married…
212: Reading, Writing and Spelling with Jane Considine
Jane Considine is an Education Consultant who energises and inspires thousands of teachers every year, helping them to transform the teaching of reading, writing and spelling in the primary education…
211: Superheroes of Science with Katy Alexander
Superheroes of science set to come to life in new comic book from The Remarkablz
A new comic book is turning real-life science heroes into superheroes, bringing diverse pioneers of science and enginee…
210: The Resilience Project with David Gumbrell
Recruitment, Retention and Resilience are intertwined and have become the new Three Rs. If we accept that Recruitment is hard, then Retention becomes that much more important. If Retention is hard, t…
209: Nurture Resilience, Empathy & Global Citizenship with Lyfta
Lyfta is an award-winning immersive learning platform where teachers can easily build or curate powerful, interactive and curriculum-aligned lessons that bring learning to life.
Lyfta helps educators …
208: Digital Strategy for Schools with Al Kingsley
Al has spent the last 30 years in the EdTech space and 20 of those as a school trustee and governor.
He is Group CEO of NetSupport Ltd, an internationally acclaimed EdTech vendor, and has lived and wo…
207: 5 Wellbeing principles with Maria Brosnan
Maria Brosnan is an educational leadership and wellbeing specialist, author, coach, speaker.
Over a 30-year period, Maria has worked in a variety of wellbeing capacities; from counselling end-stage ca…
206: Independent Thinking with Ian Gilbert
Mark Taylor chats to Ian Gilbert, a patron of National Association for Primary Education.
Since founding Independent Thinking in 1994, Ian has built a global reputation as an educational thinker, inno…
205: Amazon Longitude Explorer Prize
Maddy Kavanagh, Education and Skills Programme Manager at Nesta Challenges and Gordon Taylor, a STEM technician at Walton Priory Middle School are talking to me about the The Amazon Longitude Explore…
204: Tough Conversations with David Wood
David is a former consulting actuary to Fortune 100 companies. He built the world’s largest coaching business, becoming #1 on Google for life coaching and coaching thousands of hours in 12 countries …
203: thinkfour online learning platform with Matthew Pearce
thinkfour is a free online virtual learning platform for Scottish Higher pupils which distils complex sections of the curriculum into four minute videos as presented by experienced teachers.
It is ava…
202: EduKit with Nathalie Richards
Nathalie Richards founded EduKit to help schools to ensure ALL students could access life-changing support in order to achieve their potential.
Now, 7 years on, over 150,000 students have taken EduKit…
201: Read Write Code with Jeremy Keeshin
Read Write Code written by Jeremy Keeshin, is a friendly introduction to the world of coding and explains why it is the new literacy.
Jeremy Keeshin is the CEO and Co-founder of CodeHS, the leading co…