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
140: The Yoghurt & Juice Network
Health and nutrition education for teachers and parents. Support your children to learn about their wellbeing in school or online.
The Yoghurt & Juice Network was an idea born during a long car journe…
139: Overthrowing Education with Batsheva Frankel
Today we discuss how the current lockdown and remote learning could change the education system forever.
Batsheva Frankel, MAT, is a veteran teacher of over 25 years. In 2011, she began developing the…
138: OneStep CPD by Twinkl
OneStep CPD provides free CPD courses for teachers to give you the tools and support to improve how you teach.
Our guest Sally Hill is the CPD Manager at OneStep CPD and dedicated to improving teachi…
137: Life on the Front Row with Jon Vroman.
Jon Vroman joins me on the Education on Fire podcast and explores the most important learning and educational moments that shaped his life.
Jon helps others be “Moment Makers”. He is married to his go…
Education on Fire Podcast 1 min trailer
A one minute trailer that outlines what the Education on Fire Podcast is all about and how to listen.
'Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire'
136: Special Education with Professor Barry Carpenter
Professor Barry Carpenter has been a headteacher of three schools in the UK, a national director at the UK government's Department for Education and was the first professor of Mental Health in Educat…
135: Conscious Learning with Janelle Christa
Education comes from life experiences not just schooling. Today we share some of those lessons that have empowered our guest Janelle Christa to breathe life into “conscious entertainment”
Janelle is a…
134: Ai Addyson-Zhang – Classroom without walls, using technology to reimagine education
Who knew at the time of recording that so many children would be forced to learn online because of countries being in lockdown. However there are many people who have been advocating this for a while…
133: I Love My Job, but It's Killing Me
Lesley Moffat has taught high school band for over thirty years in the Pacific Northwest. Her ensembles have performed all over the US and in Canada, including four performances at Carnegie Hall.
Foll…
132: World Class with Teru Clavel
Teru Clavel talks to Mark Taylor about her book, World Class: One Mother’s Journey Halfway Around the Globe in Search of the Best Education for Her Children and her own educational experiences.
Teru C…
131: Education A Manifesto for Change with Richard Gerver
Richard Gerver has been described as one of the most inspirational leaders of his generation. He is an award-winning speaker, bestselling author and world-renowned thinker.
Richard began his career in…
130: The schools are closing
The schools are closing. When we come out the other side of this lockdown will education ever be the same again?
What will homeschooling mean for you?
What initiatives and skills can you implement dur…
129: Kids Deserve It with Todd Nesloney
Todd Nesloney is the Director of Culture and Strategic Leadership for the Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association (TEPSA). He has also served as an award winning principal of a PreK-5…
128: Building our community with Patreon
Our Patreon page is now live. See how we can come together as a community to create a learning environment that supports the skills and understanding required for our children to flourish.
They are t…
127: Sir Linkalot – Spelling App
Before launching the app, Sir Linkalot (Andy Salmon’s alter ego) worked with 150,000 children (4 to 18 year olds) and presented to 15,000 teachers at 500+ schools (including 3 visits to Kenya in 2017…
126: Become a Superlearner with Jonathan Levi
Jonathan Levi is a serial entrepreneur, author, and lifehacker born and raised in Silicon Valley.
He’s the author of the blockbuster Become a SuperLearner series, and the host of the award-winning Bec…
125: Empathy Week with Ed Kirwan
The world needs more Empathy– but teaching it is not enough
Empathy Week 2020 is an invitation for 200,000 young people to put empathy into action and create a better world. Together, we are building …
124: Classroom Changemakers with Theo Knott
Theo manages the fairer strand of Nesta's Education work which looks at how we can enable women, minorities and those from disadvantaged backgrounds to have better access to education and careers in …
123: C.H.A.M.P.S. Mentoring with Vondale Singleton
Today we start to combine our 2 podcasts into 1. This is a bonus episode previously released on the Learning on Fire Podcast to show how education is not about being taught in silos. Schools, parents…
122: Fan the Flames
We continue our journey in creating an Education on Fire community. On todays show Mark gives details of how he will share the wisdom from the Learning on Fire Podcast as we start to merge both shows…