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Emma & Tom Talk Teaching

We’re Emma (PGCE Secondary Drama) and Tom (PGCE Secondary Music) from Cardiff Metropolitan University. Welcome to our podcast, in which we muse about the joys of working with student teachers, the expressive arts, research, and teaching in general. Expect deep discussions, topical debates, celebrations of great practice, and things to steal for your own lessons!

Our primary audience is student teachers and early-career teachers, but we hope there's something here for everyone who's involved in the world of education, whether you're new or experienced.

Most of our episodes involve a main discussion (often with one or more guests), and two regular slots: something interesting and something to try. And when we hit the holidays, we bring out some weird and wonderful talking points from the internet and just have a chat.

Podcast artwork by Beth Blandford (@blandoodles on Facebook and Instagram)
Music by Cameron Stewart

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Update frequency
every 10 days
Average duration
40 minutes
Episodes
203
Years Active
2018 - 2025
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Dialogue for Professional Development with Sarah Cason and Sioned Dafydd

Dialogue for Professional Development with Sarah Cason and Sioned Dafydd

We always like a good collaboration here on Cardiff Met's initial teacher education (ITE) programmes! Today we welcome to the studio our colleague Sioned Dafydd, and podcast veteran (from all the way…

00:56:07  |   Fri 26 Jan 2024
All About Dance with National Dance Company Wales

All About Dance with National Dance Company Wales

Happy new year! Despite Emma and Tom both being performing arts specialists, we've never had an episode on the podcast about dance. Having recently met and collaborated with National Dance Company Wa…

00:48:50  |   Fri 12 Jan 2024
Christmas Special 2023!

Christmas Special 2023!

Merry Christmas one and all! Yet again we find ourselves between Christmas and New Year, hopefully enjoying a well-earned break. And for the sixth time we have entered the studio with a total of twel…

Fri 29 Dec 2023
Mentoring Early Career Teachers with Lucy Donovan and Sharne Watkins

Mentoring Early Career Teachers with Lucy Donovan and Sharne Watkins

As an initial teacher education (ITE) institution, we spend a lot of our time thinking about mentoring student teachers, especially how to support our school-based colleagues who undertake this vital…

00:45:17  |   Fri 15 Dec 2023
Tax Facts with HMRC and Cameron Stewart

Tax Facts with HMRC and Cameron Stewart

We break new ground for the podcast today by having two guests from His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC)! HMRC are the organisation who administer tax in the UK, and a little known fact about the…

00:39:53  |   Fri 01 Dec 2023
Tameidiau o Ymchwil TAR 11 - Herio ac ymestyn dysgwyr MATh mewn ieithoedd gyda Martha Morse a Dr Gina Morgan

Tameidiau o Ymchwil TAR 11 - Herio ac ymestyn dysgwyr MATh mewn ieithoedd gyda Martha Morse a Dr Gina Morgan

 Mae Tameidiau o Ymchwil TAR yn cyflwyno ymchwil gorau myfyrwyr ar gyrsiau Addysg Gychwynnol i Athrawon gyda Phartneriaeth Caerdydd. Yn y bennod hon mae Martha Morse (TAR Uwchradd Cymraeg) yn trafod …

00:18:02  |   Fri 24 Nov 2023
Clinical Reasoning in Teacher Education

Clinical Reasoning in Teacher Education

We're back from half term with a few changes - Emma's got married and now has a shiny new surname, and we've moved in to our very swish podcast studio. That means you can watch us making the podcast …

00:38:53  |   Fri 17 Nov 2023
PGCE Research Bites 22 - Challenging more able pupils using oracy with Bethany Maunders

PGCE Research Bites 22 - Challenging more able pupils using oracy with Bethany Maunders

For our final English-language research bite of this block, Tom is joined by PGCE Secondary RE student (and now NQT teaching four different subjects!) Bethany Maunders. For her second assignment, Bet…

00:18:09  |   Fri 10 Nov 2023
October Half Term Special 2023!

October Half Term Special 2023!

Welcome to another of our specials where we let our hair down and have some fun with a bunch of random items culled from the furthest corners of the internet!


From academic research to musings about e…

00:59:27  |   Fri 03 Nov 2023
Tameidiau o Ymchwil TAR 10 - Strategaethau ‘Llais 21’ i annog cyfraniadau llafar yn y dosbarth uwchradd gyda Mari Price a Dr Gina Morgan

Tameidiau o Ymchwil TAR 10 - Strategaethau ‘Llais 21’ i annog cyfraniadau llafar yn y dosbarth uwchradd gyda Mari Price a Dr Gina Morgan

Mae Tameidiau o Ymchwil TAR yn cyflwyno ymchwil gorau myfyrwyr ar gyrsiau Addysg Gychwynnol i Athrawon gyda Phartneriaeth Caerdydd. Yn y bennod hon mae Mari Price (TAR Uwchradd Cymraeg) yn trafod sut…

00:19:51  |   Fri 27 Oct 2023
Personal Philosophies of Education with Dr Kevin Smith

Personal Philosophies of Education with Dr Kevin Smith

It's a welcome return to the podcast for Dr Kevin Smith from Cardiff University this week. Dr Kev has done sterling work on our live panel discussions, as well as previously joining us from the depth…

00:45:08  |   Fri 20 Oct 2023
PGCE Research Bites 21 - Using Game-Based Learning in Primary Maths with Christy Scott

PGCE Research Bites 21 - Using Game-Based Learning in Primary Maths with Christy Scott

We welcome Christy Scott back to Research Bites, noting that she is only the second student teacher to make two appearances during her PGCE. Congratulations, Christy!


For her second assignment, Christ…

00:27:36  |   Fri 13 Oct 2023
Live from the National Professional Enquiry Project

Live from the National Professional Enquiry Project

It's time for another live panel discussion, a format we conveniently discovered a few weeks before the coronavirus lockdown, and then had to wait three years to have another go at! Now we're making …

00:37:15  |   Fri 06 Oct 2023
Tameidiau o Ymchwil TAR 9 - Arlunio er Mwyn Lleddfu Pryder Plant Gyda ASD gyda Eloise Bennett a Sioned Dafydd

Tameidiau o Ymchwil TAR 9 - Arlunio er Mwyn Lleddfu Pryder Plant Gyda ASD gyda Eloise Bennett a Sioned Dafydd

Mae Tameidiau o Ymchwil TAR yn cyflwyno ymchwil gorau myfyrwyr ar gyrsiau Addysg Gychwynnol i Athrawon gyda Phartneriaeth Caerdydd. Yn y bennod hon mae Eloise Bennett yn trafod sut yr aeth ati i ddys…

00:14:50  |   Fri 29 Sep 2023
Musical Vulnerability with Dr Elizabeth MacGregor

Musical Vulnerability with Dr Elizabeth MacGregor

We welcome back a newly-doctorised (?) Elizabeth MacGregor to the podcast this week. Last time we spoke to Elizabeth we were all in the depths of Covid lockdown and she was embarking on her PhD. Now …

00:53:44  |   Fri 22 Sep 2023
PGCE Research Bites 20 - Oracy Skills within an ALN Classroom with Hannah Woodward

PGCE Research Bites 20 - Oracy Skills within an ALN Classroom with Hannah Woodward

PGCE Research Bites is back for another run! Today, PGCE Art and Design student teacher Hannah Woodward joins Emma to discuss her work on developing pupils' oracy skills through supporting their voca…

00:14:31  |   Fri 15 Sep 2023
Using Research to Improve Schools with Gareth Rein

Using Research to Improve Schools with Gareth Rein

Welcome back to Emma and Tom Talk Teaching, and our sixth season of podcasting!


In this first episode of the new academic year, we've got an interview with Gareth Rein, headteacher of St Peter's Roman…

00:53:04  |   Fri 08 Sep 2023
Summer Bonus 2023

Summer Bonus 2023

Hello to all our listeners - we're in the middle of the podcast summer hiatus, and just checking in to reflect on the last year and look forward to the next.


We're amazed to have completed five years…

00:11:15  |   Fri 18 Aug 2023
Live from the PGCE Research Conference 2023!

Live from the PGCE Research Conference 2023!

We've reached the end of our fifth year of podcasting, so a huge thank you to everyone who's been along for the ride so far!


Our final episode this year was recorded in front of a live (and very quiet…

00:47:30  |   Fri 16 Jun 2023
The Seduction of Neuroscience and Other Stories with Dr Louise Allen-Walker

The Seduction of Neuroscience and Other Stories with Dr Louise Allen-Walker

Rapidly attaining the status of podcasting legend, Dr Louise Allen-Walker returns to our studio for another fun-filled adventure in the world of neuroscience. Louise is the programme director for Car…

01:00:00  |   Fri 02 Jun 2023
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