Emma & Tom Talk Teaching Podcast
1) Christmas Special 2025!
It's time for our notoriously long and self-indulgent Christmas special, in which we bring in strange, interesting and (sometimes) festive things we've found, to see what others make of them. This yea...Show More
2) All about Languages with Kerry Bevan
For this episode, we’re delighted to welcome back our colleague Kerry Bevan who runs the PGCE Secondary Languages programme here at Cardiff Met. Kerry’s here to contribute to our occasional series of ...Show More
3) Authentic Contexts for Learning with Katie Berrisford and Elizabeth Berry
One of the principles underlying the Curriculum for Wales is that we should situate learning within authentic contexts in order to make it more meaningful. We thought it was worth digging a little mor...Show More
4) What Can Reflective Teachers Learn from Sport? with Professor Brendan Cropley
For this episode, we welcome back Professor Brendan Cropley, and since we’re no longer in the grip of Covid restrictions, we can actually meet face to face this time!Brendan works at the University of...Show More
What Can Reflective Teachers Learn from Sport? with Professor Brendan Cropley
57:40 | Nov 14th, 2025
5) October Half Term Special 2025!
The autumn term is a long one, and to mark half-time in the long march to the Christmas break, we like to kick back with one of our 'light' episodes (though to be fair they're not always entirely ligh...Show More
6) All About Art with Daisy Wilson and Jack Siddall
It’s time to take another dive into what makes a classroom subject tick, and this time around we’re going for art. In a slight twist to the usual format, we’ve paired a discussion with a subject speci...Show More
7) Supporting Student Teachers in Planning and Evaluation
Planning and evaluating lessons is at the core of what teachers do. Deciding what we want our pupils to know or be able to do, how we'll know whether they've managed it, and how we'll be able to tell ...Show More
8) What's Going On with Maths in Wales?
Just as we were shutting up the podcast shop for the end of the academic year, Estyn (the school inspectorate in Wales) published a thematic report on the teaching of maths in Wales's schools. It conc...Show More
9) So: You Want to Become a Teacher...!
Welcome to season 8 of the podcast! So…. You want to become a teacher? You’ve come to the right place. In the third iteration of this popular topic, we’re joined by our colleague Rhian Wyn Griffiths t...Show More
10) Looking Back, Looking Forward: Summer Bonus 2025
One of our podcast traditions is to take a moment to reflect on the season that's just been (season 7) and get ready for the one that's about to land in your feeds (season 8)! After a hasty move acros...Show More