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It’s Your Time You’re Wasting

It’s Your Time You’re Wasting

By: David Didau and Martin Robinson
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 Education chat with David Didau and Martin RobinsonCopyright 2025 All rights reserved.
Episodes
  • The Cult of Critical Thinking

    The Cult of Critical Thinking
    Apr 30 2026

    Who needs critical thinking? We've got books to win in a competition! Listen in and find out how to win David's new book! https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/104117215X/ref=cm_sw_r_as_gl_api_gl_i_2HSGGSTD9W7WTK75K5ES?linkCode=ml1&tag=thelearning07-21&linkId=8a1c9c357a01b11d4f9cae79c40bab00

    Can you teach critical thinking? If you can, should we even try?
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    59 mins
  • Do We Still Care About Creativity?

    Do We Still Care About Creativity?
    Apr 23 2026

    PISA has decided how well a country's schools teach creativity. They then go on to calculate what impact that will have on each country's economic performance.

    How well did the countries of the UK do? Have a butcher's in our latest podcast.
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Diversity and Demand - What Books Should We Teach?

    Diversity and Demand - What Books Should We Teach?
    Apr 16 2026

    Should English Departments ditch their 'most popular' texts in order to leave room for books written by female authors? Can we really teach the best that has been thought and said if managers keep foisting texts on teachers that are short and accessible? We discuss this and more...

    The article that set us off: https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/secondary/diversity-gcse-english-remove-popular-books
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    59 mins
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