Feb 23, 2021

This week I am talking to Matt Slocombe from the Centre for Educational Neuroscience. His research investigates the cognitive and developmental processes involved in reasoning and learning by analogy and the implications of this research for educational practice. This fascinating discussion unpicks how to make...

Feb 16, 2021

Education for all was created in a very different era and many argue that it is now not fit for purpose.  Does education prepare us for the collaborative, agile and rapidly changing work place?  Psychology informs the workplace as much as it informs education, but what lessons can education learn from the tech landscape...

Feb 9, 2021

There are lots of tricks and tips that we can use to help remember things for exams.  But ultimately understanding material makes learning easier.  In this podcast I explore a few of the theories that underpin our understanding of long term memory and how students and teachers can use this understanding to help prepare...

Feb 2, 2021

Over recent years we have learned so much about adolescent brain development and how changes in the brain affect learning.  In this wide ranging interview we discuss how emotion, social interactions and learning are intertwined, the distraction of phones, how executive functions (working memory, inhibitory control and...