A series of video podcasts from TeachersTV, that takes you inside the classrooms of schools across England - from celebrities trying their hand at teaching, to inspirational stories of great teachers bringing the curriculum to life. Brought to you exclusively by EducationGuardian.co.uk http://www.teachers.tv en © 2005-8 Teachers TV Teachers TV A series of video podcasts from TeachersTV, that takes you inside the classrooms of schools across England - from celebrities trying their hand at teaching, to inspirational stories of great teachers bringing the curriculum to life. Brought to you exclusively by EducationGuardian.co.uk Teachers TV podcasting@teachers.tv no The first of three programmes that look at two schools struggling to survive the pressures of life in Palestine. Teachers TV Two Palestinian schools begin a difficult new term A unique month-long look at two schools struggling to survive the pressures of life in Palestine, where students in prison are as worrying as a teachers' strike and crowded classes. http://download.teachers.tv/download/Wk0508EGJ2675001A.mov Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:30:00 +0000 15:00 Teachers TV In this second programme of life in two Palestinian schools, over-crowding raises the temperature and external pressures bear down on the students. Teachers TV External pressures bear down on our two Palestinian schools The term continues with our two schools struggling with the pressures of life in Palestine. As over-crowding raises the temperature, external pressures bear down on the students too. http://download.teachers.tv/download/Wk0608EGJ2675002A.mov Tue, 5 Feb 2008 17:30:00 +0000 15:00 Teachers TV In this third and final part showing life inside two Palestinian schools, we see how events outside bring tragic consequences to the schools. Teachers TV Events outside the schools bring tragic consequences One month into the term spent following two schools struggling with the pressures of life in Palestine and we see how events outside bring tragic consequences to the schools. http://download.teachers.tv/download/Wk0708EGJ2675003B.mov Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:30:00 +0000 15:00 Teachers TV First of two pupil programmes explaining the science behind climate change, and exploring the impact of global warming on animal species Teachers TV The causes of climate change explained for KS3/4 pupils This programme is aimed at pupils at the higher end of KS3, and provides an introduction to the topic of climate change at KS4. An overview of the following concepts is included: the balance between energy reaching and leaving the earth; naturally occurring greenhouse gases; natural variations in climate; industrialisation and population growth; use of fossil fuels; carbon dioxide emissions; the greenhouse effect; carbon sinks and deforestation; and positive feedback mechanisms http://download.teachers.tv/download/Wk1208EGC2279001A.mov Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:30:00 +0000 15:00 Teachers TV The second of two pupil programmes explaining the science behind climate change, and exploring the impact of global warming on animal species Teachers TV The potential impacts of climate change are illustrated for KS3/4 pupils This programme is aimed at pupils at the higher end of KS3, and provides an introduction to the topic of climate change at KS4. The effect of drought conditions in various parts of Africa is analysed, with reference to the adaptive capacity of Less Economically Developed Countries. We go to Bangladesh, where the potentially complex interaction between climate change and the country's topography and geography is examined. The impact of climate change on Arctic environments is illustrated by examining likely stresses on polar bear populations. Finally, the impact of warmer oceans on coral reef ecosystems is explained. http://download.teachers.tv/download/Wk1308EGC2279002A.mov Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:30:00 +0000 15:00 Teachers TV A pupil resource which investigates the arguments raging about global warming and climate change Teachers TV A guide through the A to Z of essential climate change facts Climate Change is a vast and complex topic for anyone to understand. DEFRA's young Climate Change Champion for the South East, 15 year old Jordan Stephens, takes us through an A-Z of the main issues. Through this alphabetical journey Jordan interviews the government's Chief Scientific Advisor, Sir David King, about what the current Government targets are. Controversial author Richard D North doesn't hold back with his views. Green MEP Sian Berry explains why she is determined to get gas-guzzling 4x4s off our roads. And DEFRA's Alex Palman clearly describes carbon emissions and their effects http://download.teachers.tv/download/Wk1408EGC2007001B.mov Tue, 1 Apr 2008 17:30:00 +0000 15:00 Teachers TV A big shake up in the geography curriculum has meant that climate change will now be taught in all secondary schools. But with climate change encompassing so many topics, what is the best way to teach it? Teachers TV Different approaches to the teaching of climate change David Lambert from the Geographical Association and climate change expert Ed Gillespie from Futerra meet with geography teacher Dave Dixon from Hampstead School in London to discuss the most effective ways of teaching climate change. http://download.teachers.tv/download/Wk1508EGC2007002B.mov Tue, 8 Apr 2008 17:30:00 +0000 15:00 Teachers TV Useful advice and tips from experts and student teachers on how to get the most out of your time on a school placement. Teachers TV How to get the most out of your time on a school placement Experienced teachers, experts, teacher trainers, and trainees offer helpful ideas, guidance and reassurance on what for some can be a daunting experience. Key points addressed include: communicating with the school in advance; appropriate dress; staffroom etiquette, and how to manage your time sensibly during the placement. http://download.teachers.tv/download/Wk1608EGC2572001A.mov Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:30:00 +0000 15:00 Teachers TV Useful advice and tips from experts and student teachers on how to get the most out of your time on a school placement. Teachers TV How to get the most out of your time on a school placement Experienced teachers, experts, teacher trainers, and trainees offer helpful ideas, guidance and reassurance on what for some can be a daunting experience. Key points addressed include: communicating with the school in advance; appropriate dress; staffroom etiquette, and how to manage your time sensibly during the placement. http://download.teachers.tv/download/Wk1608EGC2572001A.mov Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:30:00 +0000 15:00 Teachers TV Tips on how to make teaching practice for trainee teachers as successful as possible. Teachers TV A trainee teacher's very first lesson. We explore in depth how to survive teaching practice by following trainee teachers as they prepare to teach their very first lesson. Plus, there's expert advice and tips from experienced teachers and tutors. This includes how to handle that all-important first lesson - by taking it slow and keeping it focussed on an area in which you are comfortable. They also recommend talking to the class teacher to get to know the pupils in advance, and there's advice on how to get the best out of a feedback session. http://download.teachers.tv/download/Wk1708EGC2572002A.mov Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:30:00 +0000 15:00 Teachers TV Valuable advice on how to maintain a sensible work-life balance whilst in training. Teachers TV Getting the right work-life balance How can student teachers manage the seemingly impossible demands on their time and emerge relatively unscathed from academic work, lesson preparation and teaching practice? http://download.teachers.tv/download/Wk1908EGC2572004A.mov Tue, 6 May 2008 17:30:00 +0000 15:00 Teachers TV Four young people talk about their personal experiences with alcohol. This programme is designed to be used in KS3/4 PSHE. Teachers TV How alcohol affected the lives of four young people Marcio, arrived from Angola with his grandmother 3 years ago, after her death he turned to drink looking to forget his problems. Tasha contracted a sexually transmitted infection after drinking too much at a party. Curtis damaged his chances for a career as a professional snooker player by drinking too much. And Becky struggled with alcoholism through her teenage years. http://download.teachers.tv/download/Wk2108EGC115001A.mov Tue, 20 May 2008 17:30:00 +0000 15:00 Teachers TV PSHE teacher Cliff Evans plans a lesson on alcohol with the input from his students as well as experts. Teachers TV How students input shaped a lesson on alcohol PSHE teacher Cliff Evans wants to get his alcohol education just right, so he asks students what they wished they'd been taught a year earlier. This approach gives him plenty to think about as he plans a lesson that really meets their needs. http://download.teachers.tv/download/Wk2208EGC1155002A.mov Tue, 27 May 2008 17:30:00 +0000 15:00 Teachers TV Two primary schools teach the facts about drugs and help equip their students with the life-skills to make informed choices. Teachers TV Innovative drugs education from Reception to Year 6 This programme features new techniques for teaching pupils the facts about drugs and equipping them with the skills in order to make informed choices. The programme focuses on how the knowledge is differentiated by age and built on year by year from reception to Year 6. An example of this is their efforts to make younger pupils aware of how special their bodies are and how to look after them. http://download.teachers.tv/download/Wk2308EGC0524001C.mov Tue, 3 June 2008 17:30:00 +0000 15:00 Teachers TV How to give students the knowledge and skills to enable them to stay safe in a drug-using world through a Year 8 PSHE lesson. Teachers TV Addressing drugs issues in a Year 8 PSHE lesson This programme focuses on Sally George, head of PSHE at Shoeburyness High School in Essex, as she takes a Year 8 drug awareness class. Sally has devised a range of resources for her 100-minute lessons to engage students of all abilities. http://download.teachers.tv/download/Wk2408EG032040004SB.mov Tue, 10 June 2008 17:30:00 +0000 15:00 Teachers TV This film reveals the dedication of a teacher who opened her own school to try to help troubled girls receive some form of education. Teachers TV How can the complex needs of troubled girls be met? Headteacher Sue Tinson has risked £500k worth of personal debt to open The Serendipity School - in an adapted bungalow on the outskirts of Southampton. Serendipity caters to girls with complex emotional and behavioural issues and real learning needs. For many of the girls it's their last hope for some form of education. The film asks what can be done with some of our most vulnerable teenagers - does a damaged childhood have to mean a damaged life? http://download.teachers.tv/download/Wk2908EGC2594002A.mov Tue, 15 July 2008 17:30:00 +0000 15:00 Teachers TV Behaviour guru, John Bayley helps French teacher, Jane Wright, tackle constant low-level disruption in her Year 7 class. Teachers TV Can a lot more praise engage the more difficult pupils? Drayton School is a small Community Comprehensive on the rural outskirts of Banbury in Oxfordshire. John Bayley observes part time French teacher Jane Wright struggle with a particularly disruptive group of pupils in a year 7 class. Bayley suggests she try to prevent some of the disruption by making more use of her vivacious personality and change to an upbeat teaching style with a lot more praise. Will it work? http://download.teachers.tv/download/Wk3008EGC1291003A.mov Tue, 29 July 2008 17:30:00 +0000 15:00 Teachers TV Because of her difficult behaviour 14-year old Jade moves schools often. Her new deputy head assembles a support group for Jade, and we see how she works with a Safe Schools Officer. Teachers TV How a support group in her new school helps 14-year old Jade Because of her difficult behaviour 14-year old Jade is being moved from one school to another. The deputy head of her new school finds it hard to discover all the facts about Jade's case, until she speaks to a policewoman working as a Safe Schools Officer at Jade's previous school, who knows what makes Jade tick. She assembles a group to support Jade and her father in keeping Jade in school. http://download.teachers.tv/download/Wk3208EGC2740002A.mov Tue, 29 July 2008 17:30:00 +0000 15:00 Teachers TV Education journalist Mike Baker looks at what the impact will be of the new Key Stage 3 Curriculum and the ideas behind it. Teachers TV Everything you need to know about the new curriculum The new reforms aim to allow teachers a greater chance to innovate and the ability to better tailor their teaching to the particular needs of their students. http://download.teachers.tv/download/Wk3608EGC2603002E.mov Tue, 2 September 2008 17:30:00 +0000 15:00 Teachers TV How one school aims to make their pupils more independent and successful learners. Their success has lead to them being a case study for the Key Stage 3 curriculum reforms. Teachers TV A case study in implenting the new KS3 curriculum By designing their own curriculum, Collegiate High School in Blackpool has responded well to the needs of its pupils. Individual needs are met by the staff, in a combination of a tutor group format and cross-curricular teaching. Is this one route to success in implementing the new curriculum? http://download.teachers.tv/download/Wk3708EGC2022003B.mov Tue, 9 September 2008 17:30:00 +0000 15:00 Teachers TV This programme shows three primary teachers using specially designed whiteboard resources to teach Literacy. Teachers TV How teachers use the interactive whiteboard to teach literacy This programme shows how ‘Story Starts’ can be used in the classroom. With teacher Simon Botten we see how the clips are used to prompt class discussion about characters, motives and story lines and how this translates into creative writing where pupils can work on ‘what happened next’, making changes to the original story line and introducing new characters. http://download.teachers.tv/download/Wk3808EGC1600006A.mov Tue, 16 September 2008 17:30:00 +0000 15:00 Teachers TV These seven story starts are designed for teachers to use on their interactive whiteboards. Teachers TV Seven video resources to use in class to help teach literacy An alluring jewellery shop, a ghostly graveyard and a tunnel with a warning are just three of a series of seven exciting story starts that make up this programme. Designed for use in class. http://download.teachers.tv/download/Wk38A08EGC1600005A.mov Tue, 16 September 2008 17:30:00 +0000 15:00 Teachers TV Seven lesson starts for use in class on the interactive whiteboard. Each starter introduces a different science topic through documentary or drama Teachers TV Seven exciting science lesson starts to use in class Seven science activities illustrated with live-action scenarios. Each scenario ends with ‘what happens next?’ – leaving the answer to the teacher and their class. http://download.teachers.tv/download/Wk4008EGC2963002A.mov Tue, 30 September 2008 17:30:00 +0000 15:00 Teachers TV We challenge secondary English teacher David Pollicutt to raise his game to see if he can go from 'good' to 'outstanding'. Teachers TV Can a team of experts help David improve his teaching skills? Working with a range of pedagogy, subject and communications advisers, we follow a ‘good’ teacher as they try to improve their teaching and aim for ‘outstanding’. http://download.teachers.tv/download/Wk4308EGC2972001B.mov Tue, 21 October 2008 17:30:00 +0000 27:37 Teachers TV What makes a teacher 'oustanding' as oppossed to just 'good? With expert help, a secondary MFL teacher tries to get there. Teachers TV Will the advice from the experts help Rebecca become 'outstanding'? 'Outstanding' - the ultimate accolade for teachers. We've challenged secondary MFL teacher Rebecca Wills to up her game and see if she can go from 'good' to 'outstanding'. http://download.teachers.tv/download/Wk4408EGC2751002A.mov Tue, 28 October 2008 17:30:00 +0000 27:05 Teachers TV Is teaching evolution being threatened by a rise in creationism, and can religious belief and scientific theory be included in the same lesson? Teachers TV Is the teaching of evolution under threat from a rise in religious fundamentalism? Adam Rutherford explores the controversy and hears that science teachers are being challenged and distracted by increasing questions about creationism and intelligent design - or avoiding the issues altogether rather than risk upsetting religious sensitivities. Adam supports calls for teachers to confront the issues and make evolution a priority in science teaching. But, despite his own atheism, he discovers how religious arguments can play a relevant role in explaining scientific theories. http://download.teachers.tv/download/Wk4508EGC3050001B.mov Tue, 04 November 2008 17:30:00 +0000 27:17 Teachers TV A former Teacher of the Year inspires a group of Year 10 students in an active lesson about Darwin's theory of evolution. Teachers TV An active lesson and ideas on how to teach Darwin's theory of evolution. Ceri Evans uses a variety of games and challenges to excite and inspire a group of gifted and talented Year 10 pupils in a lesson about Darwin's theory of evolution. In the process, this former Teacher of the Year provides science teachers with some effective ways of teaching about one of the most important ideas in the history of philosophy and science. http://download.teachers.tv/download/Wk4608EGC2901002A.mov Tue, 11 November 2008 17:30:00 +0000 27:17 Teachers TV An award-winning approach to engaging primary pupils with scientific methodologies and the life and work of Charles Darwin. Teachers TV Ideas for teaching about the life and work of Darwin to primary school children. St Stephen & All Martyrs School in Bolton were winners of the Rolls Royce Science Prize in 2007 for their project 'Following in the Footsteps of Darwin'. In order to respond to a lack of interest in science within the school and having heard about the Science Prize, an active governor came up with the idea of recreating some of the experiments that Darwin performed involving flora and fauna. http://download.teachers.tv/download/Wk4708EGC2982001A.mov Tue, 18 November 2008 17:30:00 +0000 27:17 Teachers TV Explore the potential for using virtual worlds as an educational resource in the classroom. Teachers TV The potential for using virtual worlds as an educational resource. Assistant Head Mike Adams wanted to investigate the potential of using virtual worlds in education. After joining the Schome project with South East Grid for Learning and the Open University, he was able to explore the educational potential of Second Life. http://download.teachers.tv/download/Wk0309EGC2984001A.mov Mon, 12 January 2009 17:30:00 +0000 27:17 Teachers TV Find out how two schools are using blogs and online collaborative tools in the classroom, with positive impacts on teaching and learning. Teachers TV How weblogs and wikis can be used in the classroom. Teachers can make good use of blogs and online collaboration. MFL teacher Janet McCann finds blogging provides invaluable motivation for many of the boys in her class, and we hear why the pupils find this technology so engaging. At Priestsic Primary School in Nottinghamshire ICT co-ordinator Tom Barrett uses online collaboration tools to enable peer assessment that develops the pupils' literacy skills. http://download.teachers.tv/download/Wk0309EGC2984002A.mov Mon, 13 January 2009 17:30:00 +0000 27:17 Teachers TV Discover how staff at one primary school in Cheshire have developed the use of podcasting in the classroom - with great results. Teachers TV A great example of the effective use of podcasting in one primary school. 'One of the main concerns with the school was to develop speaking and listening skills, and also to give the children a reason for writing. Podcasting has fulfilled both of those requirements.' That's according to Headteacher Noreen Curphey. http://download.teachers.tv/download/Wk0309EGC2984003A.mov Mon, 14 January 2009 17:30:00 +0000 27:17 Teachers TV Through powerful first-hand testimonies, teachers and ex-teachers break the silence and speak out about mental health problems and their own mental illnesses Teachers TV An unswerving look at clinical depression and mental health issues in the teaching profession It is claimed that one in three teachers will have mental health problems at some point during their career. In this programme, we hear from people who are willing to talk openly and honestly about their mental health problems. http://download.teachers.tv/download/Wk0909EGC2718001A.mov Tue, 24 February 2009 17:30:00 +0000 27:17 Teachers TV