From The BESA 2018 Conference

In their first attempt at a podcast all about the wonderful world of the PGCE, Emma and Tom sit in a boiling hot hotel room in Bolton musing on the BESA2018 conference we have attended. There were talks on everything from equity in international education to school improvement strategies. The wellbeing slot is all about taking the time to do something to enhance your own work life, we shout out to a performance poet from the 2016-17 PGCE drama cohort, and Emma's calorie-free takeout (!) is called 'power walk'. Spontaneous decisions to record using only the equipment you've brought to a conference don't always result in the best sound quality, so don't judge us on that yet! Normal service will be resumed once we're back in sunny Cardiff. We're on twitter at @ethayer_cmu and @thomasbreeze so please do come and say hello. If you want to know more about PISA, take a look here: https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pisa/ If you've not come across John Hattie's work, check out his website: https://visible-learning.org/ See you in a fortnight, when we'll be musing on the many roles played by the people who teach our student teachers.   ---------- Recorded in Bolton on 29th June 2018