The Oracy And Beyond podcast brings together people who are passionate about the transformative effects oracy can have in helping young people find their voice and their confidence. Through sharing their own experiences of seeing the difference oracy in a classroom setting can have, as well as looking back on the difference oracy would have made to their own school days, Oracy And Beyond offers anecdotes as well as expert thoughts and ideas. Hosted by Al Booth, broadcaster and founder of You ...
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Oracy As An Epiphany: How listening is a vital way of teaching - Louise Pickering
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31:38"I'm talking too much and I'm not letting anyone else speak, and that will be impacting students all the time in my classroom. It's not just the students' oracy; it's mine too. And the staff in the room. That was my epiphany." Louise Pickering is the Head of Social Sciences at Weavers Academy, part of the Creative Education Trust. Louise admits to …
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Oracy By Numbers: How Maths Is Transformed By Talking - Caroline Hudson
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35:43"I would deliberately do bits wrong, and they could tell me. And they did it in pairs, they did it in fours, they did it where they were starting off with a question, or they were halfway through a question. For me, that was like the prime example of how we could prove that oracy was just a brilliant way of doing things." Caroline Hudson is The Kit…
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Oracy for the Community: fostering oracy in school and at home - Michelle Windridge (Twinkl)
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20:49"I was painfully shy. I am dyslexic as well. If I could get through a day without speaking and having anyone look at me, then that was a success. But then because of that, because the way that education was back then, I never developed those skills needed and that vocabulary needed." Michelle Windridge is the National Education Lead for school-base…
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Oracy and beyond exists to celebrate the fact that Oracy IS equity. On this show I chat to anyone who is passionate about oracy, and more so about helping young people discover their voice (and their confidence) through communication. I'll talk to people from education who have been and are in classrooms, to experts in the field, to people for who …
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