Cambridge Assessment Podcasts

Paul Newton, Tim Oates and Nick Saville examine the role of ideas – theory, assumptions and values – which, in some cases, are consciously adopted as the basis of specific assessments, and in other cases perform powerful, but unspoken, shaping. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Alison Peacock talks about the alternative approach that her primary school has taken to assessment, pedagogy and curriculum throughout KS1 and KS2. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Professor Jeremy Hodgen of King’s College London joins Cambridge Assessment's Tim Oates to debate whether maths education in England has improved over recent years. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Chaired by Dr Christine Binns, Mathematics Mastery Curriculum Development Lead, ARK Schools, a viewpoint debate on whether technology is changing maths for the better featuring Conrad Wolfram, Founder – Computerbasedmath.org, and European CEO – Wolfram, and Tony Gardiner, British mathematician. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Panel debate on 'Making maths relevant' with: Charlie Stripp, Chief Executive – MEI and Director – National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics; Mark McCourt, Chairman – Teacher Development Trust, CEO – Beluga Learning; Janet De Wilde, Head of STEM – The Higher Education Academy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Panel debate on 'Numeracy, arithmetic, maths – what age and at what stage?' featuring: Lynne McClure, Project Director – NRICH; Lynn Churchman, Trustee – National Numeracy; Jennie Golding, deputy chair – Advisory Committee on Mathematics Education (ACME); and Tim Oates, Group Director of Assessment Research and Development – Cambridge Assessment. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Cambridge Assessment researchers Beth Black, Chung-Pak Cheung and Tim Gill discuss whether students who take GCSEs early perform better in their chosen examinations, or are they giving up their chance of getting a higher grade? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

21st century skills: a 21st century problem? Part 1 of our big debate. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dr Newman Burdett and Rebecca Wheater answer questions on international surveys. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Translanguaging: a dynamic bilingual perspective on pedagogy, assessment and research - interviews with Dr W Gwyn Lewis (Bangor University), Helen Imam and Stuart Shaw (Cambridge International Examinations) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How do researchers use the CRAS framework and Kelly's Repretory Grid technique in assessment research studies - Martin Johnson (Cambridge Assessment) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Victoria Elliott (Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment and Warwick Institute of Education) and Dr Talia Isaacs (University of Bristol) present. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Lee Donaghy (Park View Business & Enterprise School, Birmingham) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Phil Woolas (Former UK immigration minister and Labour MP) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Questions and discussion Session - Can't speak, can't learn: what's the impact of non-native speakers in schools? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

From the event on 'Can't speak, can't learn: what's the impact of non-native speakers in schools?' See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dr Sandra McNally (London School of Economics and Political Science) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Panel discussion chaired by Dr Nick Saville (Cambridge English Language Assessment); Featuring Dr Frank Monaghan (National Association for Language Development in Curriculum), Prof Dr Piet Van Avermaet (Ghent University, Belgium), Timothy Chadwick (consultant and teacher-trainer - language and testing) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Phililda Schellekens (consultant, author, teacher and teacher-trainer) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Findings from our research on higher education engagement and A Levels See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.