Podcast
The Corcoran Lab
Hosted by Roisin Corcoran · EN
The Corcoran Lab Podcast separates facts from fiction in education.
The podcast is hosted by Professor Roisin Corcoran, a world leading expert, adviser and consultant in social and emotional learning. Professor Corcoran has an outstanding track record of cutting edge research and numerous accolades for her work around the development, implementation and evaluation of evidence-based educational programmes and competency-based tools for children and adults.
Series 1 of the podcast focuses on the field of social and emotional learning (SEL) and advocates the use of top-quality research to inform evidence-based education policy and practice.
The podcast is supported by the University of Nottingham and the Economic and Social Research Council.
Although the interviews sometimes focus on complex research, they have been developed with a wider audience in mind and are accessible to those with an interest in how we can improve social and emotional learning and create better and more equal education opportunities for all.
The podcast is edited and produced and by former BBC journalist and founder of Research Podcasts, Christine Garrington.
If you would like to get involved with The Corcoran Lab Podcast, suggest ideas for guests and questions you'd like asked, respond to what has been said, you can also follow the podcast via Professor Corcoran's Twitter account, where we hope to keep the conversation going between episodes.
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Linda Darling-Hammond: Improving teaching, learning and teacher education through SEL
Jul 1, 202000:36:53Tap to summarizeIn Episode 4 of Series 1 of The Corcoran Lab Podcast, Professor Roisin Corcoran talks with Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education Emeritus at Stanford University and founding president of the Learning Policy Institute, Linda Darling-Hammond about improving teaching and teacher education using social and emotional learning. They also discuss the guidance and support being given to schools in the US during the Coronavirus pandemic, particularly in California where Linda is President of the State Board of Education and has been actively working to help teachers, parents and children through the crisis.
Transcribe →Neil Humphrey and Jean Gross: Evidence-based approaches to teaching and learning
Jun 15, 202000:41:12Tap to summarizeIn Episode 3 of Series 1 of The Corcoran Lab Podcast, Professor Roisin Corcoran talks with Neil Humphrey and Jean Gross about evidence-based approaches to teaching and learning. Professor of Psychology of Education at the University of Manchester, Neil discusses his research on social and emotional learning and the importance of robust methods and analysis in the development and evaluation of interventions to improve teaching and learning. Practitioner Jean offers her thoughts on the importance of social and emotional learning during Covid-19 and what everyone should be doing to help children, especially the most vulnerable, to thrive and succeed at school and in life in these challenging times. Further resources Importance of Independent Evaluation of Educational Interventions - Blog Effective universal school-based social and emotional learning programs for improving academic achievement: A systematic review and meta-analysis of 50 years of research - Journal article Improving Social and Emotional Learning in Primary Schools - Education Endowment Foundation Report
Transcribe →Ezequiel Molina and Adelle Pushparatnam: Lessons from The World Bank
May 28, 202000:45:23Tap to summarizeIn Episode 2 of Series 1 of The Corcoran Lab Podcast, Professor Roisin Corcoran talks with Ezequiel Molina and Adelle Pushparatnam from The World Bank about their Teach and Coach approach, designed to improve teaching quality in low- and middle-income countries. They explain how the approach works and the importance of social and emotional learning in the creation and use of the World Bank's Teach and Coach approach. Other useful resources Teach Web Page Video of Teach 1 Year Anniversary Teach Research
Transcribe →Roger Weissberg: Social and emotional learning
May 4, 202000:40:56Tap to summarizeIn Episode 1 of Series 1 of The Corcoran Lab Podcast, Professor Roisin Corcoran talks with Roger Weissberg about social and emotional learning (SEL). Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Illinois Chicago, and Chief Knowledge Officer and Board Vice Chair at the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL), Roger talks about how COVID-19 is affecting children's education, how best to provide support during the pandemic, the benefits of social and emotional learning and why he has been a passionate advocate of SEL for more than 40 years.
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