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Brighter Thinking Pod

Welcome to the Brighter Thinking Pod from the International Education group of Cambridge University Press & Assessment. We provide a place where international education enthusiasts from all backgrounds can come together to discuss the challenges faced by teachers in a modern classroom and discover new teaching ideas. Our panels consist of teachers, authors, key subject figures and more. If you'd like to get involved, follow us on Twitter or Instagram @CambridgeInt and send in your show suggestions!

Preparing students for life: Cambridge Global Perspectives and the Junior Duke Award

26 mins; March 05, 2026

Helping children to be AI and media literate

28 mins; February 23, 2026

Knowledge vs. skills? Why you need both in the age of AI

20 mins; February 06, 2026

Do students feel prepared for the future?

24 mins; January 23, 2026

Preparing learners to thrive in a changing world

17 mins; September 15, 2025

Early Years education: play-based learning and language support

28 mins; July 02, 2025

Introduction to Inclusive Education

19 mins; April 01, 2025

Teachers' Changing Perceptions of AI

35 mins; March 25, 2025

Online Schools: Helping All Learners to Thrive

45 mins; November 25, 2024

Creating a Wellbeing Framework in your School

61 hours 32 mins; October 24, 2024

Teaching the Climate Emergency

30 mins; October 21, 2024

How Schools Can Create an Effective Predicted Grades Policy

27 mins; September 18, 2024

Early Years Teaching and Learning

48 mins; July 19, 2024

Cultivating Green Shoots: A Practical Guide to Climate Change and Sustainability in Your School

33 mins; May 09, 2024

Introduction to Climate Change Education

16 mins; March 27, 2024

How to be an Effective Maths Teacher in the Fast-Changing Modern World

59 mins; July 27, 2023

Mental Fluency in Maths

36 mins; July 24, 2023

How to 'NRICH' Maths Students Through Project Work: Tasks for IGCSE

41 mins; July 21, 2023

Bonus ep: How Students can get Match Fit for Examinations by Learning from Elite Athletes and the Latest Scientific Research

35 mins; July 20, 2023

Bonus ep: The Difficulties and Avenues for Delivering Educational Offerings About Healthy Eating to Minoritized Ethnic Communities

33 mins; July 13, 2023

Bonus ep: Educating Adults to Eat More Healthily

29 mins; July 05, 2023

Bonus ep: Understanding How Adolescents Could Eat More Healthily

31 mins; June 28, 2023

Bonus ep: How to Educate Young Children and Caregivers About Healthy Eating

28 mins; June 28, 2023

Top Tips for Teaching Primary and Lower Secondary Global Perspectives

20 mins; May 25, 2023

Stretch, Support and Challenge in Upper Secondary Science part 2

32 mins; May 18, 2023

Stretch, Support and Challenge in Upper Secondary Science part 1

32 mins; May 12, 2023

Teaching Programming to Primary and Lower Secondary Learners

32 mins; May 04, 2023

Assessment part 3: Steering a Course in the Sea of Data

30 mins; April 26, 2023

Assessment part 2: Setting up Assessments for Success

27 mins; April 20, 2023

Assessment part 1: Here, There and Everywhere

33 mins; April 13, 2023

Positive Peace

30 mins; April 11, 2023

Developing Essential Skills for IB Sciences

44 mins; March 24, 2023

Behaviour for Learning

50 mins; March 15, 2023

Neurodiversity part 2

41 mins; March 13, 2023

Neurodiversity part 1

42 mins; March 12, 2023

Improving Maths Skills in the Science Classroom

65 hours 3 mins; March 02, 2023

Thrive: The Purpose of Schools in a Changing World

82 hours 10 mins; April 21, 2022

What Makes a Good Essay? Part 2

71 hours 32 mins; April 14, 2022

What Makes a Good Essay? Part 1

69 hours 54 mins; April 07, 2022

Bringing the real world into the STEM classroom

38 mins; March 31, 2022

Teaching Remotely

44 mins; March 24, 2022

Creating Work Experience Opportunities For Young Students

26 mins; March 17, 2022

Teach Students How To Learn: Metacognition

55 mins; March 17, 2022

Hands-on Learning

45 mins; April 15, 2021

Homework

40 mins; April 08, 2021

Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)

47 mins; April 01, 2021

Primary Special – Encouraging Imagination and Engagement to Develop Key Skills

47 mins; March 24, 2021

21st Century Skills

38 mins; March 18, 2021

Engaging Parents in Education part 2

30 mins; March 11, 2021

Engaging Parents in Education part 1

26 mins; March 04, 2021

Assessment for learning

25 mins; February 26, 2021

Student Wellbeing

35 mins; February 26, 2021

Ep 12: Assessment for learning

25 mins; February 25, 2021

Bonus ep: Teaching during school closures

25 mins; June 23, 2020

Engaging English

29 mins; August 29, 2019

Preparing Projects

31 mins; August 22, 2019

Inspiring Lessons

33 mins; August 15, 2019

Reading with The International Literacy Centre - Pt 2.

21 mins; August 08, 2019

Reading with The International Literacy Centre - Pt 1.

26 mins; August 01, 2019

The Future of Education

26 mins; July 25, 2019

Maximising Mathematics

59 mins; July 18, 2019

Differentiation in the Classroom

37 mins; July 11, 2019

English as a Second Language in the Classroom

37 mins; July 04, 2019

Active Learning Tips & Lesson Ideas

32 mins; June 27, 2019

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