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Listen to Education International’s new “Pedagogies of Possibility” podcast!

published 25 October 2023 updated 23 February 2024

Education International’s new “Pedagogies of Possibility” podcast series explores how the Teacher-led Learning Circles for Formative Assessment (T3LFA) project has provided the space for educators to come together across its seven project countries to invent innovative pedagogical practice that improves educational outcomes for all students.

The podcast is being launched in the framework of the “Teacher-led Learning Circles for Formative Assessment” project.

The T3LFA project aims to provide teachers with tools and support to identify and establish effective teacher-led formative assessment practices that can be disseminated within and across education unions. It is implemented in partnership with member organisations in 7 countries (CNTE/Brazil, FUMTEP/Uruguay, GNAT/Ghana, NUTP/Malaysia, LCH/Switzerland, KTU/South Korea and SNEPPCI/Côte d’Ivoire) with support from Jacobs Foundation.

The first two episodes of the podcast, entitled “Pedagogies of Possibility: Learning Circles & Pedagogical Activism” and “Pedagogies of Possibility: Learning Circles & Reflective Practice” were released today!

Listen to the podcast episodes by using the links in the table below and subscribe to the EI podcast channel wherever you get your podcasts to make sure that you keep up to date with the “Pedagogies of Possibility” podcast series.

Episode 1: Pedagogies of Possibility: Learning Circles & Pedagogical Activism

The first episode of the podcast, entitled “Pedagogies of Possibility: Learning Circles & Pedagogical Activism” explores how teachers participating in the T3LFA project in Switzerland have creatively used technology to invent formative assessment practices that meet the distinct needs of each student. The conversation then turns to discussing how having dedicated time to develop and reflect on these promising formative assessment practices in learning circles can be understood as a form of pedagogical activism. Listen to the first episode here!

Episode 2: Pedagogies of Possibility: Learning Circles & Reflective Practice

The second episode of the podcast, entitled “Pedagogies of Possibility: Learning Circles & Reflective Practice” returns to Switzerland to discuss the importance of encouraging reflective practice amongst teachers. It then touches on the ways in which educational systems can make space for this work through the incorporation of teacher-led learning circles into pre-existing continuous professional development. Listen to the second episode here!

Episode 3: Pedagogies of Possibility: Learning Circles & Decolonial Practice 

The third episode of the podcast, entitled "Pedagogies of Possibility: Learning Circles & Decolonial Practice" explores how teacher-led learning circles for formative assessment respond to Brazil’s distinct colonial history and are spaces for teachers to create critical pedagogies that allow for engagement in educational praxis, where teachers and students engage in a continual process of understanding and acting on the world in order to change it.  Listen to the third episode here!

Want to find out more about the T3LFA project? Continue to keep up to date with project activities across our seven project countries by visiting our dedicated project page.