Teachers' Voices BOLD and Nina Alonso

Teachers are one of the most influential and powerful forces for equity, access and quality in education. They provide children with the knowledge, skills, attitude and tools needed to reach their full potential.
Join Nina Alonso for the third season of the podcast in which she shares powerful stories from teachers around the world, talking in their own words about their own experiences. Every episode, Nina invites international experts on learning and child development to give their thoughts on the big topics in education. 
What challenges and opportunities does AI bring to school life? How can children be more connected to nature and be agents of social and environmental change? Explore these questions and many more in our third season, and hear from inspiring teachers and amazing guests including Stefania Giannini, Assistant Director General for Education at UNESCO.

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Join educational researcher Nina Alonso for this podcast series as she shares powerful stories from teachers around the world, talking in their own words about their own experiences. 
In the previous episode of Teachers’ Voices, Nina heard from four inspiring guests about connecting children to nature so that it becomes more central in their learning and development.

In this special mini episode, Nina ends the season with recommendations and tips from those guests. Hear from Luis Alberto Camargo, Joaquin Leguia, Jeff Barrett, and Sal Gordon. Nina also speaks to Emma, a forest school teacher, who shares helpful resources for teachers and families to bring nature to kids’ lives. 

Thank you to all of the educators and researchers who contributed to the second season of Teachers’ Voices. We’re busy working on season three and can’t wait to share more stories from teachers around the world with you later in the year.


Guests
Luis Alberto Camargo
LinkedIn
Twitter
OpEPA

Sal Gordon
LinkedIn
Green School – Twitter, Instagram, Facebook

Jeff Barrett
Blue Mountain Wild School – Research, Facebook, Instagram

Emma

Joaquin Leguia
LinkedIn
Facebook


Resources and recommendations
IUCN Resources
‘Belonging’, an inspiring wordless picture book about re-greening the cities by Jeannie Baker
The Woodland Trust
David Sobel
Children’s land TiNi
Forest schools
Do children benefit from forest school?


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What is the role of nature in children’s learning and development? How are schools around the world connecting children to nature?
In this episode, Nina talks to Luis Alberto Camargo, a social entrepreneur who specialises in nature-based education. Luis tells Nina about the scientific research exploring the role of nature in children’s wellbeing. Nina also speaks to Joaquin Leguia, the founder of an approach that promotes healthy relationships between children and the Earth. 
Nina also meets Jeff Barrett, an outdoor adventurer and the founder of a school in the Canadian forests, and Sal Gordon, the principal of a school in the jungles of Bali that aims to make the world sustainable.
Guests and resources
Luis Alberto Camargo
LinkedIn
Twitter
OpEPA
Education for Regeneration – Why EE Is Natural for Personal Growth and Understanding
Education for Regeneration – A Nature-Based Approach
Leading Change Beyond Sustainability
IUCN #NatureForAll
Children & Nature Network Resources
Global Lessons on Greening School Grounds & Outdoor Learning
OpEPA - Bringing Nature into Learning on HundrEd
Joaquin Leguia
LinkedIn
Facebook
Ania – Instagram, Facebook
Children’s Land (TiNi) – TiNi on UNESCO en español YouTube
Jeff Barrett
Blue Mountain Wild School – Research, Facebook, Instagram
Sal Gordon
LinkedIn
Green School – Instagram, Facebook
Coconut Thinking Podcast 
Contact
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How can educators take some of the stress and anxiety out of mathematics?
In this episode, Nina talks to Lindsey Richland, Associate Professor at the University of California, Irvine. Lindsey talks about the importance of teaching methods that incorporate reasoning skills. Nina also speaks to Dror Dotan, Head of the Mathematical Thinking Lab at Tel Aviv University, who describes the different knowledge processes that mathematical learning entails. Dror explains how understanding this can help in supporting individual learners.

Nina also hears from two former mathematics teachers – Elena Flores, Principal of Colegio Madrid in Spain, and Nate Madick in California, the Educators Outreach Lead of the digital platform Brilliant. Both discuss digital resources for mathematics teachers.


Guests and resources
Lindsey Richland, University of California Irvine
Dror Dotan, Mathematical Thinking Lab
Elena Florez, Colegio Madrid, LinkedIn
Nate Madick, Brilliant, LinkedIn, Twitter
Smartick
Listen to Lindsey Richland discuss the importance of developing children’s reasoning skills on a previous episode of Teachers’ Voices. 
Read more by Dror Dotan: What’s the most effective way to learn the times table?

Thanks Laura Villar for dubbing Elena Florez
Contact
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How can education be transformed so that all children, including the most underprivileged, have access to learning? 
In this episode, Nina talks to Armando Ali in Kenya about organisations promoting children’s foundational learning across Africa, South Asia, and South America. Nina also hears from Francis Bizoza about accelerated learning interventions that help children catch up with foundational learning in a refugee camp in Uganda. Finally, Nina speaks to Koen Verrecht about his experiences working with the most underprivileged children who are out of school and living on the streets.

The guests share caring, respectful approaches and innovative solutions that can offer new opportunities for the most vulnerable children around the world.


Guests and resources
Armando Ali, CEO of the People's Action for Learning Network
Francis Bizoza
Learning Equality
Amal Alliance
Koen Verrecht, Strategic Education Advisor at VVOB
MobileSchool 


Contact
Join us on social media: https://twitter.com/BOLD_insights and https://twitter.com/VoicesTeachers
Listen to all episodes of Teachers’ Voices here: https://bold.expert/teachers-voices/
Subscribe to BOLD’s newsletter: https://bold.expert/newsletter
Stay up to date with all the latest research on child development and learning: https://bold.expert
Get in touch with us: podcastteachersvoices@gmail.com  

In this special mini episode, teachers from Qatar, Mexico, and Nigeria share resources and recommendations for other educators.
Guests
Aljawhara Aladba from Teach For Qatar
Isaac Galindo from Enseña por México
Ganiyat Muritala Wuraola from Teach For Nigeria


Resources and recommendations
Teachers Pay Teachers
Twinkl
Socrative
Kahoot!
Freedom Writers
The Ron Clark Story


Contact
Join us on social media: https://twitter.com/BOLD_insights and https://twitter.com/VoicesTeachers
Listen to all episodes of Teachers’ Voices here: https://bold.expert/teachers-voices/
Subscribe to BOLD’s newsletter: https://bold.expert/newsletter
Stay up to date with all the latest research on child development and learning: https://bold.expert
Get in touch with us: podcastteachersvoices@gmail.com