Brighter Thinking Pod

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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!

Ep 39: Top Tips for Teaching Primary and Lower Secondary Global Perspectives

May 25, 2023

Are you looking for some top tips for helping students to build their skills in the Global Perspectives classroom? Then this episode is for you!

Our host for this episode is Commissioning Editor for Global Perspectives and Commerce at the Press, Julia Fusi. She is joined by two special guests. Nancy Budler is a teacher...

Ep 38: Stretch, Support and Challenge in Upper Secondary Science part 2

May 18, 2023

We're back for part 2 of Stretch, Support and Challenge in Upper Secondary Science. In this episode, we look at challenging your students who want to take sciences beyond school, as well as the kinds of transferable skills sciences teach for those students who want to take a different path.

Our host again is Senior...

Ep 37: Stretch, Support and Challenge in Upper Secondary Science part 1

May 12, 2023

Are you a secondary science teacher looking for tips on stretching, supporting and challenging your students? This episode is for you!

Today's host is Senior Product Marketing Executive at the Press, Tamsin Hart. She is joined by Head of Science, David Martindill. David authors titles from our IGCSE biology and...

Ep 36: Teaching Programming to Primary and Lower Secondary Learners

May 4, 2023

Welcome back to the Brighter Thinking Pod! In this episode we dive into teaching programming to primary and secondary learners. We believe that learning to code is an important skill for young people in today's world - not just in itself, but with the '21st century skills' that come with it: computational thinking,...