Friday Vox Pop

I put up a few posters around school last week (this post and episode are a bit late!) so the students had some notice on what the question would be for Friday. I found though, that the way I had phrased it “What do your teachers need to know about how you learn?” seemed to be a bit hard and was stopping kids from answering. Quite a few refused and some even ran away! So, in trying to get the students to answer and to make it easier to understand that I was really just wanting them to tell me about how they learn, the question ended up being “How do you learn best?” I got a lot more relaxed responses and “Oh, I know how to answer that!” replies when I did that.

Have a listen…

NEXT (THIS) WEEK’S QUESTION: What could teachers do to help make school more interesting?

For the first Friday Vox Pop I wanted to ease the kids into being interviewed by me so I kept it simple this time by asking them to tell me one thing they are looking forward to learning. Badminton, swimming, running, spelling, Chinese calligraphy, and the jaws of life all got a mention!

It was really good fun getting out there with my little recorder, and I had a few students checking up on me over the course of my yard duty to see how my interviewing was going.

You can listen to the episode by clicking on the badge below, which will take you to the podcast page , or by subscribing through iTunes (though check for it after Feb 4 as I’ve only just submitted it and it takes a couple of days to be approved).

Next week I’m going to ask the students what their teachers need to know about them to help them become better learners.

Friday Vox Pop is a podcast project in the making and will be launched on Friday Feb 8th. Each week I will ask the students at my school a question about their learning and education and you will hear the answers in the podcast which you will be able to subscribe to through iTunes.

Drop in again at the start of Feb to hear what the kids think…