Episodes

  • FreshEd #426 - Rohingya Refugee Teachers in Cox’s Bazar (Chris Henderson)

    FreshEd #426 - Rohingya Refugee Teachers in Cox’s Bazar (Chris Henderson)
    Jul 5 2026
    Today we explore the Rohingya refugee crisis. My guest, Chris Henderson, conducted research on teacher motivation in Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh, which is home to over 1 million Rohingya refugees. Chris Henderson is an Education in Emergencies Specialist at NORRAG at the Geneva Graduate Institute. His latest article, which entitled “Through teaching I found myself again”: The role of self-efficacy in Rohingya refugee teachers’ motivation to teach in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, will soon be published in Compare. freshedpodcast.com/henderson -- Get in touch! LinkedIn: @FreshEdpodcast Facebook: FreshEd Email: info@freshedpodcast.com
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    26 mins
  • FreshEd #109 – Learning to be a teacher (Maria Teresa Tatto and Ian Menter)

    FreshEd #109 – Learning to be a teacher (Maria Teresa Tatto and Ian Menter)
    Jul 12 2026
    How do teachers learn to teach? My guests today, Maria Teresa Tatto and Ian Menter, discuss the many paths to become a teacher in England and the USA and the policy environment that is shaping current practice. Learning to be a teacher, they argue, requires much more than simply having a lot of content knowledge. Just because you may know math really well does not mean that you would be a good math teach. Teaching is a skill that must be systematically learned and practiced. Together with Katharine Burn, Trevor Mutton, and Ian Thompson, Teresa and Ian have a new co-written book entitled Learning to Teach in England and the United States: The Evolution of Policy and Practice, which was published by Routledge earlier this year. Maria Teresa Tatto is Professor in the Division of Educational Leadership and Innovation at Arizona State University, and the Southwest Borderlands Professor of Comparative Education at the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College. Ian Menter is Emeritus Professor of Teacher Education at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. www.freshedpodcast.com/tatto-menter -- Get in touch! LinkedIn: @FreshEdpodcast Facebook: FreshEd Email: info@freshedpodcast.com
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    41 mins
  • FreshEd #427 – Problems with standardised effects sizes in education evaluations (Jack Rossiter)

    FreshEd #427 – Problems with standardised effects sizes in education evaluations (Jack Rossiter)
    Jul 19 2026
    Today we unpack various sources of distortion when calculating standardised effect sizes in education evaluations. This might seem technical, but understanding how measures of effectiveness are calculated can help us temper the confidence we place in claims about "what works." My guest is Jack Rossiter. Jack Rossiter is an independent researcher and non-resident fellow at the Centre for Global Development. Together with David Evans, Susannah Hares, and Catherine Henny, he recently co-wrote the working paper entitled “The Illusion of Comparability Among Standardised Effect Sizes: Why Education Evaluations Should Report Raw Effects.” freshedpodcast.com/rossiter -- Get in touch! LinkedIn: @FreshEdpodcast Facebook: FreshEd Email: info@freshedpodcast.com
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    37 mins
  • FreshEd #428 – EdTech in South and Southeast Asia (Molly Wyss and Brad Olsen)

    FreshEd #428 – EdTech in South and Southeast Asia (Molly Wyss and Brad Olsen)
    Jul 26 2026
    Today we explore the adoption and scaling of education technology across South and Southeast Asia. My guests are Molly Wyss and Brad Olsen. Molly Wyss is an assistant project director at the Centre for Universal Education in the Global Economy and Development Program at Brookings, where Brad Olsen is a Senior Fellow. There new report is entitled From Access to Impact: Government Decisionmaking and Scaling of EdTech in South and Southeast Asia. freshedpodcast.com/wyss-olsen -- Get in touch! LinkedIn: @FreshEdpodcast Facebook: FreshEd Email: info@freshedpodcast.com
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    32 mins
  • FreshEd #314 – The Culture Trap (Derron Wallace)

    FreshEd #314 – The Culture Trap (Derron Wallace)
    Aug 2 2026
    Today we explore the experiences of Black Caribbean youth in the United Kingdom and the United States. My guest is Derron Wallace, an assistant professor of sociology and education at Brandeis University. Derron Wallace’s new book is The Culture Trap: Ethnic Expectations and Unequal Schooling for Black Youth. freshedpodcast.com/wallace/ -- Get in touch! Twitter: @FreshEdpodcast Facebook: FreshEd Email: info@freshedpodcast.com Support FreshEd: www.freshedpodcast.com/donate
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    37 mins
  • FreshEd #429 – Does ChatGPT improve student learning? (Alyssa Lawson)

    FreshEd #429 – Does ChatGPT improve student learning? (Alyssa Lawson)
    Aug 9 2026
    Today we explore the research base that tries to answer if Generative AI improves student learning. My guest, Alyssa Lawson, recently co-wrote an article that critically analysed two meta analyses of ChatGPT that found it did indeed improve learning. Alyssa and her colleagues aren’t so sure. Alyssa Lawson is a lecturer in the department of psychological and brain sciences at Johns Hopkins University. Together with Amedee Martella, Joshua Weidlick, Miriam Mulders and Josef Buchner, Alyssa co-wrote the new article “Color me confounded: a critical analysis of media comparisons on ChaptGPT in education” which was published in Computers & Education. freshedpodcast.com/lawson -- Get in touch! LinkedIn: @FreshEdpodcast Facebook: FreshEd Email: info@freshedpodcast.com
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    29 mins
  • FreshEd #430 – Global perspectives on the philosophy of Education (Liz Jackson)

    FreshEd #430 – Global perspectives on the philosophy of Education (Liz Jackson)
    Aug 16 2026
    We've launched a student membership tier. Join today if you are a student who wants to support the work of FreshEd! https://freshedpodcast.com/support/#studentfresh -- Today we explore the philosophy of education from global perspectives. My guest is Liz Jackson. Liz Jackson is the Karen Lo Eugene Chuang Professor in Diversity and Equity and Associate Dean (Research) of the Faculty of Education at the University of Hong Kong. She has a forthcoming book entitled Understanding Philosophy of Education, which will be published by Edward Elgar early in 2027. freshedpodcast.com/lizjackson -- Get in touch! LinkedIn: @FreshEdpodcast Facebook: FreshEd Email: info@freshedpodcast.com
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    33 mins
  • FreshEd #313 – Black Lives Matter and Comparative Education (Sharon Walker and Krystal Strong)

    FreshEd #313 – Black Lives Matter and Comparative Education (Sharon Walker and Krystal Strong)
    Aug 23 2026
    If you're a student, FreshEd now has a membership tier just for you. StudentFresh is $5/month and helps keep FreshEd free and open for everyone, while giving you a way to directly support the show. https://freshedpodcast.com/support/#studentfresh -- Today we talk about Black Lives Matter and what it means for the field of comparative and international education. With me are Sharon Walker and Krystal Strong, who have recently co-edited with Derron Wallace, Arathi Sriprakash, Leon Tikly, and Crain Soudien, a special issue of Comparative Education Review entitled “Black Lives Matter and Global Struggles for Racial Justice in Education.” freshedpodcast.com/walker-strong/ -- Get in touch! Twitter: @FreshEdpodcast Facebook: FreshEd Email: info@freshedpodcast.com Support FreshEd: www.freshedpodcast.com/donate
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    40 mins