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The Long Walk Up

By: Ross Williams
  • Summary

  • This is a Podcast to capture the real world reflections of Physical Educator's and Sports coaches implementing child centered approaches to learning.

    Hosted by Physical education teachers, Dan Lycett and Ross Williams from a Cabin in North wales.

    The podcast aims to openly share practice and challenges as they arise in an attempt to support others in becoming Agents of change in their environments.


    Some Topic's we cover:


    • Supporting self-directed learning
    • Implementing Non-linear approaches to education
    • Exploring Child centered approaches
    • Plus many more ramblings from the minds of two dyslexic PE teachers who want to make a difference.

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    Ross Williams
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Episodes
  • Episode 1: What is the long walk up
    Sep 15 2023

    In this First Episode of the Podcast, Host's Dan Lycett and Ross Williams Introduce the show and discuss the purpose of sharing their journey's as they explore a new self-directed course to replace Traditional approaches to Level 2 Physical education. In this episode we cover.


    • Who are we
    • What is the new Course?
    • Why are we sharing the journey?
    • Our biggest Challenges
    • What are we most excited about The new course


    We would love feedback and welcome any questions.


    You can find us both On Twitter:


    Dan - https://x.com/MrlycettPE?s=20

    Ross - https://twitter.com/_andCoach



    And on Linked inn

    Ross Williams and Dan Lycett.



    Enjoy The show!


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    32 mins
  • The First Week
    Sep 22 2023

    In this BITESIZE episode Dan and Ross discuss their early experiences of sharing the self-directed course with the new year 10 pupils. We also develop into our reflections from the first week back in school.


    We Cover:


    • A reminder about why we are here and what we are trying to do in education. For the full story see

    (https://open.acast.com/public/streams/64fade23154f470011478696/episodes/6504259ec7bc5300111961b7.MP3)


    • Our first experiences of introducing students to self-directed learning.


    • We also look forward to taking students through their first individual learning meetings and discuss the value of Autonomy in learning.



    Next week we look into 'learning meating's, co-creating learning agreements with students, So Stay tuned for more Educational ramblings on next weeks long walk up.



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    14 mins
  • Learning meetings
    Sep 29 2023

    In This third episode of the Long walk up Dan and Ross discuss the concept of learning meetings and how they will play a crucial part in supporting students in a self-directed learning approach.


    During the episode share their reflections of what its been like working with individuals through learning meetings, the genuine value and importance of supporting student autonomy as well as..


    • What Are learning meetings?
    • How do we Use learning meetings to formulate learning agreements and create accountability.
    • Some examples of stuff that we have noticed in our early learning meetings
    • Ross shares some honest reflections around being challenged at time
    • Dan and Ross both share their excitement and some challenges they may face in our quick fire questions at the end.



    As promised In the episode bellow are an example of the questions we are using the frame our learning meetings:



    1. What Have been the experiences in this topic so far that could support your learning presentation? 

    2. What are you currently doing to support your understanding of this topic? 

    3. What would you like to produce for your learning presentation? 

    4. How will I produce this and who could support me? 

    5. What will be the biggest challenge for me coming up? 




    As always we welcome any questions or feedback and you can find us both on twitter at:



    Ross - https://twitter.com/_andCoach

    Dan - https://twitter.com/MrlycettPE


    or linked in at:


    Ross Williams and Dan Lycett.



    Till next time, Thanks for listening!





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    27 mins

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