How to build a school

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My name is Ollie Briggs and I am the founder and Director of Learning at Arts Education Exchange https://artsedex.org/ and we are building a school. Not literally (although we've thought about it!) and I want to talk to as many people as I can to find out what are the problems with schools today? is creative learning and the arts a solution? and how can we think about school differently?

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Studio Lenca

Apr 16 2024 56 mins

Studio Lenca is a world created by artist Jose Campos, it's a space to tell their story, a story of migration, belonging, visibility and a celebration of their Salvadoran roots. In this conversation Jose offers generous insight into their expansive practice and how their experience as a teacher lives on through their artistic practice. https://www.studiolenca.com

Naomi Fisher

Jun 14 2023 65 mins

We have a system of education that creates and feeds anxiety - it tells children and young people that their interests don't matter and they're not good enough. My guest today knows this all too well but the solution, as she explains, may not be as complex as you might think. Dr Naomi Fisher is an independent clinical psychologist and EMDR consultant. She specialises in t

Mea Aitken - Kids of Colour

Jun 15 2022 55 mins

Picture this. a young person at school is disrupting their maths lesson. Consequently they are sent out the classroom. A few days later they get into a fight so they are sent to a room, isolated from peers and forbidden from having break time. Their poor behaviour persists throughout term and in the end they are suspended, remaining at home on their own for 3 days. Finally, after t

Peter Gray

May 06 2022 125 mins

My guest for this episode is the author and psychologist Peter Gray. Peter is a leading voice in evolutionary psychology, play, education and self-directed learning. Throughout our conversation Peter presents his compelling critique of the schooling system and shares evidence he's gathered over the last 50 years that alternatives do exist and work! at the core of his philosophy is

Kerry Murphy

Apr 01 2022 70 mins

Schools should be the platform from which our children learn equally. Early years education has historically offered a holistic, child centered, play based framework, offering the potential for learner diversity to thrive equally. But what happens beyond this brief moment in a child's educational journey? How can a model that expects children to learn exactly the same things at the

Jess Thom - Tourettes Hero

Feb 27 2022 71 mins

My guest today says it best: ‘Education needs to be something that young people are invested in and are at the center of not something that is done to them....we need to stop educating young people and start having systems where knowledge can be exchanged more equally’ One way we can start is to reframe how we think about disability. We need to shift away from individualising a

Anna Cutler

Jan 04 2022 69 mins

Hello and and welcome back to 'how to build a school' a podcast series in which I am talking with various people involved in education and the arts to dissect the system, highlight the problems and discuss why and how they exist but more importantly we talk about the much needed alternatives with a focus on creative learning. I'm really honoured to introduce my next guest Anna Cutl

Henry Ward

Oct 20 2021 45 mins

What would happen if an artist had control of a school curriculum? Henry Ward, former deputy head of Welling School in South London has blurred the boundaries between the artist and teacher and the results for his students and the school were transformative. I talked to Henry about the role his artistic practice played in developing his teaching philosophy and and he shares some br

Introduction

Oct 20 2021 3 mins

What are the problems with schools today? and for whom? Is creative learning a solution? How can we think differently about schools?