# Phil Beadle

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Oracy Strategies and Activities - Phil Beadle

Phil Beadle is an English teacher and education author of 12 books, including How to Teach Literacy and The Fascist Painting. In this episode, Phil gives his thoughts on oracy/literacy and shares some oracy activities to use in your lessons. Follow Phil on X @PhilBeadle

It’s Artificial, but is it Intelligent?

Are you the maker or the tool? Is AI a threat to schooling or an extension to the accessibility of knowledge for humanity? (First there was writing, then the book, the library, printing, the internet and now AI...) Some references in the chat: The Ballad of Accounting, Sung by Ewan Mac…

Learning: Is Michaela Community School a Right Wing Approach to Education?

Young people face forwards all day. Every hand is up. During “turn to your partner” young people speak to the backs of each others heads. Is this what a love of learning looks like — or immaculate compliance? In this episode, we get under the skin of the "strictest classroom in Britain", and the r…

Care: Is Behaviour Management at Michaela Loving or Authoritarian?

Detention for not having good enough eye contact with the teacher, sitting up straight all day, silence in the corridors, and no excuses. In this episode, we explore how Michaela cares for their students. We ask whether they are authoritarian or just in authority, and whether they are loving young …

Culture: Are Michaela’s ‘British Values’ Integrating or Alienating?

What happens when a school puts British values at its core? This episode unpacks Michaela Community School’s philosophy, its impact on students, and the controversies surrounding its approach to multiculturalism and inclusion. Join Martha, Jack and José Mario as they  reflect on whether this bold m…

Creativity: Cultivated or Controlled at Michaela?

How creativity is understood, taught, and experienced at Michaela. Through classroom observations, interviews with educators, artists, and a former student, we ask: does Michaela’s focus on discipline and knowledge nurture creative thinking, or does it limit experimentation and self-expression? We …

The Future: Is Michaela a Social Mobility Miracle or Myth?

In the final episode of this series, we dive into the complex realities of education, social mobility, and the future of schooling in the UK. Our hosts reflect on their own childhood ambitions and experiences, then turn a critical eye to the systems that shape young people’s lives, asking whether a…