Episode 2 | Oracy in Formative Assessment with Mike Gardner artwork
TTS Talking Early Years

Episode 2 | Oracy in Formative Assessment with Mike Gardner

  • S8E2
  • 16:16
  • June 26th 2025

Dr. Shaddai Tembo is joined again by Mike Gardner to discuss how teachers can use oracy in their assessment practices. They touch on how oracy helps to model new learning and shifting from teacher talk to learner talk. 

Shaddai and Mike talk about the role of the whole school in supporting and enabling educators to roll out an oracy-rich curriculum, allowing practitioners to think whether their own school values and policies are setting the right standards. 

Practitioners may be interested to learn more strategies for effective learner-centred talk, the influence teachers have on communication, and ways of managing dominant voices in the classroom. 

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