It's Just Research
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<p><strong>It’s Just Research</strong> is a podcast produced by the School of Education, Communication & Society (ECS) at King’s College London, that demystifies research while offering a critical outlook onto the global challenges we face in the 21st century.</p><br><p>Bringing to light the behind-the-scenes of research, the interviewees will unpack the research concepts, theoretical and methodological approaches, and ambitions for social change driving their diverse interests – from sociolinguistics, education technology and its effects on social inequality, youth work, post-colonial community building, health ethics, to science and mathematics, sustainability and ecological approaches to education.</p><br><p>A new episode is released on the first Tuesday of each month.</p><br><p>Hosted by ECS academic Dr Sara Black and PhD students Liam Cini O'Dwyer and Pippa Sterk; executive produced by Sylvie Carlos, PhD student in ECS and audio producer. </p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Recent Episodes
May 28, 2026
Who Is Education For? Child-Centred Teaching and the English Classroom
<p>In this episode of It’s Just Research, hosts Dr Sara Black and Liam Cini O’Dwyer speak with Dr Simon Gibbons about child-centred approaches to teaching English and the importance of making education meaningful to students’ own lives and experiences.</p><br><p>Simon discusses the history of progressive English teaching and also reflects on his own journey from studying science to specialising in English education and his long-standing interest in how children learn.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
April 30, 2026
How Students Learn Maths: Representation and Creativity in Mathematics
<p>In this episode of It’s Just Research, hosts Dr Sara Black and Liam Cini O’Dwyer are joined by Dr Carla Finesilver to explore how students learn mathematics, and how the way we represent maths shapes that learning. While children often encounter maths through everyday experiences like sharing and problem-solving, classroom maths can quickly become formal and procedural. Carla discusses how this shift towards symbols and standardised methods can limit creativity and disengage many learners.</p><br><p>You can read more about Carla’s research in her recent paper: <a href="https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/beyond-categories-dynamic-qualitative-analysis-of-visuospatial-re/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Beyond categories: Dynamic qualitative analysis of visuospatial representation in arithmetic</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
March 27, 2026
Learning Beyond the Classroom: Informal Education and Social Life
<p>Dr Sara Black speaks with Professor Chris Winch about informal education and the ways we learn outside formal schooling.</p><br><p>Drawing on his recent book Civil Society’s Education, Chris explains how children develop language, behaviour, values, and practical skills through participation in family and community life, learning through experience, imitation, and shared activity rather than formal teaching.</p><br><p>The conversation also explores how social practices such as promise-keeping, loyalty, and shared norms are sustained through participation and mutual recognition, and reflects on the tension between social conditioning and human freedom.</p><br><p><a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/civil-societys-education-9781350513365/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Civil Society’s Education Reflections on the Informal Roots of Learning</a> was published in 2025 by Bloomsbury.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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- What is It's Just Research?
<p><strong>It’s Just Research</strong> is a podcast produced by the School of Education, Communication & Society (ECS) at King’s College London, that demystifies research while offering a critical outlook onto the global challenges we face in the 21st century.</p><br><p>Bringing to light the behind-the-scenes of research, the interviewees will unpack the research concepts, theoretical and methodological approaches, and ambitions for social change driving their diverse interests – from sociolinguistics, education technology and its effects on social inequality, youth work, post-colonial community building, health ethics, to science and mathematics, sustainability and ecological approaches to education.</p><br><p>A new episode is released on the first Tuesday of each month.</p><br><p>Hosted by ECS academic Dr Sara Black and PhD students Liam Cini O'Dwyer and Pippa Sterk; executive produced by Sylvie Carlos, PhD student in ECS and audio producer. </p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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