The Corcoran Lab podcast separates facts from fiction in education and advocates for the use of high-quality research to inform evidence-based education policy and practice. The podcast is hosted by Professor Roisin Corcoran, a world leading expert, adviser and consultant in social and emotional learning. Professor Corcoran has an outstanding track record of cutting edge research and numerous accolades for her work around the development, implementation and evaluation of evidence-based educational programmes and competency-based tools for children and adults. Series 1 of the podcast, which is supported by the University of Nottingham and the Economic and Social Research Council, focuses on what works in social and emotional learning and explores a range of contemporary perspectives on SEL research, policy and provision. In a series of insightful, compelling and rigorous conversations with other leading professionals in the field, Roisin aims to separate fact from fiction in this important emerging field.

Latest Episode

Episode 4 – Linda Darling-Hammond: Improving Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education Through SEL

In Episode 4 of Series 1 of The Corcoran Lab Podcast, Professor Roisin Corcoran talks with Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education Emeritus at Stanford University and founding president of the Learning Policy Institute, Linda Darling-Hammond about improving teaching and teacher education using social and emotional learning. They also discuss the guidance and support being given to schools in the US during the Coronavirus pandemic, particularly in California where Linda is President of the State Board of Education and has been actively working to help teachers, parents and children through the crisis.

Linda Darling-Hammond: Improving teaching, learning and teacher education through SEL

In Episode 4 of Series 1 of The Corcoran Lab Podcast, Professor Roisin Corcoran talks with Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education Emeritus at Stanford University and founding president of the Learning Policy Institute, Linda Darling-Hammond about improving teaching and teacher education using social and emotional learning.

Previous Episodes

In Episode 1 of Series 1 of The Corcoran Lab Podcast, Professor Roisin Corcoran talks with Roger Weissberg about social and emotional learning (SEL). Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Illinois Chicago, and Chief Knowledge Officer and Board Vice Chair at the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL), Roger talks about how COVID-19 is affecting children’s education, how best to provide support during the pandemic, the benefits of social and emotional learning and why he has been a passionate advocate of SEL for more than 40 years.

Roger Weissberg: Social and emotional learning

In Episode 1 of Series 1 of The Corcoran Lab Podcast, Professor Roisin Corcoran talks with Roger Weissberg about social and emotional learning (SEL).

In Episode 2 of Series 1 of The Corcoran Lab Podcast, Professor Roisin Corcoran talks with Ezequiel Molina and Adelle Pushparatnam from The World Bank about their Teach and Coach approach, designed to improve teaching quality in low- and middle-income countries. They explain how the approach works and the importance of social and emotional learning in the creation and use of the World Bank’s Teach and Coach approach.

Ezequiel Molina and Adelle Pushparatnam: Lessons from The World Bank

In Episode 2 of Series 1 of The Corcoran Lab Podcast, Professor Roisin Corcoran talks with Ezequiel Molina and Adelle Pushparatnam from The World Bank about their Teach and Coach approach, designed to improve teaching quality in low- and middle-income countries.

Further Resources

In Episode 3 of Series 1 of The Corcoran Lab Podcast, Professor Roisin Corcoran talks with Neil Humphrey and Jean Gross about evidence-based approaches to teaching and learning. Professor of Psychology of Education at the University of Manchester, Neil discusses his research on social and emotional learning and the importance of robust methods and analysis in the development and evaluation of interventions to improve teaching and learning. Practitioner Jean offers her thoughts on the importance of social and emotional learning during Covid-19 and what everyone should be doing to help children, especially the most vulnerable, to thrive and succeed at school and in life in these challenging times.

Neil Humphrey and Jean Gross: Evidence-based approaches to teaching and learning

In Episode 3 of Series 1 of The Corcoran Lab Podcast, Professor Roisin Corcoran talks with Neil Humphrey and Jean Gross about evidence-based approaches to teaching and learning. Professor of Psychology of Education at the University of Manchester, Neil discusses his research on social and emotional learning and the importance of robust methods and analysis in the development and evaluation of interventions to improve teaching and learning.

Further Resources