The Commission Conversations - Oli de Botton

07/10/24 • 12 min

In this ‘Commission Conversation’ Geoff Barton, Chair of the Commission on the Future of Oracy Education in England talks to Oli de Botton about why oracy matters, the craft of teaching and the dialogic classroom and the importance of talk at the transition from school to college.

Oli de Botton is the CEO of The Careers & Enterprise Company – the national body for careers education. Before that Oli was Head Teacher and co-founder of School 21. He also co-founded Voice 21, the national oracy education charity. He has also worked in education policy and strategy as a government education advisor.

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In this ‘Commission Conversation’ Geoff Barton, Chair of the Commission on the Future of Oracy Education in England talks to Leigh Wolmarans about oracy and the arts, the classroom as a ‘studio’ and bringing language to life through expressive arts.
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