The Department for Education in the UK is expected to raise oracy as a national priority in and beyond schools, with
anticipated changes in how oracy is taught and woven into school life.
“Oracy transforms people's ability to communicate effectively, articulately and with impact. It enables us to think, reason and imagine - silently when alone and aloud when thinking together, developing knowledge, solving problems, or passionately persuading,” says Dr Pete Dudley, CEO of Camtree. “Oracy is the missing link in our education system with proven potential to raise achievement for all, in all aspects of learning and life. But it also closes attainment gaps and creates confident, assured young people able to engage successfully with the world.”
Over a 12-month period, participants will be supported through a series of online
‘TeachMeets’ and an accompanying online oracy toolkit, to make and demonstrate change
through an oracy-oriented inquiry. These sessions will seek to share innovative strategies that embed effective oracy practice with learners and colleagues, across settings and the wider education community.
Teachers will carry out inquiries exploring how best to implement changes to their practice using a process of Research Lesson Study. The findings and examples that emerge from this programme of work will be published in the Camtree Digital Library and will also form the basis of a report to be jointly published by Camtree and Twinkl.
