Date of session: Tuesday 7th October 2025
Time of session: 3:45pm to 5:15pm
Suitable for: Secondary school teachers, safeguarding leads and those working
to develop young people’s critical thinking and media literacy skills.
Guest Speaker: Jeremy Hayward, Associate Professor (Teaching), IOE at UCL
Jeremy is a former philosophy teacher and for the past 23 years has been a lecturer specialising in the fields of citizenship education and the teaching of controversial issues at the Institute of Education, UCL. Jeremy has led the citizenship PGCE for over 10 years and is now the programme leader for the MA Education (Citizenship). He is also the author and co-author of a range of widely used textbooks, resources and guidance for schools in the areas of philosophy and citizenship.
Summary: A free online session. The internet has enabled vast amounts of information and ideas to be created, shared and discussed online. One effect has been the widespread dissemination of disinformation, conspiracy theories and dangerous narratives which sometimes spills over into the classroom (e.g. Andrew Tate). This CPD session draws on ideas from education, philosophy and political psychology to consider different approaches that can help teachers respond to conspiracy, disinformation and dangerous ideas in the classroom. This work is supported by Pears Foundation as part of the Commission into Countering Online Conspiracies in Schools.
