Category: Podcast

You can download an mp3 of the podcast here. Jo Morgan’s tips: Assess pre-requisites Use a variety of techniques for differentiation Plan a curriculum suitable for the group you’re teaching Explore boundary examples to deepen understanding of a concept Pay attention to how students write their answers (we need a reciprocal symbol!). Craig Barton’s tips: Make…

You can download an mp3 of the podcast here. Craig Latimir’s tips: Explicitly teach the skills an expert in your domain uses (03:29) Leave a legacy (23:21) The principles of Cog Sci apply to humans (not just students) (39:24) Learning doesn’t start in Year 7 (55:10) The secret to a happy life (1:09:13) Links and resources…

You can download an mp3 of the podcast here. Mary Myatt’s tips: We should all be focussing on doing fewer things and greater depth (04:06) Focus on the concepts and the Big Ideas in our curriculum (13:03) We know more and remember more when we’ve heard it in a story (23:54) Provoke curiosity in our students…

You can download an mp3 of the podcast here. Kieran Mackle’s tips: Leave space between reading and implementation (04:04) Treat the act of teacher development like teaching (10:09) Be explicit when modelling for colleagues (19:36) Some behaviours are more important than others (28:33) Nobody really knows what they are doing (40:37) Links and resources On Twitter,…

You can download an mp3 of the podcast here. Femi Adeniran’s tips: Teach behaviour lesson one by making ‘developing the right classroom culture’ your objective for the early lessons (02:56) Focus on explanations not resources (14:17) Teach in small chunks and fool kids into doing lots of work initially (23:17) Have your coffee whilst sitting in…

You can download an mp3 of the podcast here. Michael Pershan’s tips: Begin your explanations as a series of questions that everyone can answer (03:12) The best feedback is a learning activity, and it’s much better than written feedback on the page (16:28) Get used to asking “what if” after explaining something (31:02) Use partner work…

You can download an mp3 of the podcast here. Jake Gordon’s tips: Share photos of students’ work (04:11) Reduce clutter from everything students see and hear (18:53) Try teaching from anywhere in the room (29:37) Modify your lessons as you go (39:07) Give worked examples with retrieval starters (45:20) Links and resources On Twitter, Jake is:…

You can download an mp3 of the podcast here. Mark Roberts’ tips: Use Post-it notes to find out what they don’t understand (02:54) Use non-verbal gestures for better behaviour management (08:06) Don’t give negative managerial feedback (14:14) Stop talking about grades (23:34) Rephrase to amaze (34:48) Links and resources On Twitter, Mark is: @mr_englishteach Mark’s blog…

You can download an mp3 of the podcast here. Daisy Christodoulou’s tips: Review every lesson plan in terms of what the student is thinking about (02: 58) Ask a question at the end of every lesson that every student should be able to get right (11:22) Don’t do written comments (17:36) Use examples, not definitions, when…

You can download an mp3 of the podcast here. Clare Sealy’s tips: Every teacher should make the teaching of literacy a high priority (03:02) Be super clear about what you want children to learn (14:13) Always check for understanding (27:22) No feedback, more teaching (35:56) Have a robust culture of retrieval (46:30) Links and resources On…