Craig Barton interviews guests from the wonderful world of education about their approaches to teaching, educational research and more. All show notes, resources and videos here: https://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/
Teacher, author and my arch-rival podcaster, Ollie Lovell, joins me from the land Down Under for the seventh of our monthly chats. We each share three things we have been thinking about from the world of education recently. In this episode, we discuss CPD, checking for understanding, rehearsal, lesson planning, and more. For show notes, videos and links please visit this page: mrbartonmaths.com/blog/tools-and-tips-for-teachers-7
Time-stamps:
- Plan CPD around the in-between times (10:04)
- Questions to ask during CPD (17:52)
- Ask Who got 8/10? (28:16)
- Importance of rehearsal when coaching (35:42)
- Move slowly (50:47)
- What’s harder, planning lessons from scratch, or adapting existing lessons? (57:27)
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Episode details
Ollie Lovell is a maths and science teacher from Australia, an author, and my longtime, bitter podcasting rival. We have decided to get together once a month to share three things we have each learned and get the other’s take on it.
Time-stamps
- Plan CPD around the in-between times (10:04)
- Questions to ask during CPD (17:52)
- Ask Who got 8/10? (28:16)
- Importance of rehearsal when coaching (35:42)
- Move slowly (50:47)
- What’s harder, planning lessons from scratch, or adapting existing lessons? (57:27)
Links from Ollie (from the bonus question)
- Econtalk: Dana Gioia (Dayna Joya) on Learning, Poetry, and Studying with Miss Bishop: https://www.econtalk.org/dana-gioia-on-learning-poetry-and-studying-with-miss-bishop/
- L.A. Paul on Vampires, Life Choices, and Transformation: https://www.econtalk.org/l-a-paul-on-vampires-life-choices-and-transformation/
- How other dads dad. Rob Stitch: https://howotherdadsdad.com/episode/how-rob-sitch-dads
Ollie’s stuff
- Sign up for Ollie’s newsletter here: edthreads.ollielovell.com
- On Twitter, Ollie is @ollie_lovell
- Ollie’s website is ollielovell.com
- You can check out Ollie’s podcast, The Education Research Reading Room here
- Ollie’s first book, Cognitive Load Theory in Action, is available from Amazon
- Ollie’s second book, Tools for Teachers, is available from Amazon
My usual plugs
- You can help support the podcast (and get an interactive transcript of this episode) via my Patreon page at patreon.com/mrbartonmaths
- If you are interested in sponsoring an episode of the show, then please visit this page
- You can sign up for my free Tips for Teachers newsletter and my free Eedi newsletter
- My online courses are here: craigbarton.podia.com
- My books are “Tips for Teachers“, “Reflect, Expect, Check, Explain” and “How I wish I’d taught maths”