Becoming an effective teacher takes years of experience. Lucky for you, our podcast hosts have seen enough ‘aha!’ moments throughout their education careers to ...
Episode 206: TIPS! What can you do in 10 minutes that'll make a real difference in your classroom?
Desk tidying, Day-reflecting, and more. Looking for quick teaching tips to help your practice? Our trio share some practical tips that may help make life easier in the classroom. From adopting an observer’s mindset to helpful lesson-starters to make things flow quicker, we’ve got you!
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Episode 205: Go slow to go fast. The importance of a varied toolkit in learning maths
Ross Deans joins our usuals to discuss the transformative journey Muscliff have been on, teaching mathematics through the Maths — No Problem! approach. How important is it for pupils to foster a love for maths? Does maths even feel like maths for the pupils with the amount of problem solving and fun they have? Plus, the crew discuss the importance of conceptual understanding, creativity in learning, and the shift from traditional methods to a mastery-based approach.
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Episode 204: Personalised Learning —Why it’s not the panacea people think it is
So good we HAD to share this conversation again… Fragile foundations, Learning community, and more. In this episode, Andy, Robin and Adam discuss personalised learning with special guest Tim Oates CBE, the Group Director of Assessment Research and Development at Cambridge University Press & Assessment. What are examples and the dangers of personalised learning? When did it first appear in England? Plus, Tim shares an experience of a Singaporean teacher, readying up their class of 14 year olds… with primary topics.
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Episode 203: Maths was in EVERY child’s top 3 subject! Unbelievable!
Soft skills, A huge SATs result increase, and more. Wendy Liu is back! Our crew want to hear more about Wendy’s experience implementing this programme in the school she worked at. How did she cope with colleagues stuck in old ways? Are the skills that they’re taught whilst doing the maths more valuable than the maths itself? Plus, Wendy shares a top tip — don’t jump in too soon, kids need freedom to learn.
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Episode 202: How to save hours of time for teachers
Echoing traits, Valuing workload, and more. Our three amigos are joined again by Matt Bland to discuss some further success points his school have experienced. How much of teacher’s time is saved? Can this way of teaching work with subjects such as history? Plus, Matt shares how to involve parents with this way of teaching and learning maths.
Becoming an effective teacher takes years of experience. Lucky for you, our podcast hosts have seen enough ‘aha!’ moments throughout their education careers to know which ideas are useful (and which should be avoided).
Join Andy, Robin and Adam as they unpack current pedagogical thinking, chat about their education obsessions and share invaluable teaching tips for the classroom and at home.
From big questions like, where does the inspiration to learn come from? To smaller ones like, which writing tool is better: pencils or pens? Tune in to learn more than you needed to know about learning.
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