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/
Tom is the CEO at Learning with Parents. Regular listeners might recall that I was lucky enough to attend Tom’s session at the virtual MA conference earlier this year, and I loved it. The session was all about how schools can engage parents in their children’s learning, and dispelled a few myths I held to be true. About 2 minutes into that session, I knew I wanted Tom on the show, and fortunately he was kind enough to accept my invitation.
For more information about today’s guest, plus links to the websites, resources and ideas they mention, please visit the show notes page: http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/tom-harbour-engaging-parents-in-their-childrens-learning/
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Hello, and welcome to another episode of the Mr Barton Maths Podcast, with me Craig Barton.
This time around I was lucky enough to speak to Tom Harbour.
Tom is the CEO at Learning with Parents. Regular listeners might recall that I was lucky enough to attend Tom’s session at the virtual MA conference earlier this year, and I loved it. The session was all about how schools can engage parents in their children’s learning, and dispelled a few myths I held to be true. About 2 minutes into that session, I knew I wanted Tom on the show, and fortunately he was kind enough to accept my invitation.
So, in a wide-ranging conversation, we discussed the following things, and plenty more besides:
- What is the difference between parental involvement in school vs parental engagement in learning?
- What are some of the things schools typically do that might not lead to engagement in learning?
- What are some of the things schools could think about doing instead?
- How can schools help reach the “heard to reach” families?
- Do you think the pandemic has impacted either parental involvement in school or parental engagement in learning?
- What are some of the key barriers for parents getting involved in their child’s maths?
I loved this conversation, and I hope you will too. I will be back at the end with a few takeaways of my own.
On Twitter, Tom is: @mrtharbour
Learning with Parents can be found at: learningwithparents.com
Tom Harbour’s Big 3:
1. Parent Ping
2. Learning with Parents
3. Nice White Parents podcast
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