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/
In this conversation, Craig and Ollie discuss various topics including Brian Johnson's quest to beat the aging process, fitness goals, teaching reading using Monster Phonics, treating failures as system failures, effective teacher professional development, and the use of silent teacher and checking for listening in the classroom. In this part of the conversation, Craig Barton and Ollie Lovell discuss various teaching strategies and methods. They explore the use of worked examples and the importance of checking for understanding. They also discuss the idea of tightening feedback cycles and the benefits of more frequent assessments. Finally, they delve into the controversy surrounding exit tickets and their effectiveness as a teaching tool. You can access the show-notes here: mrbartonmaths.com/blog/tools-and-tips-for-teachers-10/
Time-stamps:
- Consider failures first as system failures (09:15)
- My latest lesson observation and coaching template (16:43)
- Representation, Decomposition, Approximation (32:16)
- Two different Starts to Finish so pairs don’t copy? (42:20)
- Tighten feedback cycles (52:57)
- Are Exit Tickets a waste of time? (1:02:03)
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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
- Consider failures first as system failures (09:15)
- My latest lesson observation and coaching template (16:43)
- Representation, Decomposition, Approximation (32:16)
- Two different Starts to Finish so pairs don’t copy? (42:20)
- Tighten feedback cycles (52:57)
- Are Exit Tickets a waste of time? (1:02:03)
Episode summary
In this conversation, Craig and Ollie discuss various topics including Brian Johnson’s quest to beat the aging process, fitness goals, teaching reading using Monster Phonics, treating failures as system failures, effective teacher professional development, and the use of silent teacher and checking for listening in the classroom. In this part of the conversation, Craig Barton and Ollie Lovell discuss various teaching strategies and methods. They explore the use of worked examples and the importance of checking for understanding. They also discuss the idea of tightening feedback cycles and the benefits of more frequent assessments. Finally, they delve into the controversy surrounding exit tickets and their effectiveness as a teaching tool.
Takeaways:
- Treating failures as system failures allows organizations to take ownership and engineer sustainable solutions.
- Effective teacher professional development should include representation, decomposition, and approximation.
- The use of silent teacher and checking for listening can be effective strategies in the classroom. Using worked examples and checking for understanding are effective teaching strategies.
- Tightening feedback cycles by increasing the frequency of assessments can help catch gaps in learning.
- Exit tickets can be a useful tool for consolidation, metacognition, and resource creation, especially for early career teachers. Having a strategy and a unique angle can give you an advantage in competitive situations.
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
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- 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”