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 third 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 connections, worked examples, teacher knowledge, iPads and more. For show notes, videos and links please visit this page: mrbartonmaths.com/blog/tools-and-tips-for-teachers-3
Time-stamps:
- Be explicit about connections (05:27)
- A quadrilogy for worked examples (14:07)
- Expectations of teacher knowledge have fallen over time (29:44)
- The best use of iPads I've seen (41:21)
- Buy some timer dice! (52:02)
- Rewards for revision (54:55)
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
- Be explicit about connections (05:27)
- A quadrilogy for worked examples (14:07)
- Expectations of teacher knowledge have fallen over time (29:44)
- The best use of iPads I’ve seen (41:21)
- Buy some timer dice! (52:02)
- Rewards for revision (54:55)
Resources:
Videos
You can find over 200 videos on all aspects of teaching and learning indexed here: tipsforteachers.co.uk
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
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- 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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- My books are “Tips for Teachers“, “Reflect, Expect, Check, Explain” and “How I wish I’d taught maths”