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Mr Barton Maths Podcast
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/
#195 Devloping a lesson structure – episode 1 (with Ollie Lovell)
In this episode, Ollie and I tried something different. I’ve been working with a school to help develop a departmental lesson structure with their maths team. I know Ollie had been doing something similar with a school he has been working with, so it seemed a good idea to chat through our ideas to see where we agreed and differed.
My original plan was to cover this all in one pod. But, as you will hear, I may have been a bit optimistic about that. So, we are going to turn this into a series of episodes. Given how far we got in this conversation, we should just about wrap up our dive into a lesson structure by 2029.
You can access the show-notes here: mrbartonmaths.com/blog/lesson-structure-1
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The full list of episodes:
- #001 Andrew Taylor: Head of Maths at AQA
- #002 Graham Cumming: Head of Maths at Edexcel
- #003 Neil Ogden: Maths Specialist at OCR
- #004 Oxbridge Interview Special
- #005 Jo Morgan: Resourceaholic
- #006 Mel Muldowney: JustMaths
- #007 Bruno Reddy: Times Table Rockstars and MrReddy.com
- #008 Charlie Stripp: NCETM and MEI
- #009 Dan Meyer: 3 Act Math Desmos TED Talk and more!
- #010 Will Emeny: Great Maths Teaching Ideas and Numeracy Ninjas
- #011 Stefanie Sullivan: Maths PGCE Tutor from Nottingham University
- #012 Mark McCourt: Ofsted, emaths, La Salle Education, NCETM and more!
- #013 Jamie Frost: Dr Frost Maths and Teaching High Achievers
- #014 Beth Lilley: NQT
- #015 Ed Southall – Part 1: SolveMyMaths and Mathematics PGCE Tutor
- #016 Dylan Wiliam: Author, Researcher Trainer and Assessment for Learning Expert
- #017 John Corbett: Flipped Learning, Videos and Corbett Maths
- #018 Tom Bennett: Behaviour Teacher Workload and ResearchEd
- #019 Paul Rowlandson: Bar Modelling, Questioning, Shanghai, Tokyo & Training Teachers
- #020 Greg Ashman: Cognitive Load Theory and Direct Instruction vs Inquiry-Based Learning
- #021 Daisy Christodoulou: Assessment Multiple Choice Questions 7 Myths about Education
- #022 Dani Quinn – Part 2: Michaela School, Behaviour, Drills & Culture
- #023 Robert and Elizabeth Bjork: Memory, Forgetting, Testing & Desirable Difficulties
- #024 Kris Boulton – Part 1: Planning Lessons, Engelmann and Differentiation
- #025 Ed Southall – Part 2: Maths Puzzles and Lessons from Japan
- #026 Nick Rose: Mindset, Misconceptions & Differentiation
- #027 Chief Examiner Trevor Senior: How GCSE Maths exams are written
- #028 Primary School Teacher Rachel Webster: How your Year 7s have been taught maths
- #029 Andrew Blair: Inquiry Maths
- #030 Andrew Blair: prequel: Inquiries and being a Head of Department
- #031 Kris Boulton – Part 2: Minimally guided instruction, Understanding & How before Why
- #032 Lucy Rycroft-Smith: Cambridge Mathematics, Setting, Times Tables & Anxiety
- #033 Peps Mccrea: Planning, Memorable Teaching & Teacher Expertise
- #034 Doug Lemov: Teach like a Champion and Top Tips for delivering training
- #035 Colin Foster: Mathematical Etudes, Confidence & Questioning
- #036 Carl Hendrick and Robin Macpherson: What does this look like in the classroom?
- #037 Jane Jones: Ofsted, observations, marking & reasoning
- #038 Amir Arezoo: Lean maths departments, deep work & schemes of work
- #039 Helen Hindle: Mixed attainment teaching and growth mindset
- #040 Anne Watson and John Mason: Variation, questioning, visualising & developing mathematical thinkers
- #041 Conference Takeaways: MathsConf14
- #042 Oliver Lovell: Planning, running a maths department & Cognitive Load Theory
- #043 Conference Takeaways: researchEd Blackpool 2018
- #044 Conference Takeaways: BCME: Day 1
- #045 Conference Takeaways: BCME: Day 2
- #046 Conference Takeaways: BCME: Day 3
- #047 Conference Takeaways: BCME: Day 4
- #048 Lucy Crehan: Cleverlands
- #049 Alison Kiddle and Charlie Gilderdale: NRICH
- #050 Dylan Wiliam – the return! Creating the Schools our Children need
- #051 Conference Takeaways: Comparative Judgement: with a cameo from Daisy Christodoulou!
- #052 Harry Fletcher-Wood: Responsive Teaching
- #053 Conference Takeaways: researchEd Rugby
- #054 Tom Sherrington: The Learning Rainforest
- #055 GCSE Maths Exam special: Graham Cumming and Karen Wilkinson
- #056 Conference Takeaways: Festival of Education: Day 2
- #057 Conference Takeaways: MathsConf15
- #058 Conference Takeaways: JustMaths Conference 2018
- #059 Slice of Advice 2018: What did you learn this year?
- #060 Greg Ashman: The Truth about Teaching
- #061 Slice of Advice: What does the first lesson with your class look like?
- #062 Simon Singh: Fermat’s Last Theorem and stretching high-attainers
- #063 Jeremy Hodgen: Teaching low-attaining students relevance and fingers!
- #064 Conference Takeaways: researchED Scotland: September 2018
- #065 Conference Takeaways: MathsConf16: Glasgow
- #066 Hannah Fry: algorithms, love and being a mathematician
- #067 Bernie Westacott: Teaching maths with visuals and manipulatives
- #068 Becky Allen: Workload, happiness, expertise, progress & pupil premium
- #069 Helen Williams: Early Years teaching and manipulatives
- #070 Jo Morgan: 100th Maths Gems Special
- #071 David Didau: Making kids cleverer
- #072 Chris Smith: Injecting fun into lessons, Resources. Pi Day & Revision Days
- #073 Naveen Rizvi: Scripted lessons examples and social media
- #074 Jemma Sherwood – Part 1: Sequences of lessons and the importance of silence
- #075 Alex Quigley: Closing the vocabulary gap
- #076 Conference Takeaways: researchEd Blackpool 2019
- #077 Conference Takeaways: Educating Northants 2019
- #078 Peter Mattock: Visible Maths, planning lessons & running a department
- #079 Conference Takeaways: ATM/MA 2019 Conference: Day 1
- #080 Conference Takeaways: ATM/MA 2019 Conference: Day 2
- #081 Inside Exams: Episode 1: Language
- #082 Mark McCourt – the return! Teaching for mastery
- #083 Michael Pershan: Example-Problem Pairs, problem solving & moving schools
- #084 Chris McGrane: Task design and changing your mind
- #085 Jonny Griffiths: RISPs problem solving and mental health
- #086 Conference Takeaways: MEI Maths Conference 2019
- #087 Tom Sherrington: Rosenshine’s Principles in Action
- #088 Slice of Advice 2019: What did you learn this year?
- #089 The Science of Learning: 77 Studies That Every Teacher Needs to Know
- #090 Rob Eastaway: Estimation, perception of maths & the importance of haha
- #091 Multiple Choice Questions on trial with AQA’s Zeek Sweiry
- #092 Julia Smith: Teaching GCSE resit and the 5Rs approach
- #093 Alex Bellos: Puzzles, Perception and Pool Tables
- #094 Emma McCrea: Making every maths lesson count and training teachers
- #095 Topics in Depth: Indices with Jo Morgan
- #096 Tom Francome: Supporting novice teachers and planning lessons
- #097 Exam malpractice: Inside Exams with AQA
- #098 Kris Boulton – Part 3: Is cognitive science almost useless for designing effective teaching?
- #099 Topics in Depth: Angles and parallel lines with Jo Morgan
- #100 Daisy Christodoulou: Teachers vs Tech!
- #101 Conference Takeaways: MathsConf22: Manchester: March 2020
- #102 Special episode: Online learning during the Covid-19 outbreak
- #103 Teaching from Home: Ben Rooney: structure, social interactions and experimenting with technology
- #104 Teaching from Home: Michael Pershan: Zoom, Assessment for Learning and a careful choice of questions
- #105 Teaching from Home: Jo Morgan: Hegarty Maths, family life and why she will not be doing live lessons
- #106 Teaching from Home: Dan Pearcy: Google Meets, Poll Everywhere and 5 principles for remote teaching
- #107 Teaching from Home: Adam Boxer: retrieval, conducting interviews and staying safe and sane
- #108 Teaching from Home: Jon Hutchinson: making videos for primary school students
- #109 Paul Kirschner and Carl Hendrick: How learning happens
- #110 Teaching from Home: Helen Williams: supporting Early Years students
- #111 Teaching from Home: Jules Daulby: supporting students with Special Educational Needs
- #112 Teaching from Home: Ollie Lovell and Bryn Humberstone: Checking for understanding, Desmos and lessons learned
- #113 Teaching from Home: Jamie Frost: Dr Frost Maths and virtual whiteboards
- #114 Robert Kaplinsky: Depth of Knowledge, Open Middle Problems and effective CPD
- #115 Mark Healy – Part 1: Cognitive science versus cognitive psychology
- #116 Conference Takeaways: MathsConf23 (online!)
- #117 Jonathan Hall: MathsBot, teaching visually and behaving mathematically
- #118 Adele Bates: Behaviour and relationships
- #119 Jemma Sherwood: Part 2: Preparing for September 2020 & being a Head of Department
- #120 Mark Healy – Part 2: Sleep, growth mindset and teaching amid Covid-19
- #121 Conference Takeaways: MathsConf24 (online!)
- #122 Jo Morgan: Teaching Key Stage 3 maths
- #123 Peps McCrea: Motivated teaching
- #124 Research in Action 1: Language and Dyscalculia with Julia Bahnmuller
- #125 Research in Action 2: Parental engagement with Tim Jay
- #126 Research in Action 3: Estimation, equals and working memory with Iro Xenidou-Dervou
- #127 Research in Action 4: Maths anxiety with Kelly Trezise
- #128 Research in Action 5: Fingers and game-based apps with Korbinian Moeller
- #129 Research in Action 6: Cognitive Load Theory with Ouhao Chen
- #130 Research in Action 7: Designing and interpreting educational research with Matthew Inglis
- #131 Research in Action 8: Numbers and space with Krzysztof Cipora
- #132 Research in Action 9: PhDs and maths textbooks with Beth Woollacott
- #133 Research in Action 10: When to tell and teaching algebra with Dave Hewitt
- #134 Ollie Lovell: Cognitive Load Theory in Action
- #135 Jo Morgan: tips and resources for teaching online
- #136 CLASSIC EPISODE (April 2017): Dani Quinn – Part 1: Michaela School Planning Lessons Low Stakes Tests
- #137 Doug Lemov: Tips for the return to classrooms
- #138 Michael Pershan: Teaching with worked examples: part 1
- #139 Michael Pershan: Teaching with worked examples: part 2
- #140 Conference Takeaways: Mathematical Association Conference 2021: Day 1
- #141 Conference Takeaways: Mathematical Association Conference 2021: Day 2
- #142 Conference Takeaways: Mathematical Association Conference 2021: Day 3
- #143 Anne Watson and Kris Boulton in conversation
- #144 Christian Bokhove: Coherence, textbooks and research best bets
- #145 Research in Action 11: University transition and oral assessments with Paola Iannone
- #146 Research in Action 12: Inquiry as a way of being with Barbara Jaworski
- #147 Research in Action 13: The self-explanation effect and how experts read maths differently with Lara Alcock
- #148 Research in Action 14: Counting in the animal kingdom with Krzysztof Cipora
- #149 Research in Action 15: Children’s early understanding of number with Francesco Sella
- #150 Research in Action 16: Writing a maths curriculum with Colin Foster
- #151 Research in Action 17: Executive function with Camilla Gilmore
- #152 Research in Action 18: Comparative judgement with Ian Jones
- #153 Research in Action 19: Teaching mixed-attainment with Tom Francome
- #154 Tom Harbour: engaging parents in their children’s learning
- #155 Jo Morgan: depth and sequencing of the maths curriculum
- #156 Paul Rowlandson: Getting mixed up with interleaving
- #157 Dan Draper: Overlearning and conceptual leaps
- #158 Adam Boxer: explanations, retrieval and maths & science working together
- #159 Introducing… Tips for Teachers!
- #160 Ollie Lovell: relations regulation leadership & tools for teachers
- #161 The future of the Mr Barton Maths podcast
- #162 Beyond survival: a conversation with Jamie Thom
- #163 How to observe a lesson with Adam Boxer
- #164 How to plan a maths lesson with Craig Latimir
- #165 How to be more evidence-informed with Peps Mcrea
- #166 Tools and Tips for Teachers: Episode 1
- #167 Tools and Tips for Teachers: Episode 2
- #168 How to lead a maths department with Femi Adeniran and Matt Findlay
- #169 Tools and Tips for Teachers: Episode 3 (with Ollie Lovell)
- #170 How to secure 100% student engagement with Pritesh Raichura
- #171 Tools and Tips for Teachers: Episode 4 (with Ollie Lovell)
- #172 Research in Action 20: How teachers use (and don’t use) research with Paul Howard-Jones
- #173 Research in Action 21: Developing culturally responsive mathematics education with Jodie Hunter
- #174 Research in Action 22: Early years mathematics with Camilla Gilmore
- #175 Tools and Tips for Teachers: Episode 5 (with Ollie Lovell)
- #176 Research in Action 23: Economy versus Efficiency with Dave Hewitt
- #177 Research in Action 24: Dyscalculia latest developments with Kinga Morsanyi
- #178 Research in Action 25: The impact of the home environment on maths attainment with Vic Simms
- #179 Tools and Tips for Teachers: Episode 6 (with Ollie Lovell, Emma Turner and Tom Sherrington)
- #180 Surviving and thriving an Ofsted inspection with Ofsted’s Maths Subject Lead Steve Wren
- #181 Mark McCourt: Tips for teachers, Mastery, Reflections and Retirement
- #182 Tools and Tips for Teachers: Episode 7 (with Ollie Lovell)
- #183 How to help students remember things with Nick Soderstrom
- #184 Tools and Tips for Teachers: Episode 8 (with Ollie Lovell and Zach Groshell)
- #185 Tools and Tips for Teachers: Episode 9 (with Ollie Lovell)
- #186 Tools and Tips for Teachers: Episode 10 (with Ollie Lovell)
- #187 How to coach responsively with Josh Goodrich
- #188 Ten ways to get amazing GCSE maths results with Jo Morgan
- #189 Tools and Tips for Teachers: Episode 11 (with Ollie Lovell)
- #190 Atomisation and Unstoppable Learning with Kris Boulton
- #191 Tools and Tips for Teachers: Episode 12 (with Ollie Lovell)
- #192 Tools and Tips for Teachers: Episode 13 (with Ollie Lovell)
- #193 Tools and Tips for Teachers: Episode 14 (with Ollie Lovell)
I also host the Tips for Teachers podcast:
Tips for Teachers
A podcast to help your supercharge your teaching one idea at a time. Each episode guests share 5 tips for any aspect of life as a teacher: planning, assessment, wellbeing, saving time, talking to parents, and more.
Alex Quigley
Former English teacher and now best-selling author, Alex Quigley, joins us on the Tips for Teacher podcast to share his 5 tips:
1. Ask students to make a pre-topic mind map (02:55)
2. Focus on developing keystone vocabulary (17:58)
3. Try using a collage collection to stimulate ideas (32:24)
4. Play “Just a minute!” (44:32)
5. Support your students using sentence expanding (1:00:30)
Access the show notes and audio transcription of the episode, plus a load more audio and video tips here: tipsforteachers.co.uk
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