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A maths teacher's reflections on teaching science

Season 3 Episode 71

Femi has been teaching a Science class and shares his approach and reflections with Matt.  They discuss 'learning to learn', booklets, AI, rounds of …

4 hours ago

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A dearth of good models!

Season 3 Episode 70

Amongst other things, Femi and Matt talk about how hard it can be as a middle leader to lead on change without strong models to refer to.

4 weeks ago

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Gently testing the boundaries...

Season 3 Episode 69

Matt and Femi discuss the subtle ways students can often make life difficult for teachers, and why this happens in some classrooms but not in others.

1 month ago

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Seating plans, seating reset and Intangibles

Season 3 Episode 68

Matt and Femi have a chat about teachers using seating plan resets as a strategy, debate breaking down intangible aspects like 'feel' into granular c…

1 month, 1 week ago

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More practice needed!

Season 3 Episode 67

Matt and Femi talk about coaching, and how teachers working on their craft will often need to stick with a particular focus and practice it with refl…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

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Class Reset

Season 3 Episode 66

Matt discusses with Femi a recent conversation he had with a teacher that he supports regarding resetting a challenging class in which norms had seve…

2 months ago

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Economy of language

Season 3 Episode 65

Matt and Femi discuss economy of language during explanations and the advantages of keeping teacher talk lean.

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

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When the new knowledge enters the room

Season 3 Episode 64

Matt and Femi discuss a couple of really common issues that undermine teachers' ability to deliver powerful, clear and memorable explanations.

2 months, 3 weeks ago

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This class doesn't retain things!

Season 3 Episode 63

Matt and Femi discuss what to do with a comment often heard by the coffee machine... "This class doesn't retain things!"

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3 months ago

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Humanities Teaching with James Gisby

Season 3 Episode 62

Matt and Femi talk to James Gisby about the challenges and intricacies of teaching History, and what good History lessons could look like.  

3 months ago

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