Podcast Episodes

First Success!

Season 3 Episode 36

Matt and Femi discuss the idea of first success, and whether the copncept can inform thinking around teacher development and student learning.

10 months, 3 weeks ago

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Great Teaching, Unpacked Documentary - Episode 1 Review

Season 3 Episode 35

Matt and Femi discuss Episode 1 of the Great Teaching, Unpacked documentary.

Watch the documentary for free at:

steplab.co/film

Get in touch with Matt a…

11 months, 1 week ago

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"A dog with a bone"

Season 3 Episode 34

Matt and Femi discuss the critical importance of not letting behavioural incidents go unchallenged.

11 months, 2 weeks ago

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Policies

Season 3 Episode 33

Femi and Matt discuss the concept of school policies and policy documentation, and what makes them more or less effective.

We're not on social media b…

11 months, 3 weeks ago

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Micro Interactions

Season 3 Episode 32

Matt and Femi discuss those brief interactions with students that set the tone for the lesson, or help transform the way students think about themsel…

11 months, 4 weeks ago

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'Holding To Account' & 'Won't, Can't, Forgot'

Season 3 Episode 31

Matt and Femi dive into the phrase that you so often hear amongst senior and middle management in schools: "Holding people to account".

1 year ago

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Starting A School From Scratch - Michaela Khatib

Season 3 Episode 30

Matt and Femi speak to the executive head teacher and founder of Cobham Free School, Michaela Khatib, about the remarkable journey to plan, start and…

1 year ago

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Teacher Knowledge

Season 3 Episode 29

Matt and Femi discuss the need for teachers to have a basic understanding of how learning happens, as well as barriers and solutions to the problem.

1 year ago

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Private vs State Schools

Season 3 Episode 28

Matt and Femi discuss Femi's experience of working in both state and private schools, what the major differences are for teachers and what each can l…

1 year, 1 month ago

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Accountability Culture AND Power of Video

Season 3 Episode 27

This episode has 2 unrelated topics... 

In the first half of the episode Femi and Matt discuss what it means to have a culture where you can 'hold col…

1 year, 1 month ago

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