Becoming Educated

Feb 23 2025 96 ep. 59 mins 54
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Becoming Educated explores the secrets to great teaching in our classrooms with the aim of helping all teachers to get better at their craft.
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Do I Have Your Attention with Blake Harvard

Feb 23 2025 53 mins  
In this episode of The Becoming Educated Podcast, Blake Harvard discusses the concept of attention contagion in classrooms, emphasising how inattentive behaviours can spread among students. He explores the importance of classroom design, the limitations of working memory, and the significance of cognitive load theory in instructional design. Harvard introduces the SAR method (Sense

Just Tell Them with Zach Groshell

Feb 19 2025 49 mins  
In this episode of The Becoming Educated Podcast, Zach Groshell discusses the importance of effective explanations in teaching, emphasising the value of direct instruction and cognitive science principles. He reflects on his own teaching experiences, critiques traditional discovery-based learning, and advocates for explicit teaching methods that enhance student understanding and en

Primary Reading Simplified with Christopher Such

Feb 17 2025 73 mins  
In this episode of The Becoming Educated Podcast, Chris Such discusses his philosophy on teaching reading, emphasising the need for a balanced approach that supports both novice and experienced teachers. He explores the intertwined nature of word recognition and language comprehension, the importance of phonics instruction, and the necessity of accurate decoding practice. Chris als

Homework with Dr Jo Castelino

Nov 27 2022 66 mins  
This week I am joined Dr Jo Castelino who is a secondary Science teacher based in Yorkshire. Jo has a TLR for leading homework in her school and has recently shared her knowledge of how homework can become a successful part of schooling at ResearchEd. Jo writes about her work on her blog which can be found here. I would recommend this article Jo wrote for Impact where she discusse

Guide to Memory with Ross Morrison McGill

Nov 06 2022 66 mins  
This week I am joined by Ross McGill, founder of Teacher Toolkit, his alter ego you might say. Ross is the bestselling author of ‘Mark.Plan.Teach’, Teacher Toolkit and Just Great Teaching and has also co-authored brilliant books including ‘The Revision Revolution’. Recently, Ross released 'The Teacher Toolkit Guide to Memory' and it really is a fantastic addition to the cog

Teaching Secondary Science with Adam Boxer

Oct 30 2022 74 mins  
This week I am joined by Adam Boxer. Adam is the head of science at Totteridge Academy, co-founder of Carousel Learning and author of the brilliant book ‘Teaching Secondary Science’. In the book Adam distils years of hard-won experience and outlines his approach to teaching and it goes well beyond just science. The huge 100 plus pages on explanations are worth the purchase of t

Dunlosky's Strengthening the Student Toolbox with Amarbeer Singh Gill

Oct 23 2022 52 mins  
This week I am joined by Amarbeer Singh Gill. Singh is a lead practitioner of secondary maths and a teacher educator. He blogs at unpackingeducation.wixsite.com and you can find him on twitter @InspiredLearn_ Recently, Singh wrote a brilliant book as part of the In Action series, 'Dunlosky's Strengthening the Student Toolbox in Action' and we discuss the contents in todays episode.

Ready to Teach: A Christmas Carol with Amy Staniforth & Stuart Pryke

Jun 26 2022 56 mins  
Subject Specific: English This week welcomes the first subject specific episode of Becoming Educated and I am joined on the interviewing side by Nikki Waite, an Assistant Principal for Teaching & Learning, and an English Teacher. We explore Ready to Teach: A Christmas Carol with the authors Amy Staniforth & Stuart Pryke. Stuart Pryke is an English teacher and Teaching and Learning

An Evidence Informed Journey with Alex Gordon

Jun 12 2022 51 mins  
This week I am joined by Alex Gordon. Alex is Assistant Principal of Teaching & learning at Chingford Foundation School. In this episode Alex and I discuss his schools evidence informed journey including: What this has involved since September 2020 How Alex went about refreshing his schools pedagogical principles The five strand interconnected model for professional development How

Leading Evidence-Informed Teaching with Rachel Ball

May 29 2022 49 mins  
This week I am joined for the first of the Teaching and Learning Lead Series by Rachel Ball. Rachel is Assistant Principal at Co-op Academy Walkden and we discuss how she is leading evidence informed teaching across her school. In this episode we explore the following: Why it is important for the teaching and learning lead to be evidence-informed Why it is important that there is a