TandTeaching - The Educational Podcast

In this episode, preschool and primary school teacher Lee shares expert insights on preparing children for their first day at school, supporting their independence, managing parental nerves, and fostering a love for reading. Discover practical tips for parents and teachers to make the transition smoother and set children up for success. Teacher Lee Parkinson is supporting the Government's &#39...

"Reflect on who spoke and who didn't." "It's about helping them build those skills." "Build on the things that you already know." In this episode of TandTeaching, hosts Arthur Moore and Mike Harrowell, along with guest Yamina Bibi, delve into the importance of oracy in education. They discuss practical strategies for implementing oracy in the classroom, including planning for discussions, engaging...

"Oracy is not the outcome, oracy is the vehicle." "The stories we tell are key to building buy-in." "Values are lived, not laminated." In this episode, the hosts discuss the importance of oracy in education, focusing on how to implement a whole school approach to teaching communication skills. They explore the challenges faced by educators, the role of leadership in p...

"Oracy creates good literacy." "We need to value oracy in education." "Without oracy, nothing else will work." --- Guest - Yamina Bibi https://www.yaminabibi.co.uk/ A Little Guide for Teachers: Thriving in Your First Years of Teaching - https://amzn.to/3ETQ34c --- Summary In this episode of TandTeaching, hosts Arthur Moore and Mike Harrowell discuss the concept of oracy in education with guest Yam...

Sound Bites "AI is a tool, not the tool." "Attention is like currency." "Cramming is a good way to remember more." "Good teaching is SEND teaching." "Our values are lived, not laminated." "We should adapt to different contexts." "We can't just take something off the shelf." "We need to codify our culture." - - - - This episode of TandTeaching captures the essence of the Inner Drive Teaching Learni...

"Lowering or impairing that short-term performance will actually lead to better learning." "Struggle to start the lesson. We repeat it at the end." "There's nothing wrong with reusing those same questions." In this episode, Singh shares three guiding principles for focusing on learning rather than performance in the classroom. The first principle is understanding...

"It's better to dig a deep learning pit and keep students in there for a sustained period of time than digging shallow ones and getting them out of it quickly." "Learning is hard, but it has to be accessible." "It's really challenging to measure learning and progress. We can't accurately replicate performance every single time." ------- To learn more about...

"Why are we bad at learning stuff?" "We can't see learning. Like I can't open up your head and see whether you've learned fractions or like how to shoot a basketball properly or know how a particular art technique." "When does something become truly learned? Can you hold onto a piece of information for eternity without using it on a regular basis?" In this episode, Singh discusses the difference b...

"Allowing more time is a very good strategy to solve a lot of those problems." "Fundamentally good teaching is one of the best things to help any student with any kind of diverse need." "It's all about getting to know the kids and your professional judgment on that and backing yourself as well." Arthur and Mike continue their discussion on processing times in education, focusing on neurodiverse st...

"We create the culture in our classrooms." "Routines reduce cognitive overload." "Embrace the silence for thinking time." In this episode of TandTeaching, hosts Arthur Moore and Mike Harrowell, along with Dr. Pippa Busch, delve into the significance of processing time in education. They discuss strategies for creating a safe learning environment, the importance of wait time, and how to frame quest...

"I break processing into three different areas with their input, the processing and the output." Dr. Pippa Busch, a child and educational psychologist, discusses the concept of processing time in education. She breaks down the process into three stages: input, processing, and output. The input stage involves sensory organs converting stimuli into neural signals. The processing stage involves worki...

"It's the umbrella that sits over everything" In this episode, Arthur, Mike, and Claire discuss how to implement Rosenshine's principles of instruction in the classroom. Claire suggests that teachers start by reflecting on their current teaching practice and identifying areas for improvement. She emphasizes the importance of knowing your subject and using modeling and questioning...

"Nothing we're looking at here is nothing new. Teachers do these things. But it's the extent to which you do it." In this episode, Arthur Moore and Mike Harrowell are joined by Claire Grimes to discuss implementing Rosenshine's principles of instruction in schools. Claire shares her experience of writing a book on Rosenshine and provides insights on how to bring these princip...

"It's a framework on which to hang effective classroom practice." In this episode, Arthur Moore and Mike Harrowell are joined by Claire Grimes to discuss Rosenshine's principles of instruction. They introduce Rosenshine as a person, a professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Illinois, who developed 10 key principles for effective teaching. They d...

A tough but important episode for us to record. We speak with Sharon Cawley , former teacher and now CEO of Conexus Tuition Franchise and also the founder of the hugely popular Facebook Group " Life After Teaching - Exit the Classroom and Thrive" which has over 160k members. We chat about our experiences, why people are looking to leave, how we can keep them, and if they do what to leave...

Today we chat with Sean Sherwood - Founder of Sean Anthony Health & Wellness, Intl. Keynote Speaker, Education Professional and SAS Who Dares Wins Finalist 2021. - - - With over 14 years of experience in education, Sean has a background in pastoral leadership, special educational needs, inclusion, and counselling. He is also a mental health first aider and a finalist of the SAS Who Dares Wins...

The latest in our series where we chat about a teaching tip sent to us!

The latest in our series where we chat about a teaching tip sent to us!

Today on TandTeaching we chat with Peter Mattock about . . . MATHS!   Peter Mattock has been teaching maths since 2006 and is a specialist leader of education (SLE) and an accredited Secondary maths professional development lead who regularly presents at conferences across the country.   Peter is also part of the first cohort of the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics’ (N...

National Thank a Teacher Day is coming up on the 19th of June In today's episode, we chat with CEO of 'The National Teaching Awards' Mary Palmer and Award Winning Head Teacher Ben Levinson OBE What is 'Thank a Teacher Day'? This is the day when the whole of the UK is encouraged to come together in celebration of all the hard-working staff working in education across the UK.  Vi...

Part 2 In this episode of TandTeaching Arthur continues his chat with about Child Agency Dominic Wyse and Yana Manyukhina from IOE - UCL's Faculty of Education and Society. What great practise did Dom and Yana see during their study? What can teachers do? What can schools do? Dominic Wyse Dominic is Professor of Early Childhood and Primary Education at the Institute of Education (IOE), Univers...

Part 1 In this episode of TandTeaching Arthur chats about Child Agency with Dominic Wyse and Yana Manyukhina from IOE - UCL's Faculty of Education and Society. What is Child Agency? Is it a new thing? Why should we care about it as educators? What have Dom and Yana been looking into? Dominic Wyse Dominic is Professor of Early Childhood and Primary Education at the Institute of Education (IOE),...

In this episode we speak with Oonagh Jaquest from BBC Bitesize about how the revision platform is evolving and how we can best use this resource with our students.

We speak to Andy Griffith, author of The Working Classroom, about the needs of working class students in education and how we can support them. You can get 'The Working Classroom' here https://amzn.to/3U2GKD1 Written by  Matt Bromley  and  Andy Griffith ,  The Working Classroom: How to make school work for working-class students  offers practical strategies and tools to help secondary scho...

The BBC's Other Side of The Story is all about helping students 'cut through the noise' and 'discover more about misinformation, fake news and how to understand and deal with everything from algorithms and unconscious bias to echo chambers'. I'm chatting with Executive Producer Andrew Swanson about it and the amazing resources they have. Learn more about the Other Side of t...