The Evidence Based Education Podcast

Dr Erika Patall is an Associate Professor at the University of Southern California. We spoke on the phone a short while ago and recorded it here for you. She talks about her research, explains what motivation in a student can look like to a teacher, and how to encourage students to be more invested [...] The post “Support a student’s sense of autonomy and they thrive!” Dr Erika Patall appeared fir...

Many people who are well known for their work in education have such interesting backgrounds and stories to tell, although many of us don’t get to hear them. The aim of this podcast series is to learn a bit more about these people. We sit down for a chat to find out a bit [...] The post Knowing Me, Knowing Ed-U: Daisy Christodoulou appeared first on Evidence Based Education .

After a brief hiatus from recording and publishing podcasts over the Christmas period, we were delighted to be able to speak to Robert and Elizabeth Bjork at UCLA about their research. Robert and Elizabeth are perhaps best known for their work on "retrieval practice" - the idea that repeated testing is more effective as [...] The post Robert and Elizabeth Bjork: an interview appeared first on Evid...

Many people who are well known for their work in education have such interesting backgrounds and stories to tell, although many of us don’t get to hear them. The aim of this podcast series is to learn a bit more about these people. We sit down for a chat to find out a bit [...] The post Knowing Me, Knowing Ed-U: Alison Peacock appeared first on Evidence Based Education .

Many people who are well known for their work in education have such interesting backgrounds and stories to tell, although many of us don’t get to hear them. The aim of this new podcast series is to learn a bit more about these people, and to allow them to share their stories. We sit [...] The post Knowing Me Knowing Ed-U: Geoff Barton appeared first on Evidence Based Education .

As many of you will know (particularly those Twitterers among you), last Thursday evening, we hosted #UKEdResChat. The title for the week was "Making it stick: Strategies for effective implementation", talking specifically about good implementation practice in schools. If you missed the chat, or aren't on Twitter, fear not! You can catch up with [...] The post #UKEdResChat: Strategies for effectiv...

Here we are again!! This month, we have a podcast with the fabulous Peter Tymms. As well as listening to his dulcet tones, you can learn an awful lot about how the assessment landscape currently sits - both here in the UK and on a wider scale internationally, too. Peter Tymms is Professor at [...] The post Peter Tymms: “Assessment – an overview” appeared first on Evidence Based E...

Many people who are well known for their work in education have such interesting backgrounds and stories to tell, although many of us don’t get to hear them. The aim of this new podcast series is to learn a bit more about these people, and to allow them to share their stories. We sit [...] The post Knowing Me, Knowing Ed-U: Sugata Mitra appeared first on Evidence Based Education .

We're back again with another in our series of podcasts, delivered free to your device! This is the third in our monthly series now, and if you haven't checked out the first two yet, please do. This month, we have a talk by the inimitable Alex Quigley, Director of Huntington Research School in York. [...] The post Alex Quigley: “Evidence-based school improvement” appeared first on Evid...

We're back again with another in our series of podcasts, delivered free to your device! We were really pleased with the engagement and feedback from Professor Jonathan Sharples' talk last month, so - by popular demand - here we are again! This month, we are delighted to present Tim Oates, Group Director of Assessment [...] The post Tim Oates: “The future of assessment” appeared first o...

Welcome to the first episode in our new (monthly) podcast series, featuring Jonathan Sharples as our first contributor. Here at EBE, we've been organising talks and interviews, and bridging the gaps between education policy, research and practice, for years now. Spreading the word has been the issue. We got such great feedback about our [...] The post Prof. Jonathan Sharples – “My visi...