Becoming Educated

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, Attend, Rehearse) as a strategy for students to enhance their learning process and emphasises the role of retrieval practice in effective studying. In this conversation, Blake Harvard also discusses the importance of retrieval practice in education, emphasising its role in enhancing memory retention and reducing test anxiety. He shares practical strategies for teachers to incorporate retrieval and spaced practice into their classrooms, highlighting the significance of creating habits around retrieval. The discussion also touches on the psychological aspects of learning, including how stress affects memory formation and the importance of understanding the context of learning. Harvard concludes with advice for new teachers, encouraging them to focus on key teaching principles and allow themselves time to grow in their profession.Get involved and share widely.Please join our Facebook Group. I would love for you to join and share your takeaways from this episode and engage in discussion with fellow listeners.Keep the conversation going using #becomingeducated and tagging me @dnleslieIf you have time, I would love for you to review Becoming Educated and share what you love about the podcast.You can support the ongoing production of the podcast by buying me a coffee Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 engagement. The discussion covers practical strategies for teachers, the role of storytelling, and the significance of pacing and active learning. Groshell also highlights the need for coaching and self-development in education, asserting that these methods are beneficial for all students, especially those who struggle with learning.Get involved and share widely.Please join our Facebook Group. I would love for you to join and share your takeaways from this episode and engage in discussion with fellow listeners.Keep the conversation going using #becomingeducated and tagging me @dnleslieIf you have time, I would love for you to review Becoming Educated and share what you love about the podcast.You can support the ongoing production of the podcast by buying me a coffee Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 also outlines effective reading lesson structures that promote independent reading and addresses the significance of assessing and overcoming barriers to reading development. His insights provide a comprehensive framework for educators looking to enhance their reading instruction practices.Get involved and share widely.Please join our Facebook Group. I would love for you to join and share your takeaways from this episode and engage in discussion with fellow listeners.Keep the conversation going using #becomingeducated and tagging me @dnleslieIf you have time, I would love for you to review Becoming Educated and share what you love about the podcast.You can support the ongoing production of the podcast by buying me a coffee Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 discusses how homework, done well, can become a ‘significant motivator for learning.' In this episode we discuss the following and so much more: How we get it right so that homework becomes a ‘significant motivator for learning.' How we get students to do their homework. What makes for effective homework. How important it is that homework becomes a habit and embedded within the routine of schooling. How we ensure homework doesn't further disadvantage disadvantaged students. I learned so much from Jo in this conversation. She highlights some key things we should all consider and demonstrates the importance of thinking deeply about what we do with regards to homework. Get involved and share widely. Please join our Facebook Group. I would love for you to join and share your takeaways from this episode and engage in discussion with fellow listeners. Keep the conversation going using #becomingeducated and tagging me @dnleslie If you have time, I would love for you to review Becoming Educated and share what you love about the podcast. You can support the ongoing production of the podcast by buying me a coffee This episode is sponsored by UpLearn: Up Learn is an online, curriculum-learning resource for A Levels that helps teachers improve educational outcomes amongst students, whilst reducing their own workloads. Developed by an experienced team of educators, Up Learn courses contain high-quality videos, quizzes, and exam preparation material. Teachers' direct students to certain sections of Up Learn as homework, facilitating flipped learning, consolidation of classroom material and independent learning. 97% of students who complete an Up Learn course achieve A*/A, with many starting from D's and U's. What could yours achieve? Find out by booking a demo today at uplearn.co.uk and be sure to quote Becoming Educated for a 10% discount

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 cogsci discussion. Ross describes it as a beginners guide to memory, but it is so much more than that and we unpick some of the key themes in today's episode. In this episode we discuss the following and so much more: Why memory is the number one thing to know about Some basic parts of the human brain and why we should know about them How memory is shaped in the brain How we can use Direct Instruction and Dual Coding to deliver content clearly and efficiently The different types of memory including short term memory and long-term memory The connection between emotions and learning This is a far-ranging conversation and Ross speaks with honesty and clarity when explaining complex concepts. Get involved and share widely. Please join our Facebook Group. I would love for you to join and share your takeaways from this episode and engage in discussion with fellow listeners. Keep the conversation going using #becomingeducated and tagging me @dnleslie If you have time, I would love for you to review Becoming Educated and share what you love about the podcast. You can support the ongoing production of the podcast by buying me a coffee This episode is sponsored by UpLearn: Up Learn is an online, curriculum-learning resource for A Levels that helps teachers improve educational outcomes amongst students, whilst reducing their own workloads. Developed by an experienced team of educators, Up Learn courses contain high-quality videos, quizzes, and exam preparation material. Teachers' direct students to certain sections of Up Learn as homework, facilitating flipped learning, consolidation of classroom material and independent learning. 97% of students who complete an Up Learn course achieve A*/A, with many starting from D's and U's. What could yours achieve? Find out by booking a demo today at uplearn.co.uk and be sure to quote Becoming Educated for a 10% discount  

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 the book alone and his outline on how to build a culture of retrieval. In this episode we discuss the following and so much more: Why our teaching should be content-led and not resource-led What is meant by the term 'Ratio' Why a good explanation is the 'beating heart of an effective learning sequence' The features of an effective explanation How Adam is building a culture of retrieval ‘to ensure students conduct lots of retrieval practice in their own time' This conversation has so many takeaways so I would advise that you listen twice and make sure that you have a pen and paper handy, Adam's thinking really is brilliant. Get involved and share widely. Please join our Facebook Group. I would love for you to join and share your takeaways from this episode and engage in discussion with fellow listeners. Keep the conversation going using #becomingeducated and tagging me @dnleslie If you have time, I would love for you to review Becoming Educated and share what you love about the podcast. You can support the ongoing production of the podcast by buying me a coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dnleslie This episode is sponsored by UpLearn: Up Learn is an online, curriculum-learning resource for A Levels that helps teachers improve educational outcomes amongst students, whilst reducing their own workloads. Developed by an experienced team of educators, Up Learn courses contain high-quality videos, quizzes, and exam preparation material. Teachers' direct students to certain sections of Up Learn as homework, facilitating flipped learning, consolidation of classroom material and independent learning. 97% of students who complete an Up Learn course achieve A*/A, with many starting from D's and U's. What could yours achieve? Find out by booking a demo today at uplearn.co.uk and be sure to quote Becoming Educated for a 10% discount.

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. Dunlosky's research focussed on study strategies that are regularly employed by our students during their independent study and he ranked them from most to least effective. In this episode we discuss the following and so much more: How Dunlosky's paper impacted on Singh's classroom practice What we need to know and understand about Dunlosky's research The strategies that are most effective including practice testing and distributed practice otherwise known as retrieval practice and spacing The strategies that are least effective including highlighting and re-reading What we should be teaching our students to do during independent study This is an enriching conversation Singh and I got so much out of it. Especially, the words of caution that Singh provides near the end. Get involved and share widely. Ive just formed a Facebook Group and I would love for you to join and share your takeaways from this episode and engage in discussion with fellow listeners. Keep the conversation going using #becomingeducated and tagging me @dnleslie If you have time I would love for you to review Becoming Educated and share what you love about the podcast. You can support the ongoing production of the podcast by buying me a coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dnleslie This episode is sponsored by UpLearn: Up Learn is an online, curriculum-learning resource for A Levels that helps teachers improve educational outcomes amongst students, whilst reducing their own workloads. Developed by an experienced team of educators, Up Learn courses contain high-quality videos, quizzes and exam preparation material. Teachers direct students to certain sections of Up Learn as homework, facilitating flipped learning, consolidation of classroom material and independent learning. 97% of students who complete an Up Learn course achieve A*/A, with many starting from D's and U's. What could yours achieve? Find out by booking a demo today at uplearn.co.uk, and be sure to quote Becoming Educated for a 10% discount.

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 lead in a secondary school just outside of Ipswich, Suffolk. He is a LitDrive regional advocate and has worked with Oak National Academy. He tweets @SPryke2 and blogs at englishteachersnotebook.blogspot.com Amy Staniforth is an English teacher and Vice Principal for Quality of Education at a rural secondary school in Norfolk. She is also the Research Lead for teaching and curriculum in a multi-academy trust. She tweets @teachals and blogs at thingsshetaught.wordpress.com In the episode we discuss the following: How Amy & Stuart navigate the vast hinterland of A Christmas Carol Is it possible to truly understand the powerful message of The Carol without understanding Dickens himself? What English can learn from History with regards to Big Questions The strategy of Read, Re-read and Read Again Amy & Stuart also shared these links with us from our discussion: https://www.jstor.org/ https://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians You can buy Ready to Teach: A Christmas Carol from: John Catt: https://www.johncattbookshop.com/ready-to-teach-a-christmas-carol Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ready-Teach-Christmas-compendium-knowledge/dp/191526121X Waterstones: https://www.waterstones.com/book/ready-to-teach-a-christmas-carol/stuart-pryke/amy-staniforth/9781915261212 Get involved and share widely. Keep the conversation going using #becomingeducated and tagging me @dnleslie If you have time, I would love for you to review Becoming Educated and share what you love about the podcast. You can support the podcast by buying me a coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dnleslie This episode is sponsored by UpLearn: Up Learn is an online, curriculum-learning resource for A Levels that helps teachers improve educational outcomes amongst students, whilst reducing their own workloads. Developed by an experienced team of educators, Up Learn courses contain high-quality videos, quizzes, and exam preparation material. Teachers' direct students to certain sections of Up Learn as homework, facilitating flipped learning, consolidation of classroom material and independent learning. 97% of students who complete an Up Learn course achieve A*/A, with many starting from D's and U's. What could yours achieve? Find out by booking a demo today at uplearn.co.uk and be sure to quote Becoming Educated for a 10% discount.  

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 Alex shares best practice in the school This was a great conversation and there is so much gold for Teaching & Learning leads. You can follow Alex on twitter @MrAWGordon_ Get involved and share widely. Keep the conversation going using #becomingeducated and tagging me @dnleslie If you have time I would love for you to review Becoming Educated and share what you love about the podcast. You can support the podcast by buying me a coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dnleslie  

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 vision for teaching and learning in a school How Rachel has helped create a shared language around teaching and learning How Rachel has made engaging with evidence accessible How Rachel has optimised performance management to show that staying evidence-informed is important at her school. I loved exploring Rachel's role as a teaching and learning lead and was particularly impressed by the resource she is creating using Google Classroom, i'm certainly going to borrow that idea. You can follow Rachel on twitter @MrsBallAP Get involved and share widely. Keep the conversation going using #becomingeducated and tagging me @dnleslie If you have time I would love for you to review Becoming Educated and share what you love about the podcast. You can support the podcast by buying me a coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dnleslie Finally, If you would like to sponsor an episode of #becomingeducated then please contact me via email using darren@becomingeducated.co.uk  

This week's podcast is a little different as I am joined by my friends Arthur and Mike from the T and Teaching podcast for a brilliant crossover episode.  In this episode we share six things that we have learned from our respective podcasts which are: Understanding how students learn needs to form a greater part of teacher training and CPD The teaching profession needs supervision as much as coaching Teaching well is relationship building A focus on improving teaching improves almost everything in schools Teachers don't need a deep understanding of cognitive science in order to effectively embed it in their practices Schools need to do more to support parent teachers This was a great discussion with Arthur and Mike and I we would love for you to get involved and keep the conversation going with your thoughts. Get involved and share widely. Keep the conversation going using #becomingeducated and tagging me @dnleslie If you have time I would love for you to review Becoming Educated and share what you love about the podcast. You can support the podcast by buying me a coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dnleslie Finally, If you would like to sponsor an episode of #becomingeducated then please contact me via email using darren@becomingeducated.co.uk  

This week I am joined by Harry Hudson, Harry is a History teacher at the West London Free School in Hammersmith, West London. He's also a freelance writer and has written for a range of publications including The Times, The Telegraph and The Spectator. In this weeks episode Harry and I discuss the following and so much more: Why teaching has an image problem Why money could be an issue in getting good people into teaching Why the fact that everyone has been to school contributes to the image problem How the explosion of awareness of cognitive science has enhanced the profession What the many positives of being a teacher are How we can change the image of teaching through opening our doors and sharing our bright spots with the public This was a fascinating discussion with Harry and believe he has kickstarted a discussion into how we can really change the image of our most wonderful profession. Get involved and share widely. Keep the conversation going using #becomingeducated and tagging me @dnleslie If you have time I would love for you to review Becoming Educated and share what you love about the podcast. You can support the podcast by buying me a coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dnleslie Finally, If you would like to sponsor an episode of #becomingeducated then please contact me via email using darren@becomingeducated.co.uk  

This week I am joined by Abby Hughes. Abby is the Assistant Headteacher: Teaching & Learning and Head of Divinity at the West London Free School. In this episode I follow up on Abby's excellent talk for the We Are in Beta Curriculum Thinkers group and we explore the following and so much more: The 7 principles of a West London Free School Lesson Divinity, the divinity curriculum and why as ED Hirsch notes ‘No person in the modern world can be considered educated without a basic knowledge of all the great religions of the world' How Abby and her team teach their Divinity Curriculum using an excellent set of principles  Why Abby teaches using Textbooks and why myths about using Textbooks are wrong How Abby prepares for a lesson This was an excellent insight into an incredibly well thought out curriculum and I was blown away by the preparation and level of thinking that Abby undertakes to ensure that each lesson is high energy and has maximum return on learning. You can find Abby on twitter @abbyjhughes Get involved and share widely. Keep the conversation going using #becomingeducated and tagging me @dnleslie If you have time I would love for you to review Becoming Educated and share what you love about the podcast. You can support the podcast by buying me a coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dnleslie Finally, if you would like to sponsor an episode of the podcast and reach thousands of listeners please contact me using darren@becomingeducated.co.uk  

This week I am Joined by Helen Howell.  Helen is director of English at the Blue Coat School in Oldham. She previously worked at the Radclyffe School as English AST and lead teacher for literacy, where she was instrumental in developing a knowledge-rich KS3 curriculum and a culture of reading for pleasure. Helen recently published a great book, alongside Ross Morrision McGill of Teacher Toolkit, 'The Revision Revolution, How to build a culture of effective study in your school' and we explore this in depth in todays episode. We discuss the following and so much more: Why students dont revise? Why creating a rich curriculum is the first step towards a revision revolution? Why we should start with staff training? How to kick the revolution off by sharing key revision strategies with year seven or s1 for us in Scotland What teachers can do in lessons to support students learn the content How to train students to support themselves How to engage adults in supporting the revision revolution. I loved this interview with Helen and the book is fantastic. A must have if you want to supercharge your students learning. You can find Helen on twitter @cura_dora Get involved and share widely. Keep the conversation going using #becomingeducated and tagging me @dnleslie If you have time I would love for you to review Becoming Educated and share what you love about the podcast. You can support the podcast by buying me a coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dnleslie Finally, if you would like to sponsor an episode of the podcast and reach thousands of listeners please contact me using darren@becomingeducated.co.uk  

Michael Chiles began as a geography teacher, head of department and senior leader with responsiblity for teaching and learning. Michael is now a head of department at a school in the north west of England. Michael is the author of three books including 'The Sweet Spot: Explaining and Modelling with Precision' We discuss the following and much much more: What teachers should consider when planning their classroom layout What we should consider when planning our wall displays as 'paying attention is a critical cog to enable learning' Why our PowerPoints, the staple of our lessons, create cognitive overload The importance of classroom culture Why it is important to prepare for and be precise with our explanations You can follow Michael on twitter @m_chiles Get involved and share widely. Keep the conversation going using #becomingeducated and tagging me @dnleslie If you have time I would love for you to review Becoming Educated and share what you love about the podcast. You can support the podcast by buying me a coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dnleslie This episode is sponsored by UpLearn: Up Learn is an online, curriculum-learning resource for A Levels that helps teachers improve educational outcomes amongst students, whilst reducing their own workloads. Developed by an experienced team of educators, Up Learn courses contain high-quality videos, quizzes and exam preparation material. Teachers direct students to certain sections of Up Learn as homework, facilitating flipped learning, consolidation of classroom material and independent learning. 97% of students who complete an Up Learn course achieve A*/A, with many starting from D's and U's. What could yours achieve? Find out by booking a demo today at uplearn.co.uk, and be sure to quote Becoming Educated for a 10% discount.

This week I speak with Professor Rob Coe and Jamie Scott from Evidence Based Education and we explore the Great Teaching Toolkit Project, their online professional development platform which follows on from the Great Teaching Toolkit Evidence Review, published in June 2020. In this episode we discuss the following and much more: The Great Teaching Toolkit Evidence Review What the team have been working on since the review How schools can use the Toolkit to focus a teachers professional learning How Student Surveys were designed and how they are used to give valuable insides into the work of a teacher Why teacher learning should be focussed on one thing for 6 months or more You can find the Evidence Review, sample materials from the Toolkit and make contact with Rob & Jamie at evidencebased.education Get involved and share widely. Keep the conversation going using #becomingeducated and tagging me @dnleslie If you have time I would love for you to review Becoming Educated and share what you love about the podcast. You can support the podcast by buying me a coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dnleslie This episode is sponsored by UpLearn: Up Learn is an online, curriculum-learning resource for A Levels that helps teachers improve educational outcomes amongst students, whilst reducing their own workloads. Developed by an experienced team of educators, Up Learn courses contain high-quality videos, quizzes and exam preparation material. Teachers direct students to certain sections of Up Learn as homework, facilitating flipped learning, consolidation of classroom material and independent learning. 97% of students who complete an Up Learn course achieve A*/A, with many starting from D's and U's. What could yours achieve? Find out by booking a demo today at uplearn.co.uk, and be sure to quote Becoming Educated for a 10% discount.

This week I am joined by Alex Quigley. Alex is a former English teacher and school leader, of over 15 years standing, who now works for the Education Endowment Foundation, supporting teachers to access research evidence. He can be found on twitter @AlexJQuigley and blogs at www.theconfidentteacher.com He is the author of ‘The Confident Teacher', ‘Closing the Vocabulary Gap' and ‘Closing the Reading Gap'. In this episode Alex & I explore the vital importance of reading in our schools and Alex clearly articulates why it should be the number one school improvement priority.  In this episode we discuss the following and so much more: The history of reading and writing systems and why they are important for us to know about. What the science of reading tells us on how we should teach reading. How teachers can develop reading comprehension in their classrooms. Academic and disciplinary reading and how they are different within each subject discipline. Discussing the topic of reading with Alex has served to sharpen my own thinking and I came away with so many notes to unpick. Get involved and share widely. Keep the conversation going using #becomingeducated and tagging me @dnleslie If you have time I would love for you to review Becoming Educated and share what you love about the podcast. You can support the podcast by buying me a coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dnleslie This episode is sponsored by UpLearn: Up Learn is an online, curriculum-learning resource for A Levels that helps teachers improve educational outcomes amongst students, whilst reducing their own workloads. Developed by an experienced team of educators, Up Learn courses contain high-quality videos, quizzes and exam preparation material. Teachers direct students to certain sections of Up Learn as homework, facilitating flipped learning, consolidation of classroom material and independent learning. 97% of students who complete an Up Learn course achieve A*/A, with many starting from D's and U's. What could yours achieve? Find out by booking a demo today at uplearn.co.uk, and be sure to quote Becoming Educated for a 10% discount.

In this episode I speak with Jon Hutchinson, Director of Training and Development at the Reach Foundation. Jon is also a Visiting Fellow at Ambition Institute for their Masters in Expert Teaching programme. Jon has spoken at ResearchEd events and has contributed a superb chapter on Instructional Coaching for the 'ResearchEd Guide to Leadership'. Jon blogs at www.pedfed.wordpress.com We explore in depth Jon's thinking behind his 'Five Best Bets for Teaching & Learning' which are: 1. Low Stakes Quizzing 2. Instructional Coaching 3. Sequencing Curriculum 4. Improving Ratio 5. Learning about Cognitive Load Theory You can read the original post Jon wrote on this here: https://www.teachfirst.org.uk/blog/five-best-bets-improve-teaching-and-learning-year-ahead You can follow Jon on twitter @jon_hutchinson_ Get involved and share widely. Keep the conversation going using #becomingeducated and tagging me @dnleslie If you have time I would love for you to review Becoming Educated and share what you love about the podcast. You can support the podcast by buying me a coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dnleslie This episode is sponsored by UpLearn: Up Learn is an online, curriculum-learning resource for A Levels that helps teachers improve educational outcomes amongst students, whilst reducing their own workloads. Developed by an experienced team of educators, Up Learn courses contain high-quality videos, quizzes and exam preparation material. Teachers direct students to certain sections of Up Learn as homework, facilitating flipped learning, consolidation of classroom material and independent learning. 97% of students who complete an Up Learn course achieve A*/A, with many starting from D's and U's. What could yours achieve? Find out by booking a demo today at uplearn.co.uk, and be sure to quote Becoming Educated for a 10% discount.

In this episode I speak with Doug Lemov, author of Teach Like A Champion 3.0 & The Coach's Guide to Teaching. Co-Author of Teaching in the Online Classroom, Reading Reconsidered and Practice Perfect. Doug is the Managing Director of Uncommon School and leads its Teach Like a Champion team, designing and implementing teacher training based on the study of high-performing teachers. We explore in depth his thinking behind Chapter 1 of Teach Like A Champion 3.0 and the five principles Doug shares. The five principles are: Principle 1: Understanding Human Cognitive Structure means building Long Term Memory and managing Working Memory Principle 2: Habits Accelerate Learning Principle 3: What Students Attend to Is What They Will Learn About Principle 4: Motivation is Social Principle 5: Teaching Well Is relationship Building You can find Doug on twitter @DougLemov and you can read his excellent blog here: https://teachlikeachampion.com/blog/?s=video Get involved and share widely. Keep the conversation going using #becomingeducated and tagging me @dnleslie If you have time I would love for you to review Becoming Educated and share what you love about the podcast. You can support the podcast by buying me a coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dnleslie This episode is sponsored by UpLearn: Up Learn is an online, curriculum-learning resource for A Levels that helps teachers improve educational outcomes amongst students, whilst reducing their own workloads. Developed by an experienced team of educators, Up Learn courses contain high-quality videos, quizzes and exam preparation material. Teachers direct students to certain sections of Up Learn as homework, facilitating flipped learning, consolidation of classroom material and independent learning. 97% of students who complete an Up Learn course achieve A*/A, with many starting from D's and U's. What could yours achieve? Find out by booking a demo today at uplearn.co.uk, and be sure to quote Becoming Educated for a 10% discount. 

In this episode I chat with Dr Liam Printer of The Motivated Classroom podcast in a unique collaboration. We talk about our roles as 'teaching and learning research leads' at our respective schools, how we got into these positions, why we feel its important to have internal, evidence based, professional development on-going throughout the year and how we got started on this podcast journey! A brilliant conversation that we could have continued all day! You can find Liam on twitter @motclasspodcast & @liamprinter Get involved and share widely.  Keep the conversation going by using #becomingeducated and tagging me @dnleslie If you have time I would love for you to review Becoming Educated and share what you love about the podcast. Finally, if you want to support the podcats in a small way why not buy me a coffee at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dnleslie  

Joe Dale is an independent languages consultant who works with a range of organisations such as Network for Languages, ALL, The British Council, the BBC, Skype, Microsoft and The Guardian. He was host of the TES MFL forum for 6 years, former SSAT Languages Lead Practitioner, a regular conference speaker and recognised expert on technology and language learning. He was recently described in a Guardian article as an ‘MFL Guru' and ‘the man behind the #mfltwitterati'. You can follow Joe on twitter using the handle @JoeDale. You can find Joe on Youtube using the following address: https://www.youtube.com/user/joedale100 Below is a Google Doc Joe has created which showcases 18 example sessions he can provide on remote, hyrbid and face-to-face teaching ideas: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LmIkLZdT3YVpvsG4I8o6gUcahtvPBE1mQEmKI0lt7T8/mobilebasic?usp=gmail  

Bruce Robertson is the Rector of Berwickshire High School in the Scottish Borders. Bruce is the author of the brilliant ‘The Teaching Delusion:why teaching in our schools isn't good enough (and how we can make it better)'. ‘The Teaching Delusion 2: Teaching Strikes Back' and ‘The Teaching Delusion 3: Power Up Your Pedagogy'. You can purchase the book here: https://www.johncattbookshop.com/the-teaching-delusion-3-power-up-your-pedagogy You can read Bruce's blogs and other material here: https://theteachingdelusion.com/  

Neil Almond is a Deputy Head at a South London School leading on Curriculum, evidence informed practice and assessment. Neil writes a blog which can we found at www.nutsaboutteaching.wordpress.com Neil can be found on twitter @Mr_AlmondED The talk that Neil gave on this topic can be watched here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FAYG7sQHnQ  

Bradley Busch is a Chartered Psychologist with extensive experience working in schools, he is a leading expert at helping schools utilise psychological research through his work at InnerDrive. Outside of education, Bradley works with elite athletes including professional footballers and Team GB. Bradley is a co-author alongside Edward Watson of ‘The Science of Learning:99 studies that every teacher needs to know'. Please visit the InnerDrive website which cna be found here: https://www.innerdrive.co.uk/ Check out their 'How to Revise' blog here: https://www.innerdrive.co.uk/what-are-the-best-ways-to-revise/  

This week I am in discussion with Anne Glennie & Stuart Farmer on the topic of Professional Learning. We discuss the following and much much more: How we currently take part in Professional Learning? Is it working? What would great Professional Learning look like? How do we create a system that allows us to realise this dream of meaningful Professional Learning for all? You can support the ongoing work of #becomingeducated by following this link: www.buymeacoffee.com/dnleslie    

Josh Goodrich is the founder of Steplab, an English teacher, former MAT Professional Development lead and a coaching geek. In this episode we explore Instructional Coaching and unpick Josh's series of blogs on this topic. https://notes.steplab.co/post/BPav00-5/When-we-talk-about-Instructional-Coaching-what-do-we-mean You can follow Josh on twitter using the handle @Josh_CPD. You can support the podcast using the following link to buy me a coffee:  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dnleslie    

Nikki Cunningham-Smith has experience as an assistant headteacher, SENCO and centre lead in a pupil referral unit. She coaches teachers to support them with behaviour management in the classroom and writes a behaviour blog for TES. Nikki is also the author of 'Feel Free to Smile: The Behaviour Management Survival Guide for New Teachers'. If you want to support the podcast please do so at buymeacoffee.com/dnleslie

Bruce Robertson is the Rector of Berwickshire High School in the Scottish Borders. Bruce is the author of the brilliant ‘The Teaching Delusion:why teaching in our schools isn't good enough (and how we can make it better)'. ‘The Teaching Delusion 2: Teaching Strikes Back' and ‘The Teaching Delusion 3: Power Up Your Pedagogy'. You can get the trilogy now from John Catt Educational. Want to support the ongoing work of the podcast: buymeacoffee.com/dnleslie

Zoe Enser was a classroom English teacher for over 20 years as well as head of department and school leader in charge of improving teaching and learning. She is now lead English specialist advisor for Kent with The Education People. Mark Enser has been a geography teacher for the best part of two decades as well as a head of department and research lead. He is the author of Making Every Geography Lesson Count and Teach Like Nobody's Watching and is a TES columnist.  Their latest book 'The CPD Curriculum' is out now. Want to support the podcast? buymeacoffee.com/dnleslie

Kate Jones is currently Head of History at The British School Al Khubairat (BSAK) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates but will soon be returning to UK shores to take up a post at Innerdrive as Teaching & Learning Lead. Author of Love To Teach: Research and Resources for Every Classroom and Retrieval Practice: Research and resources for Every Classroom, Retrieval Practice 2: Implementing, Embedding and Reflecting and Retrieval Practice: Resource Guide. Kate's most recent book is Wiliam & Leahy's Five Formative Assessment Strategies in Action. Want to support the podcast? why not Buy Me a Coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/dnleslie

Joshua Vallance is the National Lead of History for Oasis Academies and leads on Curriculum at Oasis Academy Shirley Park. https://mrvallanceteach.wordpress.com/blog/

Dan Edwards is a principal of a large primary school. Prior to this Dan taught in a secondary school teaching a full timetable of GCSE and A-Levels. Dan has held leadership roles in both primary and secondary sectors and has also spent considerable time working in various education units in adolescent residential social care. Dan also had a brief sojourn teaching post-graduates as a visiting lecturer at universities. Dan is a regular columnist for Teach Primary, The Headteacher magazine and SSAT. Dan hosts a regular education forum on twitter called #SaturdayEdChat and is a host on Teachers Talk Radio.

Bradley Busch is a chartered psychologist. With extensive experience working in schools, he is a leading expert at helping schools utilise psychological research. Outside of education, Bradley works with elite athletes including professional footballers and Team GB.    Edward Watson is a graduate of Oxford University who served seven years in the Army. After receiving an MBA at The London Business school, he worked as a strategic management consultant for Marakon Associates before running businesses in the computer games market.    They are co-authors of The Science of Learning:99 studies that every teacher needs to know.

Tamsin Bellaby is a Lincolnshire based secondary teacher of Art Photography and recently Business Studies. Tamsin is obsessed with the power of transformative culture within schools. Until January she was the HoY11 and led on inclusion. Tamsin has recently started at a new school where she leads Pupil Premium and drives KS4 and KS5 achievement.

Samuel Elliott has been a classroom teacher since 2016. Having grown up, lived in and taught in deprived areas, Samuel possesses key insights into misbehaviour that many teachers lack. These experiences informed his approaches in his trainee and NQT years, which, combined with his research into behaviour psychology, have since given rise to a pedagogy that borrows from both traditional and progressive philosophies.

Anne Glennie is a literacy consultant and trainer, author of Reflective Reading and owner of The Learning Zoo. To date, she has trained over 10,000 teachers in all aspects of literacy and assessment in Scotland. Anne has a particular interest in the teaching of reading through synthetic phonics, she sits on the Reading Reform Foundation committee and is also a founding committee member of IFERI - the International Foundation for Effective Reading Instruction. She is passionate about reading for pleasure and is an indie publisher of children’s and YA fiction at Cranachan - who were recently highly commended in The British Book Awards Small Press of the Year 2021.

Haili Hughes is an English teacher and a former head of department and senior leader who has mentored new teachers and ITT students for over ten years. A former journalist Haili has been teaching for the best part of 15 years and has enjoyed developing teachers at many stages of their career. Haili writes regularly for TES and other education publications and she is the author of Preserving Positivity and Mentoring in Schools.

Jon Tait is the Director of School Improvement and Deputy CEO at Arete Learning Trust in North Yorkshire. Jon started teaching in 2001 as a qualified PE teacher and more recently has taught Computer Science. Jon has been a senior leader for 13 of his 19 years in teaching. Jon is the author of five books, 100 ideas for engaging learners, Bloomsbury CPD Library: Senior Leadership, Succeeding as a Head of Year, Teaching Rebooted & Stepping Into Senior Leadership

Barry Smith is a founding senior leader of Michaela Community School, former Headteacher of Great Yarmouth Charter Academy and Regional Director of Community Schools Trust in London. Barry and I discuss how to improve teaching and pupil buy in, what really good behaviour looks like, how to get staff buy in and how to build a culture of genuine mutual respect. Barry also shares his aim to have the 'most relaxed school in the country'.

Sarah Cottingham is Associate Dean of Learning Design at Ambition Institute and is studying for a MA in Educational Neuroscience. Kathryn Morgan is Expert Adviser at the Teacher Development Programme, Research Associate at the University of Gloucester and is studying for a MA in Education Leadership. We discuss Deliberate Practice beginning with what it is and why we need it in education. We explore if it is all about changing teacher habits, the difference between purposeful practice and deliberate practice and its role in Instructional Coaching. Both Kathryn & Sarah also offer up a reading list for listeners to tuck into after listening to the podcast.

Mark Jesnick is the Assistant Principal for Teaching and Learning at Ark John Keats Academy in Enfield. Mark blogs at https://markmywords1989.wordpress.com/ and you can find him on twitter @JesnickMark.

Louis Everett is an Assistant Headteacher for Teaching & Learning at the West London Free School. Louis is a History Teacher, former Head of History and Head of Year. Louis completed a Master in Education at the University of Cambridge and during that time has a Research Lead & Whole School teaching & Learning Coach. Louis joined the West London Free School in 2016 as Head of History and oversaw a drastic improvement in results across GCSE & A-Level, created the WLFS History Teaching Conference and was part of the Department for Education Curriculum Project implementing our Key Stage Three curriculum into 7 partner schools around the country.

Jade Pearce is an Assistant Headteacher with responsibility for Teaching & Learning. She is a subject expert for initial teacher education, an evidence lead in education and passionate about research, pedagogy and continuing professional development. You can follow Jade on twitter @pearcemrs and her wonderful blog can be found at https://mrspearce865924391.wordpress.com/  

Josie Mingay is School Improvement Leader for Greenshaw Learning Trust. She has significant experience of driving standards across primary and secondary phases, with a particular focus on literacy and language. She has designed phonics programmes with national success and has spoken at various educational conferences, including PiXL, ResearchEd, Reading Reform Foundation. Josie regularly delivers bespoke CPD on key themes around the development of language, the impact of literacy on the wider curriculum, the crucial importance of reading, metacognition and motivation.

Patrice Bain is an educator, speaker and author. Finalist for Illinois Teacher of the Year and a Fulbright Scholar in Russia. She spent 15 of her 25+ year teaching career working with cognitive scientists turning research into learning strategies. She was asked by the Department of Education to work with cognitive scientists to co-author Organising Instruction and Study to Improve Student Learning. In addition, Patrice co-authored Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning and most recently Powerful Teaching: A Guide for Parents

Sam Hall trained as a geography teacher in the North East of England. He now works at the online education company Up Learn, where he spends each day writing scripts for instructional videos. Sam writes and talks about Siegfried Engelmann’s model of Direct Instruction. You can read his blog which is shallteach.wordpress.com.

James worked as a science teacher for 12 years. He has an MA in person-Centred Education from the University of Sussex and a PhD in Learning to Learn from the University of Cambridge. James’s doctoral thesis is an 8-year evaluation of the Learning Skills Curriculum, the focus of ‘Fear is the Mind Killer’ co-authored with Kate McAllister. James works as a Bespoke programme leader at the Centre of Educational Leadership in the UCL Institute of Education. He is an Associate of Oracy Cambridge and a Founding Fellow of the Chartered College of Teaching.

Dan Hudson is the Assistant Vice Principal including Teaching & Learning at Oasis Academy John Williams in Principal. He started teaching in 2009 and spent a decade at St Peter's Catholic High School in Gloucester. He was a Head of Year for 4 years before moving into SLT as an Associate Vice Principal moving to his role at Oasis Academy John Williams in 2019. In this episode we unpick his schools Teacher Development Curriculum included their focus on Deliberate Practice.

Kate Jones is Head of History at The British School Al Khubairat (BSAK) in Abu Dhabi,United Arab Emirates. Originally from Wrexham in North Wales, Kate taught in the UK for six years at Elfed High School before relocating to the UAE in 2016.  Kate is also a Lead Practitioner specialising in teaching and learning. Kate provides regular training for educators and leaders both in the UK and internationally. Kate has spoken at various educational conferences around the world. Author of Love To Teach: Research and Resources for Every Classroom (2018) and Retrieval Practice: Research and Resources for every classroom (2019). In February 2020 Kate was awarded the GESS Education Mark Duncan Award for Educational Influencer of the Year.

I am joined by Sam Strickland aka the Strickomaster. Sam is a former History teacher who now works as the Principal of the Duston School in Northampton. Sam has overseen his Schools GCSE results from the bottom 20% to the top 20% Nationally. Sam's first book Education Exposed published by John Catt in 2020 was a feature of Podcast 12 back in April 2020. Sam’s punchy follow up Education Exposed 2 was published in November 2020. Twitter - @dnleslie Email - darren@becomingeducated.co.uk

Jonathan Firth is an author, PGDE tutor & school psychology teacher. His research interests focus on memory and on teacher research engagement, and he has authored several books relating to the psychology of education, as well as school psychology textbooks including Psychology in the Classroom, How to Learn and Teacher’s Guide to Research