THINKING DEEPLY ABOUT PRIMARY EDUCATION

Episode 94: This week on TDaPE I have the tremendous honour of sharing the penultimate episode of Season 5 with you; "Retrieval Practice" with the one and only Kate Jones. What is retrieval practice, what role does it play in our curriculum design, in our classrooms, and when designing knowledge organisers? We explore these questions and much, much more. Pen and paper at the ready. As usual, you'll want to take tons of notes while listening to this episode. Runners beware. Whether you're new to the profession or an experienced senior leader, you won't want to miss this one...

Episode 95: In what seems like the blink of an eye, Term 1 is in the rearview mirror and we’ve arrived at the end of Season 5. But fret not, because I have a wonderful Finale to share with you today. I usually try to get in and out of the description as quickly as possible but I need to take a moment to thank all of our wonderful guests from this season for sharing their wisdom and experience these past few months. To Clare, Becky, Sam, Aidan, Juan, Dan, James, Richard, and Kate your generosity knows no bounds and I know that I am a better teacher for my conversations with you, and I am certain that there will be countless others listening who feel the same. Speaking of being a better teacher. I, like many others, owe a huge professional debt of gratitude to my guest today. For many years, he has worked tirelessly to bring some of the brightest minds in education into our cars, trains, bikes, kitchens, and living rooms as well as sharing what he has learned through engaging with research in some of the most important education books of the last decade. It is, of course, the one and only, Craig Barton. They say you shouldn’t meet your heroes. Well, I’m here to tell you that they are wrong. Craig is a stone cold legend and I’ve been bursting to share this since we recorded all the way back in July. So what do you do when you meet a living legend? You try and ask them as many questions as possible in 60 minutes. So that’s what I did and I know you’re going to love the result. Without further ado, for the final time this season, let’s spend some time Thinking Deeply about Primary Education.

Powerful RE with Adam Smith

What is primary history? I ask expert teacher, Stuart Tiffany for his views on what constitutes history in the primary/elementary classroom and how this differs, if at all, from history as a subject in general. Anyone with an interest in curriculum, teaching, learning or professional development will want to check this out.

Michael Pershan answers the question "What is Self-Explanation? on the Thinking Deeply about Primary Education Podcast. For the full episode, check out this link: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4X1KGKaLP6cQ0QdPzRhEOz?si=e597739aa00849a2 Available, wherever you get your podcasts...

Taken from the Thinking Deeply about Primary Education Podcast, Neil Almond and Christopher Such discuss orthography and the role it plays in learning to read. Full episode can be found here... https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-english-writing-system-and-what-every-teacher/id1546748470?i=1000604725435 or wherever you get your podcasts. Support the podcast at www.ko-fi.com/tdape

Check out this episode of Thinking Deeply about Primary Education, “The stickiness of story and what this means for teachers”. Featuring Neil Almond and Christopher Such. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-stickiness-of-stories-and-what-this-means-for-teachers/id1546748470?i=1000605827015 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2StBlXiEKDZ1iUXeSbMZ2N?si=443f33c621f2468d #Teaching #Learning #Schools #Pedagogy #Thinking #TDaPE #ThinkingDeeplyPodcast #ProfessionalDevelopment

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