In this episode of the Oxfordshire Teacher Training podcast, Matthew Coatsworth sits down with Peps Mccrea to explore motivation. Peps is currently Dean of Learning Design at Ambition Institute and Director of Education at Steplab, as well as being the author of the High Impact Teaching series of books. Peps explains what motivation is, how it works in education, and the relationship between motivation and behaviour. He shares a series of key ideas and core drivers from his book&n...

In this episode of the Oxfordshire Teacher Training podcast, Matthew Coatsworth discusses Trauma in Education with one of our mentors, Suzi Lombardelli. Suzi explains what trauma is, the impact being seen following the pandemic, and what evidence tells us from studies of adverse childhood experiences. She also offers a range of practical approaches for the classroom. Suzi, who is also KS3 coordinator for Design and Technology at Lord Williams's School, has prepared material that may be of in...

In this episode of the Oxfordshire Teacher Training podcast, Matthew Coatsworth explores Mental Health First Aid with Matt Barnard and Donna Brunstrom. Listeners will hear why it is such an important strand of continuing professional development for teachers at the moment, as well as gaining an overview of what will be covered in Mental Health First Aid training. For current Oxfordshire Teacher Training Associate Teachers: Youth Mental Health First Aid Thursday 2 March 5-7pm online Young pe...

Robbie Coleman, former Head of Policy at the Education Endowment Foundation and lead author on their Teaching and Learning Toolkit, has created Proxima, a new organisation applying the latest evidence and innovative technology to create powerful new ways of training teachers. In this episode of the Oxfordshire Teacher Training Podcast, Robbie and Matthew Coatsworth discuss Intensive Practice - a significant component of the forthcoming ITT requirements - and how this can be achieved. They i...

In this episode, Mike Goves (CPLD Lead for the River Learning Trust) discusses metacognition, self-regulation and self-regulated learning with Oxfordshire Teacher Training's Matthew Coatsworth. Mike looks in particular at the EEF guidance report on Metacognition and Self-Regulated Learning and the work of James Mannion and Kate McAllister, as well as proposing a scaffold for developing metacognitive behaviours. If you want to find out more, we recommend reading: EEF Guidance Report on Metac...

The latest episode finds Matthew Coatsworth discussing Oxfordshire Teacher Training's Principles for Teaching Effective Lessons with its Director, Patrick Garton. The Principles have been developed over a number of years and in this podcast, Patrick explains how they are not instructions and checklists, but an attempt to articulate as specifically as possible what makes the most difference. Listeners to the podcast are welcome to download the full Principles and use: we ask that you ...

Oxfordshire Teacher Training's Matthew Coatsworth discusses Assessment with the Head of Teaching and Learning at Evidence Based Education C.J. Rauch in this latest episode of our podcast. C.J. is also one of the authors of the Great Teaching Toolkit Evidence Review - regular listeners may remember episode 23 with Professor Rob Coe. This is a particularly important episode, as C.J. articulates not only why assessment is such an essential part of teaching, but also explains Ev...

In this episode of the Oxfordshire Teacher Training podcast, Matthew Coatsworth discusses the wonderful work of the NCETM - the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics - with NCETM Professional Development Leads and Oxfordshire Teacher Training Mentors Claire Shorrock and Crispin Hoad. Claire and Crispin outline some of the key work of the NCETM, the BBO Maths Hub, Teaching for Maths Mastery and the five big ideas, as well as how to cater for the wide variation of ...

In the latest episode of the Oxfordshire Teacher Training podcast, Matthew Coatsworth sits down with Jade Pearce, Assistant Head Teacher at Walton High School in Stafford as well as Evidence Lead in Education and member of the EEF Expert Voices Group. They discuss effective CPD, the importance of a coherent approach to CPD and also the phenomenal free resources Jade has made available through her Twitter page @PearceMrs. These include short introductions to some of the most importa...

Welcome to the start of season 3 of the Oxfordshire Teacher Training Podcast. In this episode, Matthew Coatsworth discusses the latest book in the NASBTT/Critical Publishing Essential Guides for Early Career Teachers: Using Cognitive Science in the Classroom with its author Kelly Woodford-Richens. Kelly refers to the work of Daniel Willingham in particular, as well as advocating a 'human-first' teacher approach to frame the reflective tasks and case studies she has incorporated in...

In this episode of the Oxfordshire Teacher Training podcast, Matthew Coatsworth meets Lynsey Hunter from Sheffield Hallam University along with her colleague and favourite guest of the podcast Sam Twiselton to discuss the Early Career Framework and their experiences during the early roll-out of the ECF this year in Sheffield. Regular listeners may well remember Sam talking with Matthew about the ITT Core Content Framework last year. If not, do listen to the episode here. This episode is ess...

In this episode of the Oxfordshire Teacher Training podcast, Matthew Coatsworth discusses workload with Julie Greer: headteacher and author of the Essential Guide for Early Career Teachers on 'Workload - Taking Ownership of your Teaching'. Julie and Matthew explore balance, autonomy, professionally acceptable workloads and the role of mentors and other teacher educators. During the podcast, a number of resources are mentioned: Talis research 2018 – Teachers and School Leaders as Lifelong Lea...

In this episode of the Oxfordshire Teacher Training Podcast, Matthew Coatsworth sits down remotely with child clinical psychologist Dr Naira Wilson to discuss the importance of getting transitions right for children. In a first for the podcast, Matthew completes Naira's House Analogy, a reflection tool to facilitate transition. Listeners can choose between the slightly edited audio only section of the podcast, or the full-length video of Matthew and Naira completing the house analogy via zoom...

In this episode of the Oxfordshire Teacher Training podcast, Matthew Coatsworth sits down with education consultant and fellow of the UK National Association for Environmental Education Ben Ballin to explore climate education. In an inspiring interview, Ben talks about a message of hope and opportunity, gives many fantastic recommendations for how to tackle ‘difficult’ questions and where to find reliable and age-appropriate resources. Ben also shares some of the work he has been involved wit...

In this episode, Oxfordshire Teacher Training's Matthew Coatsworth discusses the Great Teaching Toolkit with Professor Rob Coe, as well as looking back over the past twenty years since Rob's Manifesto for Evidence Based Education was published. Regular podcast listeners might remember episode 1, which looked at the Sutton Trust report 'What Makes Great Teaching?' for which Rob was lead author, and more recently episode 22 where Patrick Garton discussed the importance of the Great Teaching mat...

In episode 22, Matthew Coatsworth discusses Oxfordshire Teacher Training's ITT curriculum with its Director Patrick Garton. They explore the curriculum's aims, how they have translated the ITT core content framework into a carefully sequenced curriculum of seven core areas, how subject specialist teaching aspects have been developed recently and the vital importance of aligning central professional learning with the activities taking place in placement schools. This episode is not only ...

In this episode of the Oxfordshire Teacher Training Podcast, Matthew Coatsworth talks with Claire Grimes about Rosenshine's Principles of Instruction and her fantastic workbook based on the principles and the work of Tom Sherrington. Back at the start of March 2020's lockdown, Claire produced a workbook as a CPD resource for Thamesview School in Kent where she is currently Deputy Headteacher. It became a viral sensation on twitter, being picked up by Tom Sherrington (see episodes 14 and...

Happy New Year! We start 2021 with a fantastic episode with Oxfordshire Teacher Training’s Matthew Coatsworth and Anita Devi exploring Special Educational Needs and Disabilities. Matthew and Anita talk about some of the themes covered in her Essential Guide for Early Career Teachers as well as the impact of the pandemic on wellbeing. Do have a look at some of the resources Anita and #TeamADL have produced in relation to SENCo wellbeing: https://www.teamadl.uk/SENCO-Well-being.php and al...

In this episode of the Oxfordshire Teacher Training podcast, Matthew Coatsworth continues his discussion with Tom Sherrington looking at the first volume of Tom and Oliver Caviglioni's Teaching Walkthrus book. Tom shares nuggets on questioning and feedback, on practice and retrieval methods, as well as considering Mode B teaching. Finally, Tom explains the A|D|A|P|T model that he and Oli have presented within the Walkthrus book. Do listen to part 1 of Matthew and Tom's discussion in Episode...

In this episode of Oxfordshire Teacher Training's podcast, Matthew Coatsworth talks with celebrated broadcaster and writer Afua Hirsch. Taking themes from Afua's important book Brit(ish): on race, identity and belonging, they explore some of the challenges and opportunities trainee and early career teachers should be thinking about. Afua and Matthew talk about what happens when you don't even know what it is you don't know and developing a better sense of people's identity in Britain, as wel...