Mr Barton Maths Podcast

Science teacher, Pritesh Raichura, shares his insights about how to ensure 100% of our students are listening, thinking and understanding at each stage of a lesson. From All-Hands-Up Cold Calling, to high-frequency checks for listening, this episode is jam-packed with incredible, practical insights. You can access the resources and videos from the episode here: https://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/170-how-to-secure-100-student-engagement-with-pritesh-raichura/ Useful time-stamps: Welcome to Pritesh (06:51) Pritesh's favourite failure (10:37) What does Pritiesh mean by attention? (19:25) What does 100% attention look like? (22:53) Is 100% attention really achievable? (28:15) What is the relationship between attention and behaviour? (33:44) All-Hands-Up Cold Call (46:06) How do you secure attention when students are practising independently? (1:16:37) Show Call (1:20:35) High-frequency checks for listening (1:25:20) Desks in rows (1:43:05) S-L-A-N-T (1:58:10) Silence as a default (2:08

Teacher, author and my arch-rival podcaster, Ollie Lovell, joins me from the land Down Under in the second of our monthly chats. We each share three things we have been thinking about from the world of education recently. In this episode, we discuss connections, worked examples, teacher knowledge, iPads and more. For show notes, videos and links please visit this page: mrbartonmaths.com/blog/tools-and-tips-for-teachers-3 Time-stamps: Be explicit about connections (05:27) A quadrilogy for worked examples (14:07) Expectations of teacher knowledge have fallen over time (29:44) The best use of iPads I've seen (41:21) Buy some timer dice! (52:02) Rewards for revision (54:55)

Experienced heads of department, Femi Adeniran and Matt Findlay, join me for an epic conversation about leading a maths department. We cover everything from consistency versus autonomy, departmental meetings, handling parental complaints and allocating sets. You can access links to the resources discussed, time-stamps and videos on the podcast show-notes page here: https://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/168-how-to-lead-a-maths-department-with-femi-adeniran-and-matt-findlay/ Time-stamps: Matt's favourite failure (06:26) Femi's favourite failure (10:38) Matt's route into becoming a head of department (15:45) Femi's route into becoming a head of department (18:17) How many year's classroom teaching should you have before becoming a head of department? (21:02) How strong a teacher does the head of department need to be? (24:41) What does your timetable as a head of department look like? (28:43) Do you find you are teaching more these days than 5 years ago? (32:38) Does your teach

Teacher, author and my arch-rival podcaster, Ollie Lovell, joins me from the land Down Under in the second of our monthly chats. We each share three things we have been thinking about from the world of education recently. In this episode, we discuss reasons students don't understand things, behaviour, copying things down, and more! For show notes, videos and links please visit this page: mrbartonmaths.com/blog/tools-and-tips-for-teachers-2 Time-stamps: Three reasons students don’t know the answer (06:06) Three reflections on behaviour in schools (19:22) Develop competing hypotheses when observing teaching and learning (37:11) Further thoughts on the Myth of Copying Things Down (47:19) Rethinking To-Do Lists (1:06:13) End the day on a positive (1:16:24)

Teacher, author and my arch-rival podcaster, Ollie Lovell, joins me from the land Down Under in the first of our monthly chats. We each share three things we have been thinking about from the world of education recently. In this first episode, we discuss checking for understanding, curriculum, PowerPoint and more! For show notes, videos and links please visit this page: mrbartonmaths.com/blog/tools-and-tips-for-teachers-1/ Time-stamps: The crucial role of curriculum (05:18) No hints before a check for understanding (14:19) Diagnosis in coaching (24:12) The Tick Trick (39:29) The power of a slideshow for teaching mathematics (45:32) How to get better sleep (59:24)

For links to the resources discussed in the episode and videos of our conversation please visit the episode show-notes page here: https://tipsforteachers.substack.com/p/how-to-be-more-evidence-informed?sd=pf Time-stamps How does Peps find good quality research to share with teachers? (08:44) How does Peps summarise research so teachers can quickly digest and apply it? (14:29) What is a piece of research we both believe in, but wish was not true? (21:53) Willpower is overrated (48:20) Consistency before challenge (59:26) Interruptions leave a wake (1:07:04) Mind your modes (1:12:47) What's happening in AI right now, and what does it mean for education? (1:23:33) Coaching chat! (1:37:23) Peps' new book (1:49:58) My takeaways (1:51:57)

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the Mr Barton Maths Podcast, with me Craig Barton. This time around I spoke to maths teacher, Craig Latimir. We discussed Craig's process for planning a maths lesson. I asked Craig the following questions, and plenty more: What did your lesson planning process used to look like, and what problems did this lead to in the classroom? What are your overall principles of planning now? Do you plan in terms of individual lessons, or a sequence of lessons, or a hybrid? And then Craig takes us through the key phases of a lesson, describing how he plans them and exactly how they play out in the lesson, including The Do Now Exposition Modelling Checking for understanding Responsive teaching  Practice End I have entitled this episode how to plan a maths lesson, but I suspect the key principles could apply to other subjects. So please feel free to share with your non-maths colleagues if you think this is the case. Resources and videos from the episode: F

This episode of the Mr Barton Maths Podcast is kindly supported by Oxford University Press’s new Key Stage 3 maths curriculum called Mosaic. You can find out more by searching for Oxford Smart Mosaic or visiting here. *** Hello, and welcome to another episode of the Mr Barton Maths Podcast, with me Craig Barton. This time around I spoke to science teacher and author, Adam Boxer. We discussed Adam’s process for observing lessons, giving feedback and coaching teachers. We discussed the following, and plenty more: What were Adam’s early experiences both being observed and observing others? How does Adam now observe and give feedback? Can non-specialists observe as well as subject specialists? Whatever your style of teaching, experience or subject, I think you will get a lot out of this conversation. Useful time-stamps: What did Adam’s lesson observations used to look like? (10:55) What does Adam do before observing a lesson? (41:48) What does Adam do in the lesson he is observing? (54:45) Wha

Jamie Thom interviewed me for his excellent Beyond Survival podcast - a show aimed at supporting new teachers. Jamie asked me to share five tips that I thought would benefit those teachers new to the classroom. Here is what I came up with: The importance of boosting the participation ratio Respecting both types of wait time Improving paired discussion Embracing Learner-generated examples Asking students to assign confidence scores to their work You can listen to more episodes of Beyond Survival here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/beyond-survival-the-new-teacher-podcast/id1643514835  My own Tips for Teachers podcast is here: https://tipsforteachers.co.uk/podcast/  You can find out about my Tips for Teachers book here: https://tipsforteachers.co.uk/book/ 

Here are the links to the things discussed in the show: Tips for Teachers website Tips for Teachers podcast Tips for Teachers newsletter Tips for Teachers book Online and face-to-face CPD and departmental support Three Tips for Teachers episodes to check out: Jamie Thom Sammy Kempner Craig Latimir The Mr Barton Maths Podcast will be back soon!

Ollie Lovell is a maths teacher from sunny Australia. He is also a head of department, blogger, research ravager, pioneering podcaster, and best-selling author. He joins me to discuss the key ideas from his book: Tools for Teachers. We focus on two key areas: regulation & relationships, and leadership. Ollie offers his usual dose of practical, actionable takeaways that any teacher can try. For more information about today’s guest, plus links to the websites, resources and ideas they mention, please visit the show notes page: http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/ollie-lovell-tools-for-teachers/

This episode of the Mr Barton Maths Podcast is a taster of my new project: Tips for Teachers (check out the website here: tipsforteachers.co.uk ) Each episode of the Tips for Teachers podcast features a guest sharing 5 tips to improve any aspect of teaching life. To get you in the mood, I wanted to share one tip from each of my first five guests: Adam Boxer: To reduce “choppy time” in lessons, use a Front Loaded Means of Participation and wait for Golden Silence Jo Morgan: Don’t forget the respond part of responsive teaching Tom Sherrington: Start with whoever got 8 out of 10 Jemma Sherwood: Plan sequences not lessons Harry Fletcher-Wood: Do less, but better Please help support the Tips for Teachers podcast by: 1. Subscribing on your podcast platform of choice (you can find links to the most common platforms here: tipsforteachers.co.uk/podcast) 2. Rating and reviewing the Tips for Teachers podcast 3. Telling your friends and colleagues about it 4. Visiting the Tips for Teachers website: tipsforteach

Adam Boxer is a science teacher, author and creator of Carousel Learning. He joins me to discuss the key ideas from his book: Teaching Secondary Science: a complete guide, including What makes a good explanation? What role does silence play in Adam’s lessons, and how has this changed over the years? Is it important maths and science departments work together? If so, how? What role does technology have to play in terms of retrieval? Observation feedback, engaging with research, and so much more.  For more information about today’s guest, plus links to the websites, resources and ideas they mention, please visit the show notes page: http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/adam-boxer-explanations-retrieval-and-maths-science-working-together/

I have been a big fan of Dan’s work for a few years now. Along with last episode’s guest, Paul Rowlandson, Dan’s blog is one of the few I have notifications on for new posts because I find it essential reading. I love the way Dan reflects on his thinking from the ideas he tries out in his lessons. In this episode we discuss overlearning and conceptual leaps. For more information about today’s guest, plus links to the websites, resources and ideas they mention, please visit the show notes page: http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/dan-draper-overlearning-and-conceptual-leaps/

Paul is a maths teacher with a strong interest in research - so much so that he is now embarking upon a doctorate. He also holds the prestigious title of being Jo Morgan’s favourite maths blogger. In this conversation we discuss Paul's research into Interleaving - what is it, what is it not, and how can teachers harness its power? For more information about today’s guest, plus links to the websites, resources and ideas they mention, please visit the show notes page: http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/paul-rowlandson-getting-mixed-up-with-interleaving/

Jo is a legend of the maths teaching community. Her website, resourceaholic, is the go-to site for many teachers to find hand-picked, curated, top-quality resources and her Maths Gems series of posts are a must read for the latest mathematical gold out there. But as we all know, Jo is perhaps best known for her frequent appearances on this very podcast as my co host for several Conference Takeaways episodes as well as a some standalone episodes like this one. For more information about today’s guest, plus links to the websites, resources and ideas they mention, please visit the show notes page: http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/jo-morgan-depth-and-sequencing-of-the-maths-curriculum/

Tom is the CEO at Learning with Parents. Regular listeners might recall that I was lucky enough to attend Tom’s session at the virtual MA conference earlier this year, and I loved it. The session was all about how schools can engage parents in their children’s learning, and dispelled a few myths I held to be true. About 2 minutes into that session, I knew I wanted Tom on the show, and fortunately he was kind enough to accept my invitation. For more information about today’s guest, plus links to the websites, resources and ideas they mention, please visit the show notes page: http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/tom-harbour-engaging-parents-in-their-childrens-learning/

This is an episode from season 2 of the Research in Action mini series, where I interview a researcher from the Mathematics Education Centre at Loughborough University about their chosen area of interest, and the implications for maths teaching and learning. For more information about today’s guest, plus links to the websites, resources and ideas they mention, please visit the show notes page: http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/research-in-action-19-teaching-mixed-attainment-with-tom-francome/

This is an episode from season 2 of the Research in Action mini series, where I interview a researcher from the Mathematics Education Centre at Loughborough University about their chosen area of interest, and the implications for maths teaching and learning. For more information about today’s guest, plus links to the websites, resources and ideas they mention, please visit the show notes page: http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/research-in-action-18-comparative-judgement-with-ian-jones/

This is an episode from season 2 of the Research in Action mini series, where I interview a researcher from the Mathematics Education Centre at Loughborough University about their chosen area of interest, and the implications for maths teaching and learning. For more information about today’s guest, plus links to the websites, resources and ideas they mention, please visit the show notes page: http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/research-in-action-17-executive-function-with-camilla-gilmore/