Effective Teaching

By Dan Jackson

Through research and interviews Dan looks at all things education in order to help teachers implement strategies that focus on developing student capacity to be self-sufficient learners as well as pro... more

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The podcast currently has 206 episodes available.

Effective Teaching episodes:

May 15, 2022 Episode 104 Applying how students learn - spaced recall
How do you apply spaced recall in the classroom to help students be successful learners? Check out this episode for great tips on applying this to your classroom.
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10min
May 08, 2022 episode 103 Applying how students learn - the greatest influence of what students can learn
Learn how to leverage the greatest influence on what students can learn to set them up for success in your classroom.
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10min
May 01, 2022 Episode 102 Applying how students learn - Retrieval
Welcome to a new miniseries helping you apply how students learn to your classroom. This week Dan discusses the importance of retrieval for developing long-term memory giving your plenty of easy-to-apply strategies along the way.
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13min
March 27, 2022 Episode 101 How to implement gamification in your classroom
Gamification is a great tool you can use to help your students enjoy their learning, but often teacher think it takes too much time or leads to less learning. I ask Lindsay to provide to guidance around some of the barriers to using gamification and where you can get started with your journey.
Lindsay is the co-founder of PurpleZA providing professional development to teachers in South Africa and around the world. She is an international keynote speaker, passionate educator, and an all-round wonderful lady. You can connect with her over at www.purpleza.co.za

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18min
March 13, 2022Episode 100 5 Key strategies from 100 episodes of research
Dan shares 5 key strategies teachers use to create lifelong learners. Listen and discover simple adjustments you can make to really improve your students' ability to learn. https://www.teacherspd.net/100

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Students MUST have a why?
Without a why? There is no motivation, no willingness to learn.
We cannot make them learn, only they can do that.
Focus on the learning, not the teaching
Check for learning and build on it, don’t just teach the content and tick a box
eg) have students tell you how they are going, what they know well or don’t and then help them discover what to do next.
Teach the skills for learning not the content
Use the content to develop the skills
Check skill development
eg) always ask students what they are going to do about not knowing or being able to do something? Ask them how they are going to solve the problem. What process will they use to learn the next content? etc
Care less about assessment and results
Grades are not all they are made out to be
Success does not require a mark or a grade just an attitude and skill
Assessment does not always show the learning. Find more ways to know what your students are capable of.
eg) a student with poor writing skills may actually know how to create amazing stories, just ask them to share one about their life or something they care about with you.
The brain adapts to how it is used
Students can change their intelligence
They don’t have to be “dumb” or “smart”
Explicitly teach students how to learn and get them to practice learning in order to develop their brain/learning power
eg) explain how to read for understanding, demonstrate it for them
Bonus great reads
Check out The Learning Power Approach and everything by Guy Claxton
I am currently enjoying Jim Kwik Limitless Mind, motivation, method
If you as a teacher need some work life balance, or just feel overworked and constantly busy, check out Work Less, Teach More.
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20min
February 19, 2022Episode 99 What we are doing wrong with formative assessment
Learn what we are doing wrong with formative assessment and how we can fix it. In this episode, Dan discusses the purpose of formative assessment and challenges Hattie's statement that all assessment is first and foremost for teachers.

What are we doing wrong?
We always focus on what we should be doing.
We focus on what we should be doing to help the students.
I am guilty of this, and have promoted that formative assessment is for teachers first to adjust our approach and help our students. Agreeing with many experts around including John Hattie
But I have since changed my mind.
The Learning Power Approach
I am reading The Learning Power Approach by Guy Claxton and after reading a single line I felt I had a big realisation
This podcast is meant to be about how we help our students become lifelong learners. There are other topics, but many focus on this.
If formative assessment focuses on what I do as a teacher how is it helping my students become lifelong learners? A: It’s not
Who is formative assessment for?
Sorry Hattie, I now disagree.
If we focus on what we can do differently this does not help the student develop the thinking skills needed for lifelong learning. It just helps them get more used to being spoon fed, as the teacher changes the spoon and the drama to try and get them to eat.
No, we need to see formative assessment as something used by and for the student to help them identify what they need to do next.
We need to teach them how to use assessment or really evidence of learning to feedback to the student how they are going. What their strengths and weaknesses are and to guide them to develop their weaknesses.
Teach the skill
So as teachers then, we are focusing on the skill for the student as they learn to check their own understanding and then develop actions based on the result.
And yes, the formative assessment helps us help them, but the focus in on helping them learn to help themselves, not to find another way we can teach them. It is to help them discover what they don’t know and another way they can learn it.
This week
If you do a formative assessment of any kind, switch the questions around.
Instead of asking yourself what you can do differently so the student gets it, ask them how they think they are going? Where are they struggling? And then as them what they are going to do about it? If they don’t know, provide some leading questions or ideas, but don’t do the work for them.
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February 06, 2022 Episode 98 A Mindful Classroom with Kailey Lefko
Kailey introduces us to the methods she uses for herself and to help other teachers have a calm and mindful classroom. These strategies will help you maintain your sanity and provide you with go-to activities you can easily implement with your students when you can feel them struggling to focus.
Check out Kailey's resources at Educalme
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21min
December 05, 2021 Episode 97 How to avoid teacher burnout with Kelly Bell
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18min
November 20, 2021 What you will learn from TrustED: The bridge to school improvement by Toby Travis
As a school looks to improve, one of the key aspects is trusted leaders. Discover what you will learn from "TrustED: The bridge to school improvement" by Toby Travis. You can check out the show notes and win a free book by going to https://www.teacherspd.net/TrustED
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14min
November 14, 2021 Episode 96 The importance of focus
Dan discusses how focus impacts our effectiveness. Our culture of distraction is training our brains to avoid focus, but focus is vital for effectively doing hard work. Access the show notes at https://www.teacherspd.net/96
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12min

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