In their longest episode yet (a massive 51 minutes, so settle in!) Emma and Tom discuss the work of Australian educationalist John Hattie, and look into his famous 'visible learning' ranking of factors affecting pupils' learning and progress. The main focus of the discussion is 'jigsaw technique' - a highly-ranked strategy for pupil-led learning of content.

The wellbeing slot takes a turn for the slightly bizarre, with an excellent tip from the world of outdoor survival that involves hot beverages. Our shoutout this time around goes to everyone at Teach First Cymru, and Tom gives us some ideas for thinking more systematically about how we put our pupils together to work in groups.

Join us again next time for a very exciting guest episode featuring Dr. Kate North, Chair of Literature Wales, who'll be talking to us about creative writing and its place in your life!

 

John Hattie's website is visible-learning.org

The Belbin website is belbin.com

Jigsaw technique is fully explained at jigsaw.org

 

Sections:

* Main discussion: 0:00 - 34:53

* Wellbeing: 34:53 - 40:24

* Shoutout: 40:24 - 43:03

* Something to Try: 43:03 - 50:30