In this episode, Brendan Lee speaks with Dr. Corey Peltier who is an Assistant Professor of Special Education in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Oklahoma. He also contributes to The Science of Math movement that is focused on disseminating research-informed recommendations to enhance math instruction and outcomes for students and this is the area that is unpacked in this episode. 

Resources mentioned:

• Sarah Powell

You can connect with Corey:

Twitter: @CoreyJPeltier

Website: coreypeltier.substack.com/

You can connect with Brendan:

Twitter: @learnwithmrlee

Facebook: @learningwithmrlee

Website: learnwithlee.net

https://www.patreon.com/KnowledgeforTeachersPodcast

In this episode, Brendan Lee speaks with Dr. Tim McDonald who is currently the CEO of YMCA WA and previously led Catholic Education WA, the Minderoo Foundation and was the Education Lead for Knowledge Society. Recently, he wrote a paper for the Centre for Independent Studies titled: Teaching Behaviour: How Classroom Conduct Can Unlock Better Learning. Throughout this conversation, he touches on a lot of the key points from the report and talks about what schools can do to build a behaviour curriculum. He also answers some of the tough questions on things such as phones in schools, exclusions and behaviour expectations.

Resources mentioned:

• Teaching Behaviour: How Classroom Conduct Can Unlock Better Learning

Classroom Management Classroom Management 

You can connect with:

Twitter: @DrTimMcDonald1

Linkedin

Website: www.classroommastery.com.au/

You can connect with Brendan:

Twitter: @learnwithmrlee

Facebook: @learningwithmrlee

Website: learnwithlee.net

https://www.patreon.com/KnowledgeforTeachersPodcast

In this episode, Brendan Lee speaks with Jessica Colleu Terradas the Senior Officer Teaching and Learning Literacy and Instructional Coach in Canberra and Goulburn Catholic Education. In 2022, she travelled to the USA, England and France where she met with leading experts to investigate effective literacy screening and instructional practices to support older struggling readers as part of her Churchill Fellowship. She details some of the findings from her report in this chat.

She speaks about her amazing experience meeting people like Anita Archer and Stanislas Dehaene and goes through some case studies of schools that have implemented a Multi-Tiered System of Support framework effectively.

Resources mentioned:

• Jessica Colleu Terradas Churchill Fellowship: To identify effective language and literacy screening and intervention practices for at-risk students

• Podcast: the Science of Reading platform with Susan Lambert https://amplify.com/science-of-reading-the-podcast/

You can connect with Jess:

Twitter: @JessicaColleu

LinkedIn: @jessicacolleu/

You can connect with Brendan:

Twitter: @learnwithmrlee

Facebook: @learningwithmrlee

Website: learnwithlee.net

https://www.patreon.com/KnowledgeforTeachersPodcast

In this episode, Brendan Lee speaks with Jessica Del Rio the government and public finance lead at Equity Economics. She has recently been involved in a couple of major reports that have highlighted the poor literacy standards across Australia. 

• Raising the grade: How schools in the Australian Capital Territory can lift literacy outcomes for students and the economy, written for the ACT Alliance for Evidence-Based Education and funded by the Snow Foundation 

In this conversation, Jess will tell us how bleak our current situation is, what needs to be done, what will happen if changes aren’t made and go through some examples of who is doing this well.

Resources mentioned:

• Rowe, K., & National Inquiry into the Teaching of Literacy (Australia). (2005). Teaching Reading: Report and Recommendations. Department of Education, Science and Training. https://research.acer.edu.au/tll_misc/5

Linkedin

Twitter: @learnwithmrlee

Facebook: @learningwithmrlee

Website: learnwithlee.net

https://www.patreon.com/KnowledgeforTeachersPodcast

In this episode, Brendan Lee speaks with Bruno Reddy CEO of Maths Circle (Times Tables Rockstars and Numbots). He is the former head of Mathematics at King Solomon Academy and one of the pioneers of mathematics mastery, as we know it today. As you will hear, he is hugely passionate about mathematics and has thought long and hard about what needs to be done to teach it effectively. Some of the things that are just starting to become common practice now, like retrieval practice, spaced practice and variation theory, are things that he was talking about 10 years ago. 

Resources mentioned:

King Solomon Academy

Doug Lemov - Teach Like a Champion

Kris Bolton

Brendan Lee - 5 Key Principles for Teaching Primary Mathematics Effectively

Brendan Lee - A Systematic and Structured Approach to Teaching Primary Mathematics (Part 1)

Alex Blanksby - Five Ways to use Worked Examples

The ResearchED guide to explicit and direct instruction - Adam Boxer

John Mason and Anne Watson - Thinkers

Episode 18 – Kevin and Robyn Wheldall on Effective Instruction in Reading

Knowledge Society

CogLearn

Think Forward Educations: Sarah Powell - Maths Intervention

Dan Meyer

You can connect with Bruno:

Twitter: @BrunoReddyMaths

You can connect with Brendan:

Twitter: @learnwithmrlee

Facebook: @learningwithmrlee

Website: learnwithlee.net

Support the Knowledge for Teachers Podcast: 

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In this episode, Brendan Lee speaks with Emma Turner. She is an experienced school leader, author and co-host of the Mind the Gap podcast with Tom Sherrington. In this conversation, we dig into her recent books: 

• Simplicitus: The interconnected primary curriculum and effective subject leadership

Her ability to describe what teachers need to know about curriculum development will leave you scribbling down notes throughout the episode. She also touches on what school leaders need to consider, cognitive science through the lens of a primary teacher and much more!

Resources mentioned:

Be More Toddler

Let's Talk about Flex

Jennifer Gonzalez: Find Your Marigold: The One Essential Rule for New Teachers

The Magic Weaving Business by Sir John Jones

The Behaviour Manual and They Don't Behave For Me by Sam Strickland

The Art and Science of Teaching Primary Reading by Christopher Such

Thinking Deeply About Primary Mathematics by Kieran Mackle

Teaching for Mastery by Mark Mccourt

You can connect with Emma:

Twitter: @Emma_Turner75

You can connect with Brendan:

Twitter: @learnwithmrlee

Facebook: @learningwithmrlee

Website: learnwithlee.net

Support the Knowledge for Teachers Podcast: 

https://www.patreon.com/KnowledgeforTeachersPodcast

Listen to this live coaching workshop on implementing the science of learning with Dr. Nathaniel Swain and Brendan Lee.

In this session, you will hear from real teachers discussing their real-world challenges in implementing the science of learning. Dr Nathaniel Swain and Brendan Lee then guide the teachers and school leaders through some possible solutions, taking an evidence-informed approach. 

First, you hear from Ainsley from Mary Mede Catholic College in Victoria who has started to implement a number of evidence-supported strategies and programs but has hit a bit of a plateau. Then you will hear from Sarah and Iona from St. Andrews in Cairns who are right at the start of their science of learning journey.

You can connect with Nathaniel:

Twitter: @NathanielRSwain

Website: https://www.nathanielswain.com/

You can connect with Brendan:

Twitter: @learnwithmrlee

Facebook: @learningwithmrlee

Website: learnwithlee.net

In this episode, I chat with Dr. Nathaniel Swain. He is currently a Senior Lecturer, Learning Sciences and Learner Engagement at La Trobe University and has also been a speech-language pathologist, teacher and is the founder of Think Forward Educators. 

In this conversation, Nathaniel plays the teacher version of Dolly Doctor and addresses some of the most sought-after questions in education and provides a number of practical, ready-to-use examples of how to implement the science of learning. 

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In this conversation, Brendan Lee chats with David Morkunas and they touch on a range of topics including why he thinks so many teachers have such a negative attitude towards teaching maths, what the key elements of his maths lessons are and how to teach mixed-ability classes. 

Resources mentioned:

Explicit Direct Instruction 

Sigfried Englemann

Kirschner, Sweller and Clark

Hochman and Wexler’s The Writing Revolution 

George Booker - Teaching Primary Mathematics

Times Tables Rockstars

New Waves Mental Maths

Dr. Stephen Norton - https://mathematicseducation.vhx.tv/

You can connect with Dave through:

Twitter: @DaveMorkunas

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheMork

You can connect with Brendan:

Twitter: @learnwithmrlee

Facebook: @learningwithmrlee

Website: learnwithlee.net

In this episode, Brendan Lee speaks with Emeritus Professor Kevin Wheldall and Dr. Robyn Wheldall. They’ve achieved so much throughout their careers including co-founding MultiLit, a leading provider of effective literacy instruction. In this chat, they describe their journeys and how MultiLit came about. They also speak about their recently published book - Effective Instruction in Reading and Spelling.

Resources mentioned:

Book: Effective Instruction in Reading and Spelling

MultiLit

Nomanis

NSW CESE

MUSEC

Dr. Coral Kemp 

Dr. Mark Carter

Dr. Alison Madelaine

Dr Jennifer Buckingham

Short-Changed: Preparation to teach reading in initial teacher education

Alison McMurtrie

Linnea Ehri

Think Forward Educators

Five from Five

You can connect with Kevin:

Twitter: @KevinWheldall

Website: http://www.kevinwheldall.com/

Email: [email protected]

You can connect with Robyn:

Twitter: @RWheldall

You can connect with Brendan:

Twitter: @learnwithmrlee

Facebook: @learningwithmrlee

Website: learnwithlee.net