Knowledge for Teachers

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: 

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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

In this episode, I chat with Christopher Such. He is the author of, “The Art and Science of Teaching Primary Reading” and an experienced teacher, school leader and educational consultant. In our conversation, Chris touches on teacher workload, professional development and he goes through the thought behind his book and how his thinking has developed since its release. We then take a deep dive into teaching reading fluency and look at what it is, common misconceptions that teachers have and what it looks like across different year levels. After that, we somehow manage to fit in an overview of comprehension! This episode is not to be missed!

Resources mentioned:

• Kathy Rastle: 
  • https://www.rastlelab.com/

You can connect with Chris:

Twitter: @Suchmo83

Website: https://primarycolour.home.blog/

You can connect with Brendan:

Twitter: @learnwithmrlee

Facebook: @learningwithmrlee

Website: learnwithlee.net

This is the final instalment of the three-part series that has focused on the Catholic Education Archdiocese of Canberra Goulburn. Across the 3 episodes, I have delved into Catalyst which is the term used that encompasses their approach to teaching and learning across the system. 

In the first part (Episode 14), Ross Fox, the Director described how and why Catalyst came about. Then (Episode 15), Education Lead, Patrick Ellis went into detail about the implementation process.

Today, you will hear about how the messages from Catalyst are being translated into the classroom. Throughout the episode, Johanna Wain (Principal), Jennifer Smith (Coordinator) and Rebecca Brady (Teacher( describe St Bernard’s Primary School's transformation, what they have done to support staff in the change journey and how they have benefited from Catalyst.

Resources mentioned:

Teach Well

EDI

Lorraine Hammond

Brooke Wardana

Let’s Decode

Ochre

Think Forward Educators

RSiS FB group

ERRR Podcast

Bringing Words to Life - Beck, McKeown and Kucan

Dataworks

This is the second of a three-part series that focuses on the Catholic Education Archdiocese of Canberra Goulburn. Across the three episodes, Brendan Lee will delve into Catalyst, the term used that encompasses the system's approach to teaching and learning across the system.

In the previous episode, Brendan spoke with Ross Fox, the Director, and he gave an inspiring recap of how Catalyst was initiated and the vision behind it. In this chat with Patrick Ellis, the Education Lead for Catalyst, you will hear in detail about the implementation process, the challenges they have faced, and what they have learned from it.

Resources mentioned:

Catalyst

COG Learn

Shaping Minds

Teach Well

How Learning Happens - Paul Kirschner and Carl Hendrick

You can connect with Patrick:

Twitter: @ellis_patrick

Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/patellis1/

You can connect with Brendan:

Twitter: @learnwithmrlee

Facebook: @learningwithmrlee

Website: learnwithlee.net

This is the first of a three-part series that is focused on the Catholic Education Archdiocese of Canberra Goulburn. Across the 3 episodes, Brendan Lee will delve into how they have changed their approach to teaching and learning across the system under the banner of Catalyst. 

For this episode, Brendan chats with Ross Fox the Director of the Catholic Education Archdiocese of Canberra Goulburn. He is the visionary behind Catalyst and you will hear about his journey. He will also discuss the process that he and his team have gone through in implementing Catalyst across 56 schools.

Resources mentioned:

https://catalyst.cg.catholic.edu.au/

Deans for Impact - The science of learning

Ochre Education

Spelling Mastery

Knowledge Society

E.D. Hirsch Jr - Why Knowledge Matters

Cognitive Load Theory

https://www.ollielovell.com/errr/lorrainehammond/

You can connect with Ross:

Twitter: @Rossefox

You can connect with Brendan:

Twitter: @learnwithmrlee

Facebook: @learningwithmrlee

Website: learnwithlee.net

In this episode of the Knowledge for Teachers podcast, Brendan Lee chats with Jordan O’Sullivan from Shaping Minds. Together with Jared Bussell and now Brooke Wardana, they have been supporting teachers in implementing the science of learning in the classroom through practical professional learning combined with lesson demonstrations. For this podcast, Jordan goes through the simple memory model, the process of building a mathematics curriculum, delivering effective PL and much much more.

Resources mentioned:

Willingham’s Simple Memory Model (Article by Tom Sherrington and graphic by Oliver Caviglioli)

Fred Jones - Tools for Teaching

Ybarra and Hollingsworth’s Explicit Direct Instruction 

Archer and Hughes - Explicit Instruction

Guskey, Thomas. (2002). Professional Development and Teacher Change. Teachers and Teaching. 8. 381-391. 10.1080/135406002100000512

Sarah Cottingham - https://overpractised.wordpress.com/

Craig Barton - How I wish I’d taught maths

Kirschner, P. A., Sweller, J., & Clark, R. E. (2006). Why minimal guidance during instruction does not work: An analysis of the failure of constructivist, discovery, problem-based, experiential, and inquiry-based teaching. Educational psychologist, 41(2), 75-86.

Ollie Lovell - Cognitive Load Theory in Action

You can connect with:

Twitter: @ShapingmindsAus

Facebook: @ShapingMindsAustralia/

Website: https://shapingminds.com.au/

You can connect with Brendan:

Twitter: @learnwithmrlee

Facebook: @learningwithmrlee

Website: learnwithlee.net