The Evidence Based Education Podcast

The research evidence shows us that effective feedback is one of the most powerful tools that a teacher can have in their ‘toolbox’. But it also offers some cautionary notes…

In more than a third of well-designed studies, feedback actively made students’ performance worse. Not all feedback is good feedback! Facial expressions, verbal or written comments, even silence can constitute some form of feedback. It is so integral to communication that it’s happening all the time. Feedback, in its many forms, is a key part of this complex act of teaching and it is worth investing time to reflect on.

In this podcast episode we talk to teacher, senior leader and author, Michael Chiles, about the key concepts in his book, The Feedback Pendulum. We discuss the purpose and power of feedback interactions both in the classroom, with parents and with colleagues.  We discuss:

For more on feedback, you can access our free eBook, A short guide to delivering effective feedback, from our resource library and you can find out more about Michael’s book here.

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In June 2020 we published the Great Teaching Toolkit: Evidence Review, a credible evidence summary of the elements of great teaching practice.

In this podcast miniseries we’re talking to the team at Falinge Park High School as they use the Evidence Review and the model for great teaching as the focus of their professional development.

Staff at Falinge Park are each selecting an Element from the review to work on as the focus of their professional enquiry. In the first Episode we spoke to Headteacher, Janice Allen about professional development culture. In this episode, we speak to Deputy Head, Paula O’Reilly, and Lead Practitioner, Katy Pauz, to find out how they organise and structure staff learning.

We also invited Jade Pearce, Assistant Head of Walton High School, on to the podcast to tell us about her summary of the Great Teaching Toolkit: Evidence Review and how her school use it. Jade has kindly shared the link to her summary and you can download a copy here.

You can also download the Great Teaching Toolkit: Evidence Review here.

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This podcast episode is a Science of Learning feast for anyone mildly obsessed with teaching and learning!

Evidence Based Education’s Director of Education, Dr Stuart Kime, talks to Dr Niki Kaiser and Dr Efrat Furst about the approach the three of them took to the design our Science of Learning Programme. However, this is far more than a conversation about designing teacher CPD. Our teaching trio of Drs discuss:

Dr Niki Kaiser – Niki is a Chemistry teacher and Research Lead at Notre Dame High School, currently seconded to the Education Endowment Foundation as Science Content Specialist.

Dr Efrat Furst – Efrat is a teacher with a research background in cognitive-neuroscientific research (human learning and memory). Efrat works to bridge the science of learning with teaching and learning in classrooms – with a focus on understanding the key principles in learning and applying effective strategies in the classroom

If you’d like to know more about the process of how we learn and how it can be used to enhance teaching and learning strategies, take a look at our Science of Learning Programme here.

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In this third episode of the Evidence Based Education podcast mini-series on teacher collaboration, we speak to James McBlane, a regular listener to the podcast who got in touch with a suggestion and so we invited him on for a chat! Dr. Jenni Donohoo, a best-selling author and expert on the subject of teacher collaboration, and Cat Scutt, Director of Education and Research at the Chartered College of Teaching.

Tune in to the discussion as we explore:

The research paper referenced in the podcast by Jenni was Six Supporting Conditions of Implementation and can be found here.

All of our podcasts can be found in our podcast archive, and you can listen to episodes one and two in this teacher collaboration series here and here. What’s more, we have a host of free eBooks, videos and webinars in our Resource Library!

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In June 2020 we published the Great Teaching Toolkit: Evidence Review, a credible evidence summary of the Elements of great teaching practice.

In this podcast series we talk to the team at Falinge Park High School as they use the Evidence Review and the model for great teaching as the focus of their professional development. The review provides a structured point of reference for the things teachers do, know, or believe (elements), which have been found to be related to how well their students learn.

Staff at Falinge Park are each selecting an Element from the review to work on as the focus of their professional enquiry. We are following the team to find out how they organise and structure their learning and how it unfolds as they seek to enhance their practice.

In this first episode, we speak to the Headteacher of Falinge Park, Janice Allen, who gives us an overview of their plans and the professional development culture at her school.

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In 2011, frustrated by the current state of education, David Didau (aka the Learning Spy) began to blog. He charted the successes and failures of his classroom and synthesised 15 years of teaching experienced through the lens of education research and cognitive psychology. The blog became very popular, very quickly. With well over 2.5 million readers, David’s blog – The Learning Spy – is widely recognised as one of the most influential education blogs in the UK and has won a number of awards.

In 2012, David left teaching. Over the last eight years he has spent a significant amount of time reading and thinking about teaching and learning, written books and blogs on the topic, and delivered training to thousands of teachers around the world. He recently launched the Learning Spy Academy, offering a library of resources and has started a YouTube show with Martin Robinson called ‘It’s your time you’re wasting’. You can tune-in every Friday to watch David and Martin discuss recent education events with their guests.

After an eight-year break from teaching, David Didau has returned to the classroom as an English teacher. Our Director of Chatting, Jamie Scott, spoke to David to find out about his return to the classroom.

They discuss:

For his blog and to find out more about David’s work, visit https://learningspy.co.uk

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Collective teacher efficacy, professional learning communities, collective professionalism… There are many similar but different forms and terms for effective teacher collaboration, and there is a significant body of evidence about their positive impact on teachers themselves and student learning.  There are gains to be made through effective and focused collaboration.

In this second episode of the Evidence Based Education podcast mini-series on teacher collaboration, we catch up with colleagues from the Dulwich College International group as they seek to enhance collaboration across nine of their schools.

We also hear from John Hattie on collective teacher efficacy and Dylan Wiliam offers some words of caution on teacher collaboration more broadly.

Sadly, the audio quality in the conversation with Dylan is slightly poorer than normal due to technical glitches. However, they soon pale into significance once you are tuned into what Dylan is saying.

All of our podcasts can be found in our podcast archive, and you can listen to the first episode in this series there too. What’s more, we have a host of free eBooks, videos and webinars in our Resource Library!

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Collective teacher efficacy, professional learning communities, collective professionalism… There are many similar but different forms and terms for effective teacher collaboration, and there is a significant body of evidence about their positive impact on teachers themselves and student learning.  There are gains to be made through effective collaboration.

This new episode of the Evidence Based Education podcast is the first in a mini-series on teacher collaboration. We are following the journey of colleagues from the Dulwich College International group as they seek to enhance collaboration across nine of their schools. We will also be offering some advice along the way!

This podcast is designed to be useful for not only members of the Dulwich collaboration network, but to any education professional with an interest in teacher collaboration, particularly across schools. The themes within the podcast are applicable to teachers and schools in all settings.

At this point, the Dulwich College International family of schools have established a framework for teacher collaboration across the group, forming almost 50 different subject, leadership or student services groups. Now the collaboration groups have the autonomy to innovate and overcome any shared challenges.

In this episode Jamie Scott of Evidence Based Education (EBE) speaks to Dulwich’s Director of Senior school about the aim of the teacher collaboration initiative, two collaboration group leads about their role, and to EBE’s Dr Stuart Kime to hear how the notion of ‘problem identification’ might be useful in the early stages of the collaboration network.

All of our podcasts can be found in our podcast archive, and you can listen to the first episode in this series there too. What’s more, we have a host of free eBooks, videos and webinars in our Resource Library!

Or listen here on Apple Podcasts.

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