#186 Tools and Tips for Teachers: Episode 10 (with Ollie Lovell)
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In this conversation, Craig and Ollie discuss various topics including Brian Johnson's quest to beat the aging process, fitness goals, teaching reading using Monster Phonics, treating failures as system failures, effective teacher professional development, and the use of silent teacher and checking for listening in the classroom. In this part of the conversation, Craig Barton and Ollie Lovell discuss various teaching strategies and methods. They explore the use of worked examples and the importance of checking for understanding. They also discuss the idea of tightening feedback cycles and the benefits of more frequent assessments. Finally, they delve into the controversy surrounding exit tickets and their effectiveness as a teaching tool. You can access the show-notes here: mrbartonmaths.com/blog/tools-and-tips-for-teachers-10/ Time-stamps: Consider failures first as system failures (09:15) My latest lesson observation and coaching template (16:43) Representation, Decomposition, Approximation (32:16) Two different Starts to Finish so pairs don’t copy? (42:20) Tighten feedback cycles (52:57) Are Exit Tickets a waste of time? (1:02:03)
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