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My favourite education podcasts are at the top, and below them episodes sorted by topic, from the science of reading and explicit instruction to maths, MTSS and leadership. Every entry links to the original.
These are currently my favourites, the ones in high rotation. I'm always welcoming new suggestions too, so if you've got a favourite that I've neglected to include, shoot it my way so I can get listening.
Emily Hanford, APM Reports · Reading and phonics · USA · Seasons 1 and 2
An investigative series on how children learn and why the research often does not reach classrooms. Season 1 examines why so many children struggle to learn to read.
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Show website: features.apmreports.org
Bron Ryrie Jones and Emina McLean · General teaching · Australia
A short-form podcast of questions, insights and warm conversation about teaching. Each episode explores one theme raised by teachers and leaders.
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Show website: jonesandmclean.podbean.com
Nathaniel Swain and Rebecca Birch · General teaching · Australia
A front-row seat in some of the best classrooms in the world, looking closely at real teaching.
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Also on YouTube
Ollie Lovell · General teaching · Australia
Ollie Lovell goes deep on one area of education each episode with a leading thinker, from classroom teachers to professors.
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Show website: ollielovell.com
Tom Sherrington and Emma Turner · General teaching · UK
Tom Sherrington and Emma Turner on classroom practice and professional development that makes a difference.
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Also on Apple Podcasts
Broad, general suggestions. Most of these shows range across many topics.
Anna Stokke · Maths · Canada
Maths professor Anna Stokke talks with educators and researchers about what works in teaching maths, sorting myths from facts.
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Show website: chalkandtalkpodcast.podbean.com
Michael Shanahan and Bill Hansberry · Inclusion and support · Australia
For parents and educators, on supporting students with learning difficulties such as dyslexia. Hosted by specialist teacher Michael Shanahan.
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Show website: dyscastia.podbean.com
Voyager Sopris Learning · Reading and phonics · USA
Pam Austin hosts conversations with experienced educators and education leaders.
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Show website: voyagersopris.com
Education Endowment Foundation · General teaching · UK
The Education Endowment Foundation brings researchers together with teachers and school leaders.
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Show website: evidenceintoaction.podbean.com
Brendan Lee · General teaching · Australia
Brendan Lee talks with researchers, teachers and experts about evidence-informed education and what it takes to make it work in schools.
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Show website: knowledgeforteachers.podbean.com
Craig Barton · Maths · UK
Craig Barton interviews guests about their approaches to teaching and educational research.
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Show website: podcast.mrbartonmaths.com
Zach Groshell · General teaching · USA
Zach Groshell on the teacher-centred and the student-centred, the traditional and the progressive, in education.
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Show website: educationrickshaw.com
Anna Geiger · Reading and phonics · USA
Anna Geiger's practical conversations about teaching reading well and applying the science of reading in the classroom.
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Show website: reachallreaders.com
International Dyslexia Association Ontario · Reading and phonics · Canada
Classroom teacher Kate Winn explores evidence-based literacy instruction with a guest each episode, from IDA Ontario.
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Show website: reading-roadtrip.castos.com
Amplify · Reading and phonics · USA
Amplify's podcast on the science of reading and how to teach it.
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Show website: amplify.com
ACER · General teaching · Australia
Podcasts from ACER's Teacher magazine, including the School Improvement and Teacher Staffroom series.
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Also on Apple Podcasts
Ollie Lovell · Maths · Australia
Helps teachers and leaders understand explicit maths teaching and put the Explicit Mathematics Program in place.
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Also on Apple Podcasts
The Learning Scientists · How learning works · USA
For teachers, students and parents, on evidence-based practice and learning.
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Show website: learningscientists.org
Jocelyn Seamer · Reading and phonics · Australia
Jocelyn Seamer on evidence-informed reading and writing instruction, for teachers and school leaders.
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Show website: buzzsprout.com
Adam Boxer and Amy Forrester · Behaviour and culture · UK
Adam Boxer and Amy Forrester discuss policy, curriculum, teaching and learning, with a secondary school focus.
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Also on Apple Podcasts
Kieran Mackle · Curriculum · UK
A look inside the thinking of primary teachers, for new teachers and experienced leaders alike.
Looking for something specific? Use the categories and search below to find episodes on the topic you're working on.
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How memory works
Chalk & Talk · with Hector Ruiz Martin
Héctor Ruiz Martín explains what memory research says about why students forget, why transfer is difficult, and the roles of prior knowledge and retrieval.
How learning happensRetrieval, spacing and review
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Core teaching habits
Knowledge for Teachers · with Carl Hendrick
Carl Hendrick, co-author of How Learning Happens, discusses five things every teacher should do and how to bridge research and classroom practice.
How learning happensExplicit instruction
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Study habits
Education Research Reading Room · with Daniel Willingham
Daniel Willingham discusses his book Outsmart Your Brain, explaining why learning is hard and which study habits help students learn independently.
How learning happensMotivation, self-efficacy and metacognition
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Knowledge for Teachers · with Paul Kirschner and Nidhi Sachdeva
Paul Kirschner and Nidhi Sachdeva discuss their book Becoming an Expert Teacher, challenging the idea that great teaching is innate or comes simply with years of experience.
How learning happensExplicit instruction
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Chalk & Talk · with Nidhi Sachdeva and Paul Kirschner
Nidhi Sachdeva and Paul Kirschner discuss what makes an expert teacher and how teaching expertise can be deliberately developed, drawing on their book Becoming an Expert Teacher.
How learning happensExplicit instruction
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Cognitive science in the classroom
Evidence into Action
An EEF panel explores the findings of the evidence review Cognitive Science in the Classroom and what they mean for classroom practice.
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Five core techniques
Teachers Talk Radio · with Jamie Clark
Jamie Clark walks Tom Rogers through five one-pagers, on minimising distractions, worked examples, activating prior knowledge, think, pair, share and low-stakes recall.
How learning happensExplicit instructionParticipation and opportunities to respond
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Connecting to prior knowledge
Education Research Reading Room · with Sarah Cottingham
Sarah Cottingham discusses her book on Ausubel's meaningful learning and what the theory suggests about connecting new content to what students already know.
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Science of learning priorities
Knowledge for Teachers · with Nathaniel Swain
Nathaniel Swain discusses his book Harnessing the Science of Learning and the decisions schools and teachers face in prioritising what matters.
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Engagement versus learning
Chalk & Talk · with Paul Kirschner, Carl Hendrick and Jim Heal
Paul Kirschner, Carl Hendrick and Jim Heal discuss their book Instructional Illusions and how to bridge the gap between education research and practice.
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Motivation
Education Research Reading Room · with Peps Mccrea
Peps Mccrea discusses his book Motivated Teaching and how to build students' motivation to learn in the classroom.
Motivation, self-efficacy and metacognition
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Metacognition
Evidence into Action
Alex Quigley and Corinne Settle discuss implementing metacognitive strategies, with experts and practitioners describing what the approaches look like in practice and their effect on learners.
Motivation, self-efficacy and metacognition
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Fluency building
Knowledge for Teachers · with Kent Johnson and Andrew Kieta
Kent Johnson and Andrew Kieta of Morningside Academy explain the Morningside Model and how it helps students catch up without watering down the work.
Explicit instructionFeedback and practice
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Explicit instruction
Education Research Reading Room · with Anita Archer
Anita Archer sets out what explicit instruction involves and how teachers can apply it lesson by lesson, in the episode marking five years of the podcast.
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Explicit instruction
Chalk & Talk · with Anita Archer
Anita Archer, co-author of Explicit Instruction: Effective and Efficient Teaching, explains what explicit instruction is and why it works.
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Instructional coaching
Education Research Reading Room · with Lorraine Hammond
Lorraine Hammond discusses her study of teachers taking up explicit instruction, and a directive coaching model in which the coach acts as an expert guide.
Explicit instructionInstructional coaching and professional learning
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Explicit instruction
Progressively Incorrect · with Anita Archer
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Checking for understanding
Education Research Reading Room · with John Hollingsworth
John Hollingsworth, co-creator of Explicit Direct Instruction, explains the approach and how its lesson components turn research on effective teaching into daily classroom routines.
Explicit instructionChecking for understanding and responsive teaching
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The model in plain terms
The Relief Teacher's Podcast (Tradewind Australia)
An overview of the Victorian Teaching and Learning Model 2.0 for relief teachers, covering its elements of learning and its grounding in evidence-based teaching practice.
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Using the start of the lesson
The Structured Literacy Podcast · with Jocelyn Seamer
Jocelyn Seamer explains primacy and recency, the finding that students best remember the start and end of lessons, and how to plan lessons around it.
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Worked examples
Education Research Reading Room · with Michael Pershan
Maths teacher and blogger Michael Pershan discusses what the research says about worked examples and how to use them well when teaching new procedures.
Explicit instructionExplicit teaching in maths
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Self-explanation
Education Research Reading Room · with Alexander Renkl
Alexander Renkl explains how self-explanation, students' internal dialogue, affects learning from worked examples and problem solving, and how teachers can prompt it.
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Rosenshine's principles
Chalk & Talk · with Tom Sherrington
Tom Sherrington, author of Rosenshine's Principles in Action, explains how Rosenshine's Principles of Instruction became a foundation for his own practice and work with teachers.
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Dual coding and information design
Education Research Reading Room · with Oliver Caviglioli
Oliver Caviglioli, a former special school principal and expert in visual teaching strategies, discusses information design and how to present ideas clearly.
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Retrieval practice
Knowledge for Teachers · with Kate Jones
Kate Jones explains what retrieval practice looks like in the classroom, shares strategies for making it a habit and clears up common misunderstandings.
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Daily review
Education Research Reading Room · with Adam Boxer
Chemistry teacher Adam Boxer talks through how he runs the opening ten minutes of a lesson, a practical listen for anyone tightening lesson starts and routines.
Retrieval, spacing and reviewClassroom culture, routines and attention
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Alex Quigley, Rachael Cattrall and guests discuss how retrieval practice has evolved and how cognitive science principles are being applied in classrooms.
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Daily review
The Structured Literacy Podcast · with Jocelyn Seamer
Jocelyn Seamer explains how short curriculum organisers clarify what to teach and help students know what to focus on during retrieval and review.
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Spacing and desirable difficulties
Chalk & Talk · with Elizabeth Bjork and Robert Bjork
Elizabeth and Robert Bjork explain what makes a difficulty desirable, and why strategies that feel effortful often produce stronger, longer-lasting learning than those that feel easy.
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Retrieval practice
Education Research Reading Room · with Kristian Still
Kristian Still discusses his book Test-Enhanced Learning, bringing together retrieval, spaced practice, interleaving and successive relearning into routines schools can use.
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Responsive teaching
Education Research Reading Room · with Harry Fletcher-Wood
Harry Fletcher-Wood discusses responsive teaching, his practical take on formative assessment, and how teachers can find out what students have understood and adjust.
Checking for understanding and responsive teaching
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Hinge questions
Education Research Reading Room · with Craig Barton
Craig Barton lays out his whole philosophy of maths teaching and how he enacts it, covering knowledge versus skills, explicit instruction and diagnostic questions.
Checking for understanding and responsive teachingExplicit teaching in maths
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Responsive teaching and playbooks
Knowledge for Teachers · with Bron Ryrie Jones
Instructional coach Bron Ryrie Jones discusses responsive teaching, techniques for checking for understanding, and the role of instructional playbooks in building teacher expertise.
Checking for understanding and responsive teaching
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Formative assessment
Education Research Reading Room · with Paul Spenceley
Paul Spenceley, a science teacher involved in Wiliam and Black's King's College formative assessment project, shares classroom techniques he has refined over three decades.
Checking for understanding and responsive teachingAssessment and data
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Routines and running the room
Knowledge for Teachers · with Tom Bennett
Tom Bennett, founder of researchED and behaviour adviser to the UK government, shares his path into teaching and the lessons behind Running the Room.
Classroom culture, routines and attention
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Participation techniques
Education Research Reading Room · with Doug Lemov
Doug Lemov of Uncommon Schools discusses Teach Like a Champion and the classroom techniques his team has drawn from studying highly effective teachers.
Classroom culture, routines and attentionParticipation and opportunities to respond
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Behaviour management
Education Research Reading Room · with Tom Bennett
Tom Bennett, researchED founder and behaviour adviser to the UK government, discusses behaviour management and what teachers and schools can do to run calm classrooms.
Classroom culture, routines and attentionSchool culture, trust and behaviour
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High expectations
Chalk & Talk · with Doug Lemov
Doug Lemov discusses educational equity and why strong teaching, clear behaviour routines, high expectations and academic rigour help every student succeed.
Classroom culture, routines and attentionParticipation and opportunities to respond
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Teaching behaviour explicitly
Knowledge for Teachers · with Tim McDonald
Tim McDonald discusses his Centre for Independent Studies paper on teaching behaviour and what building a behaviour curriculum involves for schools.
Classroom culture, routines and attention
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Behaviour management
Education Research Reading Room · with Bill Rogers
Bill Rogers discusses the human needs behind challenging behaviour and shares practical strategies teachers can use, told through stories from his own classroom practice.
Classroom culture, routines and attention
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Managing behaviour to maximise learning
Knowledge for Teachers · with Mark Dowley
Mark Dowley unpacks The Classroom Management Handbook, which he co-authored with Ollie Lovell, and its practical guidance on managing behaviour to maximise learning.
Classroom culture, routines and attention
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Load reduction instruction
Education Research Reading Room · with Andrew Martin
Professor Andrew Martin of UNSW discusses load reduction instruction and his research on student motivation and engagement.
Classroom culture, routines and attention
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Positive classroom management
Knowledge for Teachers · with Brandi Simonsen
Brandi Simonsen, co-director of the US National Center on PBIS, gives a practical guide to understanding and supporting positive student behaviour.
Classroom culture, routines and attention
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Restorative conversations
Education Research Reading Room · with Bill Hansberry
Bill Hansberry sets out a practical approach to restorative practices in schools and what makes restorative conversations work.
Classroom culture, routines and attention
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Cognitive load
Chalk & Talk · with John Sweller
John Sweller explains cognitive load theory, the limits of working memory, and how the theory should guide classroom practice, particularly in mathematics.
Classroom culture, routines and attention
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High expectations for diverse learners
Knowledge for Teachers · with Charlotte Peverett
Charlotte Peverett, a learning specialist and inclusion outreach coach, discusses structures, routines and holding high expectations for all students, including diverse learners.
Classroom culture, routines and attentionLearning difficulties, disorders and additional needs
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Trauma-informed practice
Education Research Reading Room · with Tom Brunzell
Tom Brunzell discusses trauma-informed positive education and compares his experience of schooling in the United States and Australia.
Classroom culture, routines and attention
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Choral response and accountable group work
Education Research Reading Room · with Sammy Kempner
Maths teacher Sammy Kempner of The Totteridge Academy in London describes teaching with group work, accountability and chants, in a department whose results improved markedly.
Participation and opportunities to respond
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Opportunities to respond
Pedagogy to Practice
Beth and Sunny unpack Opportunities to Respond, an element of the Victorian Teaching and Learning Model 2.0, and why frequent student responses matter in lessons.
Participation and opportunities to respond
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Participation in low variance lessons
The Structured Literacy Podcast · with Jocelyn Seamer
Jocelyn Seamer discusses how to keep student engagement high in low-variance instruction. A Summer Series replay of a listener favourite.
Participation and opportunities to respond
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Opportunities to respond
Pedagogy to Practice
Beth and Sunny reflect on a fortnight of teaching, with Sunny sharing practical strategies she used to create more opportunities to respond and lift participation.
Participation and opportunities to respond
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Practical classroom techniques
Education Research Reading Room · with Craig Barton
Craig Barton and Ollie Lovell launch their Tips and Tools for Teachers series, each sharing three tips, tools or takeaways from the month.
Participation and opportunities to respond
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Self-regulated learners
Education Research Reading Room · with Byers, Leighton and Perry
Byers, Leighton and Perry discuss their work on developing self-regulated learners, with Terry Byers drawing on his role at Anglican Church Grammar School in Brisbane.
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Precision teaching
Knowledge for Teachers · with Kimberly Nix Berens
Kimberly Nix Berens, founder of Fit Learning, explains the science of behaviour and precision teaching, and why observable, measurable learning matters in classrooms.
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Conceptual and procedural knowledge
Knowledge for Teachers · with Bethany Rittle-Johnson
Bethany Rittle-Johnson of Vanderbilt University discusses her research on conceptual and procedural knowledge in maths, along with worked examples and self-explanation.
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Independent tasks
The Structured Literacy Podcast · with Jocelyn Seamer
Jocelyn Seamer argues that independent research projects ask novices to teach themselves complex topics without enough support, drawing on cognitive load theory and research on emotion in learning.
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Word problems
Knowledge for Teachers · with Sarah Powell
Sarah Powell of the University of Texas at Austin shares what her research says about teaching students to solve maths word problems.
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Oral language for reading and spelling
The Structured Literacy Podcast · with Jocelyn Seamer
Jocelyn Seamer links oral language to theoretical frameworks for reading and shares five tips for including it across all areas of the curriculum.
Oral languageFrameworks and research behind literacy
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Structured talk
Evidence into Action
Alex Quigley and Chloe Butlin talk with experts and practitioners from different phases about why subject-specific talk matters across the curriculum.
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Alex Quigley, Alex Reynolds and guests including Jessie Ricketts discuss vocabulary instruction and its connections to reading and the curriculum.
Oral languageVocabularyFrameworks and research behind literacy
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After the Year 1 Phonics Check
The Structured Literacy Podcast · with Jocelyn Seamer
Jocelyn Seamer explains how to read phonics screening check results, using score sheets to work out where students need help and what to do next.
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Choosing a phonics program
The Structured Literacy Podcast · with Jocelyn Seamer
Jocelyn Seamer gives practical guidance on choosing a phonics program, including the difference between evidence-based and evidence-informed programs.
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Grouping for phonics
The Structured Literacy Podcast · with Jocelyn Seamer
Jocelyn Seamer questions the assumption that whole-class phonics is most effective and uses cognitive load theory and intervention research to argue for targeted Tier 1 grouping.
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Systematic synthetic phonics
Education Research Reading Room · with Pamela Snow
Professor Pamela Snow, a psychologist and speech pathologist, discusses phonics and reading instruction, and how adults can draw accurate accounts from children and young people.
PhonicsFrameworks and research behind literacy
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Whole-class phonics
The Structured Literacy Podcast · with Jocelyn Seamer
Jocelyn Seamer challenges the idea that whole-class phonics is more equitable than targeted grouping, drawing on cognitive load theory and the limits of working memory.
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Foundation year teaching
Knowledge for Teachers · with James Dobson
Teacher James Dobson describes applying evidence-based practice, including Direct Instruction programs, with students in their first year of school.
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Decodable texts
The Structured Literacy Podcast · with Jocelyn Seamer
Jocelyn Seamer weighs the research on decodable and levelled texts, separating findings teachers can rely on from weaker claims.
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Phonics assessment
The Structured Literacy Podcast · with Jocelyn Seamer
Jocelyn Seamer shares a whole-class way to assess phonics knowledge at the start of the year, using whiteboards and five graphemes a day.
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Phonics routines
The Structured Literacy Podcast · with Jocelyn Seamer
Jocelyn Seamer reviews forty years of research on picture mnemonics in phonics and offers five practical shifts to make them work as a teaching tool.
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An EEF panel including Tim Rasinski discusses the evidence on why fluency matters in teaching children to read and how to develop it.
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Explicit vocabulary teaching
Education Research Reading Room · with Margaret McKeown
Margaret McKeown, emerita professor at the University of Pittsburgh, discusses robust vocabulary instruction and how teachers can choose and teach words so they stick.
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Teaching reading through whole texts
Education Research Reading Room · with Doug Lemov
Doug Lemov discusses The Teach Like a Champion Guide to the Science of Reading, including book choice, book-driven objectives and the place of writing.
Reading comprehension and text study
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Reading success in 3 to 6
The Structured Literacy Podcast · with Jocelyn Seamer
Jocelyn Seamer shares five evidence-informed moves for reading in Years 3 to 6, including language-rich talk, explicit code knowledge, partner reading and careful text selection.
Reading comprehension and text studyReading fluency
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Structured literacy in 3 to 6
Knowledge for Teachers · with Jocelyn Seamer
Jocelyn Seamer discusses effective literacy instruction in upper primary and how to move beyond levelled texts and strategy-heavy comprehension lessons.
Reading comprehension and text study
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Text complexity and text selection
The Structured Literacy Podcast · with Jocelyn Seamer
Jocelyn Seamer introduces four dimensions of text demand to help teachers choose rich texts that challenge students without overwhelming them, moving beyond levelling systems.
Reading comprehension and text study
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Comprehension
Evidence into Action
An EEF panel including Kate Cain discusses the reading comprehension house from the guidance report Improving Literacy in Key Stage 2 and how it supports teaching.
Reading comprehension and text studyFrameworks and research behind literacy
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Comprehension strategies
The Structured Literacy Podcast · with Jocelyn Seamer
Jocelyn Seamer explores where comprehension strategies fit within overall reading instruction. A Summer Series replay of a listener favourite.
Reading comprehension and text studyFrameworks and research behind literacy
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Comprehension through questioning
Education Research Reading Room · with Margaret McKeown
Margaret McKeown outlines the Questioning the Author approach to reading comprehension, then gives feedback on a lesson plan Ollie Lovell built from its strategies.
Reading comprehension and text study
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Close reading
Knowledge for Teachers · with Christopher Such
Christopher Such discusses his book Primary Reading Simplified and what close reading looks like in a primary classroom.
Reading comprehension and text study
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Moving on from guided reading
The Structured Literacy Podcast · with Jocelyn Seamer
Jocelyn Seamer talks through the shifts in thinking needed when moving away from small-group guided reading. A Summer Series replay of a listener favourite.
Reading comprehension and text study
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Reviewing a spelling approach
The Structured Literacy Podcast · with Jocelyn Seamer
Jocelyn Seamer explains how spelling that is not automatic takes up working memory students need for writing, especially in upper primary and early secondary.
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Reviewing a spelling approach
The Structured Literacy Podcast · with Jocelyn Seamer
Part two turns practical, with Jocelyn Seamer explaining how to plan spelling instruction for the real mix of spellers in upper primary and early secondary classes.
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Evaluating spelling instruction
The Structured Literacy Podcast · with Jocelyn Seamer
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Explicit spelling in 3 to 6
The Structured Literacy Podcast · with Jocelyn Seamer
Jocelyn Seamer shows how spelling lessons in Years 3 to 6 can be both explicit and engaging, challenging the idea that structured teaching must be dull.
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Explicit spelling
The Structured Literacy Podcast · with Jocelyn Seamer
Jocelyn Seamer reviews the key features of explicit instruction and explains why some common spelling practices are less explicit than they first appear.
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Morphology
The Structured Literacy Podcast · with Jocelyn Seamer
Jocelyn Seamer shares tips for finding time for morphology in a crowded literacy block, in both the early years and upper primary.
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Handwriting
NSW Department of Education · with Shannan Salvestro and Vanessa Hewitt
Two members of the NSW Department of Education's literacy team discuss why handwriting matters so much and how to teach it effectively. About 23 minutes, with a transcript.
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Sentence-level writing
Education Research Reading Room · with Judith Hochman
Judith Hochman, creator of the Hochman Method and founder of The Writing Revolution, explains her method for teaching students to write and how schools can adopt it.
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Connecting reading and writing
The Structured Literacy Podcast · with Jocelyn Seamer
Jocelyn Seamer sets out the research foundation for integrating reading and writing instruction, including Fitzgerald and Shanahan's shared knowledge framework.
WritingFrameworks and research behind literacy
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Developing writing skills
Knowledge for Teachers · with Nathaniel Swain
Nathaniel Swain of La Trobe University, founder of Think Forward Educators, returns to discuss how to develop strong writing skills in students.
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Connecting reading and writing
The Structured Literacy Podcast · with Jocelyn Seamer
Jocelyn Seamer presents five evidence-informed strategies for integrating reading and writing, beginning with having students both read and write in phonics lessons.
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Writing to consolidate knowledge
Education Research Reading Room · with Nathaniel Swain
Nathaniel Swain, a La Trobe University lecturer and former primary learning specialist, discusses how writing can be used to help students learn content.
WritingKnowledge-rich curriculum and coherence
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Alex Quigley, Chloe Butlin and guests explore the foundations of effective writing instruction, including common misconceptions and the relationship between reading and writing.
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Science of Reading: The Podcast
Susan Lambert draws on past episodes with Steve Graham, Young-Suk Grace Kim, Natalie Wexler and Judith Hochman to give an overview of science-based writing instruction.
WritingFrameworks and research behind literacy
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Sentence-level writing
Reach All Readers (formerly Triple R Teaching) · with Judith Hochman
Judith Hochman explains the principles of The Writing Revolution and shares sentence-level activities that build writing skill and understanding of content in any year level.
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Writing volume
The Structured Literacy Podcast · with Jocelyn Seamer
Jocelyn Seamer reflects on a failed writing experiment of her own and explains why automatic handwriting and spelling are prerequisites for composition.
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Implementing a writing approach
Knowledge for Teachers · with Leslie Laud
Leslie Laud, founding director of ThinkSRSD, explains the program's key writing strategies, including mnemonics, and how to apply them across year levels and genres.
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Strategy instruction (SRSD)
Education Research Reading Room · with Karen Harris
Karen Harris shares five decades of work on Self-Regulated Strategy Development for writing, and gives feedback on a demonstration SRSD lesson taught by Ollie Lovell.
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Persuasive writing
The Structured Literacy Podcast · with Jocelyn Seamer
Jocelyn Seamer uses cognitive load theory to explain why students struggle with persuasive writing and identifies five common mistakes in how it is taught.
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Education Research Reading Room · with Lyn Stone
Educational linguist Lyn Stone discusses literacy instruction and the Big Six components of reading, with plenty for teachers wanting a clear overview.
Frameworks and research behind literacy
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Changing reading instruction
Knowledge for Teachers · with Pamela Snow
Pamela Snow reflects on the long push for evidence-based reading instruction and why changing practice takes effort from the whole education community.
Frameworks and research behind literacy
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Reading science and classroom practice
Emily Hanford, APM Reports · Audio documentary and article · 2018 · USA
Emily Hanford's documentary on what research shows about how children learn to read, why many educators do not know that science, and how one Pennsylvania district set about changing its teaching.
Frameworks and research behind literacyEvidence, myths and debates
FreeOpens at apmreports.org
Science of reading overview
Knowledge for Teachers · with Mandy Nayton
Mandy Nayton, CEO of the Dyslexia-SPELD Foundation, explains what the science of reading is and is not, and how students learn to read.
Frameworks and research behind literacy
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The Simple View of Reading
EDVIEW360 · with Wesley Hoover
Wesley Hoover talks through the Simple View of Reading and how the Cognitive Foundations Framework extends it. The podcast is produced by a publisher, Voyager Sopris Learning.
Frameworks and research behind literacy
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Education Research Reading Room · with Jennifer Buckingham
Jennifer Buckingham compares literacy instruction and policy in the UK, Ireland and Australia, including curriculum, teacher education, assessment and inspection, and how these affect results.
Frameworks and research behind literacyImplementation
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Reading science and classroom practice
Emily Hanford, APM Reports · Podcast series · USA
Emily Hanford's investigative podcast on how children learn to read and why the research often does not reach classrooms. A second season looks beyond reading to teaching itself.
Frameworks and research behind literacyEvidence, myths and debates
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Research translation in literacy
Knowledge for Teachers · with Emina McLean
Emina McLean discusses the challenges of translating literacy research into practice and building effective systems for teaching literacy in schools.
Frameworks and research behind literacy
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Lesson design
Education Research Reading Room · with David Morkunas
David Morkunas explains what goes into writing high-quality maths lessons and how those principles are built into the Explicit Mathematics Program.
Explicit teaching in mathsExplicit instruction
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Clear explanations
Chalk & Talk · with Kristopher Boulton
Kristopher Boulton argues that many student errors in maths are predictable results of how concepts are taught, and shows how better instructional design can prevent misconceptions.
Explicit teaching in mathsExplicit instruction
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Maths teaching craft
Knowledge for Teachers · with Craig Barton
Craig Barton, author of How I Wish I Taught Maths, talks with Brendan Lee about what he has learned about becoming a better maths teacher.
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Fact fluency
Chalk & Talk · with Brian Poncy
Brian Poncy returns to discuss maths fact fluency and shares first-year results from a large rollout of the free Facts on Fire program in a Texas school district.
Fluency, number facts and daily review
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Fact fluency
Knowledge for Teachers · with Brian Poncy
Brian Poncy of Oklahoma State University, creator of Facts on Fire, explains why fluency is an overlooked foundation for long-term success in maths.
Fluency, number facts and daily review
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Alex Quigley and Grace Coker explore problem solving in maths and why it is a priority, with guests including Camilla Gilmore and Helen Drury.
Representations and problem solving
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Concrete and pictorial representations
Evidence into Action
Sue Gifford discusses the research evidence on manipulatives in maths, then primary and secondary practitioners describe how they use them in classrooms.
Representations and problem solving
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Number sense and maths difficulties
Knowledge for Teachers · with Daniel Ansari
Cognitive neuroscientist Daniel Ansari explains what young children need to understand about numbers and why some students struggle with maths from the start.
Number, multiplication and fractionsScreening, intervention and maths difficultiesLearning difficulties, disorders and additional needs
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Early numeracy screening
Knowledge for Teachers · with Nancy Jordan
Professor Nancy Jordan discusses her research on early numeracy, including number sense, screeners, intervention and fractions.
Screening, intervention and maths difficultiesNumber, multiplication and fractions
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System approaches to primary maths
Education Research Reading Room · with Amy Haywood and Nick Parkinson
Amy Haywood and Nick Parkinson from the Grattan Institute discuss their research on primary maths and what systems need to do to improve it.
Leading maths and the evidenceImplementation
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Chalk & Talk
In a solo episode, Anna Stokke examines five common beliefs about maths teaching that sound convincing but are not supported by high-quality evidence.
Leading maths and the evidenceEvidence, myths and debates
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System approaches to primary maths
Knowledge for Teachers · with Amy Haywood and Nick Parkinson
Amy Haywood and Nick Parkinson unpack the Grattan Institute's Maths Guarantee report, including equity gaps in maths and the need for high-quality curriculum materials.
Leading maths and the evidence
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Evidence-based maths teaching
Chalk & Talk · with Sarah Powell
Sarah Powell and Anna Stokke respond to an NCSM statement criticising the Science of Math movement and explain what the movement is.
Leading maths and the evidence
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Text-based units
The Structured Literacy Podcast · with Jocelyn Seamer
Jocelyn Seamer shares how she writes and teaches text-based units that engage all students in age-appropriate content. A Summer Series replay of a listener favourite.
Knowledge-rich curriculum and coherence
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Why knowledge matters
Education Research Reading Room · with E.D. Hirsch
E.D. Hirsch, founder of the Core Knowledge Foundation and author of Cultural Literacy, makes the case for why shared knowledge matters in schooling.
Knowledge-rich curriculum and coherenceFrameworks and research behind literacy
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Education Research Reading Room · with Natalie Wexler
Journalist Natalie Wexler discusses The Knowledge Gap and her argument that building knowledge is central to reading comprehension in American schools.
Knowledge-rich curriculum and coherenceReading comprehension and text studyFrameworks and research behind literacy
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Curriculum as the foundation
Education Research Reading Room · with Ben Jensen
Ben Jensen of Learning First explains why curriculum matters so much for school and system improvement, drawing on his advisory work across education systems.
Knowledge-rich curriculum and coherenceInstructional leadership
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Knowledge-rich curriculum
Knowledge for Teachers · with Natalie Wexler
Natalie Wexler discusses what drives reading comprehension and why knowledge-rich instruction matters for every learner, drawing on The Knowledge Gap and Beyond the Science of Reading.
Knowledge-rich curriculum and coherenceFrameworks and research behind literacy
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Concept-led curriculum sequencing
Education Research Reading Room · with Sam Gibbs
Sam Gibbs, trust lead for curriculum at the Greater Manchester Education Trust, explains concept-led curriculum design. This is part a of episode 83.
Knowledge-rich curriculum and coherence
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Shared lesson materials
The Structured Literacy Podcast · with Jocelyn Seamer
Jocelyn Seamer looks beyond polarised views of scripted programs, using Blanchard's Situational Leadership Model to consider when scripts suit teachers at different stages.
Knowledge-rich curriculum and coherence
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Backwards design
Education Research Reading Room · with Jay McTighe
Jay McTighe discusses Understanding by Design and planning backwards from the understandings students should reach.
Knowledge-rich curriculum and coherence
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Tracking reading growth
The Structured Literacy Podcast · with Jocelyn Seamer
Jocelyn Seamer addresses the common challenge of tracking students' reading progress when a school no longer uses a benchmark assessment.
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Assessment design
Education Research Reading Room · with Daisy Christodoulou
Daisy Christodoulou discusses getting assessment right, how assessment shapes what happens in classrooms, and the use of comparative judgement.
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Using data to drive intervention
Knowledge for Teachers · with Matthew Burns
Matthew Burns explains the different categories of assessment, what each is for, and how data can inform reading and maths instruction and intervention.
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Whole-class feedback
Education Research Reading Room · with Lissie Doyle
Lissie Doyle explains how to run test feedback so students think hard about the process and learn from their mistakes.
Assessment and dataFeedback and practice
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Reading assessment in 3 to 6
The Structured Literacy Podcast · with Jocelyn Seamer
Jocelyn Seamer works through assessing and grading reading in Years 3 to 6 and aligning practice with the Australian Curriculum achievement standards.
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MTSS for reading
The Structured Literacy Podcast · with Stephanie Stollar
Stephanie Stollar explains how MTSS for reading differs from traditional RTI, describing it as a comprehensive framework for systems change.
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Implementing MTSS
Knowledge for Teachers · with Sarah Brown and Stephanie Stollar
Sarah Brown and Stephanie Stollar work through six common mistakes schools make when implementing multi-tiered systems of support, and what to do instead.
Tiered support and inclusionImplementation
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Alex Quigley and Kirsten Mould discuss the EEF's updated guidance on deploying teaching assistants, with Gary Aubin and practitioners reflecting on what works in their settings.
Tiered support and inclusionLearning difficulties, disorders and additional needs
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Making every tier count
Knowledge for Teachers · with Sarah Asome
Sarah Asome, principal of Bentleigh West Primary School, explains what multi-tiered systems of support look like in practice and how her school aligns its tiers.
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Tier 1
The Structured Literacy Podcast · with Jocelyn Seamer
Jocelyn Seamer outlines the critical factors in strong Tier 1 instruction, arguing it is the real key to inclusive teaching.
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Dyslexia
Knowledge for Teachers · with Veronica Alexander
Veronica Alexander, CEO of SPELD NSW, addresses five persistent myths about dyslexia and explains the design of the SPELL systematic spelling program.
Tiered support and inclusionEvidence, myths and debatesLearning difficulties, disorders and additional needs
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Adaptive teaching
Evidence into Action
Alex Quigley, Kirsten Mould and guests including Gary Aubin discuss how best to support pupils with special educational needs in mainstream classrooms.
Tiered support and inclusionLearning difficulties, disorders and additional needs
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Tier 2
The Structured Literacy Podcast · with Jocelyn Seamer
Jocelyn Seamer identifies five reasons Tier 2 intervention often fails, including misalignment with Tier 1 and asking struggling students to learn from separate programs.
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Screening and intervention
Knowledge for Teachers · with Jessica Colleu Terradas
Jessica Colleu Terradas shares what she learned from visiting experts in the USA, England and France about effective literacy screening and intervention for at-risk students.
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Dyscalculia
The NCETM Podcast · with Cat Eadle
Dyscalculia specialist Cat Eadle explains what dyscalculia is, how it differs from other maths difficulties, and how mastery-style teaching can help. A short listen of a little over twenty minutes.
Learning difficulties, disorders and additional needsScreening, intervention and maths difficultiesTiered support and inclusion
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Developmental language disorder at school
The Talking DLD Podcast (The DLD Project) · Australia
An episode of the Australian Talking DLD Podcast about school for children with developmental language disorder, and what it is like to watch a child struggle there.
Learning difficulties, disorders and additional needsOral languageTiered support and inclusion
FreeOpens at thedldproject.com
Phonics for students with DLD
The Talking DLD Podcast (The DLD Project) · Australia
This Talking DLD Podcast episode explains why children with developmental language disorder are at higher risk of reading and spelling difficulty, and shares phonics strategies that help.
Learning difficulties, disorders and additional needsOral languagePhonicsTiered support and inclusion
FreeOpens at thedldproject.com
How teachers improve
Knowledge for Teachers · with Haili Hughes
Haili Hughes of La Trobe University discusses how teachers improve, the realities of implementing evidence-informed instruction and how leaders can avoid lethal mutations.
Instructional coaching and professional learning
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Instructional coaching
Education Research Reading Room · with Josh Goodrich
Josh Goodrich explains instructional coaching and how it helps teachers improve. This is part a of two; in part b he coaches Ollie Lovell.
Instructional coaching and professional learning
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Developing expertise
Education Research Reading Room · with Peps Mccrea
Peps Mccrea, of Ambition Institute and Steplab, discusses how teacher expertise develops and what that means for those who support teachers.
Instructional coaching and professional learning
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Coaching, culture and change
Knowledge for Teachers · with Zach Groshell
Zach Groshell, author of Just Tell Them, joins Brendan Lee for a second conversation on what schools need to consider about coaching, culture and change.
Instructional coaching and professional learningChange management
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Effective professional learning
Education Research Reading Room · with Sam Sims
Researcher Sam Sims discusses two reports he led on what makes professional development effective and what this means for school leaders.
Instructional coaching and professional learning
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Effective professional development
Evidence into Action
An EEF panel including Harry Fletcher-Wood discusses the key insights from the guidance report Effective Professional Development.
Instructional coaching and professional learning
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One-pagers for professional learning
Science of Reading: The Podcast · with Jamie Clark
Susan Lambert talks with Jamie Clark about how he condenses research into one-page summaries for teachers, including a close look at his think, pair, share one-pager.
Instructional coaching and professional learning
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Running professional learning
Education Research Reading Room · with Harry Fletcher-Wood
Harry Fletcher-Wood shares what it takes to design professional development for teachers that goes deep and changes practice.
Instructional coaching and professional learning
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School improvement through coaching
Education Research Reading Room · with Alex Evans
Deputy headteacher Alex Evans describes how St Luke's moved from the bottom 20 per cent of schools nationally to the top 20 per cent in four years, using instructional coaching.
Instructional coaching and professional learningInstructional leadership
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One-pagers for professional learning
Knowledge for Teachers · with Jamie Clark
English teacher Jamie Clark discusses his book One-Pagers and how its summaries of teaching techniques can be used for professional learning.
Instructional coaching and professional learning
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A coaching session modelled
Education Research Reading Room · with Josh Goodrich
Part b of episode 74: Josh Goodrich coaches Ollie Lovell, with videos of the coaching sessions linked in the show notes.
Instructional coaching and professional learning
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Staff culture and retention
Knowledge for Teachers · with Simon Fairall, Lauren Naldrett and Kirby McDonald
Leaders from the Junior School of Trinity Anglican College, Albury, explain how a large school moved from islands of excellence to a coherent, low-variance instructional model.
Instructional leadershipSchool culture, trust and behaviour
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Fewer, deeper priorities
Education Research Reading Room · with Viviane Robinson
Viviane Robinson discusses her book Reduce Change to Increase Improvement and her engagement approach to leading school improvement.
Instructional leadershipChange management
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Leadership conversations
Education Research Reading Room · with Viviane Robinson
Viviane Robinson returns to discuss virtuous educational leadership and what it means for leaders to do the right work in the right way.
Instructional leadershipTeams, middle leadership and professional culture
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Lessons from high-performing schools
Knowledge for Teachers · with Jeanette Breen
Jeanette Breen of Templestowe Heights Primary School shares insights from her tour of some of the highest-performing schools in the UK.
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Leading a school
Education Research Reading Room · with Sue Knight
Principal Sue Knight, who has led several school turnarounds grounded in the science of learning, shares her three principles for effective school leadership.
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Leadership in Focus (NSW School Leadership Institute) · with Viviane Robinson
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Education Research Reading Room · with Dylan Wiliam
Dylan Wiliam discusses how leaders can build teacher professional development around formative assessment to improve outcomes for students.
Instructional leadershipInstructional coaching and professional learning
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Evidence-informed leadership
Evidence into Action
Alex Quigley, Kirsten Mould and guests including Nick Brook discuss what evidence-informed leadership looks like in schools.
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Leading a primary school
Education Research Reading Room · with Steve Capp
Principal Steve Capp explains what it took to turn around two primary schools, with advice ranging from pedagogy to management.
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Education Research Reading Room · with Greg Ashman
Greg Ashman discusses what makes Ballarat Clarendon College a high-performing school, including shared expectations, professional learning, shared lesson plans and use of data.
Instructional leadershipSchool culture, trust and behaviour
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Vision and school culture
Knowledge for Teachers · with Ray Boyd
Ray Boyd, foundation principal of Dayton Primary School, reflects on leadership, vision and the pedagogical shift he led at West Beechboro Primary School.
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A whole-school case study
Education Research Reading Room · with Musumeci, McClements and Plunkett
Principal Lee Musumeci and deputies Mark McClements and Kelly Plunkett describe the approach behind Challis Community Primary School in Armadale, Western Australia.
Instructional leadershipImplementation
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Education Research Reading Room · with Katharine Birbalsingh
Katharine Birbalsingh, founder of Michaela Community School in London, discusses standards, consistency and the routines behind the school's reputation for strictness.
School culture, trust and behaviour
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Implementation
Education Research Reading Room · with Jonathan Sharples
Jonathan Sharples of the Education Endowment Foundation gives practical advice on implementation, helping programs and initiatives have the greatest effect in a school.
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The knowing-doing gap
Knowledge for Teachers · with Stuart Kime
Stuart Kime of Evidence Based Education discusses the Great Teaching Toolkit and why knowing the research does not automatically change what teachers do.
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Implementing a new program
The Structured Literacy Podcast · with Jocelyn Seamer
Jocelyn Seamer works through the elements of rolling out a new teaching program in a school, from careful planning to execution.
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Implementation
Knowledge for Teachers · with Jonathan Sharples
Jonathan Sharples unpacks the EEF's updated A School's Guide to Implementation, explaining what changed, why, and what each key element involves.
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Alex Quigley, Kirsten Mould and guests discuss the EEF's updated implementation guidance and what good implementation looks like in practice in schools.
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ImplementationKnowledge-rich curriculum and coherence
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De-implementation
Education Research Reading Room · with Arran Hamilton and Dylan Wiliam
Arran Hamilton and Dylan Wiliam discuss Making Room for Impact and de-implementation, the work of deciding what schools should stop doing to free time for what matters.
ImplementationChange management
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Sustaining improvement
The Structured Literacy Podcast · with Jocelyn Seamer
Jocelyn Seamer discusses a new AERO guidance report on why most professional development does not work and what makes school improvement last.
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Teachers' experience of science of learning reform
Knowledge for Teachers · with Trisha Jha
Trisha Jha of the Centre for Independent Studies unpacks her reports on what the science of learning is and teachers' experiences implementing it.
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Making change stick
Education Research Reading Room · with James Mannion
James Mannion discusses his book Making Change Stick and how schools and organisations can implement changes so that they last.
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Education Research Reading Room · with Adrian Simpson
Adrian Simpson critiques the use of meta-analysis and effect sizes to rank teaching strategies, questioning an approach that has shaped policy in Australia and the UK.
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Education Research Reading Room · with John Hattie
John Hattie responds to Adrian Simpson's critique in the previous episode and defends meta-analysis as a way of identifying what works in teaching.
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Education Research Reading Room · with Daniel Willingham
Daniel Willingham discusses When Can You Trust the Experts? and offers ways for teachers to judge education research and separate sound claims from weak ones.
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Education Research Reading Room · with Josh Cuevas
Josh Cuevas examines whether learning styles exist and matter, then discusses dual coding and whether independent silent reading helps or hinders literacy gains.
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Education Research Reading Room · with Benjamin Riley
Benjamin Riley, founder of Cognitive Resonance and formerly of Deans for Impact, discusses human cognition, generative AI and the risks of AI in education.
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