Ollie Lovell · ERRR088. Kristian Still on Test-enhanced Learning Kristian Still is a deputy head academic with over 20 years’ experience as a head teacher and senior leader. Kristian has a keen interest in education leadership, evidence-informed practice, and ed tech and has done a phenomenal job of combining the evidence on topics such as retrieval, spaced practice, interleaving, and successive relearning in his excellent book test-enhanced learning, a practical guide to improving academic outcomes for all students.  This is an absolute passion area for me, and especially the idea of em ..read more

Ollie Lovell · ERRR088. Kristian Still on Test-enhanced Learning Kristian Still is a deputy head academic with over 20 years’ experience as a head teacher and senior leader. Kristian has a keen interest in education leadership, evidence-informed practice, and ed tech and has done a phenomenal job of combining the evidence on topics such as retrieval, spaced practice, interleaving, and successive relearning in his excellent book test-enhanced learning, a practical guide to improving academic outcomes for all students.  This is an absolute passion area for me, and especially the idea of em ..read more

Ollie Lovell · ERRR087 Arran Hamilton and Dylan Wiliam on Making Room for Impact (De-implementation) Arran Hamilton is group director of Education at Cognition Learning Group. Previously he has held senior positions at Cambridge University Press & Assessment, the Education Development Trust, the British Council, and a research fellowship at Warwick University. His core focus is on translating evidence into impact at scale. He has overseen the design, delivery, and evaluation of large scale education improvement programs across the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, E ..read more

Ollie Lovell · ERRR #086. Gwyn Ap Harri on Building, Breaking, and Fixing a World Famous School This episode we’re speaking with Gwyn Ap Harri. Gwyn is the CEO of XP School Trust, a group of schools in the UK designed to support its students to express who they are through their work. Gwyn is also the CEO of realsmart, an edtech company that empowers users to learn more and learn it faster. I first came across the work of XP via their youtube film, Above All, Compassion, I’ve linked to this in the Shownotes and, if you haven’t watched it already, I highly recommend it. Following that, I visit ..read more

Ollie Lovell · ERRR085 Jeff Robin on Teaching Like an Artist This episode we're speaking with Jeff Robin. ​​​Jeff is a teacher of 27 years and is a founding faculty member of High Tech High in San Diego and remained an active collaborative teacher at High Tech High until 2017.  In this episode, we discuss Jeff’s fantastic book, Teach Like an Artist, in which he outlines a vast collection of the art projects that he coordinated at High Tech High, the wonderful work of his students, and what he learnt about how to be an art teacher, and a teacher more broadly, through this rich experience ..read more

Ollie Lovell · ERRR084. Sarah Cottingham on Ausubel's Meaningful Learning This episode we’re speaking with Sarah Cottingham. Sarah is a former teacher and experienced teacher educator. She has an MA in Educational Neuroscience and translates research on memory and learning into potential practical implications for teachers. She also works with schools and organisations on how to train staff most effectively. Sarah is the author of ‘Ausubel's Meaningful Learning in Action‘ which accessibly explains Ausubel's powerful learning theory and how to harness its benefits to support learning, and is t ..read more

Ollie Lovell · ERRR084. Sarah Cottingham on Ausubel's Meaningful Learning This episode we’re speaking with Sarah Cottingham. Sarah is a former teacher and experienced teacher educator. She has an MA in Educational Neuroscience and translates research on memory and learning into potential practical implications for teachers. She also works with schools and organisations on how to train staff most effectively. Sarah is the author of ‘Ausubel's Meaningful Learning in Action‘ which accessibly explains Ausubel's powerful learning theory and how to harness its benefits to support learning, and is t ..read more

Ollie Lovell · ERRR083b Sam Gibbs on Concept-led Curriculum (Part 2) Sam Gibbs continues to speak with Ollie about the idea of a concept-led curriculum, with a particular focus this time on assessment and creating school-wide change Part b of Episode 83! Find Part 1 here. To get a summary of this episode, sign up at www.patreon.com/errr   The ERRR podcast can also be listened to on Spotify, apple podcasts, and all other podcasting apps.  Links/resources mentioned in the show Sam and Zoe's book: The Trouble with EnglishThe Trouble with English and How to Address It: A Practical Guid ..read more

Ollie Lovell · ERRR083a. Sam Gibbs on Concept-led Curriculum  Sam Gibbs is Trust Lead for Curriculum and Development at The Greater Manchester Education Trust. She is an experienced English teacher, school leader, teacher educator and coach who has worked with schools across the country on teaching and learning, curriculum design and implementation, and instructional coaching. Sam has previously worked at the Ambition Institute and I first met Sam almost exactly a year ago at the Steplab National Conference in London where we had some great chats and I first heard about her fantastic boo ..read more

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