In this episode of the Oxfordshire Teacher Training podcast, Matthew Coatsworth sits down with Peps Mccrea to explore motivation. Peps is currently Dean of Learning Design at Ambition Institute and Director of Education at Steplab, as well as being the author of the High Impact Teaching series of books.  Peps explains what motivation is, how it works in education, and the relationship between motivation and behaviour. He shares a series of key ideas and core drivers from his book Motivated Teaching, and considers motivation not just for pupils but for teachers and mentors as we ..read more

Robbie Coleman, former Head of Policy at the Education Endowment Foundation and lead author on their Teaching and Learning Toolkit, has created Proxima, a new organisation applying the latest evidence and innovative technology to create powerful new ways of training teachers. In this episode of the Oxfordshire Teacher Training Podcast, Robbie and Matthew Coatsworth discuss Intensive Practice - a significant component of the forthcoming ITT requirements - and how this can be achieved. They introduce an exciting new collaboration between Proxima and Oxfordshire Teacher Training that may be of s ..read more

In this episode, Mike Goves (CPLD Lead for the River Learning Trust) discusses metacognition, self-regulation and self-regulated learning with Oxfordshire Teacher Training's Matthew Coatsworth. Mike looks in particular at the EEF guidance report on Metacognition and Self-Regulated Learning and the work of James Mannion and Kate McAllister, as well as proposing a scaffold for developing metacognitive behaviours. If you want to find out more, we recommend reading: EEF Guidance Report on Metacognition and Self-Regulated Learning James Mannion and Kate McAllister (2020) 'Fear is the Mind Killer ..read more

The latest episode finds Matthew Coatsworth discussing Oxfordshire Teacher Training's Principles for Teaching Effective Lessons  with its Director, Patrick Garton. The Principles have been developed over a number of years and in this podcast, Patrick explains how they are not instructions and checklists, but an attempt to articulate as specifically as possible what makes the most difference. Listeners to the podcast are welcome to download the full Principles and use: we ask that you acknowledge Oxfordshire Teacher Training if you do so. A number of previous episodes are mentioned ..read more

Oxfordshire Teacher Training's Matthew Coatsworth discusses Assessment with the Head of Teaching and Learning at Evidence Based Education C.J. Rauch in this latest episode of our podcast. C.J. is also one of the authors of the Great Teaching Toolkit Evidence Review - regular listeners may remember episode 23 with Professor Rob Coe.  This is a particularly important episode, as C.J. articulates not only why assessment is such an essential part of teaching, but also explains Evidence Based Education's Four Pillars of Assessment that are already being embedded into our pract ..read more

In this episode, Oxfordshire Teacher Training's Matthew Coatsworth discusses Professional Learning Conversations with ITT consultant Kim Francis, winner of the outstanding contribution to Initial Teacher Training award last year at the NASBTT awards. This is an essential listen for anyone interested in ITT, not just those working within Oxfordshire Teacher Training. Professional Learning Conversations were first devised by NASBTT earlier this year as part of their curriculum and assessment toolkit. This material has been developed by Oxfordshire Teacher Training to work alongside the seven c ..read more

In this episode of the Oxfordshire Teacher Training podcast, Matthew Coatsworth discusses the wonderful work of the NCETM - the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics - with NCETM  Professional Development Leads and Oxfordshire Teacher Training Mentors Claire Shorrock and Crispin Hoad. Claire and Crispin outline some of the key work of the NCETM, the BBO Maths Hub, Teaching for Maths Mastery and the five big ideas, as well as how to cater for the wide variation of mathematical ability within classes and how to adapt teaching effectively. Please note that this episo ..read more

In this episode, recorded before social isolation, Oxfordshire Teacher Training's Matthew Coatsworth discusses the ITT Core Content Framework with Professor Sam Twiselton, the Chair of the DfE Initial Teacher Education content group. This is an essential listen for anyone interested in the development of initial teacher training and also for those who want to find out more about the Early Career Framework. As with all episodes, we have a particular focus on the role of the mentor. Don't forget you can subscribe to our podcast, with episodes broadcast every other Wednesday during school terms ..read more

In the latest episode of the Oxfordshire Teacher Training podcast, Matthew Coatsworth sits down with Jade Pearce, Assistant Head Teacher at Walton High School in Stafford as well as Evidence Lead in Education and member of the EEF Expert Voices Group.  They discuss effective CPD, the importance of a coherent approach to CPD and also the phenomenal free resources Jade has made available through her Twitter page @PearceMrs. These include short introductions to some of the most important evidence-based resources in education that are 'best bets' to improving the quality of teaching and ..read more

In this episode of the Oxfordshire Teacher Training Podcast, Matthew Coatsworth talks with Claire Grimes about Rosenshine's Principles of Instruction and her fantastic workbook based on the principles and the work of Tom Sherrington. Back at the start of March 2020's lockdown, Claire produced a workbook as a CPD resource for Thamesview School in Kent where she is currently Deputy Headteacher.  It became a viral sensation on twitter, being picked up by Tom Sherrington (see episodes 14 and 19), and ultimately turned into a highly successful book for John Catt's In Action series to sit along ..read more