ERRR Episodes

Peps McCrea speaks about his phenomenal book, 'Motivated Teaching', and the ideas therein that hold promise for teachers around the world trying to motivate their students!

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ERRR #054. Peps McCrea on Motivating Students

One of the pinoeers of explicit instruction, shares her wisdom on everything from I do, We do, You do, to checking for understanding, in this five year anniversary episode of the ERRR podcast.

ERRR 060 Anita Archer on Explicit Instruction

Drawing on numerous examples from around the world, Ben Jensen shares his wisdom on the crucial importance of curriculum, and discusses what it might take to create a more effective one here in Australia.

ERRR077. Ben Jensen on the Importance of Curriculum

Jan Owen is CEO of the Foundation for Young Australians. In this very first episode of the ERRR we speak about FYA's article 'The New Basics', and how the FYA believes that 'enterprise skills' are no longer an educational bonus, but a necessity.

ERRR #001. Jan Owen and The New Basics

In this episode Ollie touches on 'The most important thing all teachers should know' (Dylan William), John Sweller's Cognitive Load Theory, The power of using question stems in the classroom, and notes from a recent symposium on education in Australia.

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TOT #004. Cognitive Load Theory, Using Question Stems, and What does Ed in Australia Need?

We speak to Professor Andrew Martin about Load Reduction (LRI) Instruction, as well as its relation to motivation and engagement. LRI offers a nuanced approach to understanding when and how both explicit and guided discovery approaches fit in education.

ERRR #009. Andrew Martin, Load Reduction Instruction, Motivation and Engagement

Imaginative Education is an approach to teaching and learning that aims to powerfully employ narrative, imagery, humour, movement, emotions, extremes and awe-inspiring occurrences in order to capture the minds of students and enhance learning.

ERRR #015. Imaginative Ed with Kieran Egan, Gillian Judson, Christa Rawlings, and Clayton Stephens

In this episode we speak to renowned mathematics educator, Craig Barton, about his new book ‘How I Wish I’d Taught Maths’, with a particular focus upon knowledge vs. skills, explicit instruction, and diagnostic questions. Part 1 of a part 2 episode!

ERRR #020a. Craig Barton on Knowledge vs. Skills, Explicit Instruction, and Diagnostic Questions

I speak to the renowned mathematics teacher Mr. Craig Barton about his book 'How I Wish I'd Taught Maths' as well as his thoughts and advice on mistakes and misconceptions, the testing effect, and generating positive change at school.

ERRR #020b. Craig Barton on mistakes vs. misconceptions, the testing effect, and school change

Ollie discusses topics such as 'essential questions', common mistakes in assessment, and 'teaching for understanding' with the co-author of 'Understanding by Design', Jay McTighe

ERRR #021. Jay McTighe on Understanding by Design

Ollie speaks with Dr. Judith Hochman speaks about 'The Writing Revolution', a structured, systematic, and highly effective approach to teaching writing, and to teaching content through language, across all subjects and year levels.

ERRR #029. Judith Hochman on How to Teach Students to Write

Behaviour Management expert Bill Rogers and Ollie speak about everything from the fundamental human needs that drive challenging student behaviour in the classroom, to practical strategies that teachers can utilise to deal with this challenging behaviour.

ERRR #031. Bill Rogers on Behaviour Management

Ollie speaks to John Larmer about the ins and outs of project based learning.

ERRR #032. John Larmer on Project Based Learning

Ollie speaks with one of the founders of Explicit Direct Instruction on all things EDI. This discussion is a deep dive into the ins and outs, and finer details of what it takes to effectively use Explicit Direct Instruction.

ERRR #037. John Hollingsworth on Explicit Direct Instruction

A chapter within ERRR Podcast episode 40. A special 7 part episode on online learning in response to the current coronavirus/COVID-19 crisis: www.ollielovell.com/errr/onlinelearning

ERRR #040.C3: Steven Kolber on the power of instructional videos (Melbourne, Australia

Tom Bennett speaks about all things behaviour management against the backdrop of his hugely popular new book, Running the Room.

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