Name: ERRR #044. Alexander Renkl on Self-explanation by Ollie Lovell
Duration: 1 h 47 min 11 s
Description: Professor Alexander Renkl speaks about the self-explanation effect, that is, the crucial internal dialogues that successful students engage in when they learn from worked examples, solve problems, and engage in other learning activities.

Most students pattern in math, and they run into difficulties when the pattern does not hold. Self explanation leads to deep learning and supports cognitive flexibility by teaching students to discriminate or sometimes just asking why something is done.

As an older learner, I have concluded that learning is easier for me because of prior knowledge and being able to link new ideas to similar ideas already stored in long term memory.

Ollie talks about definitions of direct instruction from John Hattie, summarises some of Dylan Wiliam's key points from the Mr Barton Maths Podcast, and talks about what it takes to build habits. Show notes at www.ollielovell.com/totpodcast

Teacher Ollie's Takeaways

TOT #001. What is Direct Instruction? Dylan Wiliam takeaways, and Building Habits.

In this episode Beth and Ollie speak to James Mannion about the Learning to Learn program that he implemented with colleagues and which subsequently became his PhD topic. This program was associated with large gains in student learning. We ask 'How?'

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In this episode of the ERRR podcast, Daniel Willingham speaks about what it takes to tell good science from bad, in educational research.

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Daisy Christodoulou, an expert on assessment, talks about everything from rubrics, to question level analysis, formative and summative assessment, high stakes exams, and a new and exciting method of assessment, Comparative Judgments

ERRR #027. Daisy Christodoulou on Getting Assessment Right and Comparative Judgment

We know that literature - like all culture - is biased, but can books also be a way of recognising and combating stereotypes? Our guest, Dr Jennifer Eberhardt, is widely considered one of the world’s leading experts on racial bias, and her new book Biased is a comprehensive look at the science of unconscious bias and how it affects our society. With this show, we’re continuing our conversation about race and literature that we started with Reni Eddo-Lodge and Kishani Widyaratna in 2017 (you can find that show in our archive). Specifically, we're looking at racial bias: what it is, how it damages our society, and if there's anything we can do about it. So, join us for the next hour as we try to further decolonise our minds.

Email us: litfriction@gmail.com
Tweet us and find us on Instagram: @litfriction

Recommendations on the theme, The Science of Bias:
Octavia: Swing Time by Zadie Smith https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/565/56513/swing-time/9780141036601.html
Carrie: Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2016/invisible-man-by-ralph-ellison/

General Recommendations:
Octavia: Whereas by Layli Long Soldier https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/layli-long-soldier/whereas/9781529012804
Carrie: Three Women by Lisa Taddeo https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/lisa-taddeo/work/three-women
Jennifer: Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/224792/just-mercy-by-bryan-stevenson/9780812984965/

Literary Friction - The Science Of Bias With Jennifer Eberhardt

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

Professor Alexander Renkl speaks about the self-explanation effect, that is, the crucial internal dialogues that successful students engage in when they learn from worked examples, solve problems, and engage in other learning activities.

ERRR #044. Alexander Renkl on Self-explanation

In this episode, James shares two excerpts from 'On becoming a person' by the pioneer of person-centred psychotherapy, Carl Rogers. The first is a definition of 'significant learning', a concept at the heart of the Rethinking Education podcast, and the second is an explosive speech Rogers gave at Harvard University in 1952, entitled 'Personal thoughts on teaching and learning'. A transcript of this talk can be found here: http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?11,178404.

The Rethinking Education podcast is hosted and produced by Dr James Mannion. You can contact him at rethinking-ed.org/contact, or via @RethinkingJames on Twitter.

S1E3: Carl Rogers on significant learning

Ollie interviews Guy Claxton on what it takes to create independent learners.

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Tim Taylor is a writer and freelance teacher who works on promoting and developing innovative practices in primary schools. He is also the author of 'A Beginner's Guide to Mantle of the Expert', an approach to teaching and learning that involves engaging the children in a process of what Tim describes as ‘imaginative enquiry’. Working with Luke Abbott and others, Tim has helped grow a sizeable community of practice around the approach in recent years, and it’s well worth a visit to the Mantle of the Expert website: https://www.mantleoftheexpert.com. 

This is a fascinating conversation in which we discuss some of the ludicrous educational fads and bizarre beliefs that have gripped the teaching profession in recent years; the powerful potential of mantle of the expert, of course; and the troubling fact that if you were going to change the education system, you wouldn’t want to start from here. 

The Rethinking Education podcast is hosted and produced by Dr James Mannion. You can contact him at rethinking-ed.org/contact, or via @RethinkingJames on Twitter.

S1E10: Tim Taylor on the power of the imagination

Ollie Lovell, passionate teacher in on the lands of the Kulin Nation in Western Melbourne, Australia. Loves learning and learning about learning. Get in touch with me at @ollie_lovell or at www.ollielovell.com

ERRR #044. Alexander Renkl on Self-explanation

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