In this episode, Brendan Lee speaks with Professor Jonathan Sharples from the Education Endowment Foundation. He has led the recent update to the EEF’s A School’s Guide to Implementation and in this conversation we unpack the paper. Professor Sharples details the updates and why they were made. He also digs into each of the key elements. As Jonathan highlights, how something is done is as important as what is done and throughout this episode, he provides a number of practical strategies that schools can follow.

Resources mentioned:

• Education Endowment Foundation: A School’s Guide to Implementation - https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/education-evidence/guidance-reports/implementation
• Making Best Use of Teaching Assistants - https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/education-evidence/guidance-reports/teaching-assistants
• Darren Moore
• Martin Weswell
• Research Core Network
• Active Implementation Hub
• National Implementation Research Network
• Robin Mildon
• Centre for Evidence and Implementation

You can connect with Jonathan:

Twitter: @Sharples_J

Website: educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk

You can connect with Brendan:

Twitter: @learnwithmrlee

Facebook: @learningwithmrlee

Website: learnwithlee.net

https://www.patreon.com/KnowledgeforTeachersPodcast

In this episode, Brendan Lee speaks with Bethany Rittle-Johnson, a professor of psychology at Vanderbilt University. Bethany has led a lot of the research around conceptual and procedural knowledge. In this chat, she delves into this topic and also discuss other high impact strategies such as worked examples, self-explanations and the power of comparisons in supporting student learning.

Resources mentioned:

• Megan Frankly
• The Ericsson Institute
• DREME Network: dreme.stanford.edu
• What Works Clearinghouse offers overviews of the research for K-12 education.

You can connect with Bethany:

Twitter: @BethanyRittle

Linkedin

Email: bethany.rittle-johnson@vanderbilt.edu

You can connect with Brendan:

Twitter: @learnwithmrlee

Facebook: @learningwithmrlee

Website: learnwithlee.net

https://www.patreon.com/KnowledgeforTeachersPodcast

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My broad interests concern how people learn and how to improve their learning. My research focuses on learning of key concepts and problem-solving procedures within mathematics, with an emphasis on experiences that promote learning. I conduct this research in both laboratory and classroom contexts to better understand learning processes and contribute to improvements in math education.

In this episode, Brendan Lee speaks with Professor Pamela Snow. She has been at the coalface fighting for evidence-based reading instruction to be common practice for a number of years and throughout this conversation, she provides nuggets of gold in describing how when we talk about phonics we need to be using it as an adjective with a noun following it. Pamela unpacks why this debate about reading has been going on for so long and why changing teacher practice can be so challenging. She also delves into what parents need to know and what questions they could be asking.

Resources mentioned:

• Grattan Institute - The Reading Guarantee
• Nancy Young’s Reading and Writing Ladder
• Science of Reading Podcast S2-05: The Right to Read Project on nurturing automatic readers: Margaret Goldberg and Alanna Mednick
• Troy Verey
• Dr Danielle Colenbrander
• Dr. Pam Kastner
• Emily Hanford - Sold a Story
• Professor Lorraine Hammond

You can connect with Pam:

Twitter: @PamelaSnow2

Linkedin

Website: https://pamelasnow.blogspot.com/

You can connect with Brendan:

Twitter: @learnwithmrlee

Facebook: @learningwithmrlee

Website: learnwithlee.net

https://www.patreon.com/KnowledgeforTeachersPodcast