Craig Barton interviews guests from the wonderful world of education about their approaches to teaching, educational research and more.
This episode of the Mr Barton Maths Podcast is kindly supported by Oxford University Press’s new Key Stage 3 maths curriculum called Mosaic.
You can find out more by searching for Oxford Smart Mosaic or visiting here.
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Hello, and welcome to another episode of the Mr Barton Maths Podcast, with me Craig Barton.
This time around I spoke to science teacher and author, Adam Boxer.
We discussed Adam’s process for observing lessons, giving feedback and coaching teachers.
We discussed the following, and plenty more:
- What were Adam’s early experiences both being observed and observing others?
- How does Adam now observe and give feedback?
- Can non-specialists observe as well as subject specialists?
Whatever your style of teaching, experience or subject, I think you will get a lot out of this conversation.
Useful time-stamps:
- What did Adam’s lesson observations used to look like? (10:55)
- What does Adam do before observing a lesson? (41:48)
- What does Adam do in the lesson he is observing? (54:45)
- What does Adam do between the lesson and the feedback session? (1:25:18)
- What does the feedback session look like? (1:27:48)
- How does this fit into a coaching cycle? (1:49:38)
- Should non subject specialists observe lessons? (1:58:09)
- Adam discusses Caroseul and his secret project (2:05:41)
- My takeaway (2:0957)
On Twitter Adam is: @adamboxer1
Adam’s blog is: achemicalorthodoxy.wordpress.com
Adam’s book is: Teaching Secondary Science: a complete guide
Find out more about Carousel Learning here: carousel-learning.com
Sign up for updates about Adam’s secret project here
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