Mastery and Conceptual Understanding

In this episode of the podcast Femi and Matt discuss the ideas of Mastery and 'Conceptual Understanding' in teaching and learning.  The conversation covers:

-          Mastery
-          Layers of understanding
-          A pragmatic definition of understanding
-          Common issues in the classroom
-          ‘rich’ activities vs repetition
-          Chunking and isolating skills
-          aha moments
-          Knowledge is power
-          Mastery takes time
-          Traps for enthusiastic teachers
-          Split classes
-          Extending top end students in the classroom
-          The optics of maths lessons (and skill acquisition in general) – which can look ‘boring’ from the outside
-          Progression over time vs observing one-off lessons
-          And Student voice, amongst other topics

We hope you enjoy the discussion, and find it useful!