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Teacher Staffroom Episode 50: Teacher planning

Aug 30, 2023

This podcast episode discusses teacher planning, specifically addressing student misconceptions in STEM, supporting vocabulary development, and using manipulatives and representations. It also features an interview with Professor Anne Castles on learning to read and explores the importance of literacy in primary school for overall student learning.

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Proactive planning is essential to address student misconceptions in STEM and ensure a strong understanding that can be built upon over time.

Deliberate planning for vocabulary instruction in science and mathematics can significantly impact student learning and prevent misunderstandings.

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Addressing Student Misconceptions in STEM

In this podcast episode, educational leader Michael Rosenbrock discusses the importance of proactively planning to address student misconceptions in STEM subjects. He highlights that students often bring pre-existing ideas about the world that may not align with the concepts and language used in science and mathematics. These misconceptions can lead to systematic errors and hinder students' further learning. Rosenbrock emphasizes the need for teachers to plan effectively to ensure every student develops a strong understanding that can be built upon over time.

Introduction

5min

Introducing Professor Anne Castles and her work on learning to read

2min

Literacy and Education Systems

5min

Thanks for listening to this episode of Teacher Staffroom, where we catch you up on the latest evidence, insight, and action. In today’s podcast we’re going to be talking about teacher planning, drawing on 3 articles written by educational leader Michael Rosenbrock. In the first article, he looked at how teachers can pro-actively plan to tackle student misconceptions in STEM. In the second instalment, he discusses evidence on the importance of deliberately planning to support students to build and use their vocabulary, and what this could look like in practice. And in the third piece, published just yesterday, he explores how teachers can best plan to make effective use of manipulatives and representations to help students build understanding. We’ll be taking a closer look at each of these articles in the episode, as well as some of the other highlights from Teacher this month. Host: Rebecca Vukovic Sponsor: MacKillop Seasons

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Teacher Magazine (ACER)

Teacher Staffroom Episode 50: Teacher planning

Podcast summary created with Snipd AI

Quick takeaways

Deep dives

Addressing Student Misconceptions in STEM

Deliberate Planning for Vocabulary Development

Effective Use of Manipulatives and Representations in Teaching

Remember Everything You Learn from Podcasts