13 - Jordan O’Sullivan on Shaping Minds and Practices

In this episode of the Knowledge for Teachers podcast, Brendan Lee chats with Jordan O’Sullivan from Shaping Minds. Together with Jared Bussell and now Brooke Wardana, they have been supporting teachers in implementing the science of learning in the classroom through practical professional learning combined with lesson demonstrations. For this podcast, Jordan goes through the simple memory model, the process of building a mathematics curriculum, delivering effective PL and much much more.

Resources mentioned:

Willingham’s Simple Memory Model (Article by Tom Sherrington and graphic by Oliver Caviglioli)

Fred Jones - Tools for Teaching

Ybarra and Hollingsworth’s Explicit Direct Instruction 

Archer and Hughes - Explicit Instruction

Guskey, Thomas. (2002). Professional Development and Teacher Change. Teachers and Teaching. 8. 381-391. 10.1080/135406002100000512

Sarah Cottingham - https://overpractised.wordpress.com/

Craig Barton - How I wish I’d taught maths

Kirschner, P. A., Sweller, J., & Clark, R. E. (2006). Why minimal guidance during instruction does not work: An analysis of the failure of constructivist, discovery, problem-based, experiential, and inquiry-based teaching. Educational psychologist, 41(2), 75-86.

Ollie Lovell - Cognitive Load Theory in Action

You can connect with:

Twitter: @ShapingmindsAus

Facebook: @ShapingMindsAustralia/

Website: https://shapingminds.com.au/

You can connect with Brendan:

Twitter: @learnwithmrlee

Facebook: @learningwithmrlee

Website: learnwithlee.net