The Teaching Delusion with Bruce Robertson AND Kathryn Morgan interviews Chloe Woodhouse and Caroline Spalding

This week sees another double-header which are proving very popular during Lockdown. We have Bruce Robertson in conversation with Phil about his John Catt book 'The Teaching Delusion' and Kathryn Morgan in conversation with Chloe Woodhouse and Caroline Spalding. We also have Michelle chatting to Maria in our TDT section on the use of expert knowledge. 

About Bruce 

Senior Leader of Teaching & Learning in the Scottish Borders | Author of 'The Teaching Delusion': https://amzn.to/2JnKPOa & https://bit.ly/3dLYL2r

About Caroline

Assistant Headteacher KS4, RSL & PP | Future Leaders cohort ‘19 |@SLTchat team member | Co-organiser @TeamEnglishNC @WomenEdEM Network Lead | Wrestling fan

About Chloe

Assistant Headteacher KS3 & PP |#TeamEnglish | SLE | PiXL associate | NPQSL | Co-organiser of @TeamEnglishNC | Geek | Comic book fan | Always on the dance floor

The Natters

The Teaching Delusion:

1. Gentle introduction question, listeners will be familiar with you and your book 'The Teaching Delusion' from your summary in a previous podcast but could you tell us a little more about you and your career to date?
2. BIG question starter , what is the purpose of school and a pertinent follow up is will this change as and when we return?
3. 'Learning in schools is different from learning without schools because learning in schools involves students working with professional teachers, it is the interaction between teachers and students that is the essence of schools' . What difference can teachers make and what are the key messages from educational literature and research?
4. What are the key factors that lead to high quality student learning?
5. Which teacher and leader mindsets enhance a strong professional learning culture?
6. Something I'm very interested in is creating a professional learning culture. How do you suggest listeners can enhance their PLC?
7. Lesson observation and evaluation remains controversial , could you tell listeners about your lesson evaluation toolkit and the 'instructional model' suggested by Peter Cole?
8. How important is lesson planning and how do you suggest using the lesson evaluation toolkit to support lesson planning?

TDT Section 

Michelle interviews Maria on the use of expert knowledge . http://tdtrust.org/

Lockdown Learning 

This week it is Kraftwerk's Computer World, Dickens (again) with David Copperfield and NO film review!

Coming up

Katie Ashford and Pritsesh Raichura on the new Michaela book 'The Power of Culture' 

John Tomsett on 'Putting Staff First' 

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