Thinking Deeply about Primary Education

Guest Neil Almond, a teacher and curriculum expert in London, discusses teaching, learning, and curriculum. Topics include: essential behaviors of school leaders, the power of pre-testing and silent teaching, the significance of task design, the importance of high-quality textbooks, quick checks of understanding, and the birth of the box set curriculum.

Lisa Coe, a mathematics specialist in Norfolk, shares her teaching experience and mathematical expertise. She discusses her journey into mathematics subject leadership, reflections on teaching mathematics, the challenges and benefits of subject specialization, the role of a mathematics subject leader across multiple schools, discovering educational books and starting a blog, changes in mathematics subject leadership over the past decade, and the use of espresso in the classroom.

Lloyd Williams-Jones, a Deputy Head Teacher living in Kent, shares his experience of teaching and leading in the South-East of England as well as the impact engaging with education research has had on the course of his career.