Mr Barton Maths Podcast

Mr Barton Maths Podcast


Latest Episodes

#187 How to coach responsively with Josh Goodrich
March 14, 2024

In this episode, Craig Barton interviews Josh Goodrich, the co-founder and CEO of Step Lab, about his experience as an English teacher and his work in teacher education. They discuss the importance of instructional coaching and the challenges schools face

#186 Tools and Tips for Teachers: Episode 10 (with Ollie Lovell)
February 22, 2024

In this conversation, Craig and Ollie discuss various topics including Brian Johnson's quest to beat the aging process, fitness goals, teaching reading using Monster Phonics, treating failures as system failures, effective teacher professional develop

#185 Tools and Tips for Teachers: Episode 9 (with Ollie Lovell)
January 22, 2024

This month Ollie Lovell and I discuss the following things: Why change needs a deep understanding (08:15) The power of using critical evidence during CPD (23:10) Is making feedback into detective work really a good idea? (39:39) The Derring Effect

#184 Tools and Tips for Teachers: Episode 8 (with Ollie Lovell and Zach Groshell)
December 12, 2023

In this episode, Craig, Ollie, and special guest Zach Groschel discuss various topics related to education. They start by introducing themselves and discussing their current locations. Then, they dive into the importance of standardizing entry and exit ro

#183 How to help students remember things with Nick Soderstrom
November 30, 2023

Cognitive psychologist, Nick Soderstrom, joins me to talk about all things memory and retrieval. We discuss the important distinction between learning and performance, and then dive into four desirable difficulties: testing, spacing, interleaving and pre-

#182 Tools and Tips for Teachers: Episode 7 (with Ollie Lovell)
November 03, 2023

Teacher, author and my arch-rival podcaster, Ollie Lovell, joins me from the land Down Under for the seventh of our monthly chats. We each share three things we have been thinking about from the world of education recently. In this episode, we discuss CPD

#181 Mark McCourt: Tips for teachers, Mastery, Reflections and Retirement
October 25, 2023

Where to begin? Mark McCourt has done it all. From maths teacher, head of maths, head teacher, Ofsted inspector, CEO, founder, and the creator of MathsConf. I first met Mark almost 20 years ago, and have learned from him ever since. This is Mark’s 3rd app

#180 Surviving and thriving an Ofsted inspection with Ofsted's Maths Subject Lead Steve Wren
September 29, 2023

The episode features a conversation with Ofsted's Maths Subject Lead, Steve Wren. We discuss everything from inspections, subject deep-dive, lesson observations, book scrutinies, COVID and more. For show notes, please visit: mrbartonmaths.com/blog/ofs

#179 Tools and Tips for Teachers: Episode 6 (with Ollie Lovell, Emma Turner and Tom Sherrington)
September 25, 2023

For this special episode (kindly sponsored by Casio Education), Ollie Lovell and I are joined by Emma Turner and Tom Sherrington to discuss coaching, the view form the back of a lesson, pre-testing, implied competencies and more! Access the show-notes her

#178 Research in Action 25: The impact of the home environment on maths attainment with Vic Simms
August 30, 2023

Vic Simms is a Professor of Developmental Psychology at Ulster University. Her recent research interests have been in understanding the influence of the home environment on early mathematical development, understanding influences on development from cross