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

Kinga Morsanyi is a developmental psychologist, and currently a Senior Lecturer in Mathematical Cognition at Loughborough University. Her main focus is on mathematics learning, but her research interests also encompass reasoning and decision-making, the m

Dave Hewitt taught in schools for 11 years, including as Head of Department working with all-attainment classes from Years 7-11. Dave has since been working in teacher education for over 30 years, initially at the University of Birmingham and then setting

Teacher, author and my arch-rival podcaster, Ollie Lovell, joins me from the land Down Under for the fifth 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 instr

Camilla Gilmore is the Developmental Psychology and lead of the Centre for Early Mathematics Learning. She has done research for 20 years focused on learning mathematics in particular looking at cognitive aspects (e.g. executive function skills that we di

Jodie Hunter is a visiting professor at Loughborough University from Massey University, New Zealand. We discuss developing culturally responsive mathematics education in classrooms with students from diverse ethnic groups including Indigenous and migrant

Paul Howard-Jones joins me to discuss how and why teachers use (and don't use) research to inform their teaching. This is part of my Research in Action mini-series, where I interview a researcher from theMathematics Education Centre at Loughborough

Teacher, author and my arch-rival podcaster, Ollie Lovell, joins me from the land Down Under for the fourth 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 live

Science teacher, Pritesh Raichura, shares his insights about how to ensure 100% of our students are listening, thinking and understanding at each stage of a lesson. From All-Hands-Up Cold Calling, to high-frequency checks for listening, this episode is ja

Teacher, author and my arch-rival podcaster, Ollie Lovell, joins me from the land Down Under for the third 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 conne