Mr Barton Maths Podcast

Mr Barton Maths Podcast


Latest Episodes

Colin Foster: Mathematical Etudes, Confidence and Questioning
November 26, 2017

On this episode of the Mr Barton Maths Podcast, I spoke to Colin Foster Colin is a former maths teacher who is now an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Research in Mathematics Education in the School of Education at the University of Nottingham.

Doug Lemov: Teach like a Champion and Top Tips for delivering training
November 13, 2017

On this episode of the Mr Barton Maths Podcast, I spoke to Doug Lemov Let’s be honest, Doug is a legend. He is probably best known as the author of Teach like a Champion – a bookContinue reading

Peps Mccrea: Planning, Memorable Teaching and Teacher Expertise
November 03, 2017

On this episode of the Mr Barton Maths Podcast, I spoke to Peps Mccrea. Peps is a former Fasttrack maths teacher and Senior Lecturer in mathematics education. He has been a National Curriculum Advisor for the DfE, External Examiner at the OU,

Lucy Rycroft-Smith: Cambridge Mathematics, Setting, Times Tables and Anxiety
October 17, 2017

On this episode of the Mr Barton Maths Podcast, I spoke to Lucy Rycroft-Smith. Lucy is a former maths teacher and head of maths, who is now the Research and Communications Officer at Cambridge Mathematics. The reason I wanted to have Lucy on the show i...

Kris Boulton – Part 2: Minimal guided instruction, Understanding, How before Why
October 04, 2017

On this episode of the Mr Barton Maths Podcast, I once again spoke to Kris Boulton. Since I last spoke to Kris, it is all change in his professional life as he has a brand new job.Continue reading

Andrew Blair – prequel: Inquiries and being a Head of Department
September 16, 2017

On this special episode of the Mr Barton Maths Podcast, I spoke to Andrew Blair. Last episode I interviewed Andrew about running inquiries. There has been a fantastic reaction to the interview, and I am pleased to see that it has given other people ple...

Andrew Blair: Inquiry Maths
September 07, 2017

On this episode of the Mr Barton Maths Podcast, I spoke to Andrew Blair. Andrew is the Head of Maths at Haverstock School, in Camden Inner-London, and the creator of inquirymaths.org. Now, in recent episodes this podcast has featured guests who favour ...

Primary School Teacher Rachel Webster: How your Year 7s have been taught maths
August 30, 2017

On this episode of the Mr Barton Maths Podcast, I spoke to Rachel Webster. Rachel is a former primary school teacher who is taking on the role of a Primary Maths Specialist with the White Rose Maths Hub from September.

Chief Examiner Trevor Senior: How GCSE Maths exams are written
August 24, 2017

On this episode of the Mr Barton Maths Podcast, I spoke to Trevor Senior. Trevor is AQA’s Chief Examiner for the Maths GCSE. As those of you teaching maths in the UK in the last couple of years will have experienced,

Nick Rose: Mindset, Misconceptions, Differentiation
August 06, 2017

On this episode of the Mr Barton Maths Podcast, I spoke to Nick Rose. Nick is a former science teacher who now works as a researcher for TeachFirst . He runs the excellent Evidence into Practice blog, and is the co-author of one of my favourite educati...