Mr Barton Maths Podcast

Mr Barton Maths Podcast


Latest Episodes

Ed Southall – Part 2: Maths Puzzles and Lessons from Japan
July 27, 2017

On this episode of the Mr Barton Maths Podcast, I spoke to Ed Southall. Ed is the course leader for the Maths Secondary PGCE at Huddersfield University, a maths tutor, and now a best-selling author, with his debut book Yes, but why?

Kris Boulton – Part 1: Planning Lessons, Engelmann and Differentiation
July 17, 2017

On this episode of the Mr Barton Maths Podcast, I spoke to Kris Boulton. Kris is a maths teacher and the former second in department at King Solomon Academy, where he worked alongside fellow podcast guest Bruno Reddy,

Robert and Elizabeth Bjork – Memory, Forgetting, Testing, Desirable Difficulties
June 29, 2017

On this episode of the Mr Barton Maths Podcast, I spoke to Professors Robert and Elizabeth Bjork. Robert Bjork is Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Dani Quinn – Part 2: Michaela School, Behaviour, Drills, Culture
May 12, 2017

On this episode of the Mr Barton Maths Podcast, I once again spoke to Dani Quinn. This is Part 2 of my interview with Dani Quinn, the Head of Maths at Michaela Community School (Part 1 can be found here). Before we go any further,

Daisy Christodoulou – Assessment, Multiple Choice Questions, 7 Myths about Education
April 24, 2017

On this episode of the Mr Barton Maths Podcast, I spoke to Daisy Christodoulou. Daisy is a former English teacher and the current Head of Assessment at Ark Schools. She also has a new job for No More Marking,

Dani Quinn – Part 1: Michaela School, Planning Lessons, Low Stakes Tests
April 02, 2017

On this episode of the Mr Barton Maths Podcast, I spoke to Dani Quinn. Dani is the Head of Maths at Micheala Community School – arguably the most discussed, scrutinised, controversial school in the county. It’s a school whose policies and practices div...

Greg Ashman – Cognitive Load Theory and Direct Instruction vs Inquiry Based Learning
March 01, 2017

On this episode of the Mr Barton Maths Podcast, I spoke to Greg Ashman. Greg is a maths and science teacher, originally from the UK but now based in sunny Australia. He is a prolific and influential blogger and is also working towards his PhD in Cognit...

Paul Rowlandson – Bar Modelling, Questioning, Shanghai, Tokyo & Training Teachers
February 01, 2017

On this episode of the Mr Barton Maths Podcast, I spoke to Paul Rowlandson. Paul is currently the Deputy Director of Learning for Trinity Academy Trust. He is an experienced secondary mathematics teacher, one of the leads for White Rose Maths Hub,

Tom Bennett – Behaviour, Teacher Workload and ResearchEd
January 06, 2017

On this episode of the Mr Barton Maths Podcast, I spoke to someone I’ve been wanting to get on the show for ages – Tom Bennett. Among many other things, Tom is a former Religious Studies teacher, a prolific blogger,

John Corbett – Flipped Learning, Videos and Corbett Maths
December 14, 2016

On this episode of the Mr Barton Maths Podcast, I spoke to John Corbett. John has been a maths teacher for 11 years, and is better known the world over as the man behind the ridiculously incredible Corbett Maths – the home of hundreds of free videos,