Matt and Femi discuss a couple of really common issues that undermine teachers' ability to deliver powerful, clear and memorable explanations.

Matt and Femi discuss what to do with a comment often heard by the coffee machine... "This class doesn't retain things!"

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Matt and Femi talk to James Gisby about the challenges and intricacies of teaching History, and what good History lessons could look like.

Matt and Femi discuss why effective learning can often look somewhat boring from the outside, and why that can sometimes be problematic in schools.

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Matt and Femi discuss the importance of very prompt transition moments in lessons.

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Matt and Femi discuss the pros and cons of group / whole staff PD vs the somewhat more time-consuming approach of coaching, considering how to leverage each one for it's strengths and the symbiosis between the two different approaches.

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Matt and Femi discuss two topics in this episode - the first is whether there is any merit in having students copy things down into exercise books, or even cutting them out and sticking them in. The second is the complaint one occasionally hears that there is too much to get through / not enough curriculum time and therefore we don't have the 'luxury' of doing any retrieval practice.

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Matt and Femi discuss the common situation of encouraging students to go back and check their work once they've done all they can on an exam or test paper.