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The latest in our series where we chat about a teaching tip sent to us!

Today on TandTeaching we chat with Peter Mattock about . . . MATHS!

 

Peter Mattock has been teaching maths since 2006 and is a specialist leader of education (SLE) and an accredited Secondary maths professional development lead who regularly presents at conferences across the country.

 

Peter is also part of the first cohort of the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics’ (NCETM) secondary mastery specialists, developing teaching for mastery in the secondary school classroom. Peter is based in Leicestershire, in the UK.

 

Peter’s Books are:Leading Maths: https://amzn.to/4bWZU4K

Conceptual Maths: https://amzn.to/4dZyf4U

Visible Maths : https://amzn.to/4e2f8qY

National Thank a Teacher Day is coming up on the 19th of June

In today's episode, we chat with CEO of 'The National Teaching Awards' Mary Palmer and Award Winning Head Teacher Ben Levinson OBE


What is 'Thank a Teacher Day'?
This is the day when the whole of the UK is encouraged to come together in celebration of all the hard-working staff working in education across the UK. 


Via the 'Thank a Teacher' campaign you can send a free personalised thank you e-card to all teaching and support staff working in UK early years, schools, and colleges. There are lots of ways to get involved on the day, just go to the website www.thankateacher.co.uk for more information.

Thank A Teacher website
Thank A Teacher Facebook
Thank A Teacher Twitter
Thank A Teacher Instagram

Part 2

In this episode of TandTeaching Arthur continues his chat with about Child Agency Dominic Wyse and Yana Manyukhina from IOE - UCL's Faculty of Education and Society.


What great practise did Dom and Yana see during their study?
What can teachers do?
What can schools do?



Dominic Wyse
Dominic is Professor of Early Childhood and Primary Education at the Institute of Education (IOE), University College London (UCL). He is the Founding Director of the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Pedagogy (0-11 years) (HHCP) a research centre with a focus on primary and early years education and was President of the British Educational Research Association (BERA) from 2019 to 2022.

Yana Manyukhina
Yana is Senior Researcher at the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Pedagogy 0-11 years (HHCP) with a strong association with Child Agency



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NOTES for further Reading

Blogpost (10 April 2019): What next for curriculum?

⁠https://www.bera.ac.uk/blog/what-next-for-curriculum⁠

 

Blogpost (14October 2021): Living and learning during a pandemic: what can children tell us?

⁠https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/2021/10/14/living-and-learning-during-a-pandemic-what-can-children-tell-us/⁠

 

News story (6December 2021) including the link to the conference keynote talks (June 2021) which were held under the theme: ‘Children’s Agency and the Curriculum’ in collaboration with the Education Learning Trust (ELT) and the Association for the Study of Primary Education (ASPE):

⁠https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news/2021/dec/helen-hamlyn-centre-pedagogy-puts-spotlight-childrens-agency-and-curriculum⁠

⁠https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiIYJpyo9fmv_5x6IJWKy3ihqH95Vqz0f⁠

 

Blogpost (1st March 2021): Children’s agency: What is it, and what should be done?

⁠https://www.bera.ac.uk/blog/childrens-agency-what-is-it-and-what-should-be-done⁠



Animation video about children’s agency (2023):

⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RF2-VVxpAg⁠


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Part 1

In this episode of TandTeaching Arthur chats about Child Agency with Dominic Wyse and Yana Manyukhina from IOE - UCL's Faculty of Education and Society.


What is Child Agency?
Is it a new thing?
Why should we care about it as educators?


What have Dom and Yana been looking into?



Dominic Wyse
Dominic is Professor of Early Childhood and Primary Education at the Institute of Education (IOE), University College London (UCL). He is the Founding Director of the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Pedagogy (0-11 years) (HHCP) a research centre with a focus on primary and early years education and was President of the British Educational Research Association (BERA) from 2019 to 2022.

Yana Manyukhina
Yana is Senior Researcher at the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Pedagogy 0-11 years (HHCP) with a strong association with Child Agency



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NOTES for further Reading

Blogpost (10 April 2019): What next for curriculum?

https://www.bera.ac.uk/blog/what-next-for-curriculum

 

Blogpost (14October 2021): Living and learning during a pandemic: what can children tell us?

https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/2021/10/14/living-and-learning-during-a-pandemic-what-can-children-tell-us/

 

News story (6December 2021) including the link to the conference keynote talks (June 2021) which were held under the theme: ‘Children’s Agency and the Curriculum’ in collaboration with the Education Learning Trust (ELT) and the Association for the Study of Primary Education (ASPE):

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news/2021/dec/helen-hamlyn-centre-pedagogy-puts-spotlight-childrens-agency-and-curriculum

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiIYJpyo9fmv_5x6IJWKy3ihqH95Vqz0f

 

Blogpost (1st March 2021): Children’s agency: What is it, and what should be done?

https://www.bera.ac.uk/blog/childrens-agency-what-is-it-and-what-should-be-done



Animation video about children’s agency (2023):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RF2-VVxpAg


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In this episode we speak with Oonagh Jaquest from BBC Bitesize about how the revision platform is evolving and how we can best use this resource with our students.