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CogSciSci enters the world of podcasts! Members of the CogSciSci community will be discussing all things cognitive science and teaching & learning with Shelley Parry and Rachel Wong. Contact us if you are interested in being a guest: podscisci@gmail.com

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Reflections from CogSciSci Surrey 2025

This episode is a compilation of mini-interviews that Rachel Oxburgh did with attendees at our CogSciSci conference in Surrey on 30 May. Hope this gives you a flavour of the talks we had on the day and it’d be great to see you at our next conference! List of speakers mentioned: Claudia Allan (@MBDscience, @mbdscience.bsky.social) - Prerequisite checks vs. Checking for understanding Gareth Bates (@smashEDITT, @drgarethbates.bsky.social) - Retrieval practice, critical lens in education research Ha...

Jun 26, 2025•16 min

CogSciSci Surrey 2025 - Speaker interviews: Episode 2

It's been so exciting to hear from four more speakers who will be sharing their wonderful knowledge and experience in the upcoming CogSciSci conference! Check out this episode to get a flavour of what's to come - and make sure you listen to episode 1 as well! Get your tickets NOW using this link here . See you there in Weybridge on 30 May!

May 20, 2025•31 min

CogSciSci Surrey 2025 - Speaker interviews: Episode 1

With our annual conference coming up soon, we spent some time asking some of the speakers to share with us briefly what their talks are about and why they're passionate about their topic of choice. This episode gives you a sneak peek of what's to come - It got us really excited about the conference and we hope you would too! Keep your eyes (and ears) peeled for the second episode where we will interview more speakers in the next two weeks... CogSciSci Surrey 2025 is on Friday 30 May 2025. Rememb...

May 09, 2025•29 min

Meaningful learning with Sarah Cottinghatt

Rach and Rachel are joined by Sarah Cottinghatt, keynote speaker at May’s CogSciSci conference, teacher educator and author of Ausbel’s Meaningful Learning in Action. Sarah talks about the importance of the way in which we learn (meaningfully or by rote) in determining the type of forgetting that inevitably follows (better forgetting happens when we learn meaningfully!). We discuss with her what we as teachers can do to facilitate meaningful learning in our classrooms and help our students form ...

Dec 19, 2024•40 min

Rehearsal with Pritesh Raichura

Shelley and Rach are joined by Pritesh Raichura, Assistant Principal of T&L at Ark Soane Academy. Pritesh is well-known for his exceptional classroom routines, including great use of Turn & Talk and 'All Hands Up' and in this episode, shares his knowledge and experience of rehearsal. Rehearsal is a powerful tool which can be used to encode concepts into long term memory and build fluency in our students' understanding. Useful resources include: Bunsen Blue (Pritesh's blog) - Turn & T...

Apr 18, 2024•49 min

Homework with Jo Castelino

In this episode, Shelley and Rach chat to a pirate in Hogwarts (Dr Jo Castelino) about all things homework - what does 'effective' homework look like, and why will it be different in every school? And how can you begin to build a culture of homework in your school / department? This is a fun but informative episode which will motivate you to consider what homework looks like for your classes. CogSciSci St Albans is fast approaching on 31st May - not many tickets remaining! Discounted tickets are...

Apr 05, 2024•53 min

Mixed ability teaching with Bill Wilkinson

After a long break, Shelley and Rach are back, chatting to Bill Wilkinson about mixed ability teaching and SEND provision in Science. They consider the Education Endowment Foundation evidence on setting and streaming, navigating the dreaded tier decisions at KS4 and breaking down 'microbarriers', bearing in mind the important accessibility concept of 'essential to some, useful for all'. CogSciSci are also very excited to announce their next conference which will take place at St Albans School on...

Feb 14, 2024•48 min

Rosenshine's Principles #3: Independent practice with Adam Robbins

In our final episode in the Rosenshine's Principles of Instruction mini-series, Shelley and Rach chat to Adam Robbins, the current Managing Editor of CogSciSci and the guy who makes the conferences happen! They discuss the need for independent practice, the conditions needed for it to be effective and, of course, SLOP (Shed Loads of Practice). Some relevant links include: Frederick Reif's book 'Applying Cognitive Science to Education' Daniel Willingham's 'Why Student's Don't Like School' CogSciS...

Nov 23, 2023•40 min

Rosenshine's Principles #2: Check for understanding with Deepika Narula

Following on from the first episode in the Rosenshine's Principles of Instruction series, in this episode the focus is 'Checking for Understanding'. Shelley and Rach chat to Deepika Narula about the importance of checking for understanding, and ensuring our students are 'learning with fewer errors'. Strategies discussed include diagnostic questions and BEST resources, cold calling for sampling, probing questions and the logistics of mini whiteboards. Some relevant links to this episode: Rosenshi...

Nov 09, 2023•40 min

Rosenshine's Principles #1: Effective explanations with Tom Millichamp

Rosenshine's Principles of Instruction have become commonplace in T&L CPD over the last few years. Over the next three episodes, we will be considering the Principles in three blocks - effective explanations, checking for understanding and independent practice. In this episode, Shelley and Rach chat to CogSciSci regular Tom Millichamp, a Lead Practitioner of Science in the Midlands. They discuss the importance of activating prior knowledge, what effective delivery looks like in the classroom...

Oct 23, 2023•39 min

Pocket Pedagogy - Ratio with Adam Boxer

Doug Lemov's concept of ' ratio ' is absolutely essential in our classrooms, yet still goes under the radar in many INSET / CPD programmes in schools. This week, Shelley and Rach are joined by Adam Boxer , who has written extensively and delivered webinars on the idea of ratio in the past. They discuss what is meant by ratio and what it looks like in the classroom, challenges that you may encounter when trying to increase ratio in your classroom, as well as some tips for HoDs/LPs looking to deve...

Sep 13, 2023•46 min

Back to School

As August comes to an end, Shelley and Rachel join teachers around the country in trying to get their heads back in the game, and setting some goals for the term ahead. Topics discussed include starting at a new school, participation ratio, effective revision strategies, and looking after our wellbeing! Some blogs/reading discussed in this episode: Pritesh Raichura - Hands up for guaranteed results Adam Boxer - Ratio and What could I have done differently? James Mannion - The learning Skills Cur...

Aug 31, 2023•43 min

CogHiHi!

Welcome to our first episode of PodSciSci! We are Shelley and Rachel, two Science teachers who are part of CogSciSci - a group of science teachers passionate about sharing and discussing research-based pedagogy. In this episode, we talked about who we are, what CogSciSci is and how we got into the group. Get in touch to let us know what you think and if you're interested in being on the podcast in future episodes! Email us at podscisci@gmail.com Check out CogSciSci resources (as mentioned in the...

Jul 27, 2023•31 min•Ep. 1

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