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Education Research Reading Room

Ollie Lovell: Teacher, author, podcaster, blogger, PhD candidate. @ollie_lovell•www.ollielovell.com
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The most in-depth education podcast available. Each episode host Ollie Lovell takes a deep dive into an important area of education with an educational thought leader from around the world, from practicing teachers to university professors and everyone in-between. If you're looking to build deep knowledge about education and how learning happens, this is the podcast for you.
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Episodes

ERRR #099. David Morkunas on Writing Quality Maths Lessons

In this episode of the ERRR Podcast, renowed mathematics education David Morkunas describes the ins and outs of writing high quality mathematics lessons, and particularly how these principals are embedded into the Explicit Mathematics Program. Full show notes at www.ollielovell.com/davidmorkunas

Feb 01, 2025•1 hr 25 min•Transcript available on Metacast

ERRR #098. Steve Capp on Effective School Leadership

In this episode, host Ollie Lovell speaks with acclaimed school principal Steve Capp to hear what it takes to turn around not one, but two primary schools. Steve shares countless pearls of wisdom on everything from pedagogy to management. Full show notes at www.ollielovell.com/stevecapp

Jan 07, 2025•2 hr 54 min•Transcript available on Metacast

ERRR #097. Jonathan Sharples on Implementation in Education

Professor Jonathan Sharples from the Education Endowment Foundation shares insights and practical advice regarding how to help educational programs and initiatives to have maximum impact in your school or organisation. Full show notes at www.ollielovell.com/jonathansharples

Dec 10, 2024•2 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast

ERRR #096. Jennifer Buckingham on Literacy Instruction & Policy in the UK, Ireland & Aus

In this episode, Dr. Jennifer Buckingham describes key instructional and policy differences between the UK, Ireland, and Australia, and how these contribute to differing literacy levels and achievement on international tests such as PISA and PIRLS. Jen and Ollie discuss a multitude of factors including curriculum, instruction, initial teacher education, assessment, school inspections, as well as the all important culture and demographics. Full show notes at https://www.ollielovell.com/jenbucking...

Nov 07, 2024•2 hr 46 min•Transcript available on Metacast

ERRR #095. Ron Berger on an Ethic of Excellence

This episode we're speaking with Ron Berger. Ron was a public school teacher and master carpenter in rural Massachusetts for over 25 years and is now a well-known national and international keynote speaker focused on inspiring a commitment to quality, character, and citizenship in students. He is the Senior Advisor at EL Education , a nonprofit school improvement organization that partners with public schools and districts across America, leads professional learning, and creates open educational...

Oct 04, 2024•2 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast

ERRR #094. Craig Barton and Ollie analyse Ollie's teaching

In this episode, usual ERRR host Ollie Lovell has a recent maths lesson that he taught pulled apart by fellow edu-podcaster Craig Barton. Craig ask's Ollie a huge number of questions about this recent demonstration lesson, asking Ollie about different pedagogical decisions he made, and what he might do differently next time. For those looking for a truly in-depth discussion about teaching and learning, this is it! Full show notes at: https://www.ollielovell.com/craigbarton4/...

Sep 02, 2024•2 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast

ERRR #093. Adam Boxer on the First 10 Minutes of a Lesson

Adam Boxer is a chemistry teacher in North London, he writes about science education, cognitive science, evidence-based education, and many other important topics. He’s an extremely popular on teacher social media and has had a huge impact on education both locally and internationally through his writings, books, podcast, and talks. I’ve followed Adam for a long time and have always found his writing to be extremely logical, practical, and well thought out. His book, Teaching Secondary Science, ...

Aug 04, 2024•2 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast

ERRR #091. Greg Ashman on the Essential Elements of a High Performing School

In this episode we speak with Greg Ashman about what it takes to create a high performing school like Ballarat Clarendon College, Victoria's highest performing school. We touch on important factors including shared student expectations, effective professional learning, shared and prescriptive lesson plans, effective data use, and much more. Full show notes at www.ollielovell.com/gregashman

Jun 03, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast

ERRR #090. Hunter & Parkinson on the Benefits of Multi-school Organisations

In this episode, Dr. Jordana Hunter & Nick Parkinson from the Grattan Institue discuss lessons from their trip to New York and England to visit 7 multi-school organisations, groups of schools working together under common governance and structures to the benefit of students.

May 06, 2024•2 hr 21 min•Transcript available on Metacast

ERRR #089. Karen Harris on Teaching Writing (SRSD)

Regents Professor Karen Harris shares insights from over 50 years of writing instruction and refining the Self Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD) method of teaching writing. Host Ollie Lovell applies what he's learnt from reading Karen's book to share a demo lesson of teaching using the SRSD approach, and Karen provides valuable feedback! Full show notes with all resources at www.ollielovell.com/karenharris

Apr 03, 2024•3 hr 35 min•Transcript available on Metacast