This week I am joined by Adam Boxer. Adam is the head of science at Totteridge Academy, co-founder of Carousel Learning and author of the brilliant book ‘Teaching Secondary Science’. In the book Adam distils years of hard-won experience and outlines his approach to teaching and it goes well beyond just science. The huge 100 plus pages on explanations are worth the purchase of the book alone and his outline on how to build a culture of retrieval.

In this episode we discuss the following and so much more:

Why our teaching should be content-led and not resource-led

What is meant by the term 'Ratio'

Why a good explanation is the 'beating heart of an effective learning sequence'

The features of an effective explanation

How Adam is building a culture of retrieval ‘to ensure students conduct lots of retrieval practice in their own time’

This conversation has so many takeaways so I would advise that you listen twice and make sure that you have a pen and paper handy, Adam's thinking really is brilliant.

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