S01E05 – Tom Sherrington on why we need effective and precise teaching techniques

In this episode of the Knowledge for Teachers podcast, Brendan Lee chats to Tom Sherrington about how Tom randomly found some Bill Rogers videos that were transformational for him. How he worked out the need to deliver precise professional learning for teachers and the common challenges that schools face. Tom also goes through how schools are using Teaching Walkthrus effectively.

Resources mentioned in this conversation:

• Walkthrus.co.uk
• teacherhead.com
• teachingsprints.com.au
• Australian Walkthrus Workshop – Thursday 30th March
• Daniel Willingham’s Why don’t students like school
• Megan Sumeracki, Oliver Caviglioli, and Yana Weinstein: Understanding How We Learn
• Everything from Dylan Wiliam about Formative Assessment including he’s recent episode on Tom and Emma Turner’s podcast – Mind the Gap

About Tom Sherrington

Tom is a former Head Teacher who worked in schools within the UK and Asia for 30 years. He is now one of the world’s leading education consultants and authors. Tom’s blog (teacherhead.com) has now had over 8 million hits and he has also published:

• The Learning Rainforest: Great teaching in real classroom
• Rosenshine’s Principles in Action
• Teaching Walkthrus with Oliver Caviglioli 

You can connect with Tom:

Twitter: @teacherhead

Website: https://teacherhead.com/

You can connect with Brendan:

Twitter: @learnwithmrlee

Facebook: @learningwithmrlee

Website: learnwithlee.net