In this episode, Emma turns the tables by interviewing Tom and his co-author Oliver Caviglioli on their recent book, Teaching WalkThrus Volume 2, a follow-up to their popular Teaching WalkThrus: Visual Step-by-Step Guides to Essential Teaching Techniques. The new volume offers an additional 50 essential teaching techniques, each with five clear and concise illustrations and explanations.
Oliver describes the origins of the books, his relationship with special education and psychology, and why visual techniques are beneficial (2:44), and Tom expands on the writing process and explains how the authors and their collaborators got these ideas on paper. (6:25)
Other ideas discussed include what Tom and Oliver learned since publishing the first Teaching WalkThrus book. Tom shares how they expanded on the curriculum section, working memory, and long-term memory models. (11:04)
The episode also includes a conversation about instructional coaching, in which Oliver compares coaching models and the use of one-page guides. (32:35) Text, still image, and action creates a triangle approach providing better classroom conversation.
Watch episode 20 with Tom and Emma’s discussion with John Tomsett & Jonny Uttley on putting staff first: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb66eb5cYu0
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About the participants:
Oliver Caviglioli is uniquely placed to bridge the gap between education and graphic design. A former special school head teacher, Oliver learned design at an early age from his architect and typographer father. Four decades of reading educational research found its visual expression in his spectacular, image-rich book ‘Dual Coding With Teachers’ and his recent co-authored book Teaching WalkThrus Volume 2
Tom Sherrington has worked in schools as a teacher and leader for 30 years and is now a consultant specializing in teacher development and curriculum & assessment planning. His books include Teaching WalkThrus, Rosenshine’s Principles in Action and The Learning Rainforest Fieldbook. He regularly contributes to conferences and CPD sessions locally and nationally and is busy working in schools and colleges across the UK and around the world. Follow Tom on Twitter @teacherhead
Emma Turner joined Discovery Schools Academy Trust as the Research and CPD lead after 20 years in primary teaching. She is the founder of ‘NewEd – Joyful CPD for early career teachers,’ a not-for-profit approach to CPD to encourage positivity amongst the profession and help to retain teachers in post. Turner is author of Be More Toddler: A Leadership Education From Our Little Learners and Let’s Talk About Flex: Flipping the flexible working narrative for education.
Follow Emma on Twitter @emma_turner75