Mr Barton Maths Podcast

#120 Mark Healy – Part 2: Sleep, growth mindset and teaching amid Covid-19

11 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Mark is a psychology teacher and Deputy Head from Scotland who joins me for the second time to discuss the challenges of teaching amidst the Cobid-19 ...

#119 Jemma Sherwood – Part 2: Preparing for September 2020 & being a Head of Department

22 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jemma returns to the show for a surprisingly maths-less episode as she discusses her and her department's plans for what will prove to be a challengin...

#118 Adele Bates: Behaviour and relationships

21 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Adele has transitioned from an opera singer to a teachers, specialising working with students who have behavioral challenges both in mainstream school...

#117 Jonathan Hall: MathsBot, teaching visually and behaving mathematically

08 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jonathan Hall, the creator of the incredible MathsBot website joins be to discuss why he has moved to teaching in a more visual way, what this looks l...

#116 Conference Takeaways: MathsConf23 (online!)

21 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Join me and Jo Morgan for a Conference Takeaways podcast from the first ever online MathsConf. We discuss online CPD, Don Steward, magical maths, exac...

#115 Mark Healy: Cognitive science versus cognitive psychology

14 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Psychology teacher and Deputy Head, Mark Healy, joins me to discuss the distinction between cognitive science and cognitive psychology, their potentia...

#114 Robert Kaplinsky: Depth of Knowledge, Open Middle Problems and effective CPD

22 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Robert is a US maths educationalist and all round legend. He is the brains behind the Open Middle website, and the depth of knowledge framework. In th...

#113 Teaching from Home: Jamie Frost – Dr Frost Maths and virtual whiteboards

30 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

“Teaching from home” is a series of episodes dedicated to supporting teachers who are working from home amidst the Covid-19 outbreak of 2020. Ther...

#112 Teaching from Home: Ollie Lovell and Bryn Humberstone – Checking for understanding, Desmos and lessons learned

26 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

“Teaching from home” is a series of episodes dedicated to supporting teachers who are working from home amidst the Covid-19 outbreak of 2020. Ther...

#111 Teaching from Home: Jules Daulby – supporting students with Special Educational Needs

23 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

“Teaching from home” is a series of episodes dedicated to supporting teachers who are working from home amidst the Covid-19 outbreak of 2020. Ther...

#110 Teaching from Home: Helen Williams – supporting Early Years students

21 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

“Teaching from home” is a series of episodes dedicated to supporting teachers who are working from home amidst the Covid-19 outbreak of 2020. Ther...

#109 Paul Kirschner and Carl Hendrick: How learning happens

10 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Paul Kirschner and Carl Hendrick join me to discuss their excellent book: How Learning Happens. But over the course of 2 hours we delve into so mich m...

#108 Teaching from Home: Jon Hutchinson – making videos for primary school students

09 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

“Teaching from home” is a series of episodes dedicated to supporting teachers who are working from home amidst the Covid-19 outbreak of 2020. Ther...

#107 Teaching from Home: Adam Boxer – retrieval, conducting interviews, and staying safe and sane

07 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

“Teaching from home” is a series of episodes dedicated to supporting teachers who are working from home amidst the Covid-19 outbreak of 2020. Ther...

#106 Teaching from Home: Dan Pearcy – Google Meets, Poll Everywhere and 5 principles for remote teaching

05 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

“Teaching from home” is a series of episodes dedicated to supporting teachers who are working from home amidst the Covid-19 outbreak of 2020. Ther...

#105 Teaching from Home: Jo Morgan – Hegarty Maths, family life, and why she will not be doing “live” lessons

03 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

“Teaching from home” is a series of episodes dedicated to supporting teachers who are working from home amidst the Covid-19 outbreak of 2020. Ther...

#104 Teaching from Home: Michael Pershan – Zoom, Assessment for Learning and a careful choice of questions

01 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

“Teaching from home” is a series of episodes dedicated to supporting teachers who are working from home amidst the Covid-19 outbreak of 2020. Ther...

#103 Teaching from Home: Ben Rooney – structure, social interactions and experimenting with technology

29 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

“Teaching from home” is a series of episodes dedicated to supporting teachers who are working from home amidst the Covid-19 outbreak of 2020. Ther...

#102 Special episode: Online learning during the Covid-19 outbreak

22 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak, I sat down with 3 teachers from France who are a week ahead of the UK in terms of providing online learning to t...

#101 Conference Takeaways: MathsConf22 – Manchester – March 2020

15 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Join me and Dani Quinn for a Conference Takeaways podcast from MathsConf in Manchester, where we discuss percentages, algebraic thinking, surds, circl...

#100 Daisy Christodoulou – Teachers vs Tech!

04 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Daisy returns to the podcast to talk all things EdTech. What works, what doesn't work, and what does the future of education technology hold? This is ...

#099 Topics in Depth: Angles and parallel lines with Jo Morgan (supported by TES)

20 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

I have teamed up with Jo Morgan (@mathsjem) and TES to delve deep into key matheamtical topics, looking at progression, misconceptions, resources, ety...

#098 Kris Boulton – Part 3: Is cognitive science almost useless for designing effective teaching?

09 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Kris Boulton returns to the show to complete the trilogy - although Parts, 4, 5... and 23 may not be far away as I have so much to talk to him about. ...

#097 Exam malpractice – Inside Exams with AQA

21 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

You may or may not know that I also host a podcast called Inside Exams, where I go behind the scenes of the English awarding body, AQA, to find out th...

#096 Tom Francome – Part 1: Supporting novice teachers, planning lessons and… Excel!

12 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Tom is a former maths teacher and head of maths, and now lecturer, researcher and teacher trainer. In this epic conversation I manage to ask about 3 o...

#095 Topics in Depth: Indices with Jo Morgan (supported by TES)

24 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

I have teamed up with Jo Morgan (@mathsjem) and TES to delve deep into key mathematical topics, looking at progression, misconceptions, resources, ety...

#094 Emma McCrea: Making every maths lesson count, training teachers and the Learning Curriculum

15 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Emma is a former maths teacher who now trains teachers in ITE and FE. She is a self-confessed Maths geek and the author of the superb of 'Making every...

#093 Alex Bellos: Puzzles, Perception and Pool Tables

24 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Alex is a journalist, the man who runs the Guardian’s fortnightly Monday puzzle, and the author of some of the best-loved Maths books of recent time...

#092 Julia Smith: Teaching GCSE resit and the 5Rs approach

13 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Julia is a former teacher, who is now a teacher trainer, author, and pioneer of the 5Rs approach. This simple way of breaking down lessons into manage...

#091 Multiple Choice Questions on trial with AQA’s Zeek Sweiry

30 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In a special episode of the show, I speak to AQA's resident multiple choice question guru, Zeek Sweiry to discuss the merits of diagnostic multiple ch...

#090 Rob Eastaway: Estimation, perception of maths and the importance of haha

15 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Rob is a mathematician, author, presenter and puzzle writer. In this episode we delve deep into the importance of estimation, even in the an age of te...

#089 The Science of Learning: 77 Studies That Every Teacher Needs to Know

01 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Bradley Busch and Edward Watson have worked in the fields of education, sport and business, looking at research-informed strategies that help get the ...

#088 Slice of Advice 2019: What did you learn this year?

16 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The band are back together again to reflect on what they learned in 2018/19. Expect contributions from the likes of Dylan Wiliam, Mary Myatt, Harry Fl...

#087 Tom Sherrington: Rosenshine’s Principles in Action

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Tom Sherrington returns to the podcast to discuss his new book, Rosenshine's Principles in Action. We discuss which of the principles can be put into ...

#086 Conference Takeaways: MEI Maths Conference 2019

28 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Join me and Jo Morgan for a controversial Conference Takeaways podcast from the wonderful MEI 2019 Maths Conference, where we discuss everything from ...

#085 Jonny Griffiths: RISPs, problem solving and mental health

22 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Jonny is a legend of maths education, being the brains behind the wonderful RISP activities. And of course in this conversation we dig into those. But...

#084 Chris McGrane: Task design and changing your mind

09 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Chris is a former head of mathematics in Scotland who now works for La Salle education. Like me, he has undergone something of a mid-career crises whe...

#083 Michael Pershan: Example-Problem Pairs, problem solving and moving schools

25 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Michael is a maths teacher and blogger from the US. I have been a fan of Michael's writing for a long time, and it was fascinating to get the opportun...

#082 Mark McCourt: the return! Teaching for mastery

10 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Mark McCourt returns to the podcast by popular demand! In his previous appearance back in 2016, Mark claimed he had never marked a book in his life. N...

#081 Inside Exams – Episode 1: Language

02 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 1 of my new podcast series where I go behind the scenes of an awarding body in an attempt to answer the questions you want to ask. This episod...

#080 Conference Takeaways: ATM/MA 2019 Conference – Day 2

16 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Join me and Jo Morgan for 2 days at the ATM MA joint maths conference, for discussions about the evolution of maths vocabulary, problem solving, lesso...

#079 Conference Takeaways: ATM/MA 2019 Conference – Day 1

15 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Join me and Jo Morgan for 2 days at the ATM MA joint maths conference, for discussions about the evolution of maths vocabulary, problem solving, lesso...

#078 Peter Mattock: Visible Maths, planning lessons and running a department

06 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Pete is Director of Maths & Numeracy in a secondary school in the Midlands. He is a Secondary Mastery Lead for the EMS Maths Hub, and Maths SLE &a...

#077 Conference Takeaways: Educating Northants 2019

30 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Join Jo Morgan and I for a jam-packed discussion following the excellent Educating Northants Conference about mastery at primary, a knowledge curricul...

#076 Conference Takeaways: researchEd Blackpool 2019

23 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Simon Cox and I sat down to discuss our key takeaways from the excellent sessions we saw at researchEd Blackpool 2019. Hear reflections on workshops b...

#075 Alex Quigley: Closing the vocabulary gap

09 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Alex Quigley is a former English teacher and now Senior Associate at the Education Endowment Foundation. He is also the author of one of my favourite ...

#074 Jemma Sherwood: Sequences of lessons and the importance of silence

22 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Jemma is Head of Maths at Haybridge High School and Sixth Form in Worcestershire. Jemma is a governor at a primary school, and a professional developm...

#073 Naveen Rizvi: Scripted lessons, examples and social media

09 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Naveen Rizvi is Maths Curriculum Advisor for United Learning, and has previously taught at Michaela and Great Yarmouth schools, both of which have bee...

#072 Chris Smith: Injecting fun into lessons, Resources, Pi Day, Revision Days

25 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Smith is a maths teacher, Pi Day lover, TED Talker, popular newsletter writer, and the 2018 Scottish teacher of the Year. In this conversation w...

#071 David Didau: Making kids cleverer

06 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

David Didau is a former English teacher turned educational consultant, blogger and author. He has written two of my favourite educational books of all...

#070 Jo Morgan: 100th Maths Gems Special

17 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this special podcast to celebrate Jo's 100th Maths Gem blog post, we end up talking about so much more than resources - although there is plenty of...

#069 Helen Williams: Early Years teaching and manipulatives

02 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Helen Williams has been teaching, and learning about mathematics teaching, for over 30 years. Her particular expertise is in learning maths with ch...

#068 Becky Allen: Workload, happiness, expertise, progress, pupil premium

19 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Becky Allen is Professor of Education at UCL Institute of Education, co-creator of TeacherTapp, and the co-author of The Teacher Gap. Here w...

#067 Bernie Westacott: Teaching maths with visuals and manipulatives

08 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Bernie Westacott is a master of teaching key mathematical concepts in a visual way, using manipulatives and other representations. In this episode he ...

#066 Hannah Fry: algorithms, love and being a mathematician

29 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Hannah Fry is a mathematician, and a legend. In this interview we discussed her career, books, and TV work, covering topics such as the role maths ...

#065 Conference Takeaways: MathsConf16 – Glasgow

07 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

After MathsConf16 at Glasgow High School on 6th October 2018, Stuart Welsh (@maths180) and I sat down to share our thoughts and takeaways on the sessi...

#064 Conference Takeaways: researchED Scotland – September 2018

23 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

After researchED Scotland at Dollar Academy on 22nd September 2018, Chris McGrane (@ChrisMcGrane84) and I sat down to share our thoughts and takeaways...

#063 Jeremy Hodgen: Teaching low-attaining students, relevance and fingers!

16 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Jeremy is a Professor of mathematics education researcher at UCL Institute of Education, the co-author, along with Dylan Wiliam, of Mathematics Inside...

#062 Simon Singh: Fermat’s Last Theorem and stretching high-attainers

09 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I got to interview one of my all-time heroes, Simon Singh. Simon is the author of some of my favourite books, including Fermat's Last...

#061 Slice of Advice: What does the first lesson with your class look like?

30 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Slice of Advice returns, and in this episode over 30 world-class educators give their answer to the question: What does the first lesson with your cla...

#060 Greg Ashman: The Truth about Teaching

07 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Following his game-changing appearance on the podcast in early 2017, Greg Ashman returns to talk about his wonderful book, The Truth about Teaching. A...

#059 Slice of Advice: What did you learn this year?

17 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In an experimental episode, I asked 50+ of my favourite people one question: "what did you learn this year?". You will hear from the likes of Dylan Wi...

#058 Conference Takeaways: JustMaths Conference 2018

01 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

After the JustMaths on 25rd June 2018, Jo Morgan (@mathsjem) and I sat down in Alton Towers to share our thoughts and takeaways on the sessions we had...

#057 Conference Takeaways: MathsConf15

23 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

After the LaSalle Maths Conference in Manchester on 23rd June 2018, Jo Morgan (@mathsjem) and I sat down to share our thoughts and takeaways on the se...

#056 Conference Takeaways: Festival of Education – Day 2

22 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

I had the pleasure of attending and speaking at the Festival of Education. And if that wasn't enough, I also got to reflect on each day's session with...

#055 GCSE Maths Exam special: Graham Cumming and Karen Wilkinson

18 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

With the summer 2018 Maths GCSEs finally behind us, I thought it would be nice to reflect on the experiences of teachers and students over the first t...

#054 Tom Sherrington: The Learning Rainforest

15 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Tom Sherrington is a vastly experienced teacher and headteacher, blogger, speaker, and the author of one of my favourite books, The Learning Rainfores...

#053 Conference Takeaways: researchEd Rugby

09 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

After the researchEd in Rugby on 9th June 2018, Jemma Sherwood (@jemmaths) and I sat down to share our thoughts and takeaways on the sessions we had s...

#052 Harry Fletcher-Wood: Responsive Teaching

27 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

I have been a huge fan of Harry Fletcher-Wood's writing for many years. He was a great inspiration for my work on Diagnostic Questions, and his innova...

#051 Conference Takeaways: Comparative Judgement – with a cameo from Daisy Christodoulou!

15 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this special Conference Takeaways episode, myself and English teacher Jon Sellick reflect on what we learned from attending a workshop entitled Ref...

#050 Dylan Wiliam – the return! Creating the Schools our Children need

10 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Dylan Wiliam's 2016 appearance on the podcast remains the most listened to episode of all-time, and is always the one I direct first-time listeners to...

#049 Alison Kiddle and Charlie Gilderdale: NRICH

08 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Alison and Charlie work for NRICH, a website of rich maths activities and problems that I am sure most of my maths teaching audience have heard of and...

#048 Lucy Crehan: Cleverlands

19 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Lucy is the author of one of my favourites books of last year, Cleverlands, which documents her journey and the lessons she learned from visiting some...

#047 Conference Takeaways: BCME – Day 4

06 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Jo Morgan (@mathsjem) and I spent four days at the BCME conference in April of 2018, and decided to record a podcast each night - it sounded a good id...

#046 Conference Takeaways: BCME – Day 3

05 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Jo Morgan (@mathsjem) and I spent four days at the BCME conference in April of 2018, and decided to record a podcast each night - it sounded a good id...

#045 Conference Takeaways: BCME – Day 2

04 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Jo Morgan (@mathsjem) and I spent four days at the BCME conference in April of 2018, and decided to record a podcast each night - it sounded a good id...

#044 Conference Takeaways: BCME – Day 1

03 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Jo Morgan (@mathsjem) and I spent four days at the BCME conference in April of 2018, and decided to record a podcast each night - it sounded a good id...

#043 Conference Takeaways: researchEd Blackpool 2018

24 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

After the researchEd in Blackpool on 24th March 2018, Simon Cox (@MathsMrCox) and I sat down to share our thoughts and takeaways on the sessions we ha...

#042 Oliver Lovell: Planning, running a maths department and Cognitive Load Theory

18 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Ollie Lovell is a high school maths teacher from Australia. He is also an incredible thinker. Like me, he is a little obsessed with educational resear...

#041 Conference Takeaways: MathsConf14

10 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

After the LaSalle Maths Conference in Kettering on 10th March 2018, Jo Morgan (@mathsjem) and I sat down to share our thoughts and takeaways on the se...

#040 Anne Watson and John Mason: Variation, questioning, visualising and developing mathematical thinkers

04 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Anne Watson and John Mason are two of the most influential people in the history of mathematics education. Their books, papers and workshops have infl...

#039 Helen Hindle: Mixed attainment teaching and growth mindset

20 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Helen is an experienced maths teacher and head of department. She is also the organiser of the Mixed Attainment Maths Conference. Mixed attainment (or...

#038 Amir Arezoo: Lean maths departments, deep work, schemes of work

26 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Amir is an experienced maths teacher, someone who has been head of maths in several schools, and who is now Vice Principal for Raising Achievement at ...

#037 Jane Jones: Ofsted, observations, marking, reasoning

03 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Jane is a former teacher and head of maths who is now the HMI National Lead for Mathematics - to me and you that means she is the most senior maths sp...

#036 Carl Hendrick and Robin Macpherson: What does this look like in the classroom?

10 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Carl and Robin are the authors of the exceptional book: What does this look like in the classroom? The book collects together a quite ridiculously imp...

#035 Colin Foster: Mathematical Etudes, Confidence and Questioning

26 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Colin Foster is a former maths teacher who is now an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Research in Mathematics Education in the School of Educatio...

#034 Doug Lemov: Teach like a Champion and Top Tips for delivering training

13 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Doug Lemov is a legend. As the author of Teach Like a Champion, he has had a major impact on my teaching and thinking over the last two years. I this ...

#033 Peps Mccrea: Planning, Memorable Teaching and Teacher Expertise

03 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Peps has done it all. He is a former Fasttrack maths teacher and Senior Lecturer in mathematics education. He has been a National Curriculum Advisor f...

#032 Lucy Rycroft-Smith: Cambridge Mathematics, Setting, Times Tables and Anxiety

17 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Lucy is the Research and Communications Officer at Cambridge Mathematics. I base my interview around five key questions from Lucy's espresso research ...

#031 Kris Boulton – Part 2: Minimal guided instruction, Understanding, How before Why

04 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Kris returns to the podcast for another epic. This time we cover Kris' concerns with minimal guided approaches to teaching, such a discovery and inqui...

#030 Andrew Blair – prequel: Inquiries and being a Head of Department

16 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

My first interview with Andrew caused something of a stir (in a good way!), so I thought it would be useful to release an interview I did with Andrew ...

#029 Andrew Blair: Inquiry Maths

07 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew is a head of maths at the creator of inquirymaths.org. We spoke about planning and delivering inquires in mathematics, explicit  instructi...

#028 Primary School Teacher Rachel Webster: How your Year 7s have been taught maths

30 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Rachel is an experienced primary maths teacher. We spoke about what primary maths lessons look like, what topics they have covered, their problem solv...

#027 Chief Examiner Trevor Senior: How GCSE Maths exams are written

24 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Trevor is AQA’s Chief Examiner for the Maths GCSE. We spoke about when the GCSE maths writing process starts, who is involved, what makes a good que...

#026 Nick Rose: Mindset, Misconceptions, Differentiation

06 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Nick is a former science teacher who now works as a researcher for TeachFirst. He is also the co-author of the outstanding book What Every Teacher nee...

#025 Ed Southall – Part 2: Maths Puzzles and Lessons from Japan

27 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Ed returns to the show following the launch of his book Yes, but why? Teaching for Understanding in Maths. This time around we spoke about why maths p...

#024 Kris Boulton – Part 1: Planning Lessons, Engelmann and Differentiation

17 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Kris is, quite possibly, the cleverest person I know. Will Emney describes him as "cerebral". Kris is a former maths teacher who was second in departm...

#023 Robert and Elizabeth Bjork – Memory, Forgetting, Testing, Desirable Difficulties

29 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Robert and Elizabeth Bjork are my heroes. The Godfather and Godmother of memory (my name for them, not theirs!), and they have transformed my teaching...

#022 Dani Quinn – Part 2: Michaela School, Behaviour, Drills, Culture

12 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Dani Quinn, the Head of Maths at Michaela Community School, returns! In the follow-up to the controversial first interview we spoke about the behaviou...

#021 Daisy Christodoulou – Assessment, Multiple Choice Questions, 7 Myths about Education

24 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Daisy is one of the leading assessment figures in education in the UK. Her two books - Seven Myths about Education and Making good progress? - have tr...