How to be more evidence-informed with Peps McCrea
A conversation about research, pedagogy and coaching
Hello!
I hope you are well. I was lucky enough to interview Peps McCrea for my Mr Barton Maths podcast recently. We took a deep dive into being evidence-informed, how it translates into classroom practice, and key principles of instructional coaching.
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I really hope you enjoy it!
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Episode sponsors
This episode of the Mr Barton Maths Podcast is kindly supported by Oxford University Press’s new Key Stage 3 maths curriculum called Mosaic.
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Episode details
Peps McCrea specialises in helping teachers get better. One of the ways he does this is to take research and make it accessible to teachers so they can put the active ingredients into action in the classroom. I wanted to dig into Peps’ process for doing that, then discuss five of my favourite ideas he has shared in this way, and then dig into Peps’ work on instructional coaching as part of his role at Steplab.
Here are the five ideas we discussed, together with the link to Peps' original Snack or thread:
Time-stamps
How does Peps find good quality research to share with teachers? (08:44)
How does Peps summarise research so teachers can quickly digest and apply it? (14:29)
What is a piece of research we both believe in, but wish was not true? (21:53)
Willpower is overrated (48:20)
Consistency before challenge (59:26)
Interruptions leave a wake (1:07:04)
Mind your modes (1:12:47)
What's happening in AI right now, and what does it mean for education? (1:23:33)
Coaching chat! (1:37:23)
Peps' new book (1:49:58)
My takeaways (1:51:57)
Videos
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Stuff from Peps
On Twitter, Peps is @pepsmccrea
His website is pepsmccrea.com
His first book is Lean Lesson Planning
His second book is Memorable Teaching
His third book is Motivated Teaching
His new book is Developing Expert Teaching
You can sign up for Peps' weekly Evidence Snacks newsletter here
Peps' coaching platform is Steplab
Peps first appeared on my podcast to discuss memorable teaching and then again to discuss motivation
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