How to observe a lesson with Adam Boxer

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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Hello, and welcome to another episode of the Mr Barton Maths Podcast, with me Craig Barton.

This time around I spoke to science teacher and author, Adam Boxer.

We discussed Adam’s process for observing lessons, giving feedback and coaching teachers.

We discussed the following, and plenty more:

• What were Adam’s early experiences both being observed and observing others?
• How does Adam now observe and give feedback?
• Can non-specialists observe as well as subject specialists?

Whatever your style of teaching, experience or subject, I think you will get a lot out of this conversation.

Useful time-stamps:

• What did Adam’s lesson observations used to look like? (10:55)
• What does Adam do before observing a lesson? (41:48)
• What does Adam do in the lesson he is observing? (54:45)
• What does Adam do between the lesson and the feedback session? (1:25:18)
• What does the feedback session look like? (1:27:48)
• How does this fit into a coaching cycle? (1:49:38)
• Should non subject specialists observe lessons? (1:58:09)
• Adam discusses Caroseul and his secret project (2:05:41)
• My takeaway (2:0957)

On Twitter Adam is: @adamboxer1 Adam’s blog is: achemicalorthodoxy.wordpress.com Adam’s book is: Teaching Secondary Science: a complete guide Find out more about Carousel Learning here: carousel-learning.com Sign up for updates about Adam’s secret project here

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