Inside Craig Barton’s 16-Book Teaching Project, Mind the Gap, Ep.117 (S6,E15)

About this episode

Craig Barton discusses his 16-book teaching project focused on effective classroom practices.

On this episode of Mind the Gap , Tom Sherrington and Emma Turner are joined by Craig Barton - maths teacher, podcaster, and co-founder of Eedi - to discuss his ambitious new project: a series of 16 short books, each exploring a single, highly specific element of classroom practice. Drawing on three to four years spent visiting schools and observing hundreds of lessons, Craig explains the thinking behind the project and the principle that every idea included had to be seen working successfully in multiple classrooms. The conversation dives deep into practical teaching techniques, from mini whiteboards and checking for understanding to do-nows and the importance of gathering reliable data about what pupils actually know. Along the way, Craig shares the small but crucial routines that make these strategies effective in practice and reflects on why seemingly simple classroom tools often require careful thought, structure, and purpose to work well. Towards the end of the episode, Craig also delves into the research project his company Eedi did with Google and AI, and its implications for that technology in teaching and learning. Craig Barton has been teaching maths since 2004, and in…

People in this episode

Hosts: Tom Sherrington, Emma Turner

Guest: Craig Barton

Topics covered

• classroom practice
• teaching techniques
• math education
• data gathering
• AI in education

Keywords

• mini whiteboards
• checking for understanding
• do-nows
• Eedi
• Google

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Eedi, mrbartonmaths.com

Books & works: Mind the Gap, the Mr Barton Maths Podcast, Diagnostic Questions

Places: UK

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