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Beyond Good

Matt Findlay and Femi Adeniran

A podcast about teaching. We discuss teaching and learning, pedagogy, lessons and classroom practise, management and leadership, teaching of mathematics, training and trainees, mentors and mentoring, behaviour management, being a head of department and running a faculty, SLT and much much more!

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  • 27 episodes
  • Avg 40 min
  • English

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  • S3 · E59
    March 14 · 40 min

    Group PD vs Coaching

    Matt and Femi discuss the pros and cons of group / whole staff PD vs the somewhat more time-consuming approach of coaching, considering how to leverage each one for it's strengths and the symbiosis between the two different approaches. Get in touch! beyondgoodpod@gmail.com

  • S3 · E58
    February 21 · 30 min

    Copying / Sticking in, and 'There isn't enough curriculum time'

    Matt and Femi discuss two topics in this episode - the first is whether there is any merit in having students copy things down into exercise books, or even cutting them out and sticking them in. The second is the complaint one occasionally hears that there is too much to get through / not enough curriculum time and therefore we don't have the 'luxury' of doing any retrieval practice. Share your thoughts with us: beyondgoodpod@gmail.com

  • S3 · E57
    February 14 · 29 min

    Go back and check your answers!

    Matt and Femi discuss the common situation of encouraging students to go back and check their work once they've done all they can on an exam or test paper.

  • S3 · E56
    February 7 · 35 min

    Femi is a convert to MWBs!

    Join Femi and Matt to hear about how and why Femi has finally decided to start to use mini-whiteboards in his lessons.

  • January 24 · 44 min

    Video for Coaching

    In this episode Femi and Matt talk about how incredibly useful it is to base coaching around video footage from the lesson, and go through the practicalities of doing it (what equipment, how to set up, etc.) Questions or comments? Emails us: BeyondGoodPod@gmail.com

  • S3 · E54
    Dec 15, 2025 · 46 min

    My daughter's drum lessons

    Femi relays some very concrete pedagogical observations from his daughter's drum lessons which apply equally well to teaching students in every day subject lessons in school. Matt and Femi will be taking a little break over the Christmas period and wish all listeners a restful break over the holidays. The next episode will be released mid-January.

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