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RETEACH HISTORY S03E04 - Mel Jones and Dan Lyndon-Cohen on Making History Matter

In this episode of Reteach History, our host Carmel speaks with two of the history‑teaching community’s most influential figures: Mel Jones (Education Manager, Historical Association) and Dan Lyndon-Cohen (Director, Schools History Project). We trace the origins and missions of the HA and SHP, unpa…

The Scaffolding Effect: Hunting, not Fishing

Bringing 2025 to a close with one of our most important conversations! Tune in as we chat with educator-authors, Rachel Ball and Alex Fairlamb, on why we need to be hunters in our classrooms, searching for student understanding, instead of hoping and fishing for mastery. The Scaffolding Effect is o…

Scaffolding Effectively with Alex Fairlamb and Rachel Ball, Mind the Gap, Ep.116 (S6,E14)

On this episode of Mind the Gap, Tom Sherrington and Emma Turner are joined by Alex Fairlamb and Rachel Ball, co-authors of The Scaffolding Effect, to explore what scaffolding really is (and isn’t) and why it has become such a pivotal idea in the move from “differentiation” to adaptive teaching. Th…

S4E13: Power Tools with Patrice Bain

In this episode, Patrice Bain, author of Powerful Teaching and Powerful Classrooms, shares the importance of retrieval practice. Patrice explains 4 Power Tools every teacher should know about and how to use them in your classroom.  Show Notes: Powerful Teaching by Pooja Argwal & Patrice Bain Power…

#27 How Does Scaffolding Support Adaptive Teaching? With Rachel Ball

How can we move away from pre-determining student potential and instead design "challenge-first" learning that is accessible to everyone?   Today, I’m joined by Rachel Ball, a Professional Development Specialist at Steplab and a former Assistant Principal for Teaching, Learning, and CPD. With 22 …

424 Rachel Ball: Economic Justice, Collective Action, and Changing the System

My guest this week is Rachel Ball, CEO of the Reichstein Foundation, where she works at the forefront of social, economic, and environmental justice through collaborative philanthropy and systems-level change. Rachel’s path into this work was shaped early. Growing up in Sydney in a family grounded…

S4E32: Rachel Ball on scaffolded instruction and adaptive teaching

In this episode of Progressively Incorrect, I am delighted to host Rachel Ball, Coaching Development Lead at Steplab and a passionate advocate for effective teaching based on the science of learning. Rachel will explore her new book, The Scaffolding Effect, and the Explicit Instruction Confere…

S4E20: Rachel Ball & the Scaffolding Effect

In this episode, Rachel Ball, the Coaching Development Lead at Steplab and the author of the book The Scaffolding Effect, will share the intention behind scaffolding, how and when we should put scaffolds in place, and how we can fade scaffolds. Show Notes: Podcast-Progressively Incorrect with Rac…

Episode 236: The scaffolding effect, with Rachel Ball

In this episode, Fin is joined by educator and author Rachel Ball. They discuss her book 'The Scaffolding Effect' (co-authored with Alex Fairlamb) and explore how teachers can use scaffolding and adaptive teaching to support pupils to successfully progress. The Scaffolding Effect, by Alex Fairlamb…

S5E2: Oral Language with Anjanette McNeely

In this episode, kindergarten teacher Anjanette McNeely will share how she develops oral language skills in her classroom and begins to develop a higher level of discourse in her classroom. See how she builds language, and think about how you could bring something similar into your classroom. Video…