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Chalk Dust is the podcast that gives you a front-row seat to some of the best classrooms in the world.

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Latest Issues

Season Two, Episode 5: The choreography of learning

Summary

In this episode of Chalk Dust, Rebecca Birch and Dr Nathaniel Swain are joined by Hannah Pointon, a Year 3/4 teacher at Woodstock School in Hamilton, New Zealand. Hannah shares how her school has moved towards structured litera...

15 days ago
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Season Two, Episode 4: The power of precision

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In this second part of their conversation with Adam Boxer, Rebecca Birch and Nathaniel Swain move from behaviour and presence into the micro-detail of questioning, participation, and formative assessment. Using a retrieval prac...

a month ago
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Season Two, Episode 3: Getting nitty gritty with it

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In this special episode of Chalk Dust, Nathaniel Swain and Rebecca Birch sit down with Adam Boxer to explore the thinking behind Carousel Teaching’s new video library. Rather than simply showcasing polished classroom clips, Ada...

2 months ago
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Season Two: Episode 2: Expertise Goes Global

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In this episode of Chalk Dust, Rebecca Birch and Dr Nathaniel Swain are joined by Jo-Anne Dooner and Geoff Ongley from Get Reading Right, Training 24/7 and Learning 24/7. The conversation explores how high-quality, knowledge-ri...

3 months ago
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Season Two, Episode 1: Starting right

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In this Season Two opener of Chalk Dust, Rebecca Birch and Dr Nathaniel Swain unpack what it means to start the year “right” through classroom routines that are warm, efficient, and culturally responsive. Drawing on classroom v...

4 months ago
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  • Nathaniel Swain

    Dr Nathaniel Swain is a Teacher, Instructional Coach, and Writer. He is co-host of the Chalk Dust Podcast. Dr Swain founded a community of teachers: THINK FORWARD EDUCATORS, now 30,000 members strong.

  • Rebecca Birch

    Head of Secondary Learning \ud83d\udcca\ud83e\udde0 English teacher \ud83d\udcda\ud83d\udd8a️ Student \ud83c\udf93\ud83d\udcd6 Evidence-informed pragmatist \ud83d\udd0d\ud83e\udd1d Struggling CrossFitter \ud83c\udfcb️‍♀️\ud83d\udcaa Feminist ♀️✊

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