25. Zoe Enser - Generative Learning in the English Curriculum

This is the second in a series of podcasts where I focus on a specific area of English instruction. In this episode I’m delighted to be talking to Zoe Enser about how generative learning can be implemented in the English classroom. Zoe and her partner Mark have offered the education world a number of fantastic publications, including their most recent book The CPD curriculum. But it is their book released earlier this year, which takes a teachers-eye view of Fiorella and Mayer’s Generative learning theories, that I am discussing with her today. For anyone who hasn’t read it yet, I can’t recommend it highly enough as a source for formative assessment and consolidation of learning in the classroom. We discuss: - The best book Zoe’s ever read, taught or learnt at school- Who are Fiorella and Mayer and how she came across their work?- As an English teacher by trade, can Zoe see some of the activities lending themselves more to the subject or does each one offer an equal opportunity for consolidation of learning? - What kind of transaction cost would Zoe associate with the respective activities, as some seem more intuitive to students than others?- Are some of the strategies more effective at certain moments in an English scheme of work, i.e. at the end of a lesson v.s. homework. - And lastly, in her own experience, which of the activities do you more naturally gravitate towards and why?Thanks so much again to Zoe for finding time in her busy schedule to speak to me about this brilliant resource. If you’d like to be made aware of when more education chat like this happens then be sure to subscribe to the podcast and/or follow me on Twitter @chrisjordanhk Links to Zoe’s books:Fiorella & Mayer's Generative Learning in ActionThe CPD Curriculum: Creating conditions for growth