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Chalk Dust

by Nathaniel Swain
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Latest episodes

  • Season Two, Episode 11: The Penny Promise with Kris Boulton

    October 11, 2026 · 43 min

    Summary In this episode of Chalk Dust, Rebecca Birch and Nathaniel Swain are joined by Kris Boulton, founder and CEO of Unstoppable Learning, to explore atomisation, an approach to instructional design that breaks complex learning into…

  • Season Two, Episode 10: Professor Anna Stokke on Effective and Engaging Math(s) Instruction

    August 30, 2026 · 36 min

    Summary In this special in-person episode of Chalk Dust, recorded at researchEd Melbourne at Haileybury, Rebecca Birch and Nathaniel Swain are joined by Professor Anna Stokke, mathematician, educator and host of the Chalk & Talk podcast…

  • Season Two, Episode 9: Every Class is a Reading Class

    August 10, 2026 · 40 min

    Summary In this episode of Chalk Dust, Rebecca Birch and Nathaniel Swain are joined by Andrew McCrorey, an experienced educator and instructional leader at Monterey Secondary College in Victoria. Drawing on classroom footage from a…

  • Season Two, Episode 8: Getting Hands-On

    July 19, 2026 · 37 min

    Summary In this episode of Chalk Dust, Rebecca Birch and Nathaniel Swain are joined by STEM educator Amber Haven to explore what happens when explicit instruction meets genuinely engaging hands-on learning. Using footage from Amber’s…

  • Season Two, Episode 7: Everyone can learn mathematics with John Mighton

    June 21, 2026 · 51 min

    Summary In this episode of Chalk Dust, Rebecca Birch and Nathaniel Swain are joined by renowned mathematician, educator and founder of JUMP Math, John Mighton. Drawing on classroom footage from Canadian primary classrooms, John shares the…

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  • Season Two, Episode 6: The Knowledge Rich Classroom of Laura Stam

    May 31, 2026 · 44 min

    Summary In this episode of Chalk Dust, Rebecca Birch and Dr Nathaniel Swain are joined by Laura Stam, a third grade teacher in Wyoming, writer of The Knowledge Exchange on Substack, 2024–2025 Goyen Fellow, and founding board member of The…

  • Season Two, Episode 5: The choreography of learning

    May 10, 2026 · 39 min

    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 literacy…

  • Season Two, Episode 4: The power of precision

    April 19, 2026 · 20 min

    Summary 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 practice…

  • Season Two, Episode 3: Getting nitty gritty with it

    March 15, 2026 · 36 min

    Summary 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, Adam…

  • Season Two: Episode 2: Expertise Goes Global

    February 22, 2026 · 34 min

    Summary 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-rich…

  • Season Two, Episode 1: Starting right

    February 1, 2026 · 32 min

    Summary 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…

  • Episode 10: More consistency means more freedom

    November 23, 2025 · 40 min

    Summary In this episode of Chalk Dust, Rebecca Birch and Nathaniel Swain are joined by educator, designer, and author Peps Mccrea, Director of Education at Steplab and writer of the High Impact Teaching series. Together, they watch and…

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About the show

Welcome to Chalk Dust, the podcast that gives you a front row seat into some of the best classrooms in the world.  There are lots of great conversations about teaching and education happening around the world right now. There are already so many fantastic podcasts out there about evidence based practice, and we're so excited to bring you one more, but this one has a distinctive difference.  Each episode, Rebecca Birch and Nathaniel Swain break down real classroom footage to illuminate the moments that make great teaching great. Teaching is both a science and an art. There are proven techniques that we know to work, but applying them in real classrooms is where the complexity lies. Our goal? To help you develop the eye of an expert observer, so you can see what makes lessons effective and apply those insights into your own teaching or coaching practice. chalkdust.media