About

Oliver (Ollie) Lovell is a teacher and educator based in Melbourne, Australia and has taught in the public and private sectors, as well as higher education, for over a decade. Ollie is host of the popular Education Research Reading Room podcast, now in its 8th year and with over a million downloads. His first two books, both Amazon bestsellers, are Cognitive Load Theory in Action and Tools for Teachers, with his third book, The Classroom Management Handbook, out in March 2024. Ollie is Director of Steplab Australia, a professional learning platform that provides schools with everything needed to systematically improve teaching. Ollie is also an adjunct lecturer at LaTrobe university as well as currently completing his PhD in self-regulated learning through the University of Freiburg, Germany. Ollie is committed to clarifying, codifying, and communicating the best that research and practical experience has to offer time-poor teachers and leaders and loves nothing more than heading down research rabbit holes to get to the bottom of some of the most important issues in education.

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Other Prior Experience: Australian College of Educators – Early Career Representative/Board Member; Mathematical Association of Victoria – Board Member;  University of Tasmania – Mathematics Tutor; Teachers’ Education Review Podcast – Contributor; Pitt&Sherry Engineering & Environmental Consultants – Intern; Ozgreen – Youth Leading the World Tasmanian Team Leader; The University of Tasmania – PASS (Peer Assisted Study Sessions) Leader; Australian Student Environment Network – National Conference Program Coordinator; Australian Youth Climate Coalition – Tasmanian Field volunteer Co-ordinator; Tasmanian University Union – Environmental Representative; The Oaktree Foundation – Live Below the Line Events Manager (Tasmania); Tutor– High School Physics and Mathematics.

Note: The tag line for this site, ‘Learning to Teach, Teaching to Learn',  is inspired by Catherine Scott's book of the same name, you can find Catherine's excellent book here.

*For an excellent guide covering what Instructional Coaching is, a summary of the research evidence for Instructional Coaching, guidance for how to set up coaching in a school, advice on how to select and train great coaches, and more, check out the Steplab Beginner's Guide to Instructional Coaching.