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Chris Passey

Chris Passey

Headteacher of Kimichi School in Birmingham, UK, educator and co-founder of EduPulse with Adam Kohlbeck; co-author of 'Succeeding as a Deputy Head' (Bloomsbury).

Oct 11, 2026

13:42
Talk to us then a bit more about when you would do that and how you would do that.
13:50
First of all, with pragmatic people, it would depend on my mood and it would depend on how patient I'm feeling for that day.
13:56
I've got to be honest with you.
13:58
If we're talking about teaching on purpose and it's a purposeful act, sometimes you've got to understand your own context.
14:03
And if you are feeling a little snerty, a little snappy, slowly wandering around a classroom deciphering children's handwriting on a whiteboard might not be the best thing for you.
14:12
Let's just go for kind of heads down, hands up kind of stuff.
14:18
I like to do more complex hinge questions that are going to move the dial.

8 MINS LATER

22:38
so what about a time then when you wouldn't use uh this hinge question technique you're still checking for understanding but you do something completely different talk to us about
5:17
I wonder if you would tell us a little bit about your podcast, EduPulse, and what that
5:21
has to offer.
5:23
Absolutely.
5:23
Thank you so much, Shane.
5:24
And thank you to everyone, all the co-hosts on this live stream this evening, this webcast.
5:29
It's so exciting.
5:30
EduPulse was born from Adam and I, we did a master's together too many years ago now, and we wanted to just have a place where a conversation was being broadened and we brought people together together.

23 MINS LATER

28:41
I wonder, Adam and Chris, if you could talk a little bit about the other half of this really, really exciting coaching podcast.

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