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Ep. 181 What Video Content Should Children Be Exposed To?

Drew Perkins talks with Brenda Bisner, Senior Vice-President of Content at Kidoodle.TV, about her work to provide safe video streaming content. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: Kidoodle.tv Brenda Bisner on LinkedIn content@kidoddle.tv The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 175 Are Good Intentions But Bad Ideas Growing Fragile Students?...

Oct 27, 20191 hrEp. 181

Ep. 180 Rethinking Academic Credits For Digital Natives

Drew Perkins talks with Nadav Zeimer about his idea to offer digital natives a set crowdsourced standards and academic credits. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: TheBig.net @nzeimer The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 174 How Might We Build A Better Transcript? The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 93 Recognizing Learning And Growth With Open Badges The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 123 Moving Education from Post-Modern to Metamodern Cal Newport: Digital Minimalism...

Oct 16, 20191 hr 14 minEp. 180

Ep. 179 Lesson Study And Growing A Culture Of Teaching And Learning

Drew Perkins talks with Vicki Collet about her new book and how the process of Lesson Study can improve the culture of teaching and learning. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: vickicollet.com Book: Collaborative Lesson Study: ReVisioning Teacher Professional Development Collaborative Lesson Study Book Club on Facebook Vicki's blog: mycoachescouch.blogspot.com Vicki on Facebook , and Twitter: @vscollet The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 34 Growing Better Professional Learning Communities...

Oct 03, 20191 hr 5 minEp. 179

Ep. 178 Can We Improve Public Discussion Through Letter Writing?

Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: letter.wiki Impossible Conversations contest Areo: Let’s Change the Nature of Public Discussion: An Introduction to Letter Audio version of this article Review of Impossible Conversations book Iona Italia on Areo @IonaItalia ionaitalia.com Two for Teach Podcast The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 177 How Educators Can Help People Have Impossible Conversations...

Sep 23, 20191 hr 19 minEp. 178

How Educators Can Help People Have Impossible Conversations

Drew Perkins talks with James Lindsay about his new book with Peter Boghossian , How To Have Impossible Conversations, social justice, and critical race theory. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: Book: How To Have Impossible Conversations @conceptualjames @HPluckrose Areo Magazine @MikeNayna and his YouTube channel newdiscourses.com...

Sep 18, 20191 hr 17 minEp. 177

Ep. 176 How PBL Works At The University Level

Drew Perkins talks with Kris Wobbe and Mia Dubosarsky from Worcester Polytechnic Institute about how they use PBL and STEM to help prepare their students at the post-secondary level in addition to pre-k through 12. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: WPI Center for Project-Based Learning book, Project-Based Learning in the First Year WPI’s project-based curriculum STEM Education Center Seeds of STEM (preschool curriculum) Strategic STEM Integration program STEM Educator Certificate ...

Sep 11, 20191 hr 30 minEp. 176

Ep. 175 Are Good Intentions But Bad Ideas Growing Fragile Students?

Drew Perkins talks with Jonathan Haidt, Social Psychologist, Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University's Stern School of Business, and author about his most recent book with Greg Lukianoff, Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: thecoddling.com Google Doc: Is there an increase in adolescent mood disorders? @JonHaidt openmindplatform.org letgrow.org righteousmind.com...

Aug 21, 20191 hr 4 minEp. 175

Ep. 174 How Might We Build A Better Transcript?

Drew Perkins talks with Ben Rein, Senior Director of Outreach and Partnerships at Mastery Transcript Consortium, about their work to remake the transcript into a more useful and meaningful tool for schools and students. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: mastery.org @MastTranscript facebook.com/MasteryTranscript/ Ben Rein: rein@mastery.org Thomas Guskey...

Aug 19, 20191 hr 19 minEp. 174

Ep. 173 How Can We Prepare Teachers For Deeper Learning?

Drew Perkins talks with Maria Hyler of the Learning Policy Institute about their new book and research on preparing teachers to shift their teaching to support deeper learning. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: Learning Policy Institute @LPI_Learning Book: Preparing Teachers for Deeper Learning The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 162 What Do We Really Mean By “Deeper Thinking And Learning”?...

Jul 27, 20191 hr 17 minEp. 173

Ep. 172 The Complexity Of Shortcomings In Education

Drew Perkins talks with Glenn Loury, economist, academic, author, and professor at Brown University, to get his thinking on education topics like school choice and competition and social justice issues like racial equality. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: glennloury.com @GlennLoury bloggingheads.tv - The Glenn Show Heather Mac Donald...

Jul 14, 201950 minEp. 172

Ep. 171 Inspiring Collective Action In Students Around Economic Challenges

Drew Perkins talks with Hilary Allen, Senior Associate at Net Impact and Community Manager of the Up To Us Competition, about their work to help inspire college students to take collective action around our nation's economic challenges. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: Net Impact Up To Us , @uptousnews , Instagram National Issues Forums Better Angels - The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 154 Depolarizing America Through Inquiry And Critical Thinking The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 170 The ...

Jul 09, 201955 minEp. 171

Ep. 170 The Theory Of Enchantment And Connecting To Humans

Drew Perkins talks with Chloé Valdary about her Theory of Enchantment work and how it might help answer this question: What is the psychology of connection and can we use that psychology to heal and navigate the conflicts we inevitably have with each other and with ourselves? Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: TheoryOfEnchantment.com , @enchanttheory , Facebook , Instagram , @cvaldary theory-of-enchantment.teachable.com Glen Loury The Breakfast Club Killer Mike Blackish A Different...

Jul 02, 20191 hrEp. 170

Ep. 169 Revisiting Mindfulness, Meditation, Awareness

Drew Perkins talks with Susan Kaiser Greenland about how mindfulness, meditation, and awareness can help students be more successful learners. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: susankaisergreenland.com , email newsletter Susan's books on Amazon Susan on Twitter , Instagram , Facebook Sam Harris Waking Up The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 65 Using Mindfulness And Meditation To Help Children Manage Stress And Be More Compassionate Visit The TeachThought Podcast Page teachthought.com/cate...

Jun 27, 20191 hr 22 minEp. 169

Ep. 168 PBL Reflections With 3 Middle School Teachers

Drew Perkins talks with three teachers from The Berkeley School, Vanessa DeNino, Tanya Madrid-Campbell, and Jeff Sandler, about their experience and reflections from a recent project-based learning unit they implemented with their students. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: The Berkeley School web site , Facebook , Instagram , Twitter Video: Project-Based Learning - 8th Grade Authors and Illustrators Ron Berger Brain Rules Project Zero The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 144 Creating Cul...

Jun 23, 201955 minEp. 168

Ep. 167 Why "Anti-Bullying" Is A Problem And What Works Better

Drew Perkins talks with school psychologist Izzy Kalman about his work to help bullied kids better deal with their aggressors and why the "anti-bullying" movement is not helping. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: Bullies2Buddies.com Izzy Kalman on Psychology Today How to Bullyproof Your Child – New York Times...

Jun 10, 20191 hr 11 minEp. 167

Ep. 166 Deeper Learning Of Math Concepts Through Social Constructivism

Drew Perkins talks with Jennifer Chang Wathall about her concept-based curriculum and instruction and book and how we can use social constructivist teaching to teach math for deeper learning. *note -Jennifer would like to thank the co-authors she collaborated with in writing the Oxford University Press IB Diploma books. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: Jennifer Chang Wathall's web site @JenniferWathall Jennifer Gonzalez: Cult of Pedagogy The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 162 What Do W...

May 21, 20191 hr 16 minEp. 166

Ep. 165 Bridging Polarization To Improve Education Policy

Drew Perkins talks with Janet Tran, Director of Learning and Leadership at the Reagan Institute, about their work to host productive bipartisan conversations about better education policy. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: Reagan Institute Summit on Education (RISE) DuFour: In Praise of American Educators: And How They Can Become Even Better Listen to Ep. 34 Growing Better Professional Learning Communities With Dr. Richard DuFour Spectrym News Better Angels Learning in Landscapes ...

May 17, 20191 hr 25 minEp. 165

Ep. 164 Drawing Students To Math With Authentic Purpose

Drew Perkins talks with Michelle Montgomery of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics and student Eric Chai of High Technology High School from the champion MathWorks Math Modeling (M3) Challenge team. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: MathWorks Math Modeling (M3) Challenge web site and on Facebook mathworks.com Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics...

May 13, 201950 minEp. 164

Ep. 163 Using Purpose And Fiction To Teach History More Effectively

Drew Perkins talks with Kevin Vanzant, history instructor at Tennessee State University, about how he's adjusted his teaching to better engage his introductory history class students. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: Kevin Vanzant @ Tennessee State University Quillette: A Professor Speaks Out: How ‘New Left’ Orthodoxy Is Failing a New Generation of History Students The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 115 Let’s Talk About What School Could Be (with Ted Dintersmith) 4 Key Takeaways From “...

Apr 30, 20191 hr 15 minEp. 163

What Do We Really Mean By "Deeper Thinking And Learning"?

Drew Perkins talks with Dr. Tim Simpson about classical and constructivist education and how both rely heavily on inquiry in order to get to deeper thinking and learning. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: Tim Simpson - Morehead State University Michael Polanyi - Polanyi Society The Tacit Dimension - Michael Polanyi Harry Broudy - The Uses of Schooling Contemporary Perspectives on C. S. Lewis’ The Abolition of Man Polanyi and the Secular Age: The Promise of Broudy’s “Allusionary St...

Apr 20, 20191 hr 16 minEp. 162

Building Critical Thinking Dispositions Using Real Life Legal Cases

Drew Perkins talks with Colin Seale about his work as founder and CEO of ThinkLaw to help schools teach critical thinking to students. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: ThinkLaw.us @thinkLawUS ThinkLaw on Facebook @ColinESeale Larchmont Charter School...

Apr 01, 20191 hr 9 minEp. 161

Ep. 160 Navigating The Landscape Of Labels In Social Justice And Equity

Drew Perkins talks with Irshad Manjji about her new book and how we might better navigate the landscape of labels in the context of social justice and equity. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: irshadmanji.com @IrshadManji , Facebook , Instagram Book - DON'T LABEL ME: An Incredible Conversation for Divided Times Deeya Khan...

Mar 22, 201947 minEp. 160

Ep. 159 The Science Of Deeper Learning And Why We're Not Doing More Of It

Drew Perkins talks with neuroscientist and author Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath about his new book and work the science of learning. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: @JCHorvath https://www.lmeglobal.net/ Book: Stop Talking, Start Influencing: 12 Insights From Brain Science to Make Your Message Stick Why Don't Students Like School?: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom H ow People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School...

Mar 08, 20191 hr 24 minEp. 159

Ep. 158 How Do We Teach Kids To Talk About Taboo Topics?

Drew Perkins talks with elementary teacher Liz Kleinrock about her TED Talk and work to help teachers and students talk about difficult topics. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: teachandtransform.org Liz on Instagram TED Talk: How to teach kids to talk about taboo topics Teaching Tolerance web site The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 154 Depolarizing America Through Inquiry And Critical Thinking (Better Angels) Curio Learning @AshleyLambS @CurioLearning The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 66 Te...

Mar 04, 201949 minEp. 158

Ep. 157 How Can We Make Screen Time Work For Kids?

Drew Perkins talks with Sara DeWitt, Vice-President of PBS Kids Digital, about how to navigate the positives and negatives of screen time for kids. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: TED Talk: 3 fears about screen time for kids - and why they're not true pbslearningmedia.org grownups.pbskids.org @saradewitt Research: How Daniel Tiger Helps Teach Social Skills to Preschoolers *Also published at TeachThought.com Listen and subscribe on: iTunes Stitcher Podbean PodcastLand YouTube Als...

Mar 01, 201926 minEp. 157

Ep. 156 Building Community, Overcoming Barriers, Music Education

Drew Perkins talks with Jecorey Arthur, aka 1200, about his journey and work as a musician and educator in a world that has presented significant challenges to being successful. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: 1200llc.com , Facebook , Twitter , Instagram Simmons College of Kentucky WUOL Education...

Feb 21, 201956 minEp. 156

Ep. 155 Does Competition And School Choice Meaningfully Improve Education?

The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 155 Does Competition And School Choice Meaningfully Improve Education? Drew Perkins talks with Corey DeAngelis of the Cato Institute about the ability of school choice and competition to improve our education system. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: @DeAngelisCorey @CatoInstitute Cato Institute Jay Greene Patrick Wolf Peter Greene...

Feb 20, 20191 hr 5 minEp. 155

Ep. 154 Depolarizing America Through Inquiry And Critical Thinking

Drew Perkins talks with John Wood Jr. and Bill Doherty of the Better Angels organization about their workshops and efforts to depolarize America. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: Better-Angels.org @BetterAngelsUSA Better Angels on Facebook @billdoherty @ JohnRWoodJr...

Feb 19, 20191 hr 15 minEp. 154

Ep. 153 Communicating Effectively About Sexuality Education

Drew Perkins talks with Brittany McBride about her work with Advocates for Youth about sexuality education, social justice, and equity issues. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: amaze.org advocatesforyouth.org 3rs.org @amazeorg Amaze on Facebook , Instagram , YouTube...

Feb 12, 20191 hr 9 minEp. 153

Ep. 152 Reading Lessons Learned From A Child Left Behind

Drew Perkins talks with author and reading specialist Lois Letchford about her story and ongoing work teaching of reading based on lessons learned from helping her son overcome massive reading issues. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: loisletchford.com Reversed: A Memoir @LetchfordLois Lois on Facebook Susan Neuman Youtube - Lois Letchford's "Reversed": A Story of Overcoming The Odds The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 11: Redefining Intelligence To Unlock The Possibility In Our Students...

Feb 08, 20191 hrEp. 152
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