Two Pint PLC

Personal & Professional Education Discussion

Two Pint PLC – Personal & Professional Education Podcast

A podcast to challenge educators across K-12 by considering up-to-date research and current events through the lens of practicing teachers trying to do what’s right for students.

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Current Episode:
047 Epistemic Disobedience & Neuroscience Motivation

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Episode Synopsis

Teacher preparation and professional development can pursue anti-racist, decolonial practices by deconstructing our assumptions about effective practice. We read a study from pre-service teachers engaged in disrupting oppressive paradigms of teaching in a collaborative pursuit of more just practice.

Later, we turned to an examination of the neuroscience underlying motivation. These authors claim a popular conception of self-determination (with intrinsic and extrinsic motivations) may overlook how our brains are actually wired.

  • First Segment – 02:11 – Epistemic Disobedience
  • Second Segment – 28:23 – Neuroscience of Learning & Motivation

Cover image by Up On High Ground

Featured Guest

Meg RalphMeg Ralph
Cohabitant of Studio Prime
Kansas City Metro

Primary Citations

  • Domínguez, M. (2020). Cultivating Epistemic Disobedience: Exploring the Possibilities of a Decolonial Practice-Based Teacher Education. Journal of Teacher Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022487120978152
  • Luria, E., Shalom, M., & Levy, D. A. Cognitive Neuroscience Perspectives on Motivation and Learning: Revisiting Self‐Determination Theory. Mind, Brain, and Education. https://doi.org/10.1111/mbe.12275

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Featured Beverage

We drink Deep Flux Pale Barleywine, an ale aged in rye whiskey and madeira wine casks from Boulevard Brewing Co in collaboration with 3 Floyds Brewing Co.