Dr. Virginia Clinton joined us on episode 027 Reading and Metacognition to share her research on using open education resources (OERs), and examining how paper materials compare to digital materials in her courses. Michael Ralph: For our first segment we welcome Dr. Virginia Clinton who is an assistant professor of educational foundations and research at… Read More »
Perspectives and Networks in Education
Dr. Beth Holland joined us on episode 026 Perspectives and Networks to discuss the importance of perspective when viewing problems in education. We later explored the phenomenon of networking in education, and how current research might help individual teachers be more effective. Michael Ralph: Last month we talked to Jenn Binis about the perspectives on… Read More »
The Myth and Reality of Education History
Jenn Binis joined us on episode 025 Factories and Cohesion to discuss how misrepresentations of education history contribute to institutional injustice. Michael Ralph: So for our first segment we’re joined by Jenn Binis who is a former special education teacher and host of the podcast Ed history 101. She now supports teachers and districts with… Read More »
Physics First? I genuinely don’t know…
How much math is needed for a student to be prepared to learn physics? Do they need two years of algebra? Does the work in a chemistry class add to their preparation? Does none of it matter, and “physics-first” does just fine with a well designed curriculum? A listener sent me these kinds of questions… Read More »
The 85% Rule
A recent article on Scientific American has been finding some traction on Twitter, and it talks about some recent research on how to optimize difficulty to maximize learning. The paper in question is still under review, but a preprint copy can be found here. Why I like this paper Well, let’s start with the basics:… Read More »
On Teacher Autonomy
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine is having the workshop Realizing the Vision: NGSS District Implementation. They are live streaming the whole event – which is awesome – and I’ve been tuned in all day. A thread that has developed during the proceedings is how this room of policy makers develop initiatives and… Read More »
About that “Benefit Mindset”…
Mindset has been key to my educational practice for most of my career. I cultivate a growth mindset in my students with my incentive structures, my feedback, my daily language, my assessment policies… it shapes how I educate. Dr. Dweck’s book Mindset changed me the day I read it. Dr. Duckworth’s Grit elaborated on the growth… Read More »
Talking about Professionalism – The Planning Period Podcast
Michael recently joined Brad Shreffler on The Planning Period Podcast to chat about education. “[We] talk about educational research and what teachers should do with it, the differences between K-12 and college education, professionalism of educators and where it is lacking internally and externally, why teachers don’t reflect enough on their practice, what true reflective practice… Read More »
Building Relationships with Dolores Greenawalt
Ralph: So this month we’re going to start things off with another guest. We have an adjunct professor from Carroll University who teaches English primarily to freshman and her scholarship focuses primarily on the connections between students and teachers in education especially in higher education. Let us both welcome Delores Greenawalt. Greenawalt: Hello. Thank… Read More »
In My Classroom – Teaching in Higher Ed
I appeared on Teaching in Higher Education, with Bonnie Stachowiak. We talked about how active learning, meta-cognition, and reflective practice are important in higher education just as much as they are in K-12 education. Hear some stories from my university classroom and how my teaching priorities manifest in the post-secondary environment. Check it out! … Read More »