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 »
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A Keystone Habit Shapes our Practice
People who exercise are more likely to eat healthy. If you make your bed, you’ll be more productive throughout the rest of your day. These behaviors that seem to create a cascade of other positive behaviors are called keystone habits. You can find lists of good habits all over the internet. Finding a professional keystone… Read More »
Research Responsive Teaching with Caroline & Jacob
Caroline and Jacob joined us on episode 018 Listen for What’s Behind the Words to discuss how they research responsive teaching with veteran teachers. Ralph: So this month’s primary segment; I had a chance to travel down to Texas to do a professional development event with the UTeach program and all of the replication… Read More »
Teacher Prep in English with Dr. Heidi Hallman
Dr. Heidi Hallman joined us on episode 012 Coherence & Dissonance to discuss how teacher preparation in English has changed in recent decades. Ralph: So for our first segment we’re excited to have Dr. Heidi Hallman joining us and she comes with quite a reputation here in the education community. You are an associate… Read More »
Our Story – Life of the School
Laurence and I recently made an appearance on the podcast Life of the School, with Aaron Mathieu. We are often business-focused on the show (in that we don’t do lots of personal, off-topic discussion). Our time on LotS was a chance to share our story and let you get to know us as people who… Read More »
Yearly Observation Just Isn’t Good Enough
The next step in the educational pipeline is frequently the justification for today’s practices. “In 5th grade we do it this way, because middle school is coming!” Several years later we hear, “We do it this way because that’s what they’ll expect in high school!” At the end of the line, it seems the choices… Read More »
Online Learning Can’t Beat Classrooms, but It’s Still Valuable
February’s episode of Two Pint PLC was the first time Laurence and I returned to a topic that we’ve covered in a previous show. This time technology means online media, discussions and course work. In episode 004 we tried to decide how screens compared to paper copy. This month we have a similar substitution: how… Read More »
The Expertise Reversal Effect – Unchunking Hurts Our Best Students
The Expertise Reversal Effect Learning can only happen when students understand enough of a problem or situation that they can productively seek a goal. There should be gaps in what they know about the path from where they are to their desired solution, but they need to be able to form plans for addressing those… Read More »
How to Be a Guest
Interested in being a guest on Two Pint PLC? Are you a researcher with work that should inform classroom practice? Are you an educator who wants to contribute to the PLC? Here are our (current) guidelines for hosting guests on the show. Scheduling Guests Guests appear on Two Pint PLC no more frequently… Read More »
Reflection on Differentiation and Neurobiology
Episode 011 Reflection Reflection makes us better educators, and writing is a good way to wrestle with thoughts half formed and inarticulate. This is my (Michael Ralph) reflection on the discussion of a prior episode. Differentiation Differentiation becomes a much more manageable mountain to climb once you embrace other effective teaching practices, such as… Read More »