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Research Responsive Teaching with Caroline & Jacob

August 25, 2018 by Michael Ralph Leave a Comment

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 »

Filed Under: Segment Transcript Tagged With: differentiation, education, equity, feedback, inquiry, learning, methods, responsive, teacher, teaching

Teacher Prep in English with Dr. Heidi Hallman

August 6, 2018 by Michael Ralph Leave a Comment

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 »

Filed Under: Segment Transcript Tagged With: coherence, Common, Core, edTPA, education, ELA, English, hallman, prep, Standards, teacher, teaching

Our Story – Life of the School

June 25, 2018 by Michael Ralph Leave a Comment

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 »

Filed Under: Where We've Been

Yearly Observation Just Isn’t Good Enough

May 25, 2018 by Michael Ralph Leave a Comment

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 »

Filed Under: Stoppage Time Tagged With: american, collaboration, college, education, evaluation, feedback, instruction, lecture, mentoring, methods, north, observation, observe, science, stem, teacher, teaching, university

Online Learning Can’t Beat Classrooms, but It’s Still Valuable

March 22, 2018 by Michael Ralph Leave a Comment

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 »

Filed Under: Episode Reflection Tagged With: academy, bozeman, brilliant, curriculum, digital, education, guaranteed, khan, learning, marzano, monkey, online, teaching, viable

The Expertise Reversal Effect – Unchunking Hurts Our Best Students

February 28, 2018 by Michael Ralph Leave a Comment

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 »

Filed Under: B-Side Papers Tagged With: effect, expertise, just in time, redundancy, reversal

How to Be a Guest

January 29, 2018 by Michael Ralph Leave a Comment

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 »

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Reflection on Differentiation and Neurobiology

January 26, 2018 by Michael Ralph Leave a Comment

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 »

Filed Under: Episode Reflection Tagged With: brain physiology, differentiation, neurobiology, peer review, reflection, tacit knowledge

Look at this place!

January 13, 2018 by Michael Ralph Leave a Comment

Our new home is ready and holy cow does it look excellent. The full featured Two Pint PLC website is going to make everything we do easier for you.   Comment without the need to create a full account. Let’s get straight to the discussion. Comment without length limit! We want your full thoughts, with… Read More »

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