Timothy Jones and Mason Pashia on What Education Can Learn From Poetry

On this special episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, producer Mason Pashia is joined by Timothy Jones. In honor of Poetry Month, Timothy and Mason discuss their deep appreciation and practice of the intersection and language. 

Timothy is a long-time educator, coach, mentor and someone who lives and breathes hip-hop. Timothy is the Chief Visionary Officer at #HipHopEd, a digitally-birthed organization with a sprawling membership of brilliant educators and passionate advocates that know just how powerful this intersection can be. 

He is also the founder of Techniques4Learning, a company dedicated to utilizing Hip-Hop and Culturally Relevant Pedagogy to develop and implement strategies, curricula and activities to improve teacher student engagement for schools, universities, education organizations and community-based organizations.

Links:

• Timothy Jones
• #HipHopEd
• Techniques4Learning
• What Exactly is an Executive Producer by Mason Pashia
• The Gift by Lewis Hyde
• Into Wind | Poems by Mason
• Timothy Jones on HipHopEd and Techniques4Learning
• New Pathways Design Principles feat. Tim Jones