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Before we start today’s episode, I want to encourage you to become a member of FreshEd. We are building a community of people around the world committed to the pursuit of knowledge and ideas related to education broadly defined. If you find FreshEd a valuable educational resource, then place sign up to become a member today: FreshEdpodacst.com/support -- Today we continue our mini-series called the FreshEd Questionnaire. I’ve been asking guests a set of standard questions after each interview. These questions focus on how guests approach writing, reading, research, and supervision. I want to talk about them to highlight the many different approaches to the day-to-day activities we do inside universities. Today’s episode focuses on books. I asked guests to name their favorite book or author and why. Here’s what they had to say. Guests include: Tricia Bromley Neal Hutchens Amy Shuffelton Dave Cormierr Elena Aydarova Joshua Ehrlich Jesica Oddy Steven Lewis Rebecca Spratt Nidal Al Haj Sleiman Liz Shchepetylnykova Irv Epstein Sirojuddin Arif Leonardo Garnier Audrey Bryan Kirsi Yliniva Gita Steiner-Khamsi Jamie Martin You Yun Seu’ula Johansson-Fua Kehaulani Vaughn Michael Rumbelow Mir Abdullah Miri Greg Skutches Prem Kumar Rajaram Juuso Henrik Nieminen Nasmi Anuar freshedpodcast.com/362-questionnaire/ -- Get in touch! Twitter: @FreshEdpodcast Facebook: FreshEd Email: info@freshedpodcast.com Support FreshEd: www.freshedpodcast.com/support/

Today we continue our mini-series called the FreshEd Questionnaire. I’ve been asking guests a set of standard questions after each interview. These questions focus on how guests approach writing, reading, research, and supervision. These are the day-to-day activities we do inside universities, but we don’t talk too much about them. I want to talk about them to highlight the many different approaches. I think these insights will be valuable to students, especially those that are about to start graduate school. Guests in this mash-up: Tricia Bromley Neal Hutchens Amy Shuffelton Dave Cormierr Elena Aydarova Joshua Ehrlich Jesica Oddy Steven Lewis Rebecca Spratt Nidal Al Haj Sleiman Liz Shchepetylnykova Irv Epstein Sirojuddin Arif Karen Mundy Leonardo Garnier Audrey Bryan Kirsi Yliniva Gita Steiner-Khamsi https://freshedpodcast.com/361-questionnaire/ -- Get in touch! Twitter: @FreshEdpodcast Facebook: FreshEd Email: info@freshedpodcast.com Support FreshEd: www.freshedpodcast.com/support/

Today we unpack the neuro-affective turn in education. With me are Kirsi Yliniva and Audrey Bryan. Kirsi Yliniva is a PhD researcher and university teacher in the Faculty of Education and Psychology at the University of Oulu. Audrey Bryan is an associate professor of sociology in the School of Human Development at Dublin City University’s Institute of Education. Together with Kristiina Brunila, they have recently published the article “‘The future we want’? – The ideal twenty-first century learner and education’s neuro-affective turn.” freshedpodcast.com/yliniva-bryan/ -- Get in touch! Twitter: @FreshEdpodcast Facebook: FreshEd Email: info@freshedpodcast.com Support FreshEd: www.freshedpodcast.com/support/

Today we unpack the global education policy known as School Autonomy with Accountability (SAWA). My guest is Gita Steiner-Khamsi who outlines the importance of using a temporal dimension when understanding policy borrowing and lending. Gita Steiner-Khamsi is the W. H. Kilpatrick Professor of Comparative Education at Teachers College, Columbia University and by courtesy Honorary UNESCO Chair in Comparative Education Policy at the Geneva Graduate Institute. Her new co-written article is entitled: The School-Autonomy-with-Accountability reform in Iceland: Looking back and making sense, which was published in the Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy. freshedpodcast.com/359-steiner-khamsi/ -- Get in touch! Twitter: @FreshEdpodcast Facebook: FreshEd Email: info@freshedpodcast.com Support FreshEd: www.freshedpodcast.com/support/

Today You Yun joins me to talk about Social-Emotional Learning (SEL). She critiques the approach to SEL advocated by western organizations by showing how conceptions of the self, other, and emotions are not universal. By exploring these concepts from Confucian and Daoist philosophies, she begins to show alternative ways to think about SEL. You Yun is an Associate Professor in the department of Education at the East China Normal University. Her new article is "Learn to become a unique interrelated person: An alternative of social-emotional learning drawing on Confucianism and Daoism," which was published in Educational Philosophy and Theory. freshedpodcast.com/you -- Get in touch! Twitter: @FreshEdpodcast Facebook: FreshEd Email: info@freshedpodcast.com Support FreshEd: www.freshedpodcast.com/support/

Today we take stock of the midpoint of the Sustainable Development Goal for education, known as SDG4. Promulgated in 2015, SDG4 aims to “ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all” by 2030. So how we doing? With me to answer this question are Karen Mundy and Leonardo Garnier. Karen Mundy is a professor of Education policy and leadership at the Ontario institute of studies in education at the University of Toronto. She has recently written the piece SDG4 and State Capacity: The Missing Link. Leonardo Garnier is the special advisor to the UN Secretary General on Transforming Education and the former minister of education in Costa Rica. His new piece is entitled Education: Why not a race to the top?. Both pieces were published in a special issue of the International Journal of Educational Development. freshedpodcast.com/mundy-garnier/ -- Get in touch! Twitter: @FreshEdpodcast Facebook: FreshEd Email: info@freshedpodcast.com Support FreshEd: www.freshedpodcast.com/support/

Today we explore decentralization in Indonesia. My guest is Sirojuddin Arif, head of the MA in Political Science Program at the International Islamic University of Indonesia. Sirojuddin Arif’s new co-written article is “Does decentralization promote learning? Local political settlements and education policies in Indonesia” which was published in Compare. freshedpodcast.com/arif/ -- Get in touch! Twitter: @FreshEdpodcast Facebook: FreshEd Email: info@freshedpodcast.com Support FreshEd: www.freshedpodcast.com/support/

Today we explore the export of Finnish Education. My guest is Kimmo Kuortti who studies the effects of education export and other forms of education business on the domestic publicly funded education system in Finland. Kimmo Kuortti is a doctoral researcher at Tampere University. His new article “Repurposing public education: governmental rationality of education export in Finland through public education problematisation” was published in the Journal of Education Policy. freshedpodcast.com/kuortti/ -- Get in touch! Twitter: @FreshEdpodcast Facebook: FreshEd Email: info@freshedpodcast.com Support FreshEd: www.freshedpodcast.com/support/

Jenny Lee, a Professor at the University of Arizona, discusses power in international higher education. She explores the US role, power dynamics, benefits of internationalization, and challenges faced with global power shifts. The impact of fear-mongering on Chinese-American scientists and the importance of ethical considerations in collaborations are also highlighted.

Today we unpack the ways in which the East India Company used knowledge and education to advance its interests in India. My guest is Joshua Ehrlich, an assistant professor at the University of Macau. His new book is The East India Company and the Politics of Knowledge, which was published by Cambridge University Press. freshedpodcast.com/Ehrlich/ -- Get in touch! Twitter: @FreshEdpodcast Facebook: FreshEd Email: info@freshedpodcast.com Support FreshEd: www.freshedpodcast.com/support/