The ThoughtStretchers Podcast
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Heterodox conversations to stretch your thinking about important issues in education.
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Nov 14, 2019 • 1h 13min
Ep. 184 Nurturing Curiosity And Inquiry In Academia
Drew Perkins talks with Megan Gafford, adjunct professor at the University of Colorado Denver, about how she engages teaching, writing, and art through inquiry and curiosity on some of the most controversial topics. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: megangafford.com Quillette: Experiments in Nurturing Classroom Curiosity Megan on Twitter, and Instagram Nick Bostrom Glenn Loury podcast How To Have Impossible Conversations Richard Feynman: The Value of Science Jonathan Haidt: The Righteous Mind Steven Pinker:Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress Heterodox Academy
Nov 5, 2019 • 1h 6min
Ep. 183 Developing Kindness, Character And Honesty In Today's Learners
The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 183 Developing Kindness, Character And Honesty In Today's Learners Drew Perkins talks with Houston Kraft about his work with Character Strong to develop SEL skills in students and schools. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: CharacterStrong.com @careacter, Instagram, Facebook
Oct 31, 2019 • 60min
Ep. 182 Using The Element Of Surprise In Feedback To Build A Growth Mindset
Drew Perkins talks with Dr. Michael Rousell about his research and work with using feedback that includes the element of surprise to help stimulate more of a growth mindset. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: michaelrousell.com @rousellm, Facebook, LinkedIn Surprise! How Your Brain Secretly Changes Your Beliefs | Michael Rousell | TEDxSalem
Oct 27, 2019 • 1h
Ep. 181 What Video Content Should Children Be Exposed To?
Drew Perkins talks with Brenda Bisner, Senior Vice-President of Content at Kidoodle.TV, about her work to provide safe video streaming content. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: Kidoodle.tv Brenda Bisner on LinkedIn content@kidoddle.tv The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 175 Are Good Intentions But Bad Ideas Growing Fragile Students?
Oct 16, 2019 • 1h 14min
Ep. 180 Rethinking Academic Credits For Digital Natives
Drew Perkins talks with Nadav Zeimer about his idea to offer digital natives a set crowdsourced standards and academic credits. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: TheBig.net @nzeimer The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 174 How Might We Build A Better Transcript? The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 93 Recognizing Learning And Growth With Open Badges The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 123 Moving Education from Post-Modern to Metamodern Cal Newport: Digital Minimalism
Oct 3, 2019 • 1h 5min
Ep. 179 Lesson Study And Growing A Culture Of Teaching And Learning
Drew Perkins talks with Vicki Collet about her new book and how the process of Lesson Study can improve the culture of teaching and learning. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: vickicollet.com Book: Collaborative Lesson Study: ReVisioning Teacher Professional Development Collaborative Lesson Study Book Club on Facebook Vicki's blog: mycoachescouch.blogspot.com Vicki on Facebook, and Twitter: @vscollet The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 34 Growing Better Professional Learning Communities With Dr. Richard DuFour (Part 1 Of 2)
Sep 23, 2019 • 1h 19min
Ep. 178 Can We Improve Public Discussion Through Letter Writing?
Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: letter.wiki Impossible Conversations contest Areo: Let’s Change the Nature of Public Discussion: An Introduction to Letter Audio version of this article Review of Impossible Conversations book Iona Italia on Areo @IonaItalia ionaitalia.com Two for Teach Podcast The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 177 How Educators Can Help People Have Impossible Conversations
Sep 18, 2019 • 1h 17min
How Educators Can Help People Have Impossible Conversations
Drew Perkins talks with James Lindsay about his new book with Peter Boghossian, How To Have Impossible Conversations, social justice, and critical race theory. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: Book: How To Have Impossible Conversations @conceptualjames @HPluckrose Areo Magazine @MikeNayna and his YouTube channel newdiscourses.com
Sep 11, 2019 • 1h 30min
Ep. 176 How PBL Works At The University Level
Drew Perkins talks with Kris Wobbe and Mia Dubosarsky from Worcester Polytechnic Institute about how they use PBL and STEM to help prepare their students at the post-secondary level in addition to pre-k through 12. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: WPI Center for Project-Based Learning book, Project-Based Learning in the First Year WPI’s project-based curriculum STEM Education Center Seeds of STEM (preschool curriculum) Strategic STEM Integration program STEM Educator Certificate Course (bottom of page)
Aug 21, 2019 • 1h 4min
Ep. 175 Are Good Intentions But Bad Ideas Growing Fragile Students?
Drew Perkins talks with Jonathan Haidt, Social Psychologist, Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University's Stern School of Business, and author about his most recent book with Greg Lukianoff, Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: thecoddling.com Google Doc: Is there an increase in adolescent mood disorders? @JonHaidt openmindplatform.org letgrow.org righteousmind.com
