The ThoughtStretchers Podcast
ThoughtStretchers Education
Heterodox conversations to stretch your thinking about important issues in education.
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Jan 18, 2016 • 51min
Ep. 17: Most Likely To Succeed - The Purpose and Possibility Of Our Schools
Drew Perkins talks with Ted Dintersmith, the producer of Most Likely to Succeed, about the film and book and why we need to innovate our current school model.
Jan 15, 2016 • 10min
Ep. 16: How to leverage and grow thinking and learning with PBL
Drew Perkins talks about the TeachThought Levers for PBL Quality with a brief explanation of the 5 Levers.
Jan 13, 2016 • 42min
Ep. 15: Teaching And Learning vs. Accountability With @justintarte
Drew Perkins talks with Justin Tarte about his role as the Director of Teaching and Learning and Accountability in a school district near St. Louis, MO as well as his Life of an Educator site and social media presence and how educators might think differently about technology and social media.
Jan 11, 2016 • 17min
Ep. 14: Elevating student voice with the #stuvoice movement.
Drew Perkins talks with Andrew Brennen, National Field Director of Student Voice, about his work as a student to elevate and amplify student voice in schools around the country.
Jan 6, 2016 • 36min
Ep. 13: How do we actually change schools?
Drew Perkins talks with Grant Lichtman about his books, The Falconer: What We Wished We Had Learned In School and #EdJourney: A Roadmap to the Future of Education which detail his insights on both the why and how we should change our schools.
Jan 4, 2016 • 10min
Ep 12: What Are The Different Types Of Assessment?
In this 'quick' episode, Terry Heick reviews different types of assessment (e.g., formative, norm-referenced, etc.), and the defining characteristics of each.
Jan 4, 2016 • 35min
Ep. 11: Redefining intelligence to unlock the possibility in our students.
Drew Perkins talks with Scott Barry Kaufman about his book Ungifted: Intelligence Redefined which challenges the traditional measures of intelligence in a way that can actually help students unlock their possibilities.
Dec 30, 2015 • 50min
Ep 10: Are Charter Schools Solving The Equity Problem?
Director of Teachthought PD, Drew Perkins talks with Julian Vasquez Heilig about what is driving education reform, charter schools, poverty and the politics behind it all.
Dec 28, 2015 • 33min
Ep. 9 How can "Beautiful Questions" improve teaching and learning?
Drew Perkins talks with Warren Berger, author of the book A More Beautiful Question, about the importance of increasing inquiry in innovating education. You can learn more about Warren at his web site.
Dec 12, 2015 • 37min
Ep 8: An Introduction To Critical Pedagogy
Critical Pedagogy and Critical Literacy both involve the idea of thinking carefully about human and social contexts--using knowledge to think critically about the systems that impact the way people live. In this conversation, I speak to Dr. Elizabeth Bishop, Deputy Director at the Center for Institutional and Social Change at Columbia Law School. We discuss social improvement, equity, and how teachers can begin to think about critical pedagogy for a more authentic and human educational experience.
