Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchPooja Agarwal, Cynthia Nebel, Veronica Yan, "Smart Teaching Stronger Learning: Practical Tips From 10 Cognitive Scientists" (Unleash Learning Press, 2025)
Episode 1112
How can I help my students not only learn my course material but also retain and transfer that information? This is a question that has plagued and i…
1 year, 3 months ago
Jennifer Crane, "'Gifted Children' in Britain and the World: Elitism and Equality Since 1945" (Oxford UP, 2025)
Episode 1111
Who are 'gifted' children? In ‘Gifted Children’ in Britain and the World: Elitism and Equality since 1945 Jennifer Crane, a senior lecturer in the Sc…
1 year, 3 months ago
Jennifer R. Nájera, "Learning to Lead: Undocumented Students Mobilizing Education" (Duke UP, 2024)
Episode 1110
In Learning to Lead: Undocumented Students Mobilizing Education (Duke University Press, 2024), Jennifer R. Nájera explores the intersections of educa…
1 year, 4 months ago
James M. Lang, "Write Like You Teach: Taking Your Classroom Skills to a Bigger Audience" (University of Chicago Press, 2025)
Episode 1109
Teachers are subject matter experts that can distill information into manageable chunks for their students. In Write Like You Teach: Taking Your Cla…
1 year, 4 months ago
How Schools Make Race: Teaching Latinx Racialization in America
Episode 1108
In How Schools Make Race: Teaching Latinx Racialization in America, (Harvard Education PR, 2024) Laura C. Chávez-Moreno uncovers the process through …
1 year, 4 months ago
Milton E. Clarke, "The Community College Reform Movement: Contentions and Ideological Origins" (Routledge, 2025)
Episode 1107
In his new book, The Community College Reform Movement: Contentions and Ideological Origins (Routledge, 2025), political scientist Milton Clarke crit…
1 year, 4 months ago
Elliot Lichtman, "The Computer Always Wins: A Playful Introduction to Algorithms through Puzzles and Strategy Games" (MIT Press, 2025)
Episode 1106
In The Computer Always Wins: A Playful Introduction to Algorithms through Puzzles and Strategy Games (MIT Press, 2025), Elliot Lichtman will teach yo…
1 year, 4 months ago
Yasmine Motawy, "Children’s Picture Books and Contemporary Egyptian Society" (AUC Press, 2025)
Episode 1105
Children’s picture books are some of the most transparently ideological materials available to parents and educators, and as cultural objects they ar…
1 year, 4 months ago
David Zweig, "An Abundance of Caution: American Schools, the Virus, and a Story of Bad Decisions" (MIT Press, 2025)
Episode 1104
An Abundance of Caution: American Schools, the Virus, and a Story of Bad Decisions (MIT Press, 2025) is a devastating account of the decision-making …
1 year, 4 months ago
Jean J. Ryoo and Jane Margolis, "Power On!" (MIT Press, 2022)
Episode 1103
An interview with Jean Ryoo and Jane Margolis about Power On!
A diverse group of teenage friends learn how computing can be personally and politicall…
1 year, 4 months ago