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PBL Reflections With 3 Middle School Teachers
Episode 168
Drew Perkins talks with three teachers from The Berkeley School, Vanessa DeNino, Tanya Madrid-Campbell, and Jeff Sandler, about their experience and …
7 years, 1 month ago
Why "Anti-Bullying" Is A Problem And What Works Better
Episode 167
Drew Perkins talks with school psychologist Izzy Kalman about his work to help bullied kids better deal with their aggressors and why the "anti-bully…
7 years, 2 months ago
Deeper Learning Of Math Concepts Through Social Constructivism
Episode 166
Drew Perkins talks with Jennifer Chang Wathall about her concept-based curriculum and instruction and book and how we can use social constructivist t…
7 years, 2 months ago
Bridging Polarization To Improve Education Policy
Episode 165
Drew Perkins talks with Janet Tran, Director of Learning and Leadership at the Reagan Institute, about their work to host productive bipartisan conve…
7 years, 2 months ago
Drawing Students To Math With Authentic Purpose
Episode 164
Drew Perkins talks with Michelle Montgomery of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics and student Eric Chai of High Technology High Schoo…
7 years, 3 months ago
Using Purpose And Fiction To Teach History More Effectively
Episode 163
Drew Perkins talks with Kevin Vanzant, history instructor at Tennessee State University, about how he's adjusted his teaching to better engage his in…
7 years, 3 months ago
What Do We Really Mean By "Deeper Thinking And Learning"?
Episode 162
Drew Perkins talks with Dr. Tim Simpson about classical and constructivist education and how both rely heavily on inquiry in order to get to deeper t…
7 years, 3 months ago
Building Critical Thinking Dispositions Using Real Life Legal Cases
Episode 161
Drew Perkins talks with Colin Seale about his work as founder and CEO of ThinkLaw to help schools teach critical thinking to students.
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7 years, 4 months ago
Navigating The Landscape Of Labels In Social Justice And Equity
Episode 160
Drew Perkins talks with Irshad Manjji about her new book and how we might better navigate the landscape of labels in the context of social justice an…
7 years, 4 months ago
The Science Of Deeper Learning And Why We're Not Doing More Of It
Episode 159
Drew Perkins talks with neuroscientist and author Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath about his new book and work the science of learning.
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7 years, 5 months ago