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Join former teachers and current doctoral students Katherine and Holland as they offer engaging summaries of thought-provoking articles to support your teaching practice. It’s like teacher happy hour, but with a little more research and a lot fewer compla


    • Sep 6, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 15 EPISODES


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    Episode 15 - Universal Design for Learning

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2021 44:30


    Katherine and Holland get some help from listeners with this episode's spirit and topic. Join them as they unpack what Universal Design for Learning means and how it can be applied to different contexts and cocktails. Katherine discusses how UDL is applied to learning during COVID times in an article by Dr. James D. Basham, Dr. Jose Blackorby and Dr. Matthew T. Marino, and Holland talks about the relationship between UDL and culturally responsive practice with an article by Dr. Krista James.

    Episode 14 - Policy

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2021 46:52


    Join Katherine and Holland as they mourn the end of summer break with a Mo-summer-jito and talk educational policy. In this episode, your hosts cover an article by Brendan Bartanen, Jason Grissom, Ela Joshi, and Marc Meredith, as well as an article by Matthew Gardner Kelly. Ease back into the new school year by considering what educational policy might mean for you.

    Episode 13 - Learning Theories

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2021 57:37


    Buckle up: it's gonna be a bumpy ride as your tour guides, Katherine and Holland, guide you through some major theories of learning in the education field. Bring along a Whiteboard Marker-ita as we begin with behaviorism and end with critical theories. Maybe you'll recognize some oldies but goodies along the way (Vygotsky, we're looking at you)!

    Episode 12 - Professional Development

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2021 54:27


    Holland and Katherine enjoy a Mango Inquiri as they chat about what teachers sometimes don't enjoy: professional development. Listen along as they talk about an article by Danielle Lillge along with an article by Brady Ridge and Alyson Lavigne.

    Episode 11 - Homework

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2021 46:08


    Katherine and Holland experiment with a Dirty March-tini as they talk out their deep feelings around homework. Listen in as they discuss articles by Troels Lange and Tamsin Meaney as well as Carolyn Clarke and Barbara Comber. Don't worry: this isn't a homework assignment!

    Episode 10 - Foundational Articles, Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2021 42:37


    Holland and Katherine sample a Hopscotch while chatting about two recent articles whose research builds on the foundational work from episode 9, about funds of knowledge and mathematical knowledge for teaching. Join them as they discuss articles by Dr. Cati de los Rios and Arthur Molina as well as Dr. Yujin Lee, Dr. Robert Capraro, and Dr. Mary Margaret Capraro.

    Episode 9 - Foundational Articles, Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2021 51:06


    Katherine and Holland sip on an Old School as they discuss two articles they consider to be foundational to their fields. Listen along as they explore the ideas of Dr. Deborah Loewenberg Ball, Dr. Heather Hill, and Dr. Hyman Bass, along with Dr. Norma Gonzalez, Dr. Luis Moll, Dr. Martha Floyd Tenery, Dr. Anna Rivera, Patricia Rendon, Raquel Gonzales, and Dr. Cathy Amanti.

    Episode 8 - Tracking

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2021 40:54


    Holland and Katherine dive into the controversial topic of tracking with an article by Dr. Kamilah Legette and another by Dr. Alonzo Flowers III and Dr. Rosa Banda. This episode is for the sherry lovers out there as they try their hand at making a BamZoom.

    Episode 7 - Curriculum

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2021 43:20


    Katherine and Holland are back with the first episode of 2021. Drink along with their version of a White Russian as they discuss the broad world of Curriculum with articles by Dr. Daniel Morales-Doyle as well as Dr. Monisha Bajaj and Dr. Lesley Bartlett.

    Episode 6 - Queering Education

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2020 39:35


    Holland and Katherine delve into Queer Theories as they are applied to education with an article by Drs. Ryan Schey and Mollie Blackburn and a chapter by Dr. Kai Rands while drinking an After School Spritz inspired by Reese Witherspoon's Tik Tok.

    Episode 5 - Sociology and Education

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2020 44:26


    Katherine and Holland chat about the social implications of schooling, with an article by Dr. Jess Calarco and an article by Dr. Brianna L. Kennedy, Dr. Melanie M. Acosta, and Dr. Olivia Soutullo. Listen to this episode with a Flu Shot, our drink of choice, post-flu shot vaccination.

    Episode 4 - Discourse

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2020 51:10


    Katherine and Holland discuss two articles that address discourse in classroom spaces. Join them with this month's spirit - a "Fire Drill" - as they engage first with Dr. Ramón Antonio Martínez and Alexander Feliciano Mejía's article and conclude with a piece by Dr. Amy Noelle Parks.

    Episode 3 - Anti-Racist Pedagogies

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2020 47:24


    Katherine and Holland discuss recent research about engaging in anti-racist pedagogies, including an article by Dr. Erika Bullock and Dr. Erica Meiners as well as an article by Dr. April Baker-Bell. Join us as we think through these articles, and maybe even try out our Schoolbus cocktail as you listen (very loose recipe included).

    Episode 2 - Online Learning

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2020 40:43


    Holland and Katherine chat about online learning with an article by Dr. Shandell Houlden and Dr. George Veletsianos as well as an article by Dr. Jered Borup, Shea Walters, and Dr. Meagan Call-Cummings. Join us in thinking through what current research says about online learning, perhaps with a Spelling Bee's Knees in hand.

    Episode 1 - Positionality

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2020 40:25


    Holland and Katherine discuss the concept of Positionality through articles by Dr. Rich Milner and Dr. Irene Yoon. Gym Fizzes optional.

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