Talking To Myself

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Talking To Myself is where Blackness + Education intersect. This is a platform for the voices of black male educators and educators to authentically discuss their roles + ideals in the classroom and the world.

Malcolm Harvin-Wyche

  • Oct 8, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
  • infrequent NEW EPISODES
  • 39m AVG DURATION
  • 11 EPISODES


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Episode 11 - We’re finally teachers.

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2019 27:53


Sorry for the delay. There’s a lot of learning and teaching going on.

Episode 10 - How was our experience being lead teachers over the summer?

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2019 40:38


Hosts Malcolm & Malcolm discuss their experiences teaching summer school in D.C. The summer was a preview of what’s to come in the fall and helped build their anticipations and worries moving forward.

Episode 9 - How can we use everything we’ve learned as teachers of record?

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2019 36:32


Hosts Malcolm & Malcolm have completed their residency year of Urban Teachers. Now we’re the lead teachers preparing for summer school. We talk to ourselves about what we’re worried about, looking forward to, and how we can use what we’ve learned in everyday classroom scenarios.

Episode 8 - Interview with Dr. Courtney Robinson

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2019 60:36


For episode 8, Malcolm & Malcolm sit down with Dr. Courtney Robinson to discuss the school-to-prison pipeline, radical education, and working to close the many gaps in education.

Episode 7 - How can we find the balance between theory and practice?

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2019 36:00


Hosts Malcolm and Malcolm reflect on completing their first year of grad school and discuss how the theory has impacted their practice.

Episode 6 - How can we teach self-regulation and different methods of discipline?

Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2019 41:58


For episode 6, hosts Malcolm and Malcolm take time to discuss various classroom management strategies and their opinions on what it means to discipline students.

Episode 5 - How can we resist the system and avoid teacher burnout?

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2019 37:30


For episode 5, hosts Malcolm and Malcolm discuss teacher burnout and what it takes to be committed to radicalizing education.

Episode 4 - How important is language in the classroom?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2019 39:00


Hosts, Malcolm & Malcolm, discuss the importance of the language we use in the classroom when we speak to our students and when we teach our lessons. The discussion of language in the classroom makes us reflect on how we can reverse the systems of oppression that exists inside schools and create safe, engaging learning environments.

Episode 3 - How can we be culturally relevant student teachers?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2019 41:36


For episode 3 of Talking To Myself, hosts Malcolm & Malcolm discuss their life as student teachers. They talk about their experiences and how they envisioned the process working out and what happened in reality. The conversation then shifts to a discussion of bringing culturally relevant pedagogy to the classroom and how they can be culturally relevant through their language and actions in the classroom.

Episode 2 - What does it mean to be a teacher?

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2019 36:23


This episode hosts Malcolm and Malcolm talk more about their background as educators as they investigate and reminisce about their first experiences as teachers and what it means to truly lead a classroom. This conversation takes them more in-depth at their role and what they want to contribute to children as they continue to engage more and more students.

Episode 1 - What is Education?

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2019 33:29


For the inaugural episode of Talking To Myself, hosts Malcolm & Malcolm discuss their definitions of education, how they came to be in the field of education, and the purpose for the podcasts.

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