Visions of Education is an education podcast where education professor Dan Krutka and high school social studies teacher Michael Milton have conversations with educators to discuss their big ideas in education. VoE also partners with the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and associated…
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The Visions of Education podcast is a must-listen for anyone interested in education, particularly those who are aspiring educators. Throughout the course of the semester, I had the opportunity to listen to this podcast for my social studies class and it was incredibly helpful, resourceful, and inspiring. The hosts, Michael and Dan, along with their guests, do an excellent job of introducing and discussing topics in a way that is easy to understand and engage with. The casual banter and discussion throughout the episodes make it feel like you're just sitting in a room with friends, having interesting conversations.
One of the best aspects of this podcast is that it is accessible to all listeners, not just professors or doctorate students. It serves as a great source of summary on big issues and topics in education, allowing everyone to contribute to these types of conversations. As a preservice teacher myself, I found this podcast extremely helpful and informative. I can definitely see myself referring back to these episodes and listening to more after I become a teacher.
The variety of topics covered in this podcast is also commendable. From diverse families in the classroom to inquiry-based lessons and connecting history to today, each episode offers great insights on relevant topics in education. The guests brought onto the show bring unique perspectives and ideas that inspire reflection on one's own teaching practice.
While there aren't many negative aspects to this podcast, one thing that could be improved upon is the length of episodes. Although shorter episodes are convenient for listening during commutes or breaks, some topics may benefit from more in-depth discussion. However, the concise format makes it easier for busy educators to fit listening into their schedules.
In conclusion, The Visions of Education podcast is an invaluable resource for educators at all levels. It provides insightful discussions on relevant topics in education while also offering practical ideas that can be implemented in the classroom. Whether you're a pre-service teacher looking for inspiration or an experienced educator wanting to stay updated on current issues, this podcast is a must-listen. Dan and Michael do an excellent job of bridging the gap between research and practice, creating a podcast that is engaging, informative, and thought-provoking.
In episode 213, Dan and Michael chat with Keith Barton and Alex Cuenca about the new book, The Future of Civic Education: Rebuilding a Democracy in Ruins.
In episode 212, Dan and Michael chat with Traci Sorell (Cherokee Nation) about her fiction and nonfiction books for young people.
In episode 211, Dan and Michael chat with Jason Endacott about his article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Arts integrated historical empathy: Preservice teachers' engagement with pluralistic lived experiences and efforts toward instructional application.”
In episode 210, Dan and Michael chat with Bretton Varga and Erin Adams about their article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Theorizing mimesis across social studies contexts of mimicry, imitation, and simulation.”
In episode 209, Dan and Michael chat with Asif Wilson and Rachel McMillian about their article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Black teachers in white spaces: Rupturing reproductions of Anti-Blackness in preservice social studies education.”
In episode 208, Dan and Michael chat with Lauren Harris and Chris Martell about their article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “‘I was in the room where it happens': Educator agency and community within state social studies standards committees.”
In episode 207, Dan and Michael chat with Tadashi Dozono about his article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Eugenic ideology and the world history curriculum: How eugenic beliefs structure narratives of development and modernity.”
In episode 206, Dan and Michael chat with Patrick Keegan about his article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “What kind of affective citizen? An analysis of state social emotional learning standards.”
In episode 205, Dan and Michael chat with Amy Allen about her article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Included, but how? A critical investigation into elementary social studies standards about religion.”
In episode 203, Dan and Michael chat with Kelly Siegel-Stechler about her article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “‘Conversation is everything': How teachers and students create environments where open discussion can thrive.”
In episode 203, Dan and Michael chat with Jenni Conrad and Jenni Gallagher about two articles—one with Wendy Chan published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Getting critical with compelling questions: Shifts in elementary teacher candidates' curriculum planning from inquiry to critical inquiry” and another published in Social Education title, “Designing Questions for Critical Inquiry.”
In episode 202, Dan and Michael chat with Ryan Oto about his article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “‘This is for us, not them': Troubling adultism through a pedagogy of solidarity in youth organizing and activism.”
In episode 201, Dan and Michael chat about the research project that focuses on thematically teaching public issues with Jeremiah Clabough, Caroline Sheffield, Timothy Litner, & Allie Whitford.
In episode 200, Michael and Dan chat reminisce about Visions of Education beginnings, and then Michael interviews Dan, Marie Heath, and Jacob Pleasants about their Civics of Technology project.
In episode 199, Dan and Michael chat with Agata Soroko about her article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Teaching young people more than 'how to survive austerity': From traditional financial literacy to critical economic literacy education.”
In episode 198, Dan and Michael chat with Stephen Jackons about his 2022 book, “The patchwork of world history in Texas high schools: Unpacking Eurocentrism, imperialism, and nationalism in the curriculum, 1920-2021.”
In episode 197, Dan and Michael chat with Alyssa Whitford about her article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Understanding and addressing gender stereotypes with elementary children: The promise of an integrated approach.”
In episode 196, Dan and Michael chat with Timothy Patterson about his article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Virtual reality for the promotion of historical empathy: A mixed-methods analysis.”
In episode 195, Dan and Michael chat with James Miles and Lindsay Gibson about their article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Rethinking presentism in history education.”
In episode 194, Dan and Michael chat with Brittany Jones about her study published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Feeling fear as power and oppression: An examination of Black and white fear in Virginia's US history standards and curriculum framework.”
In episode 193, Dan and Michael chat with Charlot (Shar-loh) Cassar about his article published in Theory & Research in Social Education along with Ida Oosterheert and Paulien Meijer, “Why teachers address unplanned controversial issues in the classroom.”
In episode 192, Dan and Michael chat with James Damico, Loren Lybarger, and Edward Brudney about their book, “Commemorative Literacies and Labors of Justice: Resistance, Reconciliation, and Recovery in Buenos Aires and Beyond.”
In episode 191, Dan and Michael chat with Bretton Varga, Cathryn van Kessel, & Rebecca Christ about their article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Theorizing necropolitics in social studies education.”
In episode 190, Dan and Michael chat with Van Anh Tran about her article published in Social Studies & the Young Learner, “We Are Here: Civic Education through Southeast Asian Deportation Community Defense.”
In episode 189, Dan and Michael chat with friend of the pod Maribel Santiago and new guest Tadashi Dozono about their study published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “History is critical: Addressing the false dichotomy between historical inquiry and criticality.”
In episode 188, Dan and Michael chat with Meghan Manfra, Tom Hammond, and Robert Coven about their study published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “ Assessing computational thinking in the social studies.”
In episode 187, Dan and Michael chat with friend of the pod Sarah McGrew about her study published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Bridge or byway? Teaching historical reading and civic online reasoning in a US history class.”
In episode 186, Dan and Michael chat with friend of the pod Emma Thacker and Aaron Bodle about their study published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Seizing the moment: A critical place-based partnership for antiracist elementary social studies teacher education.”
In episode 185, Dan and Michael chat with Mohit Mehta about his article published in Social Studies & the Young Learner, “Using Digital Archives to Teach Early South Asian American Histories.”
In episode 184, Dan and Michael chat with Lightning Jay about his study published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “The disciplinary and critical divide in social studies teacher education research: A review of the literature from 2009–2019.”
In episode 183, Dan and Michael chat with Daniel Thomas III about his study published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “‘If I can help somebody”: The civic-oriented thought and practices of Black male teacher-coaches.”
In episode 182, Dan and Michael chat with Ryan Hughescal about his study published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “‘What is slavery?': Third-grade students' sensemaking about enslavement through historical inquiry.”
In episode 181, Dan and Michael chat with Steph Manuel about using comic books to tell the untold stories of marginalized groups.
In episode 180, Dan and Michael chat with Anna Falkner and Katherina Payne about their publication in Theory & Research in Social Education titled, ““Courage to take on the bull”: Cultural citizenship in fifth-grade social studies.”
In episode 179, Dan and Michael chat with Catherine Kramer, Amanda Lester, and Kristen Wilcox about their publication in Theory & Research in Social Education titled, “College, career, and civic readiness: Building school communities that prepare youth to thrive as 21st century citizens.”
In episode 178, Dan and Michael chat with Kaylene Stevens about her new publication in Theory & Research in Social Education titled, “How the 2016 US presidential election and the #MeToo movement impacted feminist social studies teachers.”
In episode 177, Michael and Dan chat with Leilani Sabzalian, Sarah Shear, & Jimmy Snyder about their new publication in Theory & Research in Social Education titled, “Standardizing Indigenous erasure: A TribalCrit and QuantCrit analysis of K–12 US civics and government standards.”
In episode 176, Michael and Dan chat with Peter Nelson about his new publication in Theory & Research in Social Education titled, “Between aspiration and reality: New materialism and social studies education.”
In episode 175, Michael and Dan chat with Bjorn Wansink about his new publication in Theory & Research in Social Education titled, “Teaching under attack: The dilemmas, goals, and practices of upper-elementary school teachers when dealing with terrorism in class.”
In episode 174, Michael chats with Mark Hlavacik… and Dan about their new publication in Theory & Research in Social Education titled, “Deliberation can wait: How civic litigation makes inquiry critical,” along with three approaches to framing critical inquiries.
In episode 173, Dan and Michael chat with Jada Kohlmeier about her new publication in Theory & Research in Social Education titled, “Investigating teacher adoption of authentic pedagogy through lesson study.”
In episode 172, Dan and Michael chat with Ellen Middaugh, Kristen Huey, Kristina Smith, & George Franco about their research into young people's engagement with news through social media.
In episode 171, Dan and Michael chat with educator Alexis Walker (Chickasaw) about the Chickasaw Nation and how educators can teach through their people.
In episode 170, Dan and Michael chat with Paul Yoder about his new article in Theory & Research in Social Education titled, ‘“He wants to get rid of all the Muslims': Mexican American and Muslim students' use of history regarding candidate Trump.”
In episode 169, Dan and Michael chat with Brian Girard and Lauren Harris about their new article in Theory and Research in Social Education titled, “There's no way we can teach all of this”: Factors that influence secondary history teachers' content choices.
In episode 168, Dan and Michael chat with Steven Camicia and Ryan Knowles about their new book titled, “Education for Democracy: A Renewed Approach to Civic Inquiries for Social Justice.”
In episode 167, Dan and Michael chat with Lauren Harris and Stephanie Reid about their new article in Theory & Research in Social Education (TRSE) titled, “Investigating comparative genocide teaching in two high school classroom.”
In episode 166, Dan and Michael chat with Edgar Díaz and Matthew Deroo about their new article in Theory & Research in Social Education (TRSE) titled, “Latinxs in contention: A systemic functional linguistic analysis of 11th-grade US history textbooks.”
In episode 165, Dan and Michael chat with friend of the pod Judy Pace about her new book titled, “Hard Questions: Learning to Teach Controversial Issues.”
In episode 166, Dan and Michael chat with Ryan Estrellado, Jesse Mostipak and Joshua Rosenberg about their new open source book titled, “Data Science in Education Using R.”
In episode 162, Dan and Michael chat with Chris Busey & Tianna Dowie-Chin about their new article in Theory & Research in Social Education (TRSE) titled, “The making of global Black anti-citizen/citizenship: Situating BlackCrit in global citizenship research and theory?”
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