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Deconstructing education & putting it back together in a meaningful way.
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Sunday May 08, 2022
Sunday May 08, 2022
We cover the pros and cons of:
-play-based learning
-differentiation and addressing developmental stages
-social-emotional learning strategies
-conflict resolutions
-assessment and developmental benchmarks
Sunday Apr 24, 2022
Sunday Apr 24, 2022
Breaktime can be an opportunity to maximize play, development & personal accountability.
We look at:
- shared social agreements & conflict resolution
-clubs, sports & organized activities
-equipment & staggered timings
-influence of health & safety and legal responsibility for supervision
Sunday Apr 10, 2022
Sunday Apr 10, 2022
Pros and Cons of supporting student government via:
-student chaired meetings
-class representatives
-input in schoolwide decisions including staff hiring & budgeting
-event organization
We also examine Roger Hart's framework Ladder Of Participation to help clarify student governments as merely tokenism vs authentic decision marking.
Monday Mar 28, 2022
Monday Mar 28, 2022
Pros and cons of making your classroom efficient using:
-class job schedules
-role-playing real-life job applications and reviews
-jobs for lessons and student learning
-school-wide jobs and rewards
Monday Mar 14, 2022
Monday Mar 14, 2022
In this episode we look at:
-purposes for standardized assessments vs in school assessments
-alternatives to written tests
-testing validity: does it measure what it says it measures
Sunday Feb 27, 2022
Sunday Feb 27, 2022
Traditional approaches to feedback and marking focused on correcting mistakes.
In this episode we explore strategies the modern Mainstream approach uses:
-feedback for improvement
-finding your zone of proximal development
-ongoing and frequent feedback
-transparency
-specificity
-conferencing models
Sunday Feb 13, 2022
Sunday Feb 13, 2022
In this episode, we discuss classroom agreements, preventative strategies, incentives for good behaviour, IEPs for behaviour, student choice and behaviour management models.
Sunday Jan 16, 2022
Sunday Jan 16, 2022
There are few more controversial issues in schooling than that of homework. Should it exist? How much is enough? Does it support progress or extinguish a love of learning?
Tonight we dig into the pros and cons of the way the mainstream school system approaches homework.
In this episode we reference the paper "Does High School Homework Increase
Academic Achievement?" by Charlene Marie Kalenkoski & Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia, and the article "Key Lessons: What Research Says About the Value of Homework" from the Reading Rockets site. We also mention Alfie Kohn and his classic educational text, "The Homework Myth".
Join us! And feel free to add your own voice to the conversation at reinventingeducationpodcast@gmail.com
Friday Dec 24, 2021
Friday Dec 24, 2021
Merry New Years & Winter Celebrations!
We decided it would be a fun way to end the year to invite our friends Miriam (who is an integral coach) and Dwayne (an elementary school principal) along as we try to define the three types of school -Traditional, Mainstream and Progressive - in only ten words.
Take a listen and see if you think we get close...and play along yourself if you like. We'd love to hear your ten!
As always, get in touch at reinventingeducationpodcast@gmail.com
For more on Miriam's coaching: http://miriamthecoach.com/
Sunday Dec 12, 2021
Sunday Dec 12, 2021
The notion of learning as a joyous act with play at its centre has both its champions and detractors. We talked to early years educator Mark White about the benefits of integrating play into the classroom and the importance of educators being able to facilitate and nurture play.
Mark is a highly experienced inquiry educator with a specialism in loose parts play and play responsive learning. Join Rob and Brendan as they dig into notions of agency, safety, reflection and experience in this fascinating, and often controversial, area of education.
Get in touch at reinventingeducationpodcast@gmail.com