229 episodes
The Cult of Pedagogy Podcast Jennifer Gonzalez
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Teaching strategies, classroom management, education reform, educational technology -- if it has something to do with teaching, we're talking about it. Jennifer Gonzalez interviews educators, students, administrators and parents about the psychological and social dynamics of school, trade secrets, and other juicy things you'll never learn in a textbook. For more fantastic resources for teachers, visit http://www.cultofpedagogy.com.
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207: The Youth Boxing Club That Is Changing Lives: Jamyle Cannon and The Bloc
The core activity of this after-school program is boxing, but it offers so much more to students. In this episode, I talk with Jamyle Cannon, executive director of The Bloc Chicago, about why this program has been so wildly successful at helping students achieve personal and academic success, and how other educators can follow the same model by building engaging programs around student interests in their communities.
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EduTip 22: Stop asking questions to the whole room.
When we ask a broad question to a large group — students, an audience, attendees at a meeting — we often get nothing in response. Plenty of the people probably have something to say; they just haven't been asked the right question.
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You can find full written versions of these tips at cultofpedagogy.com/edutips.
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Thanks to The Modern Classrooms Project for sponsoring this episode.
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206: The Thinking Classroom: An Interview with Peter Liljedahl
In too many classrooms, our students aren't really thinking. What they're doing instead is more like mimicking, and my guest Peter Liljedahl is determined to change that. In this episode, we'll learn about his Thinking Classroom approach to instruction, where students are up on their feet, actively and collaboratively problem-solving, in a format that has taken the math world (and beyond) by storm.
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EduTip 21: Bring some drama with an anticipatory set.
Anticipatory sets — quick preludes to your lessons — are a creative way to get students interested in what's to come. They are not an absolute necessity, but if you can work them in, they make a lesson just a little more special.
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You can find full written versions of these tips at cultofpedagogy.com/edutips.
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Thanks to The Modern Classrooms Project for sponsoring this episode.
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205: How to Use ChatGPT as an Example Machine
To learn any concept well, students need to experience multiple, varied examples of that concept, and coming up with those examples can be a time-consuming task for teachers. ChatGPT can help you get it done in a fraction of the time. In this episode, Stanford's Chris Mah and Sarah Levine show us how it works.
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EduTip 20: Don't give out your slides.
Many teachers give out copies of their slides as a supplement to a lecture or presentation, but this practice leads to terrible slides and ultimately, ineffective teaching. In this EduTip I'll share a better alternative.
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You can find full written versions of these tips at cultofpedagogy.com/edutips.
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Thanks to The Modern Classrooms Project for sponsoring this episode.
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