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This podcast, sponsored and operated by the Center for Professional Education of Teachers (or CPET) at Teachers College, aims to tackle the educational issues of the day with educational experts, inside and outside of the classroom. These weekly podcasts will provide new possibilities for your classroom, discuss mainstream educational issues, and contextualize pedagogy and policy in the broader American context.

  1. The NYC Chancellor Push for Integration and Anti-Bias Training

    06/27/2018

    The NYC Chancellor Push for Integration and Anti-Bias Training

    We discuss current debates over integration that are emerging nation-wide through the battle for integration in New York City's District 3. We also examine the new NYC Chancellor's response to protests over integration, and discuss what it means for NYC schools, what it means about parents in the fight for integraiton, and what the future may hold as our schools become more diverse.

    42 min
  2. Understanding American Education Within an International Context

    06/20/2018

    Understanding American Education Within an International Context

    Both national and state governments decry the American educational system compared to others; therefore, we take a long hard look at the American educational system in an international context to understand the differences between the U.S. and the rest of the world. We focus on schooling structure, school investment, school performance, and the connection between education and the labor market.

    37 min
  3. Fighting Math Phobia

    06/13/2018

    Fighting Math Phobia

    We discuss why students have aversions to math, where they come from, and what teachers can do to break down these barriers.

    31 min
  4. Revisiting the Gun Debate

    06/06/2018

    Revisiting the Gun Debate

    We discuss what has and has not changed policywise and discursively since the Parkland shooting and March for Our Lives. After this discussion, our crew tries to unpack the way forward and what teachers can do.

    38 min
  5. A Teacher's Summer

    05/30/2018

    A Teacher's Summer

    We discuss what teachers can and should do over the summer. With such a draining job during the school year, sometimes teachers don't use their summer in a way that recharges them for the upcoming school year. We want to share our tried and true practices for optimizing that summer time for your health and work!

    16 min
  6. End of Year Reflections: Workshopping Your Core Values

    05/23/2018

    End of Year Reflections: Workshopping Your Core Values

    We discuss the process for end of year reflections for teachers, and how they impact the sustainability of the teaching profession. With the focus on teacher evaluations and students' academic performance, it can be difficult for teachers to find time to look inward. We probe different frameworks to make these reflections as easy as possible and to prepare teachers for continued success.

    39 min
  7. Celebrate Good Times: Wrapping up the School Year

    05/17/2018

    Celebrate Good Times: Wrapping up the School Year

    We discuss effective ways to end the school year with an emphasis on celebrating student accomplishments. We then discuss how to set up students and their families to carry those good feelings through the summer.

    25 min
  8. Classroom Groupings: How Do We Do It?

    05/09/2018

    Classroom Groupings: How Do We Do It?

    We discuss group work in classrooms while trying to highlight best practices that we have seen throughout the city, including heterogeneous and homogeneous groupings. The podcast contains multiple interviews with CPET coaches offering their unique takes. Each take provides a different framework for approaching group work during classwork for the most effective results.

    46 min
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This podcast, sponsored and operated by the Center for Professional Education of Teachers (or CPET) at Teachers College, aims to tackle the educational issues of the day with educational experts, inside and outside of the classroom. These weekly podcasts will provide new possibilities for your classroom, discuss mainstream educational issues, and contextualize pedagogy and policy in the broader American context.

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  • Creator
    CPET
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2018
  • Episodes
    51
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © All rights reserved
  • Show Website
    CenterED Teaching