School Spirits

SchoolSpirits Podcast
  • 5.0 (15)
  • EDUCATION

Join former teachers and current doctoral students Katherine and Holland as they offer engaging summaries of thought-provoking articles to support your teaching practice. It’s like teacher happy hour, but with a little more research and a lot fewer complaints about lunch duty.

  1. 09/06/2021

    Episode 15 - Universal Design for Learning

    Katherine and Holland get some help from listeners with this episode's spirit and topic. Join them as they unpack what Universal Design for Learning means and how it can be applied to different contexts and cocktails. Katherine discusses how UDL is applied to learning during COVID times in an article by Dr. James D. Basham, Dr. Jose Blackorby and Dr. Matthew T. Marino, and Holland talks about the relationship between UDL and culturally responsive practice with an article by Dr. Krista James.

    45 min

  2. 08/09/2021

    Episode 14 - Policy

    Join Katherine and Holland as they mourn the end of summer break with a Mo-summer-jito and talk educational policy. In this episode, your hosts cover an article by Brendan Bartanen, Jason Grissom, Ela Joshi, and Marc Meredith, as well as an article by Matthew Gardner Kelly. Ease back into the new school year by considering what educational policy might mean for you.

    47 min

  3. 07/12/2021

    Episode 13 - Learning Theories

    Buckle up: it's gonna be a bumpy ride as your tour guides, Katherine and Holland, guide you through some major theories of learning in the education field. Bring along a Whiteboard Marker-ita as we begin with behaviorism and end with critical theories. Maybe you'll recognize some oldies but goodies along the way (Vygotsky, we're looking at you)!

    58 min

  4. 06/21/2021

    Episode 12 - Professional Development

    Holland and Katherine enjoy a Mango Inquiri as they chat about what teachers sometimes don't enjoy: professional development. Listen along as they talk about an article by Danielle Lillge along with an article by Brady Ridge and Alyson Lavigne.

    54 min

  5. 04/27/2021

    Episode 11 - Homework

    Katherine and Holland experiment with a Dirty March-tini as they talk out their deep feelings around homework. Listen in as they discuss articles by Troels Lange and Tamsin Meaney as well as Carolyn Clarke and Barbara Comber. Don't worry: this isn't a homework assignment!

    46 min

  6. 04/05/2021

    Episode 10 - Foundational Articles, Part 2

    Holland and Katherine sample a Hopscotch while chatting about two recent articles whose research builds on the foundational work from episode 9, about funds of knowledge and mathematical knowledge for teaching. Join them as they discuss articles by Dr. Cati de los Rios and Arthur Molina as well as Dr. Yujin Lee, Dr. Robert Capraro, and Dr. Mary Margaret Capraro.

    43 min

  7. 02/23/2021

    Episode 9 - Foundational Articles, Part 1

    Katherine and Holland sip on an Old School as they discuss two articles they consider to be foundational to their fields. Listen along as they explore the ideas of Dr. Deborah Loewenberg Ball, Dr. Heather Hill, and Dr. Hyman Bass, along with Dr. Norma Gonzalez, Dr. Luis Moll, Dr. Martha Floyd Tenery, Dr. Anna Rivera, Patricia Rendon, Raquel Gonzales, and Dr. Cathy Amanti.

    51 min

  8. 01/15/2021

    Episode 8 - Tracking

    Holland and Katherine dive into the controversial topic of tracking with an article by Dr. Kamilah Legette and another by Dr. Alonzo Flowers III and Dr. Rosa Banda. This episode is for the sherry lovers out there as they try their hand at making a BamZoom.

    41 min
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Join former teachers and current doctoral students Katherine and Holland as they offer engaging summaries of thought-provoking articles to support your teaching practice. It’s like teacher happy hour, but with a little more research and a lot fewer complaints about lunch duty.

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  • Creator
    SchoolSpirits Podcast
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2021
  • Episodes
    15
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © SchoolSpirits Podcast
  • Show Website
    School Spirits