62 episodes
MindShift Podcast KQED
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- Kids & Family
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4.8 • 229 Ratings
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It’s easy to see a child’s education as a path determined by grades, test scores and extra curricular activities. But genuine learning is about so much more than the points schools tally. MindShift explores the future of learning and how we raise our kids. This podcast is part of the MindShift education site, a division of KQED News. You can also visit the MindShift website for episodes and supplemental blog posts or tweet us @MindShiftKQED or visit us at MindShift.KQED.org. Take our audience survey! https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/7297739/b0436be7b132
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Many Students Are Using Study Strategies That Don't Work — and Better Options Exist
Our guest, University of Virginia Professor Daniel Willingham, is the author of a new book to help us break the cycle of ineffective learning habits. In “Outsmart Your Brain,” he gives tips on how to listen when you’re sitting in a lecture, how to take notes that work for you, and how to study to retain information.
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How Centering Joy Can Make Learning More Relevant to Students and Teachers
Gholdy Muhammad is Professor of Literacy, Language and Culture at the University of Illinois and the author of Unearthing Joy: A Guide to Culturally and Historically, Responsive Teaching and Learning. She talks about joy in an educational context and how teachers can specifically incorporate joy into their work.
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How Youth Sports Became a Feast or Famine World
Running coach and author, Linda Flanagan, talks about her book, “Take Back the Game: How Money and Mania are Ruining Kids’ Sports and Why It Matters," and gives tips on how parents can tell when they've gone too far.
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Books Can Help Kids Practice Being Brave
Caldecott and Newbery Honoree Grace Lin and bestselling author Kate Messner talk about their new book “Once Upon A Book” and share advice on how to help kids cultivate a love of reading.
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Unlocking Students’ STEM Identities
Chris Emdin, is the Robert A. Naslund Endowed Chair in Curriculum & Teaching and a professor of education at the University of Southern California. He tells us how we might reimagine STEM subjects to be more inclusive and how to teach in a way that creates young people with strong STEM identities.
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Classroom Management as a Curriculum
Carla Shalaby, a former public school teacher who trains educators at the University of Michigan’s School of Education, offers new ways for teachers to think about classroom management.
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This episode was reported by Nimah Gobir. MindShift is produced by Ki Sung, Nimah Gobir and Kara Newhouse. Seth Samuel is our sound designer. Additional support from Chris Hambrick, Jen Chien, Ethan Toven- Lindsey and Holly Kernan.
Customer Reviews
Yay for New Season!
Great first episode back. The awareness being made surrounding assessments is crucial and something that must always be scrutinized and re-evaluated.
Professor full of empty air
Study strategies lecture
Professor typified the empty chatter of US colleges.
The tragedy is students in the USA pay a ransom to be a captive audience to them—and the professor gets a pay check.
I remember from the first day till decades later when we sat in the beginning of a University lecture was like a train starting — stop the conversation and jump on.
There are too many great books to read rather than listening to this.
The internet revolution allows us to filter much and see how much busy chatter is in US academics.
And his book won’t be on my list
Every episode is gold
This podcast adds so much to my life, I don’t know how I survived before it. Short yet tells a complete story that is well researched and captivating. As a parent this expands my view so wildly and for that I am appreciative.