13 episodes
The Excellent Conversation (with Wes & Amie) Wes Carroll & Amie Dorsey
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5.0 • 2 Ratings
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Pro tutors Wes Carroll and Amie Dorsey share insider views on American high-school education... and more. We gab, we gripe, and sometimes we even get to work solving the real problems affecting all of us and our kids. // See the conversation on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXO0u6vZhrFyu9h0Z11h31Q
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WATEC misses you! (WATEC #012.5)
WATEC is taking a summer break. Looking forward to seeing you next month!
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Not a Fair Fight—Individual instruction squares off against classroom learning. (WATEC #012)
Wes and Ted debate individual vs group instruction. Why is individual instruction so much better? The person you're teaching is always more complicated than the subject you're discussing.https://tutorted.com | https://wescarroll.com00:37 Casual introduction of Wes and Ted and what has been going on lately06:15 How can I tell if Ted's class would be the best option for me?09:00 Chaos's role in creativity10:20 Choosing your own methods of organization and learning styles19:50 WC: A teacher's a...
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Plato vs Modern Education—What does it take to transmit wisdom? (WATEC #011)
"Plato scratched things in the dirt." Wes and Ted unpack that very cryptic quote that's been sitting on our planning spreadsheet since the beginning.https://tutorted.com | https://wescarroll.com
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Parenting—How do parenting and tutoring overlap? (WATEC #010)
Wes and Ted don't parent their students, do they?Tutor Ted knows that he connects with students in a way that a parent typically cannot. Wes, both a tutor and a parent, weighs the similarities between tutoring and parenting... and the differences that everyone can learn from.What can parents do that tutors can't... and vice-versa?https://tutorted.com | https://wescarroll.com
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The Post-Zoom Classroom—What have we learned from the pandemic? (WATEC #009)
Wes and Ted have been thinking about how changes to the traditional school structure affects students—in bad ways and in good. Today they venture (eventually!) into a chat about what specific aspects of school under pandemic might help us as we exit our quarantine—and hope these changes make education even better.https://tutorted.com | https://wescarroll.com
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Excellence, pt. 2—What is the true value of excellence? (WATEC #008)
Wes and Ted answer deeper questions about excellence. If we agree that excellence should not be an end goal, what should be? Does excellence represent craftsmanship rather than artistry? Is Bill Gates excellent? Is Mark Zuckerberg excellent, or something else? If excellence travels along a linear path (from, say, inept-to-adequate-to-good-to-excellent), what does that imply about the flexibility and utility of it? Is excellence an end-state or a waypoint?https://tutorted.com | h...