The Galactic Cow: Conversations about teaching, the Universe, and everything

emareena & ambar
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Have you ever imagined what role teaching and learning could play in the evolution of our species? Or how teaching and learning might change as we change, or reflect changes we need to make? If these questions resonate with you, or make you curious or excited, we want you to start conversations where you are too! In Season 1, we're going to explore how teaching, learning, and education might transform to reflect our changing needs as humans, and how we exist together.

  1. ٢٣ نوفمبر

    Between Kindness and Fear

    There is nothing easy about life in the United States right now, and being an educator holds an increasing weight and tension. Education, as an institution, is facing an existential crisis and without the certainty that education itself still matters, what can give us certainty?  What can we believe in that matters, regardless of our status or position in our institutions? Acknowledging our fear and its connection to kindness matter. That moment of recognition, of understanding that we all have known fear, presents us with many choices. What we choose in those moments of distress matters, and is a reflection of who we are in that moment, perhaps beyond. Join me for a short talk on the moments that exist between fear and kindness. References amb's IG reading (August 20 2024) Butler, O. (1993). Parable of the Sower. Seven Stories Press. NY. Daniels, E. (2022). Building a trauma-responsive educational practice: Lessons from a corrections classroom. Routledge. NY. Keltner, D. (2024). Awe: The new science of everyday wonder and how it can transform your life. Penguin Books.   Show Notes theme music: composed and performed by Alden Zac (here, here, here) thanks friend! editing & production:  emareena (who is relieved this is mostly listenable) logo:  emareena, who loves Galactica very much website:  galacticcow.com and, occasionally, on the blog

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  2. ١٤ أكتوبر

    Visible Mending and Generational Promise in Learning

    For our season's final episode, I wanted to bring as many of our episode themes together as possible.  To make it even more interesting, the conversation takes place outside of education – as an institution – almost entirely.  But so many of our concepts for this season show up – kindness, accountability and restorative processes, where public love shows up, trauma responsivity, generosity, creativity and risk taking, and maternal health.  As an educator, I am always curious about how ideas make their way into everyday living, and this conversation offers many glimpses into how that can happen. References Visible mending info:  https://www.goingzerowaste.com/blog/visible-mending/ Show Notes theme music: composed and performed by Alden Zac (here, here, here) thanks friend! editing & production:  emareena (who is relieved this is mostly listenable) logo:  emareena, who loves Galactica very much website:  galacticcow.com and, occasionally, on the blog

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  3. ٦ أكتوبر

    A Path to Scholarship: Creativity and Black Maternal Health

    I sometimes think that if I look inside the workings of truly outstanding teachers I will always find their wildly creative twin secretly pulling the levers!  That more people in academia are not strongly encouraged to not only pursue their creative interests but bring that creativity into their classrooms and scholarship kind of blows my mind.  If you are one of those academics with a tiny creative secretly running things from a chamber in your brain, this episode is for you! References Find Dr. Hunte: here and here Film/Theatre: Push: Black Mamas Changing the Culture of Birth and Sista in the Brotherhood Her research on maternal health disparities for women of color, and her role in launching the Healthy Birth Initiative Oregon's Momnibus bill, more detail here Show Notes theme music: composed and performed by Alden Zac (here, here, here) thanks friend! editing & production:  emareena (who is relieved this is mostly listenable) logo:  emareena, who loves Galactica very much website:  galacticcow.com and, occasionally, on the blog

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  4. ٢٩ سبتمبر

    Math, Creativity, and Taking Risks

    If you've ever been afraid of math, this episode is for you!  Also, if you are a math or art teacher, this episode is for you too!!  My guest this week and I had a conversation that turned out to be one of my personal favorites, partly because I spontaneously burst into math!  I can't believe I just typed that sentence but it is true, and it was called for and I stand by my conclusions 😊 Math is such a tremendous pain point for so many people, would it surprise you to learn that it has that in common with art?  Join us for this week's conversation, and maybe math will start to feel a little less scary ♥ Show Notes theme music: composed and performed by Alden Zac (here, here, here) thanks friend! editing & production:  emareena (who is relieved this is mostly listenable) logo:  emareena, who loves Galactica very much website:  galacticcow.com and, occasionally, on the blog.

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  5. ٢٢ سبتمبر

    Trauma-Responsivity and Teaching Practice

    I write and talk extensively about the impacts of trauma on learning, educational trauma, and how trauma-responsivity in teachers can provide a counter to the impacts, and interrupt cycles of harm.  I learned these things largely through my own practice, and applying research and observation, but hearing how other people interpret and apply this work is a full-on blessing from the Universe. There are many things teachers do instinctively that are helpful with regard to trauma, but we have also all been through and witnessed educational harm. Our own educational journey is usually where we learned our default habits, reactions, and behaviors whether we enjoyed that journey or not.  This episode's guests and I have a warm and loving conversation about kindness, trust, and how experiencing those things for ourselves brings home how important it is to offer them to students. References  Building a Trauma-Responsive Educational Practice: Lessons from a Corrections Classroom (Daniels, 2022) Galactic Cow, S2E1 with Dr. Cate Denial - Kindness, Learning, and Higher Ed Jenn Brazleton, on the interwebs   Show Notes theme music: composed and performed by Alden Zac (here, here, here) thanks friend! editing & production:  emareena (who is relieved this is mostly listenable) logo:  emareena, who loves Galactica very much website:  galacticcow.com and, occasionally, on the blog

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  6. ٤ سبتمبر

    Generosity, Learning, and Improvisation

    Prentis Hemphill and Ancestor Andrea Gibson both talked often about how the more difficult the world feels, the more we need to let ourselves soften.  As an educator, it is not easy to know what softeness means, especially in the challenging times we face.  I think often of generosity, and what it means to be a generous teacher, how we practice generosity in the act of teaching.  This week's conversation takes us into a discussion of the art of improv as one pathway into generosity, and you are invited join us on the journey ♥ References  Contact Brad!  Www.bradfortier.com and Brad on LinkedIn Brad's Publications Longform Improvisation: Collaboration, Comedy, and Communion; LAP publishing, 2010 A Culture of Play: Essays on the Origins, Applications, and Effects of Improvised Theatre; Lulu Publishing; 2012 "Creating a Spontaneous Village: Community from Play"; Applied Improvisation - Leading, Collaborating, and Creating Beyond the Theatre; Dudeck, Theresa Robbins  & McClure, Caitlin Editors. Bloomsbury; 2018 Books Mentioned "Group Genius" (R. Keith Sawyer) "Freeplay" (Stephen Nachmanovitch) on my shelf! "Awe" by (Dacher Keltner) also on my shelf! Show Notes theme music: composed and performed by Alden Zac (here, here, here) thanks friend! editing & production:  emareena (who is relieved this is mostly listenable) logo:  emareena, who loves Galactica very much website:  galacticcow.com and, occasionally, on the blog

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  7. ٢٨ أغسطس

    Accountability and Restorative Practice in Teaching

    Facing all the ways our systems are struggling and failing can feel like a whirlpool of rage, grief, and confusion. Finding some point of stability that we can use to orient ourselves is imperative, especially as we seek our common humanity. In the face of egregious and flagrant violations of our dignity and autonomy, a conversation about accountability may seem like a fantasy, but it is sorely needed. Taking time to reflect on who we want to be in these moments of darkness, and how we hold ourselves to that vision is a necessity. Imagining what accountability could look like, how it could change our relationships and learning, is an invitation as we seek to build something new and different. We invite you into a conversation about learning, relationships, education, and accountability, and to dream of what might be. References Sidney Morgan, owner of Red Sea Road Consulting LLC adrienne maree brown on the difference in restorative/transformative justice Davis, Dr. Fania. The Little Book of Race and Restorative Justice. Eds. Beyond Survival. Eds. Colorizing Restorative Justice. Zehr, Howard. Changing Lenses (25th ed). Show Notes theme music: composed and performed by Alden Zac (here, here, here) thanks friend! editing & production:  emareena (who is relieved this is mostly listenable) logo:  emareena, who loves Galactica very much website:  galacticcow.com and, occasionally, on the blog

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  8. ١٧ يوليو

    Public Love in Education

    If you are an educator, chances are things are feeling pretty grim.  And honestly, the educational landscape IS bleak right now, but don't lose hope - this is the time for us to put our imaginations into overdrive and consider what comes next.  In this episode, Dr. Pui-Yan Lam joins me to pull on some of last season's conversational threads about love in education, and what the presence of love in the classroom means.  Join us for a deep discussion about love in education, what the absence of love has created, and how love as a common good might change education. References  Daniels, Em (2022) Building a Trauma-Responsive Educational Practice: Lessons from a Corrections Classroom Galactic Cow Season 1, Ep 5:  Embodied Love in Teaching Living as a Writer: Public Love in Education, Part 1 Extending Ourselves: Public Love in Education, Part 2    Show Notes theme music: composed and performed by Alden Zac (here, here, here) thanks friend! editing & production:  emareena (who is relieved this is mostly listenable) logo:  emareena, who loves Galactica very much website:  galacticcow.com and, occasionally, on the blog

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Have you ever imagined what role teaching and learning could play in the evolution of our species? Or how teaching and learning might change as we change, or reflect changes we need to make? If these questions resonate with you, or make you curious or excited, we want you to start conversations where you are too! In Season 1, we're going to explore how teaching, learning, and education might transform to reflect our changing needs as humans, and how we exist together.

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