S4E16:Less is More with Katie Baker: Tips on Implementing Retrieval Practice
In this episode, Katie Baker, a 7th-8th grade Texas and United States history teacher, shares how to focus our energy on effective retrieval strategies we can manage. She also explains that she was spinning from all the available resources and pulled back to focus on what she could accomplish in ...
S3E4: Patrice Bain on “the room where it happened”
In this episode we’re delving into the inspiring tale of a real-life classroom, aka ‘The Room Where It Happened’. This unique researcher-teacher partnership, which was documented in the book Powerful Teaching, helped children not only to learn more effectively and efficiently by leveraging t...
123: Four Research-Based Strategies All Teachers Should Be Using
Cognitive scientists are learning more all the time about what strategies really work to help people learn, but teachers don't always know how to apply that knowledge in the classroom. In this episode, I talk with Pooja Agarwal and Patrice Bain, authors of the new book Powerful Teaching, about th...
Education Leaders LIVE | May Reflections
This is a bonus episode. Every last Thursday of the month, Shane sits down with Chris Scorer to pick apart the themes from the month's podcast guests, the stuff that stuck with them, the bits they disagreed on, and where it all leads. If you listen to the main feed, this is your chance to hear th...
When Scientists Enter Your Classroom | A Conversation with Patrice Bain
Patrice Bain's classroom was the first in the United States where cognitive scientists studied how children actually learn, not in a university laboratory, but with real students in a real school. That extraordinary starting point left her feeling completely alone professionally, with no colleagu...
Education Leaders LIVE | June Reflections
This is a bonus episoded. Join us every month for Education Leaders Live, where we explore key insights from our recent podcast episodes, including the importance of adaptability in leadership, the role of research in education, and how to foster a community of learning.
Key takeaways:
* Discover...
Season Two, Episode 8: Getting Hands-On
Summary
In this episode of Chalk Dust, Rebecca Birch and Nathaniel Swain are joined by STEM educator Amber Haven to explore what happens when explicit instruction meets genuinely engaging hands-on learning. Using footage from Amber’s middle-school STEM classroom, the discussion follows a lesson o...
When Teachers Get Excited About Brain Science | Shane & Suzy
Suzy Evans and Dr. Shane Saeed, instructional coordinators in Colorado's St. Vrain Valley School District, have spent eight years building a different kind of professional learning experience: a voluntary Science of Learning Collaborative, coordinator-led and increasingly teacher-powered. In this...
Powerful Teaching: 4 Research-Based Strategies That Help Learning Stick
#255: Some of the study strategies your students rely on most- rereading notes, highlighting, cramming the night before- actually give them a false sense of learning.
In this episode, I'm breaking down four research-based strategies from the book Powerful Teaching by Pooja Agarwal and Patrice Ba...
Can We Move Beyond the Pedagogy Wars?
Drew Perkins hosts a live panel at the Festival of Education with Elise Stephenson, Patrice Bain and Valentina Devid on the so-called pedagogy wars between explicit instruction and inquiry. Recorded in front of an audience, the conversation asks what role knowledge plays in critical thinking, whe...
