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Pandemic PedagogyEpisode #9 Sarah FaulxWhat do you think of when you imagine what attunement looks like?
How often do you practice active listening?
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In this final episode, Sarah Faulx will share her experiences as a therapist. Again - so much of the ways in which we are human are amplified when we are in a teaching or therapy setting. How we as educators/therapists harness that humanness will vary. Some are boisterous and grab attention with humor. Others are quick to react. Still others lose themselves in the lecture. There is no one-size-fits-all. However, one...2021-07-2946 minPandemic PedagogyEpisode #8 - How to Make Caring Creative: Attendance Animals, My Little Ponies, and PSYC 101Rachel Kallem Whitman is an adjunct professor of Psychology at Duquesne University. She is also a writer, activist, and someone I am honored to call my friend. The crux of our conversation is based upon the shared understanding between us that educators should be making learning possible by making sure that students feel safe. Though we didn't reference it in this conversation, Rachel and I have spoken many times about the concept of shared vulnerability. By showing our students that we are human, they are hopefully able to feel safe.
Mentioned in the podcast - Can MDMA Treat Racial Trauma...2021-07-2248 minPandemic PedagogyEpisode #7 - Sean Yeager“The goals isn’t to drag them across the finish line — to check the boxes. It is to help them learn” - Sean Yeager. Shouldn't that be the goal for all of us? Take a listen to Sean's perspective on interdisciplinary teaching, radical inclusivity, and not taking anything for granted as 'universally understood'. Through this combination of methods, Sean has created a pedagogy that prioritizes intellectual growth without doing so at the expense of a student's health and shows us that learning happens when our students feel heard, acknowledged, and respected.
A few shout-outs from this episode...2021-07-1524 minPandemic PedagogyEpisode #6 - Nicky Kenline LewisI hope you are as lucky as I am to have friends with whom you can discuss a variety of topics that might span undergarments to philosophies of education. Nicky Lewis is that friend for me. Nicky is formally trained with an MAT; however, it is Nicky's way of deconstructing and re-constructing learning environments that, in my mind, showcase her educational prowess. She is also able to sift through what seems to be the overwhelming amount of bureaucracy that is inevitable in institutional learning and focus on what is most important - real learning objectives that are meant to...2021-06-1741 minPandemic PedagogyEpisode #5 - Janet HubbardThis episode provides the perspective of the educator and administrator. Janet Hubbard has been teaching and leading in secondary education for over 20 years. She shares her experience transitioning to pandemic times while working in leadership an independent school of the Pacific Northwest. Stay tuned!
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Thank...2021-06-1046 minPandemic PedagogyEpisode #4 - O'Ryan ArrowrootIn Episode #2, we heard Erin discuss the challenges of teaching ballet through the zoom platform. In this episode, O'Ryan will share with us what he sees as some of the benefits of teaching performance art through zoom.
I have learned so much through listening to colleagues of all stripes as they explain their teaching methods and challenges. O'Ryan brings me back to the original reason that I was drawn to the classroom - that feeling of mutual vulnerability and collaboration. Have you ever thought about why a clown might include deprecating tricks in...2021-06-0333 minPandemic PedagogyEpisode #3 Nuria Ballesteros SoriaFor many of us, what has been driving our methodology in the classroom is empathy. In fact, this podcast was born out of an inquiry regarding the role of empathy in the classroom. When thinking about the ways that we can enact and exemplify empathy, one of the most striking examples is paying attention to how students are feeling, not just how they are learning. Nuria keeps this front and center in her teaching.
For more information about Nuria, you can read about one of her most recent achievements receiving the graduate student teaching award!2021-05-2748 minPandemic PedagogyEpisode #2 Erin HalloranThere is a physicality to ALL teaching. It is inherent in the sense that we are human; and, as humans, possess bodies. The virtual setting has prompted all of us to consider what it means to be embodied and it has never seemed more prescient than when thinking about teaching and learning. And yet, you add yet another level of complication when what is being taught requires movement, presence, and is not easily captured through the confines of a small screen. Erin Halloran sheds light on this complication and opportunity in Episode #2 of our podcast.
2021-05-2039 minPandemic PedagogyEpisode #1 - Kelli GreenIn this initial episode, I interview a long-lost friend from grade school - Kelli Green. Kelli has had an enormous variety of experience. She says - and I agree - that she has a teacher's heart. 2021-05-1345 minPandemic PedagogyIntroduction to the seriesIntroducing … THE PANDEMIC PEDAGOGY PODCAST. [forthcoming]This podcast is for ANY person who self-identifies as engaging in teaching in ANY capacity and finds themselves struggling to adapt to the current climate of hybrid, remote, virtual learning in the CoVID era. Do you own a karate dojo and have developed some compelling teaching strategies - this podcast is for you. You have been teaching kindergarten for 10 years, this podcast is for you. You teach a graduate level seminar on nanotechnology, this podcast is for you. Have you ever wondered what great educators have in common? Are you curious to he...2021-05-0602 min