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Thinking in the MidstOn Gardening with Indigenous FeminismsJessica, Kali, Kat, Mishuana, and Sandy join Cara to talk about indigenous feminists philosophy, why gardening is a rich and fertile metaphor for their work, and tending to communities with care. This episode showcases the 75th Anniversary of Educational Theory.For their paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/edth.70075For Sandy’s original paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1741-5446.2003.00329.xFor the 75th Anniversary Issue: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17415446/2026/76/1For more work by Sandy: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/red-pedagogy-9781610489881/For more work by Kal...
2026-02-1249 minThinking in the MidstOn Philosophers, Schools, and DemocracyGert and Michele join Cara to talk about philosophers, schools, and education. They ask us to consider what matters? The role of schools as places of inquiry? And how these and many more questions effect schools, teachers, and students at all levels? This episode showcases the 75th Anniversary of Educational Theory.For Gert's essay: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11217-010-9191-xand original essay: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1741-5446.2006.00241.xand more writing by Gert: https://www.routledge.com/World-Centred-Education-A-View-for-the-Present/Biesta/p/book/9780367565527
2026-01-2952 minThinking in the MidstOn Philosophers, Schools, and DemocracyGert and Michelle join Cara to talk about philosophers, schools, and education. They ask us to consider what matters? The role of schools as places of inquiry? And how these and many more questions effect schools for students at all levels. This episode showcases the 75th Anniversary Issue of Educational Theory. For Gert's essay: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/GRUNEBTCKSH3HUNKAFYJ?target=10.1111/edth.70063and the original essay: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/ENHTUNKEQPYRUCREP48Z?target=10.1111/j.1741-5446.2006.00241.xFor more writing by Gert: https://www.routledge.com...
2026-01-2852 minThinking in the MidstOn Belonging, Children's Literature, and CommunityAnmarie, Diane, and Myra join Cara to talk about belonging, place, and children's literature. To learn more about Behind the Book check out: https://www.behindthebook.org/To learn more about Dr. Diane's work check out: https://www.drdianeadventures.com/
2026-01-2159 minThinking in the MidstOn School as PlacePhilip Francis, Tom Van Winkle, and Rachel Seher join Cara to talk about place as school and what it means to build a relationship with places and the people in them. Seguinland Institute is currently accepting applications for its Spring '26 and Fall '26 semester programs: Check them out and Philip's here!Check out Rachel's work here and here! Check out Tom's work and Williams Mystic here!
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Teaching from an Ethical Center: an Inquiry Among FriendsCo-Creating Meaning with ChildrenWhat does it mean to listen closely to children's ways of making sense? How can we create curriculum that is rich, rigorous, and full of meaning? In this week's episode, Jessica dives into the intricacies of finding meaning in mathematics, children's thinking, and the teaching profession. Enjoy.
2025-11-1144 minThinking in the MidstOn Place-Responsive Education and JusticeGil and Mara sat down to talk with Cara about what place-responsive and place based education could be. They contrasted this with schools where learning is removed from the environment, and schools that even make this removal part of the educational goal. To learn more about this year's philosophy of education conference: https://www.philosophyofeducation.org/To learn more about this topic from Gil, check out: https://www.routledge.com/Teaching-Democracy-in-an-Age-of-Uncertainty-Place-Responsive-Learning/Burgh-Thornton/p/book/9780367565091To learn more about this topic from Mara, check out:
2025-11-0659 minThinking in the MidstOn Youth Sports and DemocracyEmmalee, Kathy, and Kurt sat down to talk with Cara about youth sports and democracy. They explained how practices from cell phones in the locker room, financial accessibility, and whether you play for the town team influence democratic habits. Listen and keep the conversation going with your teams and players. To learn more about this year's philosophy of education conference and submit: https://www.philosophyofeducation.org/For more on this topic from Kathy and Kurt check out:https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/23328584241311810
2025-10-161h 06Thinking in the MidstOn Place Based Education and Nature Based EducationPattie and David sat down with Cara to talk about place based education and nature based education! They offer a vision of education that is responsive, local, and practical!For more of Pattie's work check out: https://shop.gryphonhouse.com/products/partnering-with-nature-in-early-childhood?variant=47751201095972 and https://shop.gryphonhouse.com/products/evaluating-natureness?variant=47751127630116.For more of David's work check out: https://www.davidsobelauthor.com/To learn more about the Philosophy and Education annual meeting: https://www.philosophyofeducation.org/
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Dr. Diane's Adventures in LearningConnecting the Dots: Nurturing Empathy and Ethical Teaching in Early Education with Dr. Cara FurmanSend us a textJoin us on a transformative journey with Dr. Cara Furman as we delve into the heart of early childhood education, exploring how empathy and ethics shape young minds.In this episode, Dr. Diane discusses the profound impact of connecting the dots between empathy and engaged learning with Dr. Cara Furman, a leading figure in early education and teaching from an ethical center. We explore how educators can maintain their core values in dynamic classroom environments through practical wisdom and empathy. With thematic curriculum integration and the power of diverse children's literature...
2025-09-2644 minTeaching from an Ethical Center: an Inquiry Among FriendsResponding to Children with Emergent CurriculumWhat happened? What might it mean? What do I do next? How do we stop to reflect as teachers in order to be more responsive to children? What does teaching look like when its guided by a commitment to asking big questions with children and working through these questions through arts, science, literature, our bodies and so much more. In this week's episode Rafa gives a rich and textured view into into Reggio inspired teaching in español. Join us.
2025-09-1248 minTeaching from an Ethical Center: an Inquiry Among FriendsDemocracy, Care, Going Outside, and LearningWhat can be taught and learned from daily forays outside? How can we teach math, civics, and friendship all at once? What action steps can schools and teachers take to ensure every child is known? Come outside and learn with Becky as she talks with Cara about getting her 5th grade students measuring angles, creating constitutions, and working together to solve problems big and small.
2025-07-0135 minThinking in the Midst73. On Death, Education, and AcknowledgmentNaoko Saito, Jim Garrison, and Vincent Colapietro sit down with Cara and Derek to talk through Dr. Saito's General Session paper at PES 2025. The paper itself will appear in an upcoming issue of Philosophy of Education, but for more of Dr. Saito's related work (mentioned in the episode), see her recent American Philosophy in Translation. For Garrison's very important essay (also mentioned in the episode), see "A Deweyan Theory of Democratic Listening."And for Colapietro's recent work on relationality, see his "Relations, Ruptures, and Rituals," as well as his "Quotidian Tasks."Use this...
2025-06-201h 17Thinking in the Midst72. On Mentoring (PES panel)Our second and final recording of a PES session, this episode features Paul Geis, Brad Rowe, Natasha Levinson, Christina Donaldson, and Cara Furman reflecting on mentorship in our field and in academia more broadly. This PES panel discussion was sponsored by the Committee on Mentoring.To recommend future guests and topics, use this link!
2025-06-061h 04Thinking in the Midst71. On Democracy, Civic Education, and Beloved Community (sponsored by NEPES)Ariana Zetlin and Vik Joshi join Cara and Derek to talk about the 2024 Northeast Philosophy of Education Society meeting and the way it assisted the fantastic work that they share with us here. For more info on Project Belonging, click here.For the 2025 NEPES call for papers, click hereAs always, recommend future topics and guests here.
2025-05-2349 minThinking in the Midst70. On Philosophy CampsIn a special hyper-alliterative episode, Claire Katz, Cristina Cammarano, and Clarissa Thompson join Cara and Derek to talk about philosophy in summer camp settings.For scholarly work on philosophy camps in general, click here and here.For information on Claire’s camp, including how to sign up for this year’s offerings, click here.To request information and reserve a spot in Cristina’s camp, click here.And see these links for Clarissa’s organization and camp.As always, use this form to recommend future guests and episodes!
2025-05-021h 05Teaching from an Ethical Center: an Inquiry Among FriendsTeaching with Joy: An Inquiry Among FriendsWhat does it mean to teach from an Ethical Center? What are the benefits of inquiring into this work among friends? In this season experienced and gifted teachers continue to reflect with a focus on curriculum! Each episode will zoom in on one teacher to share how they teach for joy, meaning, and from wisdom in daily actions and how they navigate the current educational terrain!
2025-04-1903 minThinking in the Midst69. On Education in/and Climate EmergenciesTristan Gleason and John Mullen sit down with Cara and Derek to talk about a wide range of matters, from science education to ecology to climate and beyond. For more of John's work, click here, here, and hereFor more of Tristan's work, click here, here, and hereAnd for an incomplete bibliography of what we discussed in this episode, see all of these several links.And as always, use this form to recommend future guests and topics!
2025-04-1154 minThinking in the Midst68. On Aging, with Barbara Applebaum, Barb Stengel, Deb Kerdeman, and Nicholas BurbulesThis episode presents a panel from PES 2025 entitled "Philosophy, the Coming of Age, and the Future of the Future," and consisting of papers by Barbara Applebaum, Barb Stengel, Deborah Kerdeman, and Nicholas Burbules.To recommend future guests and topics, please use this form!
2025-03-2849 minThinking in the Midst67. On Artificial Intelligence (AI)Meredith Broussard and Sasha Sidorkin sit down with Cara and Derek to talk about what artificial intelligence can be, how it works, what it’s for, and what it all means.For Meredith’s books on the subject, click here and here.For Sasha’s latest books, click here and here (and for an AI-generated podcast about the most recent book — WHAT ARE CARA AND I EVEN DOING ANYMORE — click here).To recommend future guests and topics, please use this form!
2025-02-281h 02Thinking in the Midst66. On Consensus, Legitimacy, and Local ControlCam Scribner and Kathleen Knight Abowitz join Cara and Derek to discuss a topic arising out of Scribner's contribution to Concordia University's fall institute on “Political Challenges of/for/in 21st Century Schools: Addressing Polarization in the Classroom.” There's a lot of talk about "small-c conservatism" in this one.For more of Cam's work, click here, here, and here.For Kathleen's work. click here, here, and here.Use this form to suggest future topics and guests!
2025-02-141h 16Teaching from an Ethical Center: an Inquiry Among FriendsActing in the Best Interest of the ChildWhat does it mean to act in the best interest of the child? How can that commitment inform instruction? How do teachers resist when practices are not in a child's best interest. Step outside the four walls of the classroom as Kristen talks with Cara about teaching children how to assess risks and hazards, getting children out to the woods, and making sure children's basic needs are met at school.
2025-02-0626 minThinking in the Midst65. On Democracy, Education, and PluralismNicholas Tampio and Kathy Hytten join Cara and Derek to talk about Dewey, political saturation, democratic habits, and how expensive youth hockey is.
For Kathy's works, click here and here
For Nick's edition and intro to Democracy and Education, click here. And for his Common Core book, click here. And for public-facing work on Dewey, click here.
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2025-01-3154 minThinking in the Midst64. On Indoctrination (GroundWorks session)A live episode! GroundWorks's 2024 edition features a piece on "Systemic Indoctrination" by Fedor Korochkin, and in an event held Tuesday, January 14th, he gave it as a talk, with Christopher Martin and Rebecca Taylor responding, and followed by a Q&A session.
Here is the paper at the GroundWorks website, and
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2025-01-171h 11Thinking in the Midst63. On (More) Books Worth ReadingDoctoral students Phoebe Gilpin, Martha Perez-Mugg, and Arham Kazi sit down with Cara and Derek to talk about the writings that drew them to philosophy in the first place, the books they've encountered through their studies, and the works that they find themselves drawing upon in their own writing, as well.
As always, please use this form to recommend future topics and guests.
Works we talked about in this episode:
Plato's Euthyphro
David Labaree, "Public Goods, Private Goods"
bell hooks, Teaching to Transgress
Michel Foucault, Discipline and...
2025-01-031h 03Thinking in the Midst62. The Philosophy of Education FinanceDave Backer and Heather DuBois Bourenane join Cara and Derek to talk about how schools are funded, the way investment vehicles (as well as quantities) reflect certain social commitments, and what it all means for the way we (literally) value schooling.
For Heather's organization, WPEN, click here.
For Dave's forthcoming book, click here.
The Shanker Institute's School Finance Indicators Database
The bond statement search engine that Dave mentioned.
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2024-12-201h 02Thinking in the Midst61. On Teaching with FidelityThis week, we present another cross-posted episode -- this time featuring Cara's podcast Teaching from an Ethical Center. This week's guest, Jia Lee, talks to Cara about the idea of adapting curriculum to fit her students, the idea of "fidelity" as policymakers and curriculum designers use the term, and what else it might mean, as well.
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2024-12-1335 minThinking in the Midst60. On Objects of/as Romantic AttachmentIn this episode, we're featuring a philosophical conversation in a different register, re-releasing a conversation between Derek and Annie Schultz about the 1998 film You've Got Mail. Is Nora Ephron an early object-oriented ontologist? What can we expect or hope to learn from fictional characters?
The New Yorker article on Nora Ephron we referenced
The Atlantic piece on the gentrification of the self.
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2024-12-061h 23Thinking in the Midst59. On CensorshipPEN America's Jeremy Young and the University of Connecticut's Michael Lynch join Cara and Derek to talk about the use of state power to restrict what can be discussed and studied in educational institutions, particularly, though not exclusively, colleges and universities.
Jeremy's report, America's Censored Classrooms 2024
Michael's forthcoming On Truth in Politics (available for preorder)
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2024-11-221h 01Thinking in the Midst58. On Sex EducationCasey Burkholder, Stephanie Jones, and Lauren Bialystok join Cara and Derek to talk about what ELSE we're teaching when we teach -- and argue about -- sexuality, and how it might be different.
For more of Casey's work, click here, here, here, and here.
Here is Lauren's book, and here is the book chapter she mentioned in the episode.
And for Stephanie's work, click here, here, here, and here.
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2024-11-151h 10Thinking in the Midst57. On Conferences and CommunityKatie Sellars and Alex Nikolaidis sit down with Cara and Derek to talk about their experiences with academic conferences in general, and with the Ohio Valley Philosophy of Education Society in particular.
For Alex's work, see his website.
For Katie's projects, see her website, too.
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2024-11-0155 minThinking in the Midst56. On Aesthetics, the Everyday, and the OrdinarySara Hardman and Elizabeth O'Brien join Cara and Derek to talk about -- I don't know how else to say it -- the mattering of the spaces where teachers work and children learn: how valorization and valuation work in and through educational settings.
For Elizabeth's book, click here.
For Sara's dissertation, hopefully a preview of the book to come, click here.
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2024-10-181h 11Thinking in the Midst55. On Service to Academic SocietiesWith NEPES right around the corner -- tomorrow, in fact -- Siri Ranganath and Drew Chambers join Cara and Derek to talk about what motivates them to serve in organizational offices, what the work is like, and how they approach it.
To see the NEPES program, click here.
For Drew's personal website, click here.
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2024-10-0457 minTeaching from an Ethical Center: an Inquiry Among FriendsTeaching with Integrity: Teaching Responsively for EquityThis week I sat down with experienced educator Jia Lee to hear more about her special capacity to connect with all children. Jia described in detail her capacity to adapt curriculum and even mid lesson to honor and engage with students. She described her journey to embrace the whole child. Her capacity to name challenges and forge ways forward with enthusiasm, joy, and humor, inspired me and I'm sure will inspire you too!
2024-09-2733 minThinking in the Midst54. On Formative Higher Education, Part TwoChris Higgins and Kristen Case are back with Cara and Derek to finish talking about Chris's new book, Undeclared: A Philosophy of Formative Higher Education.
For Kristen's awesome work, visit her website.
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2024-09-231h 01Thinking in the Midst53. On Formative Higher Education, Part OneChris Higgins and Kristen Case join Cara and Derek to talk about Chris's new book, Undeclared: A Philosophy of Formative Higher Education.
For Kristen's awesome work, visit her website.
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2024-09-0652 minThinking in the Midst52. On Political Conversations in the ClassroomPaula McAvoy and Pablo Wolfe join us to discuss the whys and the hows of fostering conversations about even the most fraught political issues in educational spaces like classrooms.
LINKS:
Here is Paula's The Political Classroom (with Diana Hess). More recent work of hers to help practitioners with these issues can be found here and here.
And here is Pablo's The Civically Engaged Classroom. His organization, the Coalition of Civically Engaged Educators, is linked here.
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2024-08-231h 03Thinking in the Midst51. On Homeschooling and Self-Directed LearningKrystal Dillard and Kyle Greenwalt talk about the hows and whys of doing schooling beyond the schools.
Here is Natural Creativity, the organization that Krystal co-directs.
The 74 covered Krystal's work, as well, in this piece.
Kyle's work is all available on his ResearchGate page, but these two pieces in Ed Theory and The Conversation are particularly worth highlighting.
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2024-08-0954 minThinking in the Midst50. On Presidential Addresses, Good Responses, and Imposter SyndromeIn a follow-up to episode 47, AG Rud and Sarah Stitzlein sit down with Cara and Derek to talk about the process of selecting a conference theme, writing a presidential address, composing a good response, and sharing one's ideas in public.
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2024-07-2635 minTeaching from an Ethical Center: an Inquiry Among FriendsHonoring Young PeopleHear long-term facilitator and co-director of Natural Creativity Krystal Dillard describe how she works alongside young people as they pursue their own problems and projects.
2024-07-1540 minThinking in the Midst49. On Philosophy and/of Education PolicyJon Shelton and Neil Kraus join Cara and Derek to talk about the way education policy imagines the relationship between schooling, workforce preparation, socioeconomic security, and individual fulfillment -- and why it is all a sham.
Jon's excellent book, The Education Myth
Neil's excellent book, The Fantasy Economy
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2024-07-121h 15Thinking in the Midst48. On Education in/and Popular CultureKip Kline and Jeff Dudas join Cara and Derek to talk discuss their work on the educative power of pop culture artifacts, the use of popular media in the classroom, and the fantasies of education (tm Winston Thompson) that certain films, in particular express.
For Kip's book on Baudrillard and film, click here.
For Jeffrey's most recent book, click here.
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2024-07-051h 03Thinking in the Midst47. "Challenges for Philosophers of Education in a Post-Truth Infosphere" (PES Presidential address)In this special episode, we once again feature the most recent PES meeting's Presidential Address -- given by AG Rud, this year -- and the response, which is delivered by Sarah Stitzlein. We'll link to their recent work in a follow-up episode with them, where we'll discuss the address and the response, and what it's like to create and deliver that kind of thing.
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2024-06-2856 minTeaching from an Ethical Center: an Inquiry Among FriendsWelcoming with CareHear elementary special education teacher Vanessa share how she helps build communities that welcome the whole child by making space for how they learn, who and where they come from, and what they need on a given day!
2024-06-1828 minThinking in the Midst46. On Responsibility (the concept and the book)Barb Stengel, Kathy Hytten, and Deron Boyles join us to talk about Barb's brand new book Responsibility.
Deron and Kathy have worked out the positions they're coming from in work of their own, too, of course.
See Deron's John Dewey's Imaginative Vision of Teaching.
See Kathy's "On Building Islands of Decency."
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Other works mentioned in the course of the conversation include:
Purpel's Moral Outrage in Education
Kozol's Savage Inequalities
Wood's Time to Learn
2024-06-141h 15Thinking in the Midst45. On the Dignity and the Indignities of TeachingKathy Schultz and Jerusha (Rue) Beckerman join Cara and Derek to talk about what attracted them to teaching in the first place, what anchors their thinking there, and where they see dignity emerging in practice and where they see it under threat.
For Kathy's most recent book, click here.
For more on the teaching program Rue runs, click here.
Here is the transcript for the episode.
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2024-05-311h 22Thinking in the Midst44. On Reading, Only More SoSpurred by Adam Kotsko's piece on reading habits among college students (a similar piece appeared just this week in the Chronicle of Higher Ed), Cara and I invited David Hansen and Claudia Ruitenberg -- both esteemed and thoughtful readers -- to talk to us about how they think about reading in their own lives and as part of what they teach their students.
For David's books, click here and here.
For Claudia's books, click here and here.
The transcript of the episode is here.
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2024-05-1757 minTeaching from an Ethical Center: an Inquiry Among FriendsClose Looking, Storytelling, and Fourthlandia with HillaryHear Hillary tell about how she attends to students, classes, and content as she weaves her values through close looking, storytelling, and the creation of imaginary worlds with students!
For more about close looking check out these resources:
https://cdi.uvm.edu/sites/default/files/ProspectDescriptiveProcessesRevEd.pdf
https://www.tcpress.com/descriptive-inquiry-in-teacher-practice-9780807764862
https://www.tcpress.com/jenny-s-story-9780807750513
https://www.tcpress.com/from-another-angle-9780807739310
2024-05-0832 minThinking in the Midst43. On Technologies Educational, Intellectual, and GovernmentalMorgan Anderson and Ken Saltman sit down with Cara and Derek to discuss ed tech's penchant for innovating new forms of much older problems, even as they are promoted as presenting solutions. Solutions for whom?
See Morgan's critique of "technophilia" here.
See Ken's recent books here, here, and here.
Click here for the transcript.
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2024-05-031h 03Teaching from an Ethical Center: an Inquiry Among FriendsTeaching from an Ethical Center: An Inquiry Among FriendsWhat does it mean to teach from an Ethical Center? What are the benefits of inquiring into this work among friends? Here experienced and gifted teachers begin to reflect! Each episode will zoom in on one teacher to share how their wisdom manifests in daily actions and how they navigate the current educational terrain!
2024-04-3002 minThinking in the Midst42. On the Private/Public Divide in Early Childhood EducationJess Calarco and Mark Nagasawa sit down with Cara and Derek to talk about public institutions and programs--and especially the lack thereof--for early childhood education, and the racialized and gendered ramifications of our policy choices.
LINKS:
Order Mark's collection, Transforming Early Years Policy in the US.
Preorder Jess's new book, Holding It Together: How Women Became America's Safety Net.
Here is a transcript of the episode.
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2024-04-191h 09Thinking in the Midst41. On How to Confer (in partnership with AERA Phil of Ed SIG)Philosophical Studies in Education SIG officers Caitlin Murphy Brust, Jamie Herman, and Ka Ya Lee join Cara and Derek to share thoughts and advice about navigating conferences generally and AERA in particular.
Two events for grad students to note at AERA:
1.) Mentoring coffee chat (Sat Apr 13th, Elixr Coffee, 3-4:30pm)
2.) Graduate student social (Sat Ap 13th, Victory Brewing, 5-6:30pm)
LINKS
For more of Caitlin's work, click here
For more of Ka Ya's work, click here, here, and here
Here is a transcript of...
2024-04-051h 10Thinking in the Midst40. On Culturally Just Assessments (PES panel)In this episode, we present a symposium on the idea of culturally just assessments proposed and led by Joy Dangora Erickson, and featuring Winston Thompson, myself, and Cara.
It was convenient to put together because neither Cara nor Winston were able to be at PES in person and so had pre-recorded their comments already.
LINKS!
The two articles that started this conversation are here and here.
Here is a transcript of the episode!
And here is the form to recommend future topics and guests!
2024-03-2953 minThinking in the Midst39. On LGBTQ+ Rights and Schools"If you really analyze it, all bullying is gender policing," says one of our guests this week.
Cris Mayo and Elizabethe Payne join Cara and Derek to talk about the various forces at work making LGBTQ+ students and their institutional allies especially vulnerable in our current climate.
LINKS:
The transcript is here.
For more of Cris's work, click here and here.
For more of Elizabethe's work, click here and here.
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2024-03-151h 05Thinking in the Midst38. On ConspiraciesMichaila Peters, Ksenia Filatov, and Yuya Takeda join Cara and Derek to talk about their work on conspiratorial thinking and media literacy. All three guests are presenting work on this topic at the 2024 PES annual meeting, and this conversation broadly covers the genesis and context of the arguments they will make next week.
LINKS!
A transcript is here!
For Ksenia's ongoing work, click here.
For Yuya's work, click here and here.
For Michaila's work, come see her session at PES! We'll update this with the link as soon as...
2024-03-011h 10Thinking in the Midst37. On Spirituality and EducationVirginia Dearani, Adi Burton, and Clarence Joldersma speak to Cara and Derek about the mutual implications and shared concerns, both real and possible, of these two massively complex regions of human experience.
LINKS!
A transcript of the episode is here.
The form to recommend future guests/topics!
The Masha Gessen piece we briefly discussed is here.
Adi's dissertation is available here
For more on Virginia, see here.
For Clarence's work, click here, here, and here.
2024-02-231h 00Thinking in the Midst36. On the Question(s) of ConferencesNatasha Levinson and Chris Higgins join Cara and Derek to talk about the structures and practices of academic conferences--especially PES; registration remains open!--as well as the role of questioning in general and what makes for a good question in the context of PES, especially.
LINKS:
PES registration!
Transcript of the episode!
Chris's forthcoming book is here; see other good things here and here.
For more of Natasha's work, see here, here, and here.
2024-02-161h 07Thinking in the Midst35. On Philosophy and Curriculum TheorizingBill Pinar and Sam Rocha sit down with Cara and Derek to talk about the role that philosophical thinking and curriculum studies has played, so far, in their intellectual lives and their academic careers.
LINKS!
Here is the transcript.
For more of Sam's work, see here, here, and here
For more of Bill's work, see here, here and here.
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2024-02-091h 08Thinking in the Midst34. On Aesthetics and EducationLaura D'Olimipio and René Arcilla sit down with Derek and Cara to talk about the aesthetic dimensions of educational experience and how to defend or articulate the value of the arts in schools.
LINKS:
Here is a transcript of the episode.
You can find more of Laura's work here, here, here, and here.
René's work is available here, here, and here.
And here is the form you can use to recommend future topics or guests for the podcast!
2024-01-2653 minThinking in the Midst33. On Math Education and DemocracyElham Kazemi and Kurt Stemhagen join Cara and Derek to talk about the democratic affordances of mathematics classrooms.
LINKS:
Find more of Elham's work here, here, and here.
Find more of Kurt's work here, here, and here.
Here is the transcript of the episode,
and you can recommend future guests and topics with this form.
2024-01-121h 00Thinking in the Midst32. On Books Worth ReadingAddyson Frattura and Kierstin Giunco speak with Cara and Derek about the best things they've read in recent years -- including things they discovered through assigned coursework, independent research, and for pleasure.
LINKS!
The list of books we recommended and discussed
The transcript of the episode (with plenty of proper-name misspellings)
The form to recommend guests and topics for future episodes
2023-12-291h 02Thinking in the Midst31. On Public Revenue for Public EducationHistorians Matthew Kelly and Andrew Kahrl join Cara and Derek to talk about racialized land values, the definition of "property" for the purposes of taxation, the history and power of local tax administration, and inequities in the funding of public services, including schools.
For Matthew's forthcoming book -- preorders available now -- click here.
For Andrew's forthcoming book, also available for preorder, click here.
For a transcript of this episode, click here.
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2023-12-151h 13Thinking in the Midst30. On GradingContinuing a conversation that took place at OVPES 2023, Gabe Keehn, Kenneth Driggers, and Deron Boyles join Cara and Derek to discuss novel (as well as hackneyed) concerns around grading -- how worried should we be about grade inflation, and what does ChatGPT mean for us as teachers and learners?
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For more of Deron's work, click here, here, and here.
For more of Kenneth's work, click here, here, and here.
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2023-12-011h 01Thinking in the MidstOn Gratitude (bonus episode #2)So as to avoid dropping a regular episode during the US's thanksgiving holiday, Cara and I sit for an interview by one of the podcast's listeners--all about how doing the podcast influences our scholarship, how we hope that it is received, and where we hope it goes in the future.
2023-11-2452 minThinking in the Midst29. On Women in PhilosophyCristina Cammarano, Shapel LaBorde, and Ariana Gonzalez-Stokas join Cara and Derek to reflect on the theme of the 2023 North Eastern Philosophy of Education Society (NEPES), which was held on October 7th.
Relatedly, the Southeast Philosophy of Education Society will meet in February 2024; their call is here, submission deadline Nov. 15.
For Ariana's recent book, click here.
And for some of Cristina's recent work, click here and here.
2023-11-1151 minThinking in the Midst28. On the Concept of EquityMeira Levinson and Harry Brighouse join Cara and Derek to talk about their work in clarifying "equity" as it appears in policy documents and popular discourse -- the conversation ranges across the role of analytic philosophy in educational discussions, the nature and purpose of normative case studies, and whether we should just go ahead and drop the "practical implications" question we routinely ask our guests.
To read the paper at the center of our discussion, click here.
For more of Meira's work on normative case studies, click here and here.
For more of...
2023-10-2759 minThinking in the Midst27. On Ecological EducationAnnie Schultz and LeAnn Holland join us to discuss education in its ecological valence, which includes conversations about anthropocentrism and animality, aesthetics, the weather, and the crucial issue of whether Timothy Morton's work counts as "accessible" philosophy.
For more of LeAnn's work, click here and here.
For more of Annie's work, click here and here.
Here is the form to recommend future guests and topics!
2023-10-1341 minThinking in the Midst26. On Information, Misinformation, and DisinformationJen Logue and Sarah Stitzlein join Cara and Derek to talk about the theme of the 2024 PES conference, to be held in Salt Lake City, March 7th-11th. See the conference website and submit a session or paper here. Submission deadline is November 1st, 2023.
Meanwhile, for more of Sarah's work, see her website.
And Jen's work is similarly findable on her website, as well.
To recommend guests or topics for future episodes, please use this form!
2023-10-0645 minThinking in the Midst25. On School ViolenceSamantha Deane and Bryan Warnick sit down with Cara and Derek to discuss the manifold overlap between schools, violence, and guns, which opens up onto the manifold ways that education reflects, reinforces, and potentially alters the way that we live with objects and with one another.
For more of Sam's work, click here and here.
For more of Bryan's work, click here, here, and here.
As always, please use this form to suggest future episodes and guests (including yourself!)
2023-09-2953 minThinking in the Midst24. On Freedom and BelongingThea Abu El-Haj and Carla Shalaby sit down with Cara and Derek to discuss, in broad terms, what models of community-building might look like that do not strive to identify and accommodate exceptions to some presumed norm, but are rather oriented toward the various needs of all; and what efforts to imagine and practice such community building might teach us about our concepts of freedom and belonging; and--most importantly, perhaps--what we might learn from children in these regards.
For more of Thea's work, please click here, here, and here.
For more of Carla's work, please...
2023-09-151h 10Thinking in the Midst23. On Philosophizing with TeachersSarah Campbell and Doris Santoro join us to talk about philosophy's place in the lives of working teachers, the kinds and origins of pressures that make thoughtful practice and reflection difficult, and the importance of creating and maintaining the space necessary to stop and think.
For more of Sarah's work, click here.
For Doris's book, click here.
2023-09-011h 03Thinking in the Midst22. On GamesDave Waddington and Gideon Dishon speak with Cara about the educational uses and various misuses of games and gaming. What is the value, from a learning perspective, of structured play -- whether of sports, or cooperative tabletop games, or video games?
For more of Dave's work, click here and here and here.
For more of Gideon's work, click here and here and here.
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2023-08-1852 minThinking in the Midst21. On Early Childhood and PosthumanismMarek Tesar and Karin Murris join Cara and Derek to discuss the nature of childhood, the nature of philosophy, and what it might mean to allow children's views of the world to instruct us rather than the other way around.
For more of Marek's recent work, please click here and here and here.
For more of Karin's work, please click here and here and here.
To recommend future topics and/or guests for us to cover, please use this form.
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2023-08-041h 00Thinking in the Midst20. On CancellationSigal Ben-Porath and Mordechai Gordon join Cara and Derek to talk about the issue of "cancel culture" on campus. Both guests have recently published books on the topic, so the conversation is fascinating.
Find Sigal's book here, and Mordechai's here.
Please use this form to recommend future guests and topics.
And you can download a transcript of this episode here, as well.
2023-07-211h 03Thinking in the Midst19. On PatriarchyLiz Jackson and Lauren Bialystok sit down with Cara and Derek to talk about navigating academic institutions and organizations, as well the world in general, while gendered in particular ways.
For Liz's paper we discuss, "The Smiling Professor," click here.
For Lauren's latest book we discuss, Touchy Subject, click here.
For a transcript of the episode, click here.
And as always, to suggest a topic or a guest for the show, please use this form!
2023-07-0757 minThinking in the Midst18. On Language and LanguagingCecilia Espinosa and Jonathan Rosa join Cara to talk about the way that languages show up in schools and how educational institutions and personnel encounter them and their speakers.
For Jonathan's work on these issues, click here and here and here.
For Cecilia's work, click here and here and here.
For a transcript of this episode, click here.
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2023-06-231h 01
Créete el Cuento#157 - ¿Caíste en el Engaño de la Autoayuda?"La autoayuda es un concepto imposible. No es la mente consciente la que debe salvarnos de nosotros mismos, sino la acción que transforma el mundo y que nos permite, a su vez, gozar de él. No es ayudándonos a nosotros mismos como podemos revertir una situación adversa, sino transformando el mundo que habitamos". "Lo que te está diciendo es que si trabajas, pero no tienes suficiente dinero para vivir, alegra esa cara. Si tus condiciones de empleo son una basura, ejercita tu resiliencia. La autoayuda y ese pensamiento representan un modo de aceptar l...
2023-06-1353 minThinking in the Midst17. On Why Philosophy Needs Education and Vice VersaBarb Stengel and Philip Kitcher talk with us and each other about the internal relation between philosophy and education, about pragmatism and its enduring relevance, and about the place of education within human life generally and contemporary political-economy arrangements in particular.
For Philip's book that we discuss throughout, click here. For other recent and relevant work of his, click here and here.
For some of Barb's recent and relevant work, click here and here.
For a transcript of the episode, click here.
We want your suggestions! If you've got topics you...
2023-06-091h 01Thinking in the Midst16. On AttentionCecilia Traugh and Kevin Gary speak with Cara and Derek about descriptive inquiry, the structures of schooling, the nature of boredom, and the cultivation in oneself and one's students of a capacity to attend.
For a transcript of the episode, click here.
For more of Kevin's work, click here.
For more on Ceclia's projects, click here and here.
To suggest guests or topics, use the form here.
2023-05-2653 minThinking in the Midst15. On Conversations, Difficult and OtherwiseRachel Wahl and Tony Laden come on the show to speak with Cara and Derek about their work on the dynamics of conversation and its role in the grand project of being with others.
For more of Rachel's work, click here, here, and here.
For more of Tony's work, click here, here, and here.
For the transcript of the episode, click here.
And to suggest authors or topics, please use this form here.
2023-05-121h 02Thinking in the Midst14. On FascismTyson Lewis and Silas Krabbe sit down with Cara and Derek to discuss the rise and the nature of fascism, as well as what an antifascist education might look like, might involve, and might require.
For more of Tyson's work on the subject, click here.
For Silas's book, click here
For a transcript of the episode, click here.
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2023-05-0552 minThinking in the Midst13. On School LeadershipJessica Heybach and Mike Gunzenhauser join Cara and Derek to talk about the moral lives and daily burdens of school and system leaders, and the kinds of training and formation work required to develop good and thoughtful leaders.
For more of Mike's work on the subject, see here, here, and here.
For Jessica's work in this area, see here and here.
For the transcript of this episode, click here.
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2023-04-281h 02
Speaking of Education PodcastDescriptive Inquiry—At the Intersection of Philosophy and Practice with Guest Cara Furman, PhD This episode features Dr. Cara Furman, Associate Professor of Literacy at the University of Maine at Farmington and member of the Graduate Faculty at University of Maine. Dr. Furman’s scholarship focuses on integrating qualitative data and philosophy at the intersection of teacher development, descriptive inquiry, asset-based inclusive teaching, and progressive literacy practices. At the heart of her work is a form of in-depth, descriptive writing that fosters philosophically-informed teacher inquiry. Such descriptive inquiry allows teachers and educational leaders to care for their ethical selves and to develop practical wisdom. In the book, Descriptive Inquiry in Teacher Prac...
2023-04-2454 minThinking in the Midst12. On the State of the FieldKal Alston and Nick Burbules join Cara and Derek to talk about where the field of philosophy of education has been and where it is going, particularly in a US-American context. And fear not: We cover everyone's favorite question -- how do we know who a philosopher of education is, especially as the number of academic appointments with those words in the job title continues to dwindle?
For Dr. Burbules's recent work on phronesis, click here.
For Dr. Alston's 2021 PES Presidential Address, click here.
For a transcript of this episode, click here.
2023-04-2157 minThinking in the Midst11. On Organizing and ResistanceJia Lee and Jason Wozniak sit down with Cara and Derek to talk about educational and organizing practices under various iterations of neoliberal policies directing school reform.
For more information on the organizations mentioned here, see The Debt Collective and the Alliance for Quality Education.
For a transcript of this episode, click here.
To suggest guests/topics for the show, click here.
2023-04-1459 minThinking in the Midst10. On Anti-Critical Race Theory LegislationThis week, Larry Blum and Sarah Blum-Smith join the show to talk about the legislation passed in several states (though we focus on Florida and New Hampshire) seeking to regulate what educators can teach with respect to race.
For more of Larry's work on this issue, see his books here, here, and here. And you can find all of his other publications on his website, too!
For the transcript for this episode, click here.
And as always, please use this form if you would like to suggest future topics or guests (including yourself...
2023-04-071h 01Thinking in the Midst9. On School AccountabilityIn this episode, we talk to the University of North Carolina's Ethan Hutt and the University of Massachusetts-Lowell's Jack Schneider about the functions, the histories, and the techniques associated with grades, tests, and transcripts. The two of them cover the topic at length in their forthcoming book, which will be available for pre-order shortly.
For more of their coauthored work, see here and here. To listen to the education podcast on which Jack is a co-host, check out Have You Heard?
For a transcript of this episode, click here.
And if you'd like...
2023-03-3147 min
Thinking in the Midst8. On Nel NoddingsIn this episode, we hear from Barb Stengel, Jessica Lussier, and Joel Westheimer, as they reflect, in the context of a PES 2023 panel, on Noddings's legacy; and Cara sits down with Noddings's former student and longtime friend, Lynda Stone, to think about what it means for a philosopher's work to live on.
For a transcript of this episode, click here.
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2023-03-2452 minThinking in the Midst7. On Democracy, Extremism, and the Crisis of Truth in Higher EducationThis unusually long episode is the first of two that we recorded at the 2023 PES meeting in Chicago. It includes an interview about the 2023 Presidential Address and the invited response with the authors of those pieces, PES president Michele Moses and her chosen respondent, Winston Thompson. And with that interview in the background, this episode moves on to the Presidential Address and the response itself. To make it easy for listeners to segment the episode, if they wish, we've included some timestamps below.
The interview with Michele and Winston comes first.
Terri Wilson's introduction of t...
2023-03-172h 01Thinking in the MidstOn Thinking in the Midst (bonus #1)Surprise! Cara and Derek interrupt the regularly-scheduled flow of episodes to talk with one another about the themes or through-lines that are emerging across the conversations that have been hosted on the podcast so far, think through some of the questions we got from our friends and colleagues at the PES conference, and reflect on the field of philosophy of education as a whole.
Also, Derek says some potentially mean things about educational research sometimes being conducted "thoughtlessly." As luck would have it, this NBER working paper on the cumulative effects of teacher evaluation policies 2010-2023 just d...
2023-03-1552 minThinking in the Midst6. On Trauma and LossElizabeth Dutro and Jeff Frank join us to talk about the schools in their -- in schools' -- complicated relations to trauma (as both cause and ameliorator) and to loss, particularly in the conditions of an ongoing pandemic. "Learning loss" is, after all, not the only kind of loss that matters.
For more of Elizabeth's work, see her book.
For more of Jeff's work, see his book, as well.
For the episode transcript, click here.
2023-03-1052 minThinking in the Midst5. On Parents and SchoolingKathleen Knight Abowitz and Amy Shuffelton join us in this episode to talk about the sharing of authority in education, the recourse to rights language and discourses of expertise in the context of our political moment, and the gendered division of labor with respect to schooling.
For more of Kathleen's work, see this piece. And also her book.
For more of Amy's work, see these three pieces.
For the transcript of this episode, click here.
2023-03-0354 minThinking in the Midst4. On Inclusion and BelongingWhat interferes with people's full participation in various institutional structures, how are those interferences to be mitigated, and how might mitigation strategies unintentionally reproduce elements of the original interference? In other words, how do concepts like diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging promise certain kinds of benevolent attention to heretofore overlooked matters, and how are those nevertheless involved in misdirecting or deflecting proper attention to those same matters?
Lana Parker and Ashley Taylor join us to talk about these formidable issues.
For more of Lana's work, see these three pieces.
For more of Ashley's wor...
2023-02-2449 minThinking in the Midst3. On RaceAriana Gonzalez Stokas and Dave Stovall join Cara and Derek to talk about the affordances of critical race theory for contesting destructive simplifications (as Gonzalez Stokas sees in "diversity" discourses in the university) and, as Stovall says, offering reparative alternatives by "telling a layered story."
For more of Dave's work, see his book.
And for more of Ariana's work, preorder her forthcoming book!
For the episode transcript, click here.
2023-02-1756 minThinking in the Midst2. On ReadingStephanie Burdick-Shepherd and Joy Dangora Erickson join Cara and Derek to talk about reading and how to teach it, and about why taking sides in a pitched methodological battle is unlikely to produce the kind of results that kids and parents and teachers would want to see.
For more of Joy's work, and especially her new book, Reading Motivation, check out her website.
And for more of Stephanie's work, see her thinking on reading and childhood.
Music credit: "Sparks of Genius," by PantheonMusic
Here is the episode transcript.
2023-02-1254 minThinking in the Midst1. On Punishment in SchoolsWe are joined by Campbell F. Scribner and Winston C. Thompson, who talk through the many overlapping and sensitive issues involved in imposing punishments in an educational context.
For more from both of them, please see:
1.) Winston Thompson's and John Tillson's Pedagogies of Punishment: The Ethics of Discipline in Education.
2.) Campbell Scribner's and Bryan Warnick's Spare the Rod: Punishment and Moral Community of Schools
Music credit: "Sparks of Genius," by PantheonMusic
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2023-01-301h 02Thinking in the Midst0. IntroductionsCara and Derek introduce themselves and the podcast in general.
Here is the transcript.
2023-01-2708 min
Créete el Cuento#103 - Cómo Estudiar Liderazgo puede Arruinar tu Liderazgo, con Iris Reyna(Antes que leas la descripción de este episodio, tengo…¡Buenas noticias para ti! Mi libro “Créete el Cuento”, ya está disponible para ti. En él, enseño un método de 3 pasos para gestionar tus miedos, accionar y lograr resultados sorprendentes. Puedes obtenerlo aquí: https://www.creeteelcuento.info o en Amazon)
En la mitad de un programa de Liderazgo Pragmático y proyectando frustración en su rostro, el gerente me miró a la cara y me dijo:
- “Gabriel, no quiero más modelos de liderazgo, ya conozco muchos…y te seré sincero, cada vez que l...
2022-05-241h 04
Créete el Cuento#49 - La Fragilidad de RRHH en las Empresas, con Patricio Millar¿Cómo hablar de una realidad que muchos ven, pero no se atreven a expresar?
La gerencia de RRHH suele ser débil, con poca personalidad y muy silenciosa.
Pero aun, el área de personas cae muchas veces en una posición de sumisión. Esto ocurre frene al CEO y también frente a la gerencia comercial.
Siendo que los resultados de una empresa dependen de las personas que la componen, resulta paradójico el hecho que RRHH se dedique exclusivamente a tramites burocráticos y mecánicos. Su verdadera misión, ha sido cas...
2021-05-111h 04
Marcas que Pulsam#008 - O Cara ComumO Cara Comum
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