Episodes
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Episode 290: Partner Play
April 1st, 2026 | Season 6 | 41 mins 57 secs
This week we talk about doing partnership work with schools.
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Episode 289: Thoreau Corollary
March 25th, 2026 | Season 6 | 48 mins 29 secs
In this episode, we discuss technology, pedagogy, and what our future classrooms could look like.
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Episode 288: Can You Accommodate Us?
March 18th, 2026 | Season 6 | 44 mins 5 secs
This week we talk about accommodations for students who need them and their increasing number in higher education.
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Episode 287: AI Very Special Episode
March 11th, 2026 | Season 6 | 52 mins 49 secs
In this episode, we discuss how qualitative researchers are using AI with Dr. Elizabeth Langran, Dr. Paula Cristina Azevdo, and Dr. Shernette Dunn.
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Episode 286: How Competent Are We?
March 4th, 2026 | Season 6 | 50 mins 59 secs
This week we discuss teacher education competencies and how they are used to structure requirements and thus courses at universities.
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Episode 285: Take Me to Your Leader
February 25th, 2026 | Season 6 | 41 mins 23 secs
In this episode, we discuss the role of the Science Content Advisor for the Department of Education.
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Episode 284: Brains are Messy
February 18th, 2026 | Season 6 | 41 mins 9 secs
This week we talk about the difference between knowing and understanding and maybe how comparing to AI neural networks can help clarify the difference.
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Episode 283: Games People Play
February 11th, 2026 | Season 6 | 46 mins 30 secs
In this episode, we discuss card games, especially ones for learning.
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Episode 282: Snow Day
February 4th, 2026 | Season 6 | 37 mins 35 secs
This week we talk about snow days (since we had one) and also how they are a case study in policy vs. guidance vs. practice across lots of areas.
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Episode 281: Can We Make Science Education More Accessible?
January 28th, 2026 | Season 6 | 37 mins 15 secs
In this episode, we try to answer a listener's email about online accessibility and science education.
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Episode 280: Dark Forest of Naming
January 21st, 2026 | Season 6 | 45 mins 47 secs
This week we talk about conceptualizing and operationalizing ideas in educational research and the impact of that process on improving teaching practice.
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Episode 279: PD4AI
January 14th, 2026 | Season 6 | 50 mins 39 secs
In this episode, we discuss professional development for learning how to integrate artificial intelligence in classroom settings and assignments.
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Episode 278: Nothing Prime in There
January 7th, 2026 | Season 6 | 40 mins 38 secs
This week we talk about how to handle the situation of a teacher candidate who is not successful in their field placements.
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Episode 277: Stop! Start! Or continue!
December 31st, 2025 | Season 6 | 40 mins 23 secs
This week we talked about (New Year's) resolutions of things we want to start, stop, and continue coming into the next year.
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Episode 276: Enough of This Frivolity
December 24th, 2025 | Season 6 | 49 mins 12 secs
This week we talk about commencements. You know, graduation.
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Episode 275: Words Matter
December 17th, 2025 | Season 6 | 49 mins 51 secs
In this episode, we discuss efforts to develop national competencies for teacher preparation.