Scott McDonald
Co-Host of Science In-Between
Dr. Scott McDonald is a Professor of Science Education at The Pennsylvania State University and Director of the Krause Studios for Innovation in the PSU College of Education. He received his undergraduate degree in Physics. He was high school Physics teacher for six years before returning for a Ph.D. in Learning Technologies and Science Education at the University of Michigan. Dr. McDonald takes a design-based approach to research focuses on science teacher learning and student learning in the geosciences. He researches teacher learning, framed as professional pedagogical vision for ambitious and equitable science teaching practices. His current projects, in collabortion with Amy Pallant and Hee-Sun Lee at the Concord Consortium include The Geological Models for Explorations of Dynamic Earth (GEODE), GeoHazard: Modeling Natural Hazards and Assessing Risks project, and Geological Construction of Rock Arrangements from Tectonics: Systems Modeling Across Scales (GeoCRAFT).
Scott McDonald has hosted 144 Episodes.
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Bonus Episode: Join Our In-Between Book Club
December 10th, 2020 | Season 1 | 3 mins 7 secs
Starting with episode 16 we will be doing a chapter by chapter discussion of Bryan Brown's book "Science in the City: Culturally Relevant STEM Education", so grab a copy and read along with us.
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Episode 15: Dropping the Milieu
December 9th, 2020 | Season 1 | 38 mins 47 secs
We talk about how to think about keeping kids engaged so that we can build on their ideas to make class engaging and productive.
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Episode 14: Show Me Your Core Competencies
December 2nd, 2020 | Season 1 | 42 mins 58 secs
What we wish we had learned from our science teachers.
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Episode 13: The Nerdiest Draft Ever!
November 25th, 2020 | Season 1 | 48 mins 55 secs
NGSS Draft Day
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Episode 12: Fear the E
November 18th, 2020 | Season 1 | 46 mins 20 secs
We talk about the IRE pattern of talk, questions, and talking with students in ways that get us to the classroom climate we want, but is so hard in remote environments.
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Episode 11: Plum Pudding and Fools' Errands
November 11th, 2020 | Season 1 | 43 mins 34 secs
We talk about assessment - formative v. summative, as well as how to think about it in the in-between.
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Episode 10: N is National not Next
November 4th, 2020 | Season 1 | 34 mins 37 secs
We talk about the new National Academies report on "Teaching K-12 Science and Engineering During a Crisis".
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Episode 9: Phenomena (Do do do do do)
October 28th, 2020 | Season 1 | 36 mins 14 secs
This week we talk about the key nature of phenomena and how they are not science concepts and also how to think about engaging kids with them when not face-to-face.
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Episode 8: Up Your Explanatory Quotient
October 21st, 2020 | Season 1 | 37 mins 27 secs
How do you think about laboratory experiences outside of a face to face environment?
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Episode 7: Death March with Fun Sauce
October 14th, 2020 | Season 1 | 50 mins 4 secs
Ollie and Scott answer the question, "What do you teach?".
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Episode 6: The Continuity Caveat
October 7th, 2020 | Season 1 | 45 mins 38 secs
Curricular continuity is our focus this week. We talk about keeping your kids "together" while reminding yourself that you can let that go.
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Episode 5: Three Ps in a Pod(cast)
September 30th, 2020 | Season 1 | 42 mins 45 secs
In this episode, Scott and Ollie discuss the Processes, Principles, and Practices that inform the integration of technology into our face-to-face, online and remotes classrooms.
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Episode 4: Zoom Fatigue is Real
September 23rd, 2020 | Season 1 | 50 mins 47 secs
We focus on managing learning on zoom or with other remote tools and how it can support groups.
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Episode 3: Grouping (in Between)
September 16th, 2020 | Season 1 | 48 mins 17 secs
As schools begin to schedule classes in the pandemic world, the question arise: How do we group students across the different learning modalities to promote active participation and student engagement?
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Episode 2: Not a Problemtunity for You
September 16th, 2020 | Season 1 | 47 mins 42 secs
We agree on the name of the podcast. Also, we begin to lay out the problems caused for science teaching, especially innovative science teaching when we move remote or in-between.
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Episode 1: In-Between What?
September 9th, 2020 | Season 1 | 20 mins 17 secs
This is the inaugural episode of our podcast. In this episode, we discuss our motivations for starting this podcast and the conversations we're hoping to have.