Science In-Between

Teaching Science In a Hybrid World

About the show

This is a conversation about how science teaching can move between and connect different worlds - home and school, virtual and face-to-face, science and the classroom.

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Episodes

  • Episode 108: Semi-Colon Closure Community

    September 28th, 2022  |  Season 3  |  40 mins 56 secs

    This week we talk about closure at the end of lessons and what might be an alternative to closing things down.

  • Episode 107: Scientific Literacy and Assorted Stuff

    September 21st, 2022  |  Season 3  |  47 mins 57 secs

    In this episode, we discuss the evolution of the concept of "scientific literacy" over time.

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    Episode 106: Prolly an Experiment

    September 14th, 2022  |  Season 3  |  44 mins 32 secs

    This week we talk about how teaching (science) teachers can be like teaching science and how it is different.

  • Episode 105: Observing and Questioning

    September 7th, 2022  |  Season 3  |  53 mins 58 secs

    In this episode, we discuss how we frame observations of classrooms.

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    Episode 104: Joys to the World, Vol. 2

    August 31st, 2022  |  Season 2  |  50 mins 53 secs

    This week we did only joys. We chose one thing (or sometimes Ollie picked two) that brought us joy from a group of different categories.

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    Episode 103: Just Not Right

    August 24th, 2022  |  Season 2  |  51 mins 8 secs

    In this episode, we discuss the role of "correct answers" in science education.

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    Episode 102: What We Talk About When We Talk About Informal Science Education

    August 17th, 2022  |  Season 2  |  44 mins 27 secs

    This week we talk about the long overlooked (by us) context of informal science education.

  • Episode 101: Dipping Toes into International Waters

    August 10th, 2022  |  Season 2  |  50 mins 18 secs

    In this episode, we talk about the international STEM education and what we can learn (if anything) from the assessment-based comparisons.

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    Episode 100: All About the Prime Space, Cousin

    August 3rd, 2022  |  Season 2  |  40 mins 26 secs

    This week we talk about direct instruction and what role it takes in ambitious forms of teaching.

  • Episode 99: If the Future's Online...

    July 27th, 2022  |  Season 2  |  52 mins 45 secs

    In this episode, we revisit a topic from Episode 97 and examine what learning principles should inform an online, educational future.

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    Episode 98: Shakes Fist at Cloud

    July 20th, 2022  |  Season 2  |  44 mins 55 secs

    This week we talk about how much science we need, as citizens, to participate in the public discourse in society and make public decisions.

  • Episode 97: Is the Future Online?

    July 13th, 2022  |  Season 2  |  44 mins 39 secs

    In this episode, we discuss whether the future of K-12 education online.

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    Episode 96: Not One of My Favorite Numbers

    July 6th, 2022  |  Season 2  |  44 mins 52 secs

    This week we talk about culturally relevant science teaching and what that means in terms of connecting to local community issues.

  • Episode 95: Why Would Anyone Become a Science Teacher?

    June 29th, 2022  |  Season 2  |  42 mins 27 secs

    In this episode, we discuss the reasons that prospective science teachers should enter the profession.

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    Episode 94: False Sense of Performance

    June 23rd, 2022  |  Season 2  |  55 mins 28 secs

    This week we talk about standards, standardizing, and what makes sense to makes sense to standardize and why.

  • Episode 93: Filiopietism

    June 15th, 2022  |  Season 2  |  43 mins 38 secs

    In this episode, we talk about the shifts that school leaders need to make to better support science teachers adopting Next Generation Science Standards.