EDCrocks Podcast: Recent Episodes
André Hedlund
So I had this crazy idea: why not turn all my blog posts into podcasts you can listen to on your way to work or while you're working out or doing the dishes? Let's hope this works!
Welcome to EDCrocks Podcast. Made for you by André Hedlund, Chevening Alumnus, MSc in Psychology of Education (University of Bristol), Bilingual Program Mentor, Academic Director of EdYOUFest - check out our podcast EdYOUfest Espresso - and postgraduate lecturer. I'm also a foodie (can cook quite well), married to a half-Italian, father to two furry cats (Achilles and Helena), and a science geek.
"Um especialista de Harvard descobriu uma região secreta do cérebro que quando ativada acelera o aprendizado de línguas!" Será?Para celebrar o 10º episódio do podcast Fator Coruja, decidi discutir algumas áreas importantes do cérebro e porque essas declarações sensacionalistas são grandes falácias!Acesse o episódio 5 aqui: • Episódio 05 - Mitos do Inglês Não esquece de acessar https://andrelshedlund.hotmart.host/cursosandrehedlundE agora tem perfil no Insta também! É só seguir @fatorcoruja
Apesar do cansaço e da sinusite atacada, gravei o nono episódio do Fator Coruja no México por causa da relação entre PBL ou Aprendizagem Baseada em Projetos com o meu companheiro aventureiro. Conheçam a história dele e inspirem-se para o projeto de vocês!
Acessem o https://www.pblworks.org/
Tornem-se membros do Fator Coruja
https://andrelshedlund.hotmart.host/cursosandrehedlund
Tornem-se membros do Learning Cosmos
https://www.andre-hedlund.com/learningcosmoshub
Metodologias Ativas sempre funcionam? Será que elas são a solução de vários problemas no sistema de educação? Nem tudo é o que parece e é isso que eu discuto neste episódio do podcast. Ah, e não deixe de assinar o clube Fator Coruja no link: https://andrelshedlund.hotmart.host/cursosandrehedlund
Você tem percebido que as novas gerações são mais complicadas? Será que existem "nativos digitais"? Uma reflexão com muito rock'n roll sobre o gap entre as gerações.Não se esqueça de seguir a banda Rockaway - que agora virou @bandarockmotion no Insta. Ah, e não deixe de assinar o clube Fator Coruja no link: https://andrelshedlund.hotmart.host/cursosandrehedlund
Quais são os erros que cometemos (incluindo este que vos fala) na hora de planejar e dar nossas aulas? Neste episódio, vamos falar sobre como combinar imagem, texto e fala!
Não esqueça de entrar para o clube Fator Coruja!
Dá para alcançar a "fluência" em 6 meses? Tenho que estudar com professores nativos? Preciso começar com quantos anos? No último episódio do Fator Coruja, falo sobre alguns mitos e fatos sobre a aprendizagem de um idioma.
Cada cérebro é unico. Já sabemos disso. No entanto, por que será que isso aconteceu? O que isso tem a ver com a evolução? No episódio 4 do Fator Coruja, falo sobre neurodiversidade e como os conceitos de acomodação e modificação podem ajudar a acolher e incluir cérebro atípicos.
Por que será que a dopamina recebeu tanta atenção nas últimas décadas? Que função ela desempenha no nosso cérebro e qual é a relação dela com o prazer, a dor e a motivação? Assista e reflita neste novo episódio de Fator Coruja!
Eu falhei. Várias vezes. Planejei, comecei e logo desisti. Foi só depois que recebi o meu diagnóstico de TDAH (Transtorno do Déficit de Atenção e Hiperatividade) que passei a me entender melhor. Uma história que pode ajudar muita gente a buscar tratamento e a perceber que é possível ter uma vida funcional e cheia de realizações
De onde surgiu essa ideia de Fator Coruja? Qual é a proposta deste podcast? O primeiro episódio explica como eu, André Hedlund, criei a ideia de KNOW-SHOW-GROW (SABER-MOSTRAR-CRESCER) que mais tarde me levaria ao meu primeiro livro.
After a long hiatus, I'm back with a tribute to the great Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget. I talk about his main contributions, namely the stages of cognitive development, schema, and assimilation VS accommodation. I also question which concepts are more or less science-based. You can't miss this episode!
This episode celebrates EDCrocks one-year anniversary! How about that? I decided to devote it to the man, real or fictional, who inspired my book The Owl Factor: Reframing your Teaching Philosophy. You might have heard of him. His name was Socrates :)
In this episode, I basically read one of the chapters of my book about how Socrates became popular in Athens, which events led him to his death, and why he's so present in science and education today.
If you want to purchase my book, click here to get the link.
If you're based in Brazil, here's the link for you.
This EDCrocks podcast episode honors two of my favorite scientists: Sir Stephen Hawking and Carl Sagan. I decided to read my New Routes Magazine Cover Article entitled Learning Cosmos: A Voyage into the Learner's Universe. The Learning Cosmos conceptual framework brings together different learning principles and theories based on the cognitive sciences (psychology and neuroscience) literature into one illustration that resembles the universe: different spheres of influence, different levels of analysis. You can read more about it here and even download the PDF of New Routes Magazine
So I was stuck in traffic and decided to record a new episode. This fifth season is all about paying my respects to people who made a difference. This time I chose constructivism and two Italian educators.
EDCrocks Podcast starts its fifth season with an emotional episode. I decided to use this season to pay tribute to people who have made their contribution to education and ELT and the very first episode honors the memory of my father. He had absolutely nothing to do with our area but he was the one who insisted I learned English as a child and who told me so many stories as I grew up. Today is Father's Day in Brazil and I wanted to share a little bit about this man, Sven Åke Lennart Hedlund, my beloved dad who passed away in 2019.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://edcrocks.com/2019/01/11/ode-to-viking-storytelling-as-a-powerful-learning-tool/
Your accent might define (in some people's minds) how well educated and qualified you are. However, people normally confuse things like pronunciation, accent, and teaching qualification. In this final episode, I go over the idea of native-speakerism and how we should celebrate our cultural diversity and embrace different accents.
How did humans manage to keep language alive for so many years before the invention of writing? Quite probably because of the oral tradition. Speaking in groups meant telling stories about things someone saw or dreamt of or even things they desired. In this episode, I think about the role of storytelling and how we should prioritize it in any educational setting
Focusing too much on grammatical rules might not be the best way to teach students to communicate effectively. However, grammar is essential and it gives users of any language a reference on how to make novel constructions. How should we address grammar then? In this episode, I reflect on a few things related to this issue.
As we grow older and progress through our educational system, we dedicate less and less time to something that has a fundamental role in how we develop: play. In this episode, I talk about the importance of play and why we should pay more attention to it.
Is there a more effective way to teach our students? Are there specific strategies that they can use that might help them learn better? The answer is YES. In this episode, I go over 3 evidence-based strategies discussed in an article I co-authored with Hall Houston published in the MindBrainEd Think Tank+: Retrieval Practice, Interleaving, and Spaced Repetition
Due to the pandemic, many schools have opted for a teaching modality that had basically been only used in higher education: concurrent classrooms. In this modality, both online and in-person students attend the same class at the same time. Is it effective? In episode 5, I discuss a few ideas about concurrent classrooms
Won't my kid get confused? Why can't they say anything in English when I ask? Doesn't bilingualism cause delays in development? These are common questions families and teachers ask about bilingualism. In episode 4, I try to answer some and go over other myths surrounding bilingualism
Ever noticed how big publishers normally adapt their materials to the Communicative Approach? You'll see that they promote the use of the PPP framework and lots of task-based learning. Is this, however, the best way to learn? Does it reach everyone? I wonder about these things in episode 3
How can assessment be more about learning and less about performance? In this second episode, I reflect on the role of more traditional types of assessment and how we can shift the paradigm to help our students learn more effectively
This new season is actually based on a crazy idea I had while driving almost 900km to pick up my wife. I decided to record a few videos on the road and talk about things I had been reflecting on. A few takes after, I decided to name the adventure Reflections on the Road. I managed to record 10 episodes and season 4 of EDCrocks Podcast is all about that. The very first and longest one is about my Learning Cosmos Conceptual Framework. Sit back and have fun!
This is the last episode of season 3 and it stresses the importance of using science as a candle in the dark. You must defend science and the scientific method at schools
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://edcrocks.com/2020/11/29/the-importance-of-science-and-scientific-thinking-in-education/
This episode is actually a session I delivered at Gile4Youth Conference about some authors who have taught us that we need to go beyond cognition in order to understand how humans learn. I go over concepts like Self-Efficacy, Self-Regulation, Emotional Intelligence, Theory of Constructed Emotion, Growth Mindset and Grit and how we can integrate them into our curricula.
This episode is all about an article Hall Houston published with me in MindBrainEd Think Tanks + about three evidence-based strategies that you can use as a teacher (or even a student studying on your own) to learn more effectively.
This was an unscripted episode about how some ideas from Harvard's Project Zero and John Hattie's Visible Learning can help you make sure your students are on task and on their way to learning more effectively
This episode brings to you a framework based on the Science of Learning that was developed by my professor Paul Howard-Jones and collaborators at the University of Bristol. The Engage, Build, Consolidate framework has insightful principles that will help you reflect on how you can plan so that your students can learn more effectively. You can check out my blog post for National Geographic Learning with a lesson plan based on EBC that I prepared for you. Just click here.
This episode is about the connection between metacognition and the Renaissance. I go over my adventure of driving for the first time in the UK, attending IATEFL Liverpool and meeting Vinnie Nobre, who invited me to teach a course at Troika. The course poster Troika created had The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo and it gave me the perfect narrative for my course on Metacognition.
I describe the concept by John Flavell and its principles and give examples of how we can become more metacognitive learners
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://edcrocks.com/2021/03/28/metacognition-and-learning-what-can-the-renaissance-teach-us-about-how-to-learn-best/
This episode is basically the narration of an article I wrote for New Routes Magazine. I go over some of the main contributions from psychology and neuroscience over the last centuries and what that all means for teachers in the classroom. I talk about social interactionism, constructivism, humanism, behaviorism, as well as the role of emotions and motivation for learning. I mention the works of authors such as Vygotsky, Skinner, Montessori, Freire, Maslow, Dweck, Deci & Ryan, and many more. This is a summary of what we know about learning. It's comprehensive but we can always add new contributions and challenge some. What's your take on it? I'd love to know. Don't forget to follow edcrocks.com!
This is the very first episode of the third season of EDCrocks Podcast. If you missed seasons 1 and 2, well, you know where to find the episodes. Season 1 was about my blog and really narrating some of my posts. Season 2 was about my interviews with teachers for my Instagram show One Pomodoro with André Hedlund. Season 3 is all about the Science of Learning. Some of the episodes will be improvised, some others will be texts I wrote for my blog or other websites, and other episodes will be webinars I've recorded throughout my journey of learning more and more about neuroscience and cognitive psychology. I really hope you enjoy this season!
One Pomodoro is a series of interviews with teachers, teacher trainers, authors, and experts in education by me for my IGTV on @edcrocks. The rule is: I MUST DO IT IN ONE POMODORO OR LESS. That's right. According to the Pomodoro technique, one Pomodoro equals 25min.
I confess I have broken the rules now and then and that sometimes my guests are not exactly in a noise-free environment but the interviews are normally kept under 30min and you can certainly hear what they have to say. I set my Pomodoro timer at the beginning of the interview and ask questions about that person's career, inspirations, dreams, challenges, and tips. When the timer rings, we have 5min to wrap up
One Pomodoro is a series of interviews with teachers, teacher trainers, authors, and experts in education by me for my IGTV on @edcrocks. The rule is: I MUST DO IT IN ONE POMODORO OR LESS. That's right. According to the Pomodoro technique, one Pomodoro equals 25min.
I confess I have broken the rules now and then and that sometimes my guests are not exactly in a noise-free environment but the interviews are normally kept under 30min and you can certainly hear what they have to say. I set my Pomodoro timer at the beginning of the interview and ask questions about that person's career, inspirations, dreams, challenges, and tips. When the timer rings, we have 5min to wrap up
One Pomodoro is a series of interviews with teachers, teacher trainers, authors, and experts in education by me for my IGTV on @edcrocks. The rule is: I MUST DO IT IN ONE POMODORO OR LESS. That's right. According to the Pomodoro technique, one Pomodoro equals 25min.
I confess I have broken the rules now and then and that sometimes my guests are not exactly in a noise-free environment but the interviews are normally kept under 30min and you can certainly hear what they have to say. I set my Pomodoro timer at the beginning of the interview and ask questions about that person's career, inspirations, dreams, challenges, and tips. When the timer rings, we have 5min to wrap up
One Pomodoro is a series of interviews with teachers, teacher trainers, authors, and experts in education by me for my IGTV on @edcrocks. The rule is: I MUST DO IT IN ONE POMODORO OR LESS. That's right. According to the Pomodoro technique, one Pomodoro equals 25min.
I confess I have broken the rules now and then and that sometimes my guests are not exactly in a noise-free environment but the interviews are normally kept under 30min and you can certainly hear what they have to say. I set my Pomodoro timer at the beginning of the interview and ask questions about that person's career, inspirations, dreams, challenges, and tips. When the timer rings, we have 5min to wrap up
One Pomodoro is a series of interviews with teachers, teacher trainers, authors, and experts in education by me for my IGTV on @edcrocks. The rule is: I MUST DO IT IN ONE POMODORO OR LESS. That's right. According to the Pomodoro technique, one Pomodoro equals 25min.
I confess I have broken the rules now and then and that sometimes my guests are not exactly in a noise-free environment but the interviews are normally kept under 30min and you can certainly hear what they have to say. I set my Pomodoro timer at the beginning of the interview and ask questions about that person's career, inspirations, dreams, challenges, and tips. When the timer rings, we have 5min to wrap up
One Pomodoro is a series of interviews with teachers, teacher trainers, authors, and experts in education by me for my IGTV on @edcrocks. The rule is: I MUST DO IT IN ONE POMODORO OR LESS. That's right. According to the Pomodoro technique, one Pomodoro equals 25min.
I confess I have broken the rules now and then and that sometimes my guests are not exactly in a noise-free environment but the interviews are normally kept under 30min and you can certainly hear what they have to say. I set my Pomodoro timer at the beginning of the interview and ask questions about that person's career, inspirations, dreams, challenges, and tips. When the timer rings, we have 5min to wrap up
One Pomodoro is a series of interviews with teachers, teacher trainers, authors, and experts in education by me for my IGTV on @edcrocks. The rule is: I MUST DO IT IN ONE POMODORO OR LESS. That's right. According to the Pomodoro technique, one Pomodoro equals 25min. I confess I have broken the rules now and then and that sometimes my guests are not exactly in a noise-free environment but the interviews are normally kept under 30min and you can certainly hear what they have to say. I set my Pomodoro timer at the beginning of the interview and ask questions about that person's career, inspirations, dreams, challenges, and tips. When the timer rings, we have 5min to wrap up
One Pomodoro is a series of interviews with teachers, teacher trainers, authors, and experts in education by me for my IGTV on @edcrocks. The rule is: I MUST DO IT IN ONE POMODORO OR LESS. That's right. According to the Pomodoro technique, one Pomodoro equals 25min.
I confess I have broken the rules now and then and that sometimes my guests are not exactly in a noise-free environment but the interviews are normally kept under 30min and you can certainly hear what they have to say. I set my Pomodoro timer at the beginning of the interview and ask questions about that person's career, inspirations, dreams, challenges, and tips. When the timer rings, we have 5min to wrap up
One Pomodoro is a series of interviews with teachers, teacher trainers, authors, and experts in education by me for my IGTV on @edcrocks. The rule is: I MUST DO IT IN ONE POMODORO OR LESS. That's right. According to the Pomodoro technique, one Pomodoro equals 25min.
I confess I have broken the rules now and then and that sometimes my guests are not exactly in a noise-free environment but the interviews are normally kept under 30min and you can certainly hear what they have to say. I set my Pomodoro timer at the beginning of the interview and ask questions about that person's career, inspirations, dreams, challenges, and tips. When the timer rings, we have 5min to wrap up
One Pomodoro is a series of interviews with teachers, teacher trainers, authors, and experts in education by me for my IGTV on @edcrocks. The rule is: I MUST DO IT IN ONE POMODORO OR LESS. That's right. According to the Pomodoro technique, one Pomodoro equals 25min.
I confess I have broken the rules now and then and that sometimes my guests are not exactly in a noise-free environment but the interviews are normally kept under 30min and you can certainly hear what they have to say. I set my Pomodoro timer at the beginning of the interview and ask questions about that person's career, inspirations, dreams, challenges, and tips. When the timer rings, we have 5min to wrap up
One Pomodoro is a series of interviews with teachers, teacher trainers, authors, and experts in education by me for my IGTV on @edcrocks. The rule is: I MUST DO IT IN ONE POMODORO OR LESS. That's right. According to the Pomodoro technique, one Pomodoro equals 25min.
I confess I have broken the rules now and then and that sometimes my guests are not exactly in a noise-free environment but the interviews are normally kept under 30min and you can certainly hear what they have to say. I set my Pomodoro timer at the beginning of the interview and ask questions about that person's career, inspirations, dreams, challenges, and tips. When the timer rings, we have 5min to wrap up
One Pomodoro is a series of interviews with teachers, teacher trainers, authors, and experts in education by me for my IGTV on @edcrocks. The rule is: I MUST DO IT IN ONE POMODORO OR LESS. That's right. According to the Pomodoro technique, one Pomodoro equals 25min.
I confess I have broken the rules now and then and that sometimes my guests are not exactly in a noise-free environment but the interviews are normally kept under 30min and you can certainly hear what they have to say. I set my Pomodoro timer at the beginning of the interview and ask questions about that person's career, inspirations, dreams, challenges, and tips. When the timer rings, we have 5min to wrap up.
There has been quite a lot of buzz around the idea of joining neuroscience and education. Many would claim that neuroscientific contributions have the potential to revolutionize how teachers teach and the impact they have on their learners’ outcomes. I myself have said that on many occasions. However, I currently believe that many of the things effective teachers do are already grounded in evidence (whether they know it or not) and other things might not be in their hands. There is, of course, room for adding a few classroom practices that might yield better results. Let’s take a look at how neuroscience made its way into education, how the science of Mind, Brain, and Education emerged, and what that means for ELT.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://edcrocks.com/2021/03/04/the-origins-of-mind-brain-and-education-and-its-relation-to-elt/
Have you ever wondered why TED Talks are not that long? It might be related to the idea that we can't really focus for a very long time. As matter of fact, a quite popular study and work strategy called Pomodoro Technique can be used to explain why we need to take frequent short pauses in order to help our brains memorize new facts. This episode connects all of this with the idea of using Brain Breaks. Enjoy!
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://edcrocks.com/2017/12/06/the-pomodoro-technique-brain-breaks-and-ted-talks-how-to-increase-focus-and-improve-memory-retention/
The objective of this episode is to focus on what we can do as educators and parents to help children cope with these especially difficult times. In short, what we want kids to be able to develop can be summarized in two terms that have been widely referred to in the specialized literature: emotional intelligence and self-regulation."
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://edcrocks.com/2020/09/10/emotional-intelligence-and-self-regulation-during-the-pandemic/
What's the best age to learn (or acquire) a second language? Is there a window of opportunity that closes? Is it really true that the "earlier, the better"? In this blog, I take a look at the linguistics debate on the critical period hypothesis and propose that it might not be too late to learn another language!
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://edcrocks.com/2018/12/02/a-critical-period-for-language-acquisition-lets-get-critical/
Teaching online can be quite challenging. What about when you have to teach from the physical classroom filled with in-person students while your lesson is live-streamed to those students who stayed at home? It may sound like an impossible task, mainly because of complicated logistics, but many teachers around the world had to embrace this modality: concurrent classrooms.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://edcrocks.com/2021/01/16/in-person-online-3-useful-models-for-concurrent-classrooms/
For those of you who know me, you can tell I'm a big fan of Project-Based Learning (PBL). What you might not know is how this passion of mine began. It was four years ago when I met an Iraqi woman and a platform to connect my students with students of the world. We all learned that prejudice and bias kept us from discovering a whole new world that was, in essence, not that different from our own. In this blog post, I tell the story of how I met my friend Afrah and how she connected with my groups and made a difference in our classes. How about trying something similar in 2021?
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://edcrocks.com/2021/01/18/affect-and-project-based-learning-the-two-transformative-tools-in-education-that-can-change-the-world/
There are many lessons to be learned from Karate Kid and how Daniel became proficient in the martial art through drilling. Repetition is key when we want to make sure things become more automatic and, thus, require less conscious effort. The so-called “muscle memory” can be developed through a series of intentional repetitions in order to master whatever we are attempting to learn. We do have to be careful, though. First, we shouldn’t call it “muscle memory”. Memories are created in our brain’s cortex and not inside our muscles. Secondly, the type of repetition, duration, and goal are essential for us to develop the skills we want
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://edcrocks.com/2021/02/07/wax-on-wax-off-karate-kids-lesson-about-drilling/
What's the role of stakeholders' (students, families, teachers, and school managers) in this pandemic? What should they understand about their delicate relationship and the impact it all has on education? I wrote this blog post more than 6 months ago and I decided to record it because I still think it's relevant. What do you think?
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://edcrocks.com/2020/09/05/covid-19-remote-teaching-and-the-school-ecosystem-a-delicate-relationship/
One of the most propagated neuromyths relates to our brain capacity. Have you ever heard anyone say that we only use 10% of our brains? Well, not too long ago, a sci-fi movie took this idea to the next level and explored what we'd be able to do if we could unlock this hidden brain potential of ours. Check out this episode and make sure you follow my blog
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://edcrocks.com/2020/11/11/no-we-dont-just-use-10-of-our-brain/
The idea that native speakers are better equipped for teaching, writing, and reviewing materials, as well as role models of perfect pronunciation, has been causing a lot of problems in the ELT industry worldwide. It places a lot more emphasis on one's nationality rather than on their qualifications and experience.
Are you sure a native teacher is automatically better than a non-native one? Do you expect your engineers to come from Germany, your chefs to be French, your designers to be Italian?
This podcast challenges the idea of 'native=better' with a simple analogy
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://edcrocks.com/2019/05/26/native-speakerism-jamie-olivers-italian-restaurant-and-food/