Visions of Education: Recent Episodes
Visions of Education
Visions of Education is an education podcast where education professor Dan Krutka and high school social studies teacher Michael Milton have conversations with educators to discuss their big ideas in education. VoE also partners with the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and associated groups to provide the latest from classroom teachers, education, professors, and researchers on social studies education.
In episode 227, Dan and Michael chat with Colleen Fitzpatrick and Anna Yonas about their new TRSE article titled, “Reproducing religious hegemony: An analysis of religion in secondary history standards.”
In episode 226, Dan and Michael chat with AJ Schiera and Andrew del Calvo about their new TRSE article titled, “What youth want from discussions: Practice, participation, and democracy in social studies (teacher) education.”
In episode 224, Dan and Michael chat with Rob Martinelle about his new TRSE article titled, “Back then, over there, never here, never now: Fascism according to K–12 social studies standards.”
In episode 223, Dan and Michael chat with Sara Evers about her new TRSE article titled, “Whose historical thinking? Representation of women in the Digital Inquiry Group’s Reading Like a Historian world history curriculum.”
In episode 222, Dan and Michael chat with Melissa Rojas Williams about her new TRSE article titled, “‘Algunas personas aquí han venido con coyote como Areli?’: Conceptualizing the Latine civic counternarrative through diverse children’s literature.”
Episode 221: Embracing Queer Social Studies with Sandra Schmidt by Visions of Education
In episode 220, Dan and Michael chat with Hilary Conklin and Molly Andolina about their new TRSE article titled, “ Toward a more empathic, connected, and humanizing democracy: A civics curriculum centering listening and storytelling.”
Episode 219: The State of Elementary Social Studies with Linda Doornbos, Annie Whitlock, & Maggie Demarse by Visions of Education
In episode 218, Dan and Michael chat with Rebecca Geller and Jamie Gravell about their new TRSE article titled, “‘My thinking has changed but beliefs have not’: Motivated reasoning in learning to teach abortion.”
In episode 216, Dan and Michael chat with Lightning Jay and Abby Reisman about their article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “The social studies discourse instrument: Validating an observation tool for classroom discussions.”
In episode 215, Dan and Michael chat with Brittany Jones & Kim Edmondson about their article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “What is the word ‘difficult’ doing in social studies research?: A systematic literature review of empirical research on difficult knowledges and histories, 2004–2022.”
In episode 214, Dan and Michael chat with Elizabeth Reynolds about her article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Teaching students to evaluate online information in social studies: A comparative case study of teachers’ goals and approaches.”
In episode 213, Dan and Michael chat with Keith Barton and Alex Cuenca about the new book, The Future of Civic Education: Rebuilding a Democracy in Ruins.
In episode 212, Dan and Michael chat with Traci Sorell (Cherokee Nation) about her fiction and nonfiction books for young people.
In episode 211, Dan and Michael chat with Jason Endacott about his article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Arts integrated historical empathy: Preservice teachers’ engagement with pluralistic lived experiences and efforts toward instructional application.”
In episode 210, Dan and Michael chat with Bretton Varga and Erin Adams about their article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Theorizing mimesis across social studies contexts of mimicry, imitation, and simulation.”
In episode 209, Dan and Michael chat with Asif Wilson and Rachel McMillian about their article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Black teachers in white spaces: Rupturing reproductions of Anti-Blackness in preservice social studies education.”
In episode 208, Dan and Michael chat with Lauren Harris and Chris Martell about their article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “‘I was in the room where it happens’: Educator agency and community within state social studies standards committees.”
In episode 207, Dan and Michael chat with Tadashi Dozono about his article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Eugenic ideology and the world history curriculum: How eugenic beliefs structure narratives of development and modernity.”
In episode 206, Dan and Michael chat with Patrick Keegan about his article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “What kind of affective citizen? An analysis of state social emotional learning standards.”
In episode 205, Dan and Michael chat with Amy Allen about her article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Included, but how? A critical investigation into elementary social studies standards about religion.”
In episode 203, Dan and Michael chat with Kelly Siegel-Stechler about her article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “‘Conversation is everything’: How teachers and students create environments where open discussion can thrive.”
In episode 203, Dan and Michael chat with Jenni Conrad and Jenni Gallagher about two articles—one with Wendy Chan published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Getting critical with compelling questions: Shifts in elementary teacher candidates’ curriculum planning from inquiry to critical inquiry” and another published in Social Education title, “Designing Questions for Critical Inquiry.”
In episode 202, Dan and Michael chat with Ryan Oto about his article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “‘This is for us, not them’: Troubling adultism through a pedagogy of solidarity in youth organizing and activism.”
In episode 201, Dan and Michael chat about the research project that focuses on thematically teaching public issues with Jeremiah Clabough, Caroline Sheffield, Timothy Litner, & Allie Whitford.
In episode 200, Michael and Dan chat reminisce about Visions of Education beginnings, and then Michael interviews Dan, Marie Heath, and Jacob Pleasants about their Civics of Technology project.
In episode 199, Dan and Michael chat with Agata Soroko about her article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Teaching young people more than 'how to survive austerity': From traditional financial literacy to critical economic literacy education.”
In episode 198, Dan and Michael chat with Stephen Jackons about his 2022 book, “The patchwork of world history in Texas high schools: Unpacking Eurocentrism, imperialism, and nationalism in the curriculum, 1920-2021.”
In episode 197, Dan and Michael chat with Alyssa Whitford about her article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Understanding and addressing gender stereotypes with elementary children: The promise of an integrated approach.”
In episode 196, Dan and Michael chat with Alyssa Whitford about her article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Virtual reality for the promotion of historical empathy: A mixed-methods analysis.”
In episode 195, Dan and Michael chat with James Miles and Lindsay Gibson about their article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Rethinking presentism in history education.”
In episode 194, Dan and Michael chat with Brittany Jones about her study published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Feeling fear as power and oppression: An examination of Black and white fear in Virginia's US history standards and curriculum framework.”
In episode 193, Dan and Michael chat with Charlot (Shar-loh) Cassar about his article published in Theory & Research in Social Education along with Ida Oosterheert and Paulien Meijer, “Why teachers address unplanned controversial issues in the classroom.”
In episode 192, Dan and Michael chat with James Damico, Loren Lybarger, and Edward Brudney about their book, “Commemorative Literacies and Labors of Justice: Resistance, Reconciliation, and Recovery in Buenos Aires and Beyond.”
In episode 191, Dan and Michael chat with Bretton Varga, Cathryn van Kessel, & Rebecca Christ about their article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Theorizing necropolitics in social studies education.”
In episode 190, Dan and Michael chat with Van Anh Tran about her article published in Social Studies & the Young Learner, “We Are Here: Civic Education through Southeast Asian Deportation Community Defense.”
In episode 189, Dan and Michael chat with friend of the pod Maribel Santiago and new guest Tadashi Dozono about their study published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “History is critical: Addressing the false dichotomy between historical inquiry and criticality.”
In episode 188, Dan and Michael chat with Meghan Manfra, Tom Hammond, and Robert Coven about their study published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “ Assessing computational thinking in the social studies.”
In episode 187, Dan and Michael chat with friend of the pod Sarah McGrew about her study published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Bridge or byway? Teaching historical reading and civic online reasoning in a US history class.”
In episode 186, Dan and Michael chat with friend of the pod Emma Thacker and Aaron Bodle about their study published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Seizing the moment: A critical place-based partnership for antiracist elementary social studies teacher education.”
In episode 185, Dan and Michael chat with Mohit Mehta about his article published in Social Studies & the Young Learner, “Using Digital Archives to Teach Early South Asian American Histories.”
In episode 184, Dan and Michael chat with Lightning Jay about his study published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “The disciplinary and critical divide in social studies teacher education research: A review of the literature from 2009–2019.”
In episode 183, Dan and Michael chat with Daniel Thomas III about his study published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “‘If I can help somebody”: The civic-oriented thought and practices of Black male teacher-coaches.”
In episode 182, Dan and Michael chat with Ryan Hughescal about his study published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “‘What is slavery?’: Third-grade students’ sensemaking about enslavement through historical inquiry.”
In episode 181, Dan and Michael chat with Steph Manuel about using comic books to tell the untold stories of marginalized groups.
In episode 180, Dan and Michael chat with Anna Falkner and Katherina Payne about their publication in Theory & Research in Social Education titled, ““Courage to take on the bull”: Cultural citizenship in fifth-grade social studies.”
In episode 179, Dan and Michael chat with Catherine Kramer, Amanda Lester, and Kristen Wilcox about their publication in Theory & Research in Social Education titled, “College, career, and civic readiness: Building school communities that prepare youth to thrive as 21st century citizens.”
In episode 178, Dan and Michael chat with Kaylene Stevens about her new publication in Theory & Research in Social Education titled, “How the 2016 US presidential election and the #MeToo movement impacted feminist social studies teachers.”
In episode 177, Michael and Dan chat with Leilani Sabzalian, Sarah Shear, & Jimmy Snyder about their new publication in Theory & Research in Social Education titled, “Standardizing Indigenous erasure: A TribalCrit and QuantCrit analysis of K–12 US civics and government standards.”
In episode 176, Michael and Dan chat with Peter Nelson about his new publication in Theory & Research in Social Education titled, “Between aspiration and reality: New materialism and social studies education.”
In episode 175, Michael and Dan chat with Bjorn Wansink about his new publication in Theory & Research in Social Education titled, “Teaching under attack: The dilemmas, goals, and practices of upper-elementary school teachers when dealing with terrorism in class.”
In episode 174, Michael chats with Mark Hlavacik… and Dan about their new publication in Theory & Research in Social Education titled, “Deliberation can wait: How civic litigation makes inquiry critical,” along with three approaches to framing critical inquiries.
In episode 173, Dan and Michael chat with Jada Kohlmeier about her new publication in Theory & Research in Social Education titled, “Investigating teacher adoption of authentic pedagogy through lesson study.”
In episode 172, Dan and Michael chat with Ellen Middaugh, Kristen Huey, Kristina Smith, & George Franco about their research into young people’s engagement with news through social media.
In episode 171, Dan and Michael chat with educator Alexis Walker (Chickasaw) about the Chickasaw Nation and how educators can teach through their people.
In episode 170, Dan and Michael chat with Paul Yoder about his new article in Theory & Research in Social Education titled, ‘“He wants to get rid of all the Muslims’: Mexican American and Muslim students’ use of history regarding candidate Trump.”
In episode 169, Dan and Michael chat with Brian Girard and Lauren Harris about their new article in Theory and Research in Social Education titled, “There’s no way we can teach all of this”: Factors that influence secondary history teachers’ content choices.
In episode 168, Dan and Michael chat with Steven Camicia and Ryan Knowles about their new book titled, “Education for Democracy: A Renewed Approach to Civic Inquiries for Social Justice.”
In episode 167, Dan and Michael chat with Lauren Harris and Stephanie Reid about their new article in Theory & Research in Social Education (TRSE) titled, “Investigating comparative genocide teaching in two high school classroom.”
In episode 166, Dan and Michael chat with Edgar Díaz and Matthew Deroo about their new article in Theory & Research in Social Education (TRSE) titled, “Latinxs in contention: A systemic functional linguistic analysis of 11th-grade US history textbooks.”
In episode 165, Dan and Michael chat with friend of the pod Judy Pace about her new book titled, “Hard Questions: Learning to Teach Controversial Issues.”
In episode 166, Dan and Michael chat with Ryan Estrellado, Jesse Mostipak and Joshua Rosenberg about their new open source book titled, “Data Science in Education Using R.”
In episode 162, Dan and Michael chat with Chris Busey & Tianna Dowie-Chin about their new article in Theory & Research in Social Education (TRSE) titled, “The making of global Black anti-citizen/citizenship: Situating BlackCrit in global citizenship research and theory?”
In episode 162, Dan and Michael chat with Rebecca Geller about her new article in Theory & Research in Social Education (TRSE) titled, “Teacher political disclosure in contentious times: A ‘responsibility to speak up’ or ‘fair and balanced’?”
In episode 161, Dan and Michael chat with Natalie Keefer about her new article in Social Studies & the Young Learner titled, “Gathering Funds of Knowledge: An Elementary Social Studies Unit Plan for Bilingual Settings.”
In episode 160, Dan and Michael chat with Sohyun An about her new Social Education article titled, “First Graders' Inquiry into Multicolored Stories of School (De)Segregation” by Sohyun An.
In episode 159, Dan and Michael chat with Jon Wargo about his new article in Theory & Research in Social Education (TRSE) titled, “‘Sound” civics, heard histories: A critical case of young children mobilizing digital media to write (right) injustice?”
In episode 158, Dan and Michael chat with Alysha Butler-Arnold about her new article in Social Education titled, “Why My Students Weren’t Surprised on January 6th.”
In episode 157, Dan and Michael chat with Jennifer Pontius-Vandenberg about her new article in Social Education titled, “Teaching the Haitian Revolution.”
In episode 156, Dan and Michael chat with Katherine Perrotta about her new article in Middle Level Learning titled, “Promoting Historical Empathy with the C3 Framework: Analyzing the Busing Controversy in United States History.”
In episode 155, Dan and Michael chat with Jenni Conrad about her new article in Theory & Research in Social Education (TRSE) titled, “Navigating identity as a controversial issue: One teacher’s disclosure for critical empathic reasoning.”
In episode 154, Dan and Michael chat with friend of the pod Dr. LaGarrett King about his new article in Social Education titled, “Black History is Not American History: Toward a Framework of Black Historical Consciousness.”
In episode 153, Dan and Michael chat with friend of the pod Kenneth C. Davis about the pandemic, insurrection, and his new book, Strongman: The Rise of Five Dictators and the Fall of Democracy.
In episode 152, Dan and Michael chat with Melissa Gibson about their new article in Theory & Research in Social Education titled, “From deliberation to counter-narration: Toward a critical pedagogy for democratic citizenship.”
In episode 151, Dan and Michael chat with friends of the pod, Drs. Andrea Hawman and Sarah Shear, about their new book, Marking the "Invisible”: Articulating Whiteness in Social Studies Education.”
In episode 150, Dan and Michael chat with Dr. Kristen Duncan of Clemson University about teaching social studies and her recent publication in Educational Studies, “‘They Hate on Me!’: Black Teachers Interrupting Their White Colleagues’ Racism.”
In episode 149, Dan and Michael chat with Ilene & Michael Berson of the University of South Florida about their KidCitizen app, cybersafety, and other digital resources that can support social studies instruction whether your class meets at school or remotely.
In episode 148, Dan and Michael chat with University of North Texas doctoral students Marquita Foster & Danelle Adeniji about the pandemic, nurturing Black and Brown students, and disrupting harmful practices in schools.
In episode 147, Dan and Michael chat with Annie Whitlock about the Flint water crisis, social studies, and education.
In episode 146, Dan and Michael chat with Lauren Colley about her new TRSE publication, “(Un)Restricting feminism: High school students’ definitions of gender and feminism in the context of the historic struggle for women’s rights.”
In Episode 142, Dan and Michael chat with Heidi Torres about her recent article in Theory & Research in Social Education titled, “‘They have their own way, and you should respect that’: Investigating the outcomes of an elementary world cultures curriculum.”
In Episode 144, Dan and Michael chat with Emma Thacker and Jeremy Stoddard about their recent article in Social Studies & the Young Learner titled, “Reading, Analyzing, and Creating Informational Graphics in the Elementary Classroom.”
In Episode 143, Dan and Michael chat with NCSS President Tina Heafner about agency, advocacy, and activism for the social studies.
In episode 142, Dan, Michael, and Dan’s doctoral students chat with Audrey Watters about problems with edtech, HACK Education, and her forthcoming book, “Teaching Machines.”
In Episode 141, Dan, Michael, and Dan’s doctoral students chat with Dr. Ruha Benjamin of Princeton University about her scholarship and new book, “Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code.”
In Episode 140, Dan and Michael chat with Sarah Stitzlein about her recent open access book titled, “Learning How to Hope: Reviving Democracy through Schools and Civil Society.”
In Episode 139, Dan and Michael chat with Jessica Ferreras-Stone and Sara Demoiny about their recent article in Social Studies & the Young Learner titled, “Why are People Marching?: Discussing Justice-Oriented Citizenship using Picture Books.”
In Episode 138, Dan and Michael chat with online learning scholar Michael Barbour as many schools and universities seek to move instruction online to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Be sure to check out our shownotes for resources!
In Episode 137, Dan and Michael chat with James Miles about his recent article in Theory & Research in Education titled, “Seeing and feeling difficult history: A case study of how Canadian students make sense of photographs of Indian Residential Schools.”
In Episode 136, Dan and Michael chat with Drs. Jennifer Gallagher and Elizabeth Bellows about their recent Social Education article titled, “‘Pinning’ with Pause: Supporting Teachers' Critical Consumption on Sites of Curriculum Sharing.” We also finally discover the mysterious other place to find the Visions of Education.
In Episode 135, Dan, editor-turned-co-host Zack Seitz, and friend of the pod Jim Garrett chat with Mark Kissling and Jon Bell about their new article in Theory & Research in Social Education titled, “Teaching social studies amid ecological crisis.”
In Episode 134, Dan and Michael chat with Dr. Christine Rogers Stanton about her recent Social Education article titled, “‘Now You Can't Just Do Nothing’: Unsettling the Settler Self within Social Studies Education.”
In Episode 133, Dan and Michael chat with Dr. Marie Heath about her recent Social Education article that she let Dan also join in on titled, “Has Social Media Made it Easier to Effect Social Change?: Inquiring into Tactics for Change through Primary Sources.”
In Episode 132, Dan and Michael chat with Dr. Neil Shanks about his new publication in Theory & Research in Social Education titled, “Against ‘economic man’: A feminist challenge to prevailing neoclassical norms in K-12 economics education.”
In Episode 131, Dan and Michael chat with Dr. Christine Greenhow of Michigan State University about social media, social scholarship, and much more. This episode is part of a partnership with the SITE Social Media Special Interest Group.
In Episode 130, Dan and Michael chat with Dr. Marcus Johnson about his new article in Theory & Research in Social Education titled, “Trump, Kaepernick, and MLK as “maybe citizens”: Early elementary African American males’ analysis of citizenship.”
In episode 129, Dan and Michael of Visions of Education chat with Chris Hitchcock and Amy Presley of Talking Social Studies about podcasting in the social studies live from the 2019 National Social Studies Supervisors Association (NSSSA) Conference in Austin, Texas.
In Episode 128, Dan and Michael chat with Leilani Sabzalian about her new book “Indigenous Children’s Survivance in Public Schools” and her TRSE article, “ The tensions between Indigenous sovereignty and multicultural citizenship education: Toward an anticolonial approach to civic education.”
In Episode 127, Dan and Michael chat with Dr. John Wills about his new article in Theory & Research in Social Education titled, “‘Daniel was racist’: Individualizing racism when teaching about the Civil Rights Movement.”
In Episode 126, Dan and Michael have a wide ranging chat about lessons, metaphors, and planning with Daniel Diaz, Amparo Chavez-Gonzalez, Miguel Covarrubias, and Chris Lewis of the UCLA History-Geography Project.
In Episode 125 Dan and Michael talk with Jada Kohlmeier about her new article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Examining the relationship between teachers’ discussion facilitation and their students’ reasoning.”
In Episode 122 Dan and Michael talk with Drs. Carolyn Weber and Sarah Montgomery about their new article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “The emergence of elementary citizenship education: Insights from Iowa’s rural schools, 1910–1935.” It is kind of like that West Wing episode where everyone is talking about that book about what life was like 100 years ago - except set in rural schools in Iowa. (If you would like the full West Wing effect, please listen to this while walking!)
In Episode 123, Dan and Michael talk with Dr. Judy Pace about her new article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Contained risk-taking: Preparing preservice teachers to teach controversial issues in three countries.”
In Episode 122, Dan and Michael offer condolences to the recent victims of mass shootings and talk with Kathleen Knight Abowitz and Dan Mamlok about their new article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “The case of #NeverAgainMSD: When proceduralist civics becomes public work by way of political emotion.”
In Episode 121, Dan and Michael talk with Delandrea Hall about Hamilton: An American Musical and discuss considerations and ways to use aspects of it in the classroom! Collectively, they have seen the show 8 times!
In Episode 120, Dan and Michael talk with Christine Baron and Sherri Sklarwitz about their new publication in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Understanding what teachers gain from professional development at historic sites.”
In Episode 119, Michael and Dan talk with Dr. Kevin Magill about his research on critical teachers, power relations and intellectual solidarity.
In episode 118, Dan talks with planners and presenters at the first annual Elementary Social Studies Education Summit (ESSES)that took place in Wilmington, North Carolina on June 6th and 7th, 2019.
In Episode 117, Michael and Dan talk with Dr. Lance Mason about how educators might teach media literacy through media ecology.
In Episode 116, Dan and Michael chat with Harper Keenan about his new article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Visiting Chutchui: The making of a colonial counterstory on an elementary school field trip.”
In a free-wheeling discussion with Nate Bowling (which, to be honest, happens when this crew gets together), we explore his decision to leave his school and move to teach in an international school in Abu Dhabi. Nate also discusses what he sees as a way to retain teachers by bringing them into leadership roles (and keeping them in the classroom).
In episode 114, Dan and Michael talk with Wayne Journell about his new edited book, Unpacking Fake News: An Educator's Guide to Navigating the Media with Students.
In Episode 113, Michael and Dan talk with Dr. Lilliana Saldaña and Vanessa Sandoval about their (and the larger efforts) to create a Mexican American Studies course approved by the Texas State Board of Education.
In this episode, Dan and Michael chat with Selena Van Horn and Andrea Hawkman about their new Social Studies and the Young Learner article, First Comes Love, Then Comes Marriage (Equality): Welcoming Diverse Families in the Elementary Classroom.
In this episode, Dan and Michael chat with Cory Wright-Maley of St. Mary’s University in Calgary, Canada about teaching simulations in the social studies.
In this Women’s History Month episode, Dan and Michael chat with Tina Ellsworth, Janelle Stigall, and Amy Walker of Kansas about their new Social Studies and the Young Learner article, “Remembering the Ladies: Connect to Local Women’s History using Storytelling.”
In the final if our four #SocialMediaEd episodes, Dan and Michael chat with Luci Pangrazio of Deakin University in Australia about her research on how youth make sense of the social media data they create and which is extracted from them.
For our third #SocialMediaEd SITE episode, Dan and Michael chat with Enilda Romero-Hall of the University of Tampa about social media in higher education.
In this episode, Michael and Dan chat with Carly Muetterties of C3Teachers.org about dimension four of the C3 Inquiry Arc: Taking informed action. We played around with some other titles like, "Beyond the Letters to the Editor" and the Sondheim-inspired, "Finishing the Arc,' however, we landed here to be more descriptive.
In this episode, Dan and Michael chat with Wayne Journell, Adam Friedman, & Emma Thacker about their teaching, research, and recent publication in Social Education titled, “Getting Inquiry Design Just Right.”
In this wide ranging episode, Dan and Michael chat with Antero Garcia about gaming, media, education, and really mainly emails.
In this episode, Dan and Michael chat with Ellen Middaugh, Ph.D. about her work on digital media and youth civic engagement. Specifically, we are discussing her recently published article with Chris Evans "Did You Know?!...Cultivating Online Public Voice in Youth" from Theory & Research in Social Education!
In this episode, Dan and Michael chat with Tonia Dousay, co-chair of the SITE Social Media SIG, about teaching digital footprints.
In this episode, Dan and Michael talk with Brenda Tracy about her work as an activist to confront sexual assault through her Set the Expectation non-profit organization.
In Episode 101, Michael and Dan talk with "Don't Know Much About History" author Kenneth C. Davis about his role as a public historian and his two most recent books - More deadly than war: The hidden history of the Spanish Flu and the First World War and In the Shadow of Liberty: The Hidden History of Slavery, Four Presidents, and Five Black Lives.
And we finally get the answer to the big question - what does the C. stand for!
In this episode, Dan and Michael chat with Genevieve Caffrey about her co-authored Social Education article, A Pathway to Racial Literacy: Using the LETS ACT Framework to Teach Controversial Issues.
In this episode, Dan and Michael chat with edcamp co-founder and executive director Hadley Ferguson and researcher Jeff Carpenter about edcamp unconferences.
In this episode, Dan and Michael chat with Molly Andolina and Hilary Conklin about their new research published in Theory and Research in Social Education titled, Speaking With Confidence and Listening With Empathy: The Impact of Project Soapbox on High School Students.
In episode 97, Dan and Michael picked 9 social studies journal and book series editors to participate in a session to find out what happens when editors stop being polite and start getting real…The Real World. This episode was recorded live before a studio audience at the 2018 College and University Faculty Assembly (CUFA) of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Annual Meeting.
In this episode, Dan and Michael chat with Marti Tippens Murphy about her new article in Social Education titled, “Youth in Front: Supporting Youth-Led Social Action.”
In this episode, Dan and Michael chat with Sarah Shear, Leilani Sabzalian, and Lisa Brown Buchanan about their new Social Studies and the Young Learner article, “Affirming Indigenous Sovereignty: A Civics Inquiry.”
In Episode 94, Michael chats with Dan Krutka (what’s Dan doing over here?), Annie Whitlock, & Mark Helmsing about the social studies curriculum and their new book, Keywords in the social studies: Concepts and Conversations.
In this episode, Dan and Michael chat with Erica Armstrong Dunbar about the work of historians, telling the stories of African American women, teaching slavery, and specifically her book, Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge.
In this episode, Dan and Michael chat with Erica Hodgin and Joe Kahne about their Social Education publication, Misinformation in the Information Age: What Teachers Can Do to Support Students.
In this episode Dan and Michael chat with Anna-Lise Halvorsen, David E. Harris, and Paul F. Dain about their new book Reasoning with Democratic Values 2.0: Ethical Issues in American History, (Volume 1 & Volume 2) which is helps teachers to promote critical thinking and social responsibility in their United States History and Civics classes.
In Episode 90, Michael and Dan talk with Heather Hagan and Carolyn Weber about their recent article published in Middle Level Learning titled, “The Global Challenge of Equal Access for Girls to an Education: An Investigation Using Inquiry” In this article, they discuss how educators can teach students about the rights young women have to an education in different countries around the world using the Inquiry Arc of the C3 Framework.
In episode 89 Michael and Dan talk with Kimberlee Ried about students’ rights in schools, and her article published in the March/April issue of Social Education titled “Upholding Student Rights in the 20th Century: An Examination of Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District.” In the article and episode she discusses how the Tinker v. Des Moines Supreme Court case can be taught to illustrate students’ rights in schools.
In episode 88, Michael & Dan talk with Ryan T. Knowles about his recent article published in Theory and Research in Social Education titled “Teaching Who You Are: Connecting Civic Education Ideology to Instructional Strategy.” Dan also admits that he has never read nor seen any of the Harry Potter books/films (a fact that Michael found so important that he put it in the episode description.
In Episode 87, Dan and Michael chat with Tamara Shreiner about her recent article published in Theory and Research in Social Education titled “Data Literacy for Social Studies: Examining the Role of Data Visualizations in K-12 Textbooks.” Dr. Shreiner describes data visualizations in our society and shares how to teach about and with them.
In Episode 86, Michael chats with Bruce A. Lesh about his book "Why Wont You Just Tell Us the Answer?”: Teaching Historical Thinking in Grades 7 - 12. Bruce fields questions from participants in a book club study with #sschat. In this interview, Bruce discusses the benefits of historical thinking, teacher prep, assessments and how to make a good historical investigation.
In Episode 85, Michael & Dan chat with Dr. Hillary Parkhouse about her recent article published in Theory and Research in Social Education titled, "Pedagogies of Naming, Questioning, and Demystification: A Study of Two Critical U.S. History Classrooms." In it, she discusses how two teachers are uses critical lenses to teach US history.
In Episode 84, Michael & Dan chat with Emma Thacker, Erin Casey, Katie Knapp, and Carly Muetterties about their work published in the Social Studies and the Young Learner January/February issue "Elementary Lessons Using the C3 Framework." Make sure to check out the show notes to links to their articles and amazing resources that are applicable for those who teach elementary school and beyond!
In Episode 83, Michael & Dan chat with J.B. Mayo, Jr. from the University of Minnesota to discuss his extensive work in LGBT and Queer Studies - specifically his work on GSAs (Gay-Straight Alliances/Genders & Sexualities Alliances) and his recent work published in NCSS's Social Education on LGBTQ media and its potential impact on youth.
In Episode 82, Dan and Michael chat with Alex Cuenca of Indiana University about preparing social studies teachers and his Social Education article on the new National Standards for the Preparation of Social Studies Teachers.
In Episode 81, Dan and Michael chat with Mark Helmsing of George Mason University about curriculum theory.
In episode 80, Dan and Michael chat with Kate Shuster about Teaching Tolerance's new standards for teaching American slavery.
In episode 79, Dan and Michael chat with Chris Busey & Irenea Walker about black critical patriotism in elementary social studies as outlined in their article published Theory and Research in Social Education titled, "A Dream and a Bus: Black Critical Patriotism in Elementary Social Studies Standards."
In episode 78, Dan and Michael chat with Mardi Schmeichel about teaching for gender equity in social studies.
In episode 77, Michael & Dan chat with Christopher C. Martell & Kaylene M. Stevens about their recently published Theory and Research in Social Education article "Equity- and Tolerance-Oriented Teachers: Approaches to Teaching Race in the Social Studies Classroom". In their work, they share best practices of teachers and discuss the differences between the equity and tolerance approach to teaching race.
In episode 76, Dan and Michael chat with Noreen Naseem Rodriguez about teaching Asian-American histories and her new Social Studies and the Young Learner article, “But They Didn’t Do Nothin’ Wrong!”: Teaching about Japanese-American Incarceration.
In episode 75, Michael & Dan chat with Cathryn van Kessel & Ryan M. Crowley about their recent work "Villainification and Evil in Social Studies Education" published in Theory & Research in Social Education. They discuss the need to make historic villains less 'cardboard cutouts' and more three dimensional.
In episode 74, Dan and Michael chat with Sarah McGrew of the Stanford History Education Group (SHEG about civic online reasoning, their new research published in TRSE, and how teachers can use the assessments.
In episode 73, Michael & Dan chat with 2016 Washington Teacher of the Year Nate Bowling and TRSE editor Wayne Journell about teaching and trends in social studies research from 2017!
In episode 72, Dan and Michael ask lots of compelling questions to Rebecca Mueller about her work on using compelling questions in the classroom. Her work was recently published in Social Education, a social studies journal from NCSS.
In Episode 71, Dan & Michael talk about and Dan interviews award winners, presenters, and attendees at the College and University Faculty Assembly (CUFA) and the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) 2017 Annual Conference in San Francisco, California.
In Episode 70, Michael & Dan chat with Daniel Stuckart to discuss his work connecting the many theories of John Dewey to today. This is probably a good refresher to many, like Michael, who had forgotten about John Dewey from their Education Theory class.
In episode 69, Michael and Dan chat with Amanda E. Vickery to discuss her recent Theory & Research in Social Studies article "'You excluded us for so long and now you want us to be patriotic?': African American Women Teachers Navigating the Quandary of Citizenship." Our conversation challenges the notion of what citizenship is and the many ways in which it can be taught.
In episode 68, Dan and Michael talk with Ehaab Abdou about embracing multiple perspectives in World History, especially Egypt, with TRSE published author Ehaab Abdou.
In episode 67, Dan and Michael talk with Debbie Reese, a tribally enrolled Nambe Owingeh member, an educator and activist, and the founder of the popular American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL) website and blog.
In episode 66, Dan and Michael talk with middle school world geography teacher and #WorldGeoChat moderator Chris Heffernan about teaching geography.
In episode 65, Michael & Dan chat with middle school teacher Andrew Swan about his efforts in building an online flipped community through Twitter and the use of blogging!
In episode 64, Dan and Michael chat about elementary social studies with Michigan State professor Anne-Lise Halvorsen.
In episode 63, Michael & Dan discuss a project-based learning approach to government class - using simulations - with Jane Lo. Jane's article "Adolescents Developing Civic Identities: Sociocultural Perspectives on Simulations and Role-Play in a Civic Classroom" was recently published by Theory & Research in Social Education.
In episode 62, Dan and Michael, a professor in the University of Washington Information School and author of “Mindful Tech: How to Bring Balance to our Digital Lives,” about mindful uses of technology in our lives and how to teach it.
In Episode 61, Michael & Dan chat with Chris Clark about his recent Theory & Research in Social Studies article “Examining the Relationship Between Civic Education and Partisan Alignment in Young Voters." Our conversation includes a discussion of building an open classroom environment AND how pizza should not be defined by tomato sauce.
In Episode 60, Michael & Dan chat with Kevin Meuwissen about his recent Theory & Research in Social Studies article “Happy Professional Development at an Unhappy Time”: Learning to Teach for Historical Thinking in a High-Pressure Accountability Context.
In Episode 58, Michael & Dan chat with Lisa Gilbert about her Theory & Research in Social Studies media review of Assassins Creed, her background in Museum Studies, and finding history outside the classroom!
In Episode 55, Michael & Dan chat with Dr. Maribel Santiago about the importance of teaching Mexican-American histories, specifically the Mendez v. Westminster case regarding school segregation.
In Episode 54, Michael & Dan chat with Tim Huijgen about his recent Theory & Research in Social Education which is focused on getting students to take on historical perspectives.
We also talk about hats.
In Episode 53, Michael & Dan discuss the concept of acquiring difficult knowledge with guest Jim Garrett. One of the first things we discuss is 'what exactly is difficult knowledge?'
In episode 52, Dan and Michael talk with Theory and Research in Social Education (TRSE) editor Wayne Journell and announce a partnership!
In episode 51, Michael & Dan discuss a civic engagement project Shannon Janovitz and her students created called the Citizenship Challenge.
Check out our shownotes for a link to their website!
In episode 50, Dan and Michael engage in an education conversation with middle school math educator, author, and EduColor founder José Vilson.
In episode 49, Dan and Michael chat flipped classrooms with Massachusetts teacher Elizabeth Miller.
In episode 48, Michael & Dan discuss measuring school quality with Jack Schneider.
Among other things - including hosting a the podcast HaveYouHeard and serving as an Assistant Professor at Holy Cross - Jack serves as the Director of Research at the Massachusetts Consortium for Innovative Education Assessment.
Take a listen & you'll learn that the 'perception gap' isn't just your perception of clothes purchased at the Gap versus what they actually look like.
In episode 47, Michael & Dan chat with Pernille Ripp about teaching, being connected, and the Global Read Aloud!
In episode 46, Dan and Michael chat about women in education history with Jenn Binis of EdHistory101.
In episode 45, Michael & Dan chat with five 2016 Teachers of the Year -Tayla Edlund, Ashley Lamb Sinclair, Ryan Kaiser, Audrey Jackson & Tim Royers - about their organization and the need to 'Protect Public Ed.'
In episode 44, our panel of educators answer the questions of teacher candidates from Betsy Barrow's class at the University of North Carolina.
In Episode 43, Michael & Dan discuss student-led conferences with 2016 Tennessee Teacher of the Year Cathy Whitehead. Michael also offers to buy people ice cream.
In Episode 42, Michael & Dan chat with education reporter Allie Gross about the nominee for the Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and school choice. To read some of Allie Gross's pieces, check out our show notes for links!
In episode 41, Dan and Michael interview Mandy Stewart of Texas Woman's University on educating refugee and immigrant youth.
In episode 40, Dan and Michael interview Ron Evans of San Diego State University on the history of the social studies.
In episode 39, Michael and Dan discuss supporting transgender students with Amber Briggle and Genevieve Mayet.
In episode 38, Dan and Michael chat with Kathleen Kyzar who provides an overview of special education.
In episode 37, Michael and Dan chat with Dr. Max Klau about leadership development and the importance of creating dedicated time and space to do this.
In episode 36, Dan and Michael chat with educational psychologist and researcher David Berliner about high-stakes testing and the manufactured crisis.
In episode 35, Michael and Dan discuss media literacy and fake news with Renee Hobbs, one of the leading voices in media literacy education, and Annie Jansen, a terrific AP Government teacher from Washington.
There is also a brief discussion of the French Revolution and Publius gets a shout out.
In episode 34, Dan and Mike talk teacher activism with 2016 Oklahoma Teacher of the Year Shawn Sheehan.
In Episode 33, Michael and Dan chat with educator Chris Hitchcock about her experiences teaching in virtual environments.
In episode 32, Michael and Dan are joined by educators Nate Bowling and Chris Hitchcock to discuss the implications of the 2016 Presidential Election in their classrooms.
In episode 31, Dan and Michael talk Oral Histories in Education with Gabriele Abowd Damico of Indiana University.
In episode 30, Dan and Michael talk Virtual Communities, co-learning, and more with the great Howard Rheingold.
In Episode 29, Dan and Michael discuss the importance of different perspectives in education journalism with Ben Felder, a reporter for The Oklahoman. Also, you will learn what keeps Dan up at night.
In episode 28, Dan and Michael talk with Lisa Dabbs about supporting new teachers, particularly through #ntchat.
In episode 27, Michael and Dan talk about the popular education hashtag #EdChat with one of the creators Tom Whitby.
In episode 26, Dan and Michael talk with 2016 Washington state Teacher of the Year Nate Bowling about school equity and resources.
In episode 25, Michael and Dan discuss historical thinking skills with Joel Breakstone from the Stanford History Education Group
In Episode 24, Michael and Dan speak with David Johns, the Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans to discuss student-centered education.
In episode 23, Michael and Dan discuss the divide between education research and practitioners with guest Paul MacLellan. Featuring surprise a surprise appearance by former guest Jeremy Stoddard.
In episode 22, Dan and Michael talk with Leigh Cassell about connections-based learning, including global videoconferencing with students.
In episode 21, Dan and Michael chat with Kathryn Engebretson about gender and education.
In episode 19, Michael and Dan are joined by a panel of educators to discuss how they set up their first week of school. They are joined by Quinn Rollins, Jennifer Maio, Jessica Rosenthal, and Laura Vago.
In episode 18, Michael and Dan discuss note-taking strategies for students with learning disabilities with Temple University professor Joseph Boyle.
In episode 17, Michael talks with Torrey Trust, Jeff Carpenter, and Dan Krutka about teacher Professional Learning Networks (PLNs).
In episode 16, Dan and Michael talk with Destiny Warrior about mentoring for retention in schools.
In episode 15, Michael and Dan interview Sarah Shear about indigenous (mis)representations in U.S. history and how teachers can help combat that narrative.
In episode 14, Michael and Dan discuss the concept of Equity Literacy with Paul Gorski.
In this extended conversation, Dan and Michael discuss creating authentic media for educators and students.
In episode 12, Michael and Dan interview Jeremy Stoddard about effectively using film in the classroom (and talk about Godzilla).
In episode 11, Dan and Michael interview LaGarrett King about Rethinking Black History.
In episode 10, Michael and Dan interview Kathy Swan about the C3 Framework for Social Studies - both the standards and the story behind them.
In episode 8, Michael and Dan interview Wayne Journell about teachers disclosing their political affiliation in the classroom.
In episode 7, Dan and Michael interview Renee Hobbs about teaching propaganda in addition to some discussion of media literacy education.
In episode 6, Dan and Michael talk with Quinn Rollins about bringing superheroes into the classroom.
In episode 5, Dan and Michael interview Dave Burgess about his Teach Like a Pirate philosophy.
In episode 4, Dan and Michael interview Wes Fryer about inside/outside sharing in education.
In episode 3, Dan and Michael interview University of Central Oklahoma education professor Kim Pennington about “visioning” in education.
In episode 2, Dan interviews high school social studies teacher Michael Milton about student dialogue during the research process.
In episode 1, Michael interviews Dan Krutka of Texas Woman’s University about social media in education.