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The 55 Minute Question is a show that believes what education needs now, more than ever, is big ideas and a space to try them on. Because as Chris Phillips writes in Socrates Cafe, and Gord Downie sang, “life is not a dress rehearsal.” This is our life.]]>enEducationCopyright voicEd Radiohttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/b9874a9bf0140f1d8ac40b1876720356.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/show/the-55-minute-questionWed, 28 Feb 2024 16:48:20 +0000Cameron JonesvoicEd Radiothe55minutequestion@gmail.comThe 55 Minute Question is a show inspired by questions, and the thinking that follows them. It is a show that is loosely inspired by a quote attributed to Einstein: that to solve a problem, spend 55 minutes determining the proper question to ask, and...
The 55 Minute Question is a show that believes what education needs now, more than ever, is big ideas and a space to try them on. Because as Chris Phillips writes in Socrates Cafe, and Gord Downie sang, “life is not a dress rehearsal.” This is our life.]]>falseepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-55-minute-question-s2e6-learning-in-a-world-of-bifurcate-shortcuts--43872443https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43872443Sat, 13 Mar 2021 18:19:39 +0000Cameron JonesThis week on The 55 Minute Question, Stephen and Cameron discuss making the room for people to change, frequently. We wonder about impressions, and how they shape how we see others, ourselves, and our students. We ask how we can develop a capacity to...3665amwriting,becoming,bifurcate,change,educationfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-55-minute-question-s2e5-looking-for-a-path-not-a-shortcut--43690453https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43690453Mon, 01 Mar 2021 18:12:30 +0000Cameron JonesThis week on The 55 Minute Question, Stephen and Cameron discuss the importance of being seen. We remark at the power of being reminded of the child by seeing childhood photos; and wonder about reframing what we see in the context of Dean James Ryan's...3677beingseen,craigcardiff,deanjamesryan,dis,disrupt,education,essentialquestions,frames,gentledisruptions,letters,shortcutsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-55-minute-question-s2e4-leaving-our-tools-behind--43548773https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43548773Fri, 19 Feb 2021 19:22:20 +0000Cameron JonesIn this week's episode of "The 55 Minute Question", Stephen and Cameron discuss a question from the previous week: why are we driven the way we are? What does it mean to "be seen" in the context of contribution? If our frames of reference, our world...3621education,imbalance,learning,shortcuts,thedance,tobeseen,voicedradiofalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-beauty-in-imbalance-the-55-minute-question-s2e3--43400110https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43400110Thu, 11 Feb 2021 11:47:39 +0000Cameron JonesStephen and Cameron discuss the idea of imbalance, and wonder if a spotlight on ourselves as works in progress might attune us to the infinite mindset so essential to lifelong learning. We ask how reframing our observations about development, and...3717education,imbalance,lifelonglearning,reframe,shortcutsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/shortcuts-pt-2--43294242https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43294242Fri, 05 Feb 2021 01:01:05 +0000Cameron JonesContinuing with our theme of shortcuts, Stephen and Cameron discuss the foundational, driving questions for a Royal Commission on Learning; we consider how essential glib notions about education might actually be to the conversation, and, try as we...3651falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/shortcuts--43162534https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43162534Thu, 28 Jan 2021 10:52:00 +0000Cameron JonesIn the first episode of season 2, Cam and Stephen think about shortcuts: are we beginning to see cracks in education, in society, that come from a shallow attention to the parts of a whole? As the pandemic forces structures to be questioned, changed,...3663falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/looking-back-on-season-one--42177913https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42177913Thu, 26 Nov 2020 10:12:41 +0000Cameron JonesCam and Stephen look back on the last 15 weeks of The 55-minute Question, remembering highlights, consolidating learning and imagining the conversations that could become part of Season 23631falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/measuring-learning-what-are-the-right-questions-to-ask--42042676https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42042676Wed, 18 Nov 2020 19:13:45 +0000Cameron JonesSpurred on by a recent media piece suggesting that final standardized exams are not to be sacrificed in this time of pandemic disturbances, Cameron Jones asks whether or not we are even posing the right questions when it comes to measuring learning.3647falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/reckoning-with-lifelong-learning-pt-3--41936423https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41936423Thu, 12 Nov 2020 16:42:07 +0000Cameron JonesIn the final instalment of a 3 part series inspired by Seymour Sarason’s provocation, “And What Do You Mean By Learning?”, Cameron Jones and Stephen Hurley begin a conversation about the capacity and mindset of public education to deliver on the kind...3664falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/reckoning-with-lifelong-learning-pt-2-with-guest-brandon-busteed--41795310https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41795310Wed, 04 Nov 2020 19:59:44 +0000Cameron JonesIn the second installment of a 3 part series inspired by Seymour Sarason's provocation, “And What Do You Mean By Learning?”, Cameron Jones and Stephen Hurley speak with Brandon Busteed (Kaplan; Forbes Magazine) about a community model of learning that...3777falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/reckoning-with-lifelong-learning-what-and-why--41707662https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41707662Thu, 29 Oct 2020 23:34:19 +0000Cameron JonesCameron Jones and Stephen Hurley begin a 3-part series of exploration into the question of learning and, in particular, life-long learning.3575falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/original-thinking--41582631https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41582631Fri, 23 Oct 2020 09:47:36 +0000Cameron JonesCameron Jones and Stephen Hurley reach back to the earliest recorded thought to frame a conversation about capacity and complacency, agency and apathy, our imaginations and the stories we live into. We explore progress and the importance of...3543falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-gardener-and-the-carpenter--41482176https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41482176Thu, 15 Oct 2020 21:30:27 +0000Cameron JonesTonight Cameron and Stephen explore the connections between ways of knowing and ways of being, our views of the capability of the child and the difference between seeing teaching as the work of a gardener as opposed to a carpenter.3671falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/better-questions--41349796https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41349796Wed, 07 Oct 2020 22:52:20 +0000Cameron JonesToday, Cameron and Stephen discuss Ruth Bader Ginsburg's "dissenter’s hope," curiosity, becoming, and and hope as agency rather than happenstance. We ponder whether we are asking enough questions? And if so, how can we nudge ourselves to a place of...3651falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-joy-and-laughter-of-learning--41229191https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41229191Wed, 30 Sep 2020 18:31:12 +0000Cameron JonesCameron Jones and Stephen Hurley convene for some laughs...literally. An exploration of the importance of recognizing the joy and learning inherent in the play of children, and how we can make that a more intentional part of the way we look at schooling.3599falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-year-s-growth-for-a-year-s-input--41108799https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41108799Thu, 24 Sep 2020 23:11:07 +0000Cameron JonesToday, Cameron and Stephen explore the idea that a year's worth of input should equal a year's worth of growth. Are we creating the conditions in schools that honour “a year’s growth for a year’s input” for all? If not, then why for some and not...3766falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-03-who-is-the-public-in-public-education--40951874https://api.spreaker.com/episode/40951874Thu, 17 Sep 2020 09:28:36 +0000Cameron JonesCameron Jones and Stephen Hurley dig a little deeper into the idea of public education as a public good: what that means and who the "public" in public education actually is—or should be.3641falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-02-the-purpose-of-education--40813629
What is the purpose of public education? Is it about "my" children or "our children"? Or is there a way to allow both interests to live in the same space?

Here's a link to the article that got Cameron thinking about tonight's discussion: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-how-race-income-and-opportunity-hoarding-will-shape-canadas-back/

Follow Brandon on Twitter: @brandonzoras]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/40813629Thu, 10 Sep 2020 11:24:24 +0000Cameron JonesCameron and Stephen welcome Toronto-based educator, Brandon Zoras. Brandon was recently featured in a Globe and Mail article on "opportunity hoarding" in education, as families move towards a very different "return to school". What is the purpose of...
What is the purpose of public education? Is it about "my" children or "our children"? Or is there a way to allow both interests to live in the same space?

Here's a link to the article that got Cameron thinking about tonight's discussion: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-how-race-income-and-opportunity-hoarding-will-shape-canadas-back/

Follow Brandon on Twitter: @brandonzoras]]>3577falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep01-school-as-haven--40666342https://api.spreaker.com/episode/40666342Thu, 03 Sep 2020 02:43:34 +0000Cameron JonesThis week, Cameron Jones is joined by Craig Cardiff and Stephen Hurley to explore the idea of school as place. What is that place meant to be? What should it be? Cameron and Stephen reflect on Stuart Shanker's concept of 'haven', and Craig adds some...3919falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep0-what-is-learning--40412478
As a starting point, they tackle the need for more philosophical thinking in our education conversations and begin their journey by looking at what we really mean when we talk about learning.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/40412478Wed, 19 Aug 2020 23:04:44 +0000Cameron JonesIn Episode 0, Cameron Jones and Stephen Hurley explore the concept for the 55-Minute Question podcast, some of what grounds their thinking and what they hope to dig into this season. As a starting point, they tackle the need for more philosophical...
As a starting point, they tackle the need for more philosophical thinking in our education conversations and begin their journey by looking at what we really mean when we talk about learning.]]>3599falsefull