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Thoughts on learning theory, teaching practice, interviews with interesting teachers, and how to thrive in a bootcamp! (For the show's actual page, as well as older content, go here: https://soundcloud.com/flatiron-teacher-training)
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Thoughts on learning theory, teaching practice, interviews with interesting teachers, and how to thrive in a bootcamp!
(For the show's actual page, as well as older content, go here: https://soundcloud.com/flatiron-teacher-training)
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(For the show's actual page, as well as older content, go here: https://soundcloud.com/flatiron-teacher-training)
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4 NOV 2019 · ***Oh no! You're missing the latest episode!***
Pursuing Mastery has switched hosts and is now on to Anchor.fm! No new episodes will be uploaded here!
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Pursuing Mastery on Anchor.fm:
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25 OCT 2019 · ***Aack! If you’re reading this, you’re still on SoundCloud!***
Pursuing Mastery has switched hosts and is now on to Anchor.fm! Long story short: SoundCloud is awesome, but it costs to host a pro account; Anchor.fm is a great free alternative.
You may need to update your bookmarks or resubscribe via RSS feed. The new links are below; please update them when you have a moment!
Pursuing Mastery on Anchor.fm:
https://anchor.fm/pursuing-mastery
New RSS feed:
https://anchor.fm/s/b643470/podcast/rss
Instructions for subscribing by RSS feed:
https://medium.com/@joshmuccio/how-to-manually-add-a-rss-feed-to-your-podcast-app-on-desktop-ios-android-478d197a3770
21 OCT 2019 · We’re switching from SoundCloud to Anchor.fm! Long story short: SoundCloud is awesome, but it costs to host a pro account; Anchor.fm is a great free alternative.
Pursuing Mastery will continue to be available anywhere you get your podcasts, and if you’ve subscribed to the SoundCloud feed you should just get redirected to Anchor automatically. But in case you listen a different way or need the new feed:
Pursuing Mastery on Anchor.fm:
https://anchor.fm/pursuing-mastery
New RSS feed:
https://anchor.fm/s/b643470/podcast/rss
Instructions for subscribing by RSS feed:
https://medium.com/@joshmuccio/how-to-manually-add-a-rss-feed-to-your-podcast-app-on-desktop-ios-android-478d197a3770
21 OCT 2019 · Sean Dagony-Clark, Flatiron School’s Director of Educational Development, describes five learning techniques that will help students build memory, understanding, and ability! These techniques are reflection, deliberate practice, self-testing, spaced repetition, and the Pomodoro technique. Using them will help accelerate your academic journey and make studying far more productive.
Further reading from this episode:
reflection:
https://ascd.org/publications/books/108008/chapters/Learning-Through-Reflection.aspx
deliberate practice:
https://www.missiontolearn.com/deliberate-practice/
self-testing and spaced repetition:
https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/49750/a-better-way-to-study-through-self-testing-and-distributed-practice
Pomodoro technique:
https://facilethings.com/blog/en/science-behind-pomodoro-technique
7 OCT 2019 · Note: This episode is also available as a video! You will probably find it easier to follow in that format! So if you’d like to see Nico’s screen and Sean and Nico’s faces, click below!
Part 2: https://youtu.be/9O7RE9KWkUw
Sean Dagony-Clark, Flatiron School’s Director of Educational Development, goes back to school with Nico Marcora, a Master Instructor of Software Engineering in our London campus, to learn about data types in JavaScript.
This is the second of two parts. If you didn’t hear the first one yet, you can find it earlier in your podcast feed!
23 SEP 2019 · Sean Dagony-Clark, Flatiron School’s Director of Educational Development, goes back to school with Nico Marcora, a Master Instructor of Software Engineering in our London campus! Nico shares his thoughts on adult learners going back to school (hey, it’s what we do here!) and then teaches Sean about data types in JavaScript.
This is the first of two parts. The second will be released in two weeks.
P.S. This episode is also available as a video! You may find it easier to follow in this format. So if you’d like to see Nico’s screen and Sean and Nico’s faces, click below!
Part 1: https://youtu.be/dcMruBTGXe0
9 SEP 2019 · Sean Dagony-Clark, Flatiron School’s Director of Educational Development, shares thoughts on Bloom’s revised taxonomy, differentiating lower order from higher order thinking, and how to reflect your goals for your students in your classroom activities.
Link from the episode:
What No One Tells You About Bloom’s Taxonomy | Education to Save the World
(https://edtosavetheworld.com/2018/06/12/what-no-one-tells-you-about-blooms-taxonomy/)
26 AUG 2019 · A review of what we’ve learned in this podcast!
12 AUG 2019 · Sean Dagony-Clark, Flatiron School’s Director of Educational Development, talks with Brian Tobal, Flatiron School’s Director of Academics, about spaced repetition, hacking your memory, and how to play games against your brain.
25 JUL 2019 · Sean Dagony-Clark, Flatiron School’s Director of Educational Development, shares his thoughts on cold calling (hint: don’t do it) as well as great techniques for building an active but supportive learning environment in your classroom.
Links from the episode:
Positive findings
* Dallimore, E. J., Hertenstein, J. H., & Platt, M. B. (n.d.). Nonvoluntary class participation in graduate discussion courses: Effects of grading and cold calling. Retrieved July 25, 2019, from https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C33&q=Nonvoluntary+class+participation+in+graduate+discussion+courses%3A+Effects+of+grading+and+cold+calling&btnG=
* Dallimore, E., H. Hertenstein, J., & Platt, M. (2013). Impact of Cold-Calling on Student Voluntary Participation. Journal of Management Education, 37, 305–341. Retrieved July 25, 2019, from https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C33&q=Impact+of+Cold-Calling+on+Student+Voluntary+Participation&btnG=
Negative findings
* Antonios, Caitlin. (2017, May 16). How Cold-Calling Hinders Student Learning Experience. Retrieved July 25, 2019, from New University website: https://www.newuniversity.org/2017/05/16/how-cold-calling-hinders-student-learning-experience/
* Carstens, B. A. (2015). The Effects of Voluntary versus Cold-calling Participation on Class Discussion and Exam Performance in Multiple Sections of an Educational Psychology Undergraduate Course (PhD diss., University of Tennessee). Retrieved July 25, 2019, from https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/3402
* Rocca, Kelly A. “Student Participation in the College Classroom: An Extended Multidisciplinary Literature Review.” Communication Education 59, no. 2 (April 2010): 185–213. Retrieved July 25, 2019, from https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C33&q=Student+Participation+in+the+College+Classroom%3A+An+Extended+Multidisciplinary+Literature+Review&btnG=
Informed opinions
* Kohn, A. (2016, January 29). Your Hand’s Not Raised? Too Bad: I’m Calling on You Anyway. Retrieved July 25, 2019, from Alfie Kohn website: https://www.alfiekohn.org/blogs/hands/
* Boucher, Nellie. “Tip 2: Warm Calling.” Accessed July 25, 2019. Retrieved July 25, 2019, from https://www.amherst.edu/offices/center-teaching-learning/teaching-resources/teaching-tips/amherst-college-teaching-tips/tip-2-warm-calling
Thoughts on learning theory, teaching practice, interviews with interesting teachers, and how to thrive in a bootcamp! (For the show's actual page, as well as older content, go here: https://soundcloud.com/flatiron-teacher-training)
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Thoughts on learning theory, teaching practice, interviews with interesting teachers, and how to thrive in a bootcamp!
(For the show's actual page, as well as older content, go here: https://soundcloud.com/flatiron-teacher-training)
show less
(For the show's actual page, as well as older content, go here: https://soundcloud.com/flatiron-teacher-training)
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