Educator Stanislaw Pstrokonski of The Education Bookcast joins us to discuss his background, his podcast, why he started his podcast, and what he has learned from it.

This is an interesting discussion for all those interested in education in any way: teachers, business professionals, coaches, and parents. And, heck, anyone who wants to learn or teach anything.

He describes his podcast as "Education Bookcast is a podcast principally for teachers and parents who would like to know more about education. We cover one education-related book or article each episode, going over the key points, placing it in context, and making connections with other ideas, topics, and authors.

"Topics include psychology, philosophy, history, and economics of education; pedagogy and teaching methods; neurology and cognitive science; and schools and school systems in historical and international perspective."

Elsewhere, he says "I'm a big fan of languages. I speak seven: English, Polish, Mandarin, Spanish, French, Russian, and Farsi. I've also been conversational in Hungarian, Georgian, and Armenian in the past. Also interested in historical linguistics and mathematics (especially projective geometry)." (From https://www.quora.com/profile/Stanisław-Pstrokoński)

You can find his podcast hosted here: https://educationbookcast.libsyn.com, but it ia available on Apple Podcasts, Player FM, iHeart Radio, PodBay, PodBean, Radio Public, and other podcast apps.

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Show notes:
1. I think Stash and I might have been referring to the same document of Archimedes, but I errantly called it the Alamgest, which, of course, is Ptolomey's work, whereas the work of Archimedes we discussed was the Palimpsest.
a. Almagest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almagest
b. Palimpsest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedes_Palimpsest

2. When Stash asked if I meant the book Bounce, when I was talking about success, I was referring to the book The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle: https://www.amazon.com/Talent-Code-Greatness-Born-Grown/dp/055380684X

3. Some of the episodes of The Education Bookcast I (Michael) have listened to:
a. "What Bruce Lee taught me about learning:" https://educationbookcast.libsyn.com/64-what-bruce-lee-taught-me-about-learning
b. "Star coach John Wooden's pedagogy:" https://educationbookcast.libsyn.com/72a-star-coach-john-woodens-pedagogy
c. "John Wooden and cognitive science:" https://educationbookcast.libsyn.com/72b-john-wooden-and-cognitive-science
d. "Escalante: the best teacher in America by Jay Mathews" (first of five episodes about Escalante): https://educationbookcast.libsyn.com/73a-escalante-the-best-teacher-in-america-by-jay-matthews
e. "Brain-based learning by Eric Jensen:" https://educationbookcast.libsyn.com/53a-brain-based-learning-by-eric-jensen

Note: in regard to Stash's comment saying essentially "it's not all about reason," one can easily see whether that applies to me and to what extent, if any, by looking at the titles of prior podcast episodes, reading the show notes of prior podcast episodes, and maybe even listening to prior podcast episodes -- as well as ones after this one and others to come. And one can look at my achievements and credentials. :)