The Cult of Pedagogy Podcast
Jennifer Gonzalez
Teaching strategies, classroom management, education reform, educational technology -- if it has something to do with teaching, we're talking about it. Jennifer Gonzalez interviews educators, students, administrators and parents about the psychological and social dynamics of school, trade secrets, and other juicy things you'll never learn in a textbook. For more fantastic resources for teachers, visit http://www.cultofpedagogy.com.
Episodes
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Apr 3, 2016 • 26min
40: How to Stop Yelling at Your Students
Do you yell at your students (or your own children) more often than you want to? I'll share some techniques that can help you stop yelling, and the research on why you should.
Mar 20, 2016 • 18min
39: How to Plan Outstanding Tech Training for Teachers
What are the best practices in tech training for teachers? In this episode, I interview three technology integration specialists to hear what they've learned about the most effective methods for planning and delivering ed tech training in schools. Thanks to Sarah Thomas, Rodney Turner, and Craig Badura for sharing their experiences!
Mar 6, 2016 • 52min
38: The Library that Increased Student Use by 1,000 Percent
To adapt to changing student needs, some school libraries are reinventing themselves as makerspaces. But the principal of one Ohio middle school had something slightly different in mind. In this episode, I interview two educators who completely changed the function of their school library and saw its average daily student use grow from 10 to over 100.
Feb 20, 2016 • 29min
37: How to Motivate Students: Five Questions for Teachers
If we know what works to motivate students, why are so many students still unmotivated? These five questions will help you determine if your practice is really in line with research.
Feb 8, 2016 • 33min
36: How I Teach Argumentative Writing
Hundreds of thousands of teachers are required to teach students the art of argumentative or persuasive writing. As an experienced writing teacher, I want to share my own best practices in this area. In this episode, I'll take you step by step through my process for teaching argumentative essay writing.
Jan 25, 2016 • 34min
35: Six Ed Tech Tools to Try in 2016
While working on the update of my book, The Teacher's Guide to Tech, I learned about a whole lot of tools that can make your teaching more efficient and effective. Here are six of my favorites.
Jan 9, 2016 • 34min
34: Starting a Teaching Job in the Middle of the School Year
So you got a new teaching job. Congratulations! The only catch is, you're starting in the middle of the year. This survival guide will help you figure out what to focus on right away so you can hit the ground running without falling down.
Dec 26, 2015 • 33min
33: Five Powerful Ways to Save Time as a Teacher
Teachers never seem to be able to find enough time to get their work done AND have a healthy, balanced life outside of school. And until now, I had very few solutions to this problem. But that was before I heard about Angela Watson's 40 Hour Teacher Workweek. In this episode, she shares 5 of her incredible time-saving strategies for teachers...and everyone else.
Dec 12, 2015 • 43min
32: How and Why We Should Let Our Students Fail
Is it better to rescue our kids every time they make mistakes, or let them experience the consequences of their actions? In this episode, I interview Jessica Lahey, author of The Gift of Failure: Why the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed. We discuss how helicopter parenting can stunt a kid's growth, what parents should do instead, and the teacher's role supporting a student's autonomy.
Nov 25, 2015 • 18min
31: The Power of Being a Dork
Can being more dorky make you a better teacher? Can it make the world a better place? I say yes.
