Visions Of Education

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.