SCHOOL SPIRITS

Join former teachers and current doctoral students Katherine and Holland as they offer engaging summaries of thought-provoking articles to support your teaching practice. It’s like teacher happy hour, but with a little more research and a lot fewer complaints about lunch duty.

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Recent EPISODES

Sept. 7, 2021

Episode 15 - Universal Design for Learning

Katherine and Holland get some help from listeners with this episode's spirit and topic. Join them as they unpack what Universal Design for Learning means and how it can be applied to different contexts and cocktails. Kather…
Aug. 10, 2021

Episode 14 - Policy

Join Katherine and Holland as they mourn the end of summer break with a Mo-summer-jito and talk educational policy. In this episode, your hosts cover an article by Brendan Bartanen, Jason Grissom, Ela Joshi, and Marc Meredit…
July 12, 2021

Episode 13 - Learning Theories

Buckle up: it's gonna be a bumpy ride as your tour guides, Katherine and Holland, guide you through some major theories of learning in the education field. Bring along a Whiteboard Marker-ita as we begin with behaviorism and…
June 22, 2021

Episode 12 - Professional Development

Holland and Katherine enjoy a Mango Inquiri as they chat about what teachers sometimes don't enjoy: professional development. Listen along as they talk about an article by Danielle Lillge along with an article by Brady Ridge…
April 27, 2021

Episode 11 - Homework

Katherine and Holland experiment with a Dirty March-tini as they talk out their deep feelings around homework. Listen in as they discuss articles by Troels Lange and Tamsin Meaney as well as Carolyn Clarke and Barbara Comber…
April 5, 2021

Episode 10 - Foundational Articles, Part 2

Holland and Katherine sample a Hopscotch while chatting about two recent articles whose research builds on the foundational work from episode 9, about funds of knowledge and mathematical knowledge for teaching. Join them as …