Show overview
Visions of Education has been publishing since 2016, and across the 10 years since has built a catalogue of 225 episodes. That works out to roughly 140 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 30 min and 41 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Education show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 3 weeks ago, with 2 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2016, with 37 episodes published. Published by VisionsOfEd.
From the publisher
Visions of Education is an education podcast where education professor Dan Krutka and high school social studies teacher Michael Milton have conversations with educators to discuss their big ideas in education. VoE also partners with the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and associated groups to provide the latest from classroom teachers, education, professors, and researchers on social studies education.
Latest Episodes
View all 225 episodesEpisode 225: Who are Social Studies Teachers? with Amy Allen & David Hicks
Episode 224: Fascism in K-12 Social Studies Standards with Rob Martinelle
Episode 223: Representation of Women in World History Curriculum with Sara Evers
In episode 223, Dan and Michael chat with Sara Evers about her new TRSE article titled, “Whose historical thinking? Representation of women in the Digital Inquiry Group’s Reading Like a Historian world history curriculum.”
Episode 222: Latine Counternarratives in Children's Literature with Melissa Rojas Williams
In episode 222, Dan and Michael chat with Melissa Rojas Williams about her new TRSE article titled, “‘Algunas personas aquí han venido con coyote como Areli?’: Conceptualizing the Latine civic counternarrative through diverse children’s literature.”
Episode 221: Embracing Queer Social Studies with Sandra Schmidt
Episode 221: Embracing Queer Social Studies with Sandra Schmidt by Visions of Education
Episode 220: Centering Listening and Empathy in Civics with Hilary Conklin & Molly Andolina
In episode 220, Dan and Michael chat with Hilary Conklin and Molly Andolina about their new TRSE article titled, “ Toward a more empathic, connected, and humanizing democracy: A civics curriculum centering listening and storytelling.”
Episode 219: The State of Elementary Social Studies with Linda Doornbos, Annie Whitlock, & Maggie Demarse
Episode 219: The State of Elementary Social Studies with Linda Doornbos, Annie Whitlock, & Maggie Demarse by Visions of Education
Episode 218: Motivated Reasoning in Teaching Abortion with Rebecca Geller and Jamie Gravell
In episode 218, Dan and Michael chat with Rebecca Geller and Jamie Gravell about their new TRSE article titled, “‘My thinking has changed but beliefs have not’: Motivated reasoning in learning to teach abortion.”
Episode 217: Deliberative Dialogues with Judy Pace
Episode 217: Deliberative Dialogues with Judy Pace by Visions of Education
Episode 216: Observing Classroom Discussion with Lightning Jay & Abby Reisman
In episode 216, Dan and Michael chat with Lightning Jay and Abby Reisman about their article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “The social studies discourse instrument: Validating an observation tool for classroom discussions.”
Episode 215: What is “difficult” in Social Studies Research? with Brittany Jones & Kim Edmondson
In episode 215, Dan and Michael chat with Brittany Jones & Kim Edmondson about their article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “What is the word ‘difficult’ doing in social studies research?: A systematic literature review of empirical research on difficult knowledges and histories, 2004–2022.”

Episode 214: Teaching How to Evaluate Online Information with Elizabeth Reynolds
In episode 214, Dan and Michael chat with Elizabeth Reynolds about her article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Teaching students to evaluate online information in social studies: A comparative case study of teachers’ goals and approaches.”

Episode 213: The Future of Civic Education with Keith Barton & Alex Cuenca
In episode 213, Dan and Michael chat with Keith Barton and Alex Cuenca about the new book, The Future of Civic Education: Rebuilding a Democracy in Ruins.

Episode 212: Cherokee Storytelling with Traci Sorell
In episode 212, Dan and Michael chat with Traci Sorell (Cherokee Nation) about her fiction and nonfiction books for young people.

Episode 211: Arts Integrated Historical Empathy with Jason Endacott
In episode 211, Dan and Michael chat with Jason Endacott about his article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Arts integrated historical empathy: Preservice teachers’ engagement with pluralistic lived experiences and efforts toward instructional application.”

Episode 210: Mimicry, Imitation, and Simulations Oh My! with Bretton Varga & Erin Adams
In episode 210, Dan and Michael chat with Bretton Varga and Erin Adams about their article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Theorizing mimesis across social studies contexts of mimicry, imitation, and simulation.”

Episode 209: Rupturing Anti-Blackness in Preservice Social Studies w/ Asif Wilson & Rachel McMillian
In episode 209, Dan and Michael chat with Asif Wilson and Rachel McMillian about their article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Black teachers in white spaces: Rupturing reproductions of Anti-Blackness in preservice social studies education.”

Episode 208: Educator Agency within Standards Committees with Lauren Harris & Chris Martell
In episode 208, Dan and Michael chat with Lauren Harris and Chris Martell about their article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “‘I was in the room where it happens’: Educator agency and community within state social studies standards committees.”

Episode 207: Eugenic Ideology in World History Curriculum with Tadashi Dozono
In episode 207, Dan and Michael chat with Tadashi Dozono about his article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Eugenic ideology and the world history curriculum: How eugenic beliefs structure narratives of development and modernity.”

Episode 206: Social Emotional Learning (SEL) & Affective Citizenship with Patrick Keegan
In episode 206, Dan and Michael chat with Patrick Keegan about his article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “What kind of affective citizen? An analysis of state social emotional learning standards.”