Visions of Education

In Episode 125 Dan and Michael talk with Jada Kohlmeier about her new article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Examining the relationship between teachers’ discussion facilitation and their students’ reasoning.”

In Episode 122 Dan and Michael talk with Drs. Carolyn Weber and Sarah Montgomery about their new article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “The emergence of elementary citizenship education: Insights from Iowa’s rural schools, 1910–1935.” It is kind of like that West Wing episode where everyone is talking about that book about what life was like 100 years ago - except set in rural schools in Iowa. (If you would like the full West Wing effect, please listen to this while walking!)

In Episode 123, Dan and Michael talk with Dr. Judy Pace about her new article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Contained risk-taking: Preparing preservice teachers to teach controversial issues in three countries.”

In Episode 122, Dan and Michael offer condolences to the recent victims of mass shootings and talk with Kathleen Knight Abowitz and Dan Mamlok about their new article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “The case of #NeverAgainMSD: When proceduralist civics becomes public work by way of political emotion.”

In Episode 121, Dan and Michael talk with Delandrea Hall about Hamilton: An American Musical and discuss considerations and ways to use aspects of it in the classroom! Collectively, they have seen the show 8 times!

In Episode 120, Dan and Michael talk with Christine Baron and Sherri Sklarwitz about their new publication in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Understanding what teachers gain from professional development at historic sites.”

In Episode 119, Michael and Dan talk with Dr. Kevin Magill about his research on critical teachers, power relations and intellectual solidarity.

In episode 118, Dan talks with planners and presenters at the first annual Elementary Social Studies Education Summit (ESSES)that took place in Wilmington, North Carolina on June 6th and 7th, 2019.

In Episode 117, Michael and Dan talk with Dr. Lance Mason about how educators might teach media literacy through media ecology.

In Episode 116, Dan and Michael chat with Harper Keenan about his new article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Visiting Chutchui: The making of a colonial counterstory on an elementary school field trip.”

In a free-wheeling discussion with Nate Bowling (which, to be honest, happens when this crew gets together), we explore his decision to leave his school and move to teach in an international school in Abu Dhabi. Nate also discusses what he sees as a way to retain teachers by bringing them into leadership roles (and keeping them in the classroom).

In episode 114, Dan and Michael talk with Wayne Journell about his new edited book, Unpacking Fake News: An Educator's Guide to Navigating the Media with Students.

In Episode 113, Michael and Dan talk with Dr. Lilliana Saldaña and Vanessa Sandoval about their (and the larger efforts) to create a Mexican American Studies course approved by the Texas State Board of Education.

In this episode, Dan and Michael chat with Selena Van Horn and Andrea Hawkman about their new Social Studies and the Young Learner article, First Comes Love, Then Comes Marriage (Equality): Welcoming Diverse Families in the Elementary Classroom.

In this episode, Dan and Michael chat with Cory Wright-Maley of St. Mary’s University in Calgary, Canada about teaching simulations in the social studies.

In this Women’s History Month episode, Dan and Michael chat with Tina Ellsworth, Janelle Stigall, and Amy Walker of Kansas about their new Social Studies and the Young Learner article, “Remembering the Ladies: Connect to Local Women’s History using Storytelling.”

In the final if our four #SocialMediaEd episodes, Dan and Michael chat with Luci Pangrazio of Deakin University in Australia about her research on how youth make sense of the social media data they create and which is extracted from them.

For our third #SocialMediaEd SITE episode, Dan and Michael chat with Enilda Romero-Hall of the University of Tampa about social media in higher education.

In this episode, Michael and Dan chat with Carly Muetterties of C3Teachers.org about dimension four of the C3 Inquiry Arc: Taking informed action. We played around with some other titles like, "Beyond the Letters to the Editor" and the Sondheim-inspired, "Finishing the Arc,' however, we landed here to be more descriptive.

In this episode, Dan and Michael chat with Wayne Journell, Adam Friedman, & Emma Thacker about their teaching, research, and recent publication in Social Education titled, “Getting Inquiry Design Just Right.”

In this wide ranging episode, Dan and Michael chat with Antero Garcia about gaming, media, education, and really mainly emails.

In this episode, Dan and Michael chat with Ellen Middaugh, Ph.D. about her work on digital media and youth civic engagement. Specifically, we are discussing her recently published article with Chris Evans "Did You Know?!...Cultivating Online Public Voice in Youth" from Theory & Research in Social Education!

In this episode, Dan and Michael chat with Tonia Dousay, co-chair of the SITE Social Media SIG, about teaching digital footprints.

In this episode, Dan and Michael talk with Brenda Tracy about her work as an activist to confront sexual assault through her Set the Expectation non-profit organization.

In Episode 101, Michael and Dan talk with "Don't Know Much About History" author Kenneth C. Davis about his role as a public historian and his two most recent books - More deadly than war: The hidden history of the Spanish Flu and the First World War and In the Shadow of Liberty: The Hidden History of Slavery, Four Presidents, and Five Black Lives. And we finally get the answer to the big question - what does the C. stand for!

In this episode, Dan and Michael chat with Genevieve Caffrey about her co-authored Social Education article, A Pathway to Racial Literacy: Using the LETS ACT Framework to Teach Controversial Issues.

In this episode, Dan and Michael chat with edcamp co-founder and executive director Hadley Ferguson and researcher Jeff Carpenter about edcamp unconferences.

In this episode, Dan and Michael chat with Molly Andolina and Hilary Conklin about their new research published in Theory and Research in Social Education titled, Speaking With Confidence and Listening With Empathy: The Impact of Project Soapbox on High School Students.

In episode 97, Dan and Michael picked 9 social studies journal and book series editors to participate in a session to find out what happens when editors stop being polite and start getting real…The Real World. This episode was recorded live before a studio audience at the 2018 College and University Faculty Assembly (CUFA) of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Annual Meeting.

In this episode, Dan and Michael chat with Marti Tippens Murphy about her new article in Social Education titled, “Youth in Front: Supporting Youth-Led Social Action.”

In this episode, Dan and Michael chat with Sarah Shear, Leilani Sabzalian, and Lisa Brown Buchanan about their new Social Studies and the Young Learner article, “Affirming Indigenous Sovereignty: A Civics Inquiry.”

In Episode 94, Michael chats with Dan Krutka (what’s Dan doing over here?), Annie Whitlock, & Mark Helmsing about the social studies curriculum and their new book, Keywords in the social studies: Concepts and Conversations.

In this episode, Dan and Michael chat with Erica Armstrong Dunbar about the work of historians, telling the stories of African American women, teaching slavery, and specifically her book, Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge.

In this episode, Dan and Michael chat with Erica Hodgin and Joe Kahne about their Social Education publication, Misinformation in the Information Age: What Teachers Can Do to Support Students.

In this episode Dan and Michael chat with Anna-Lise Halvorsen, David E. Harris, and Paul F. Dain about their new book Reasoning with Democratic Values 2.0: Ethical Issues in American History, (Volume 1 & Volume 2) which is helps teachers to promote critical thinking and social responsibility in their United States History and Civics classes.

In Episode 90, Michael and Dan talk with Heather Hagan and Carolyn Weber about their recent article published in Middle Level Learning titled, “The Global Challenge of Equal Access for Girls to an Education: An Investigation Using Inquiry” In this article, they discuss how educators can teach students about the rights young women have to an education in different countries around the world using the Inquiry Arc of the C3 Framework.

In episode 89 Michael and Dan talk with Kimberlee Ried about students’ rights in schools, and her article published in the March/April issue of Social Education titled “Upholding Student Rights in the 20th Century: An Examination of Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District.” In the article and episode she discusses how the Tinker v. Des Moines Supreme Court case can be taught to illustrate students’ rights in schools.

In episode 88, Michael & Dan talk with Ryan T. Knowles about his recent article published in Theory and Research in Social Education titled “Teaching Who You Are: Connecting Civic Education Ideology to Instructional Strategy.” Dan also admits that he has never read nor seen any of the Harry Potter books/films (a fact that Michael found so important that he put it in the episode description.

In Episode 87, Dan and Michael chat with Tamara Shreiner about her recent article published in Theory and Research in Social Education titled “Data Literacy for Social Studies: Examining the Role of Data Visualizations in K-12 Textbooks.” Dr. Shreiner describes data visualizations in our society and shares how to teach about and with them.

In Episode 86, Michael chats with Bruce A. Lesh about his book "Why Wont You Just Tell Us the Answer?”: Teaching Historical Thinking in Grades 7 - 12. Bruce fields questions from participants in a book club study with #sschat. In this interview, Bruce discusses the benefits of historical thinking, teacher prep, assessments and how to make a good historical investigation.

In Episode 85, Michael & Dan chat with Dr. Hillary Parkhouse about her recent article published in Theory and Research in Social Education titled, "Pedagogies of Naming, Questioning, and Demystification: A Study of Two Critical U.S. History Classrooms." In it, she discusses how two teachers are uses critical lenses to teach US history.

In Episode 84, Michael & Dan chat with Emma Thacker, Erin Casey, Katie Knapp, and Carly Muetterties about their work published in the Social Studies and the Young Learner January/February issue "Elementary Lessons Using the C3 Framework." Make sure to check out the show notes to links to their articles and amazing resources that are applicable for those who teach elementary school and beyond!

In Episode 83, Michael & Dan chat with J.B. Mayo, Jr. from the University of Minnesota to discuss his extensive work in LGBT and Queer Studies - specifically his work on GSAs (Gay-Straight Alliances/Genders & Sexualities Alliances) and his recent work published in NCSS's Social Education on LGBTQ media and its potential impact on youth.

In Episode 82, Dan and Michael chat with Alex Cuenca of Indiana University about preparing social studies teachers and his Social Education article on the new National Standards for the Preparation of Social Studies Teachers.

In Episode 81, Dan and Michael chat with Mark Helmsing of George Mason University about curriculum theory.

In episode 80, Dan and Michael chat with Kate Shuster about Teaching Tolerance's new standards for teaching American slavery.

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.