Won't my kid get confused? Why can't they say anything in English when I ask? Doesn't bilingualism cause delays in development? These are common questions families and teachers ask about bilingualism. In episode 4, I try to answer some and go over other myths surrounding bilingualism

Ever noticed how big publishers normally adapt their materials to the Communicative Approach? You'll see that they promote the use of the PPP framework and lots of task-based learning. Is this, however, the best way to learn? Does it reach everyone? I wonder about these things in episode 3

How can assessment be more about learning and less about performance? In this second episode, I reflect on the role of more traditional types of assessment and how we can shift the paradigm to help our students learn more effectively

This new season is actually based on a crazy idea I had while driving almost 900km to pick up my wife. I decided to record a few videos on the road and talk about things I had been reflecting on. A few takes after, I decided to name the adventure Reflections on the Road. I managed to record 10 episodes and season 4 of EDCrocks Podcast is all about that. The very first and longest one is about my Learning Cosmos Conceptual Framework. Sit back and have fun!

This is the last episode of season 3 and it stresses the importance of using science as a candle in the dark. You must defend science and the scientific method at schools

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://edcrocks.com/2020/11/29/the-importance-of-science-and-scientific-thinking-in-education/

This episode is actually a session I delivered at Gile4Youth Conference about some authors who have taught us that we need to go beyond cognition in order to understand how humans learn. I go over concepts like Self-Efficacy, Self-Regulation, Emotional Intelligence, Theory of Constructed Emotion, Growth Mindset and Grit and how we can integrate them into our curricula.

This episode is all about an article Hall Houston published with me in MindBrainEd Think Tanks + about three evidence-based strategies that you can use as a teacher (or even a student studying on your own) to learn more effectively. 

This was an unscripted episode about how some ideas from Harvard's Project Zero and John Hattie's Visible Learning can help you make sure your students are on task and on their way to learning more effectively

This episode brings to you a framework based on the Science of Learning that was developed by my professor Paul Howard-Jones and collaborators at the University of Bristol. The Engage, Build, Consolidate framework has insightful principles that will help you reflect on how you can plan so that your students can learn more effectively. You can check out my blog post for National Geographic Learning with a lesson plan based on EBC that I prepared for you. Just click here. 

This episode is about the connection between metacognition and the Renaissance. I go over my adventure of driving for the first time in the UK, attending IATEFL Liverpool and meeting Vinnie Nobre, who invited me to teach a course at Troika. The course poster Troika created had The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo and it gave me the perfect narrative for my course on Metacognition.

I describe the concept by John Flavell and its principles and give examples of how we can become more metacognitive learners