Enjoy the last episode of season two, where Sarah and Becca talk about whether grad students are novices or experts or somewhere in between. They also:

If you'd like to have your question answered in our next season, submit your question on our website: www.howtogradschool.com/podcast.

References:

*I stated the wrong year for this reference in the episode.

After a bit of a delay, we're back with another episode of the podcast! This is our penultimate episode of the season.

In the fifth episode of season two, Sarah and Becca talk about goals in grad school. They also:

Want to have your question about anything related to grad school answered in an upcoming episode? Submit your question on our website:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.howtogradschool.com/podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠. 

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Pintrich, P. R. (2000). Multiple goals, multiple pathways: The role of goal orientation in learning and achievement. Journal of Educational Psychology, 92(3), 544–555. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-0663.92.3.544

Zombie Thesis blog post by the Thesis Whisperer:

In the fourth episode of season two, Sarah and Becca talk about metacognition and whether using generative AI saves time in grad school. They also:

Want to have your question about anything related to grad school answered in an upcoming episode? Submit your question on our website: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.howtogradschool.com/podcast⁠⁠⁠. 

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References

Flavell, J. H. (1985). Cognitive development (2nd. ed.). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Mannion, J. (2018, September 12). Metacognition, self-regulation and self-regulated learning: what’s the difference? My College. https://my.chartered.college/impact_article/metacognition-self-regulation-and-self-regulated-learning-whats-the-difference/

Paris, F., & Buchanan, L. (2023, April 14). 35 Ways Real People Are Using A.I. Right Now. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/04/14/upshot/up-ai-uses.html

Schraw, G. (1998). Promoting general metacognitive awareness. Instructional Science, 26(1/2), 113–125. https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1003044231033

Schunk, D. H. (2008). Metacognition, Self-Regulation, and Self-Regulated Learning: Research Recommendations. Educational Psychology Review, 20(4), 463–467. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-008-9086-3

Winne, P. H., & Perry, N. E. (2000, January 1). Chapter 16 - Measuring Self-Regulated Learning (M. Boekaerts, P. R. Pintrich, & M. Zeidner, Eds.). ScienceDirect; Academic Press. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/B9780121098902500457?via%3Dihub

In our third episode of season two, Sarah and Becca beliefs around failure and success in grad school. They also:

Want to have your question about anything related to grad school answered in an upcoming episode? Submit your question on our website: ⁠⁠https://www.howtogradschool.com/podcast⁠⁠. 

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Show notes:

First Nations Education Steering Committee FNESC. (n.d.). First peoples principles of learning. https://www.fnesc.ca/first-peoples-principles-of-learning/

Schwartz, N.H. Kirschner, P. A., & Hendrick, C. (2020). How learning happens: Seminal works in educational psychology and what they mean in practice. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-020-00565-6

Weiner, B. (1985). An attributional theory of achievement motivation and emotion. Psychological Review, 92(4), 548–573. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-295X.92.4.548

Zimmerman, B. J. (1989). A social cognitive view of self-regulated academic learning. Journal of Educational Psychology, 81(3), 329–339. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-0663.81.3.329

In our second episode of season two, Sarah and Becca talk about planning in grad school. They also:

Want to have your question about anything related to grad school answered in an upcoming episode? Submit your question on our website: ⁠⁠https://www.howtogradschool.com/podcast⁠⁠. 

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Show notes:

Q & A with Nora Roberts by user @jenlynnbarnes. Retrieved from: https://twitter.com/jenlynnbarnes/status/1220182162118451200?lang=en

Schunk, D. H., & Greene, J. A. (2018). Historical, contemporary, and future perspectives on self-regulated learning and performance. In D. H. Schunk & J. A. Greene (Eds.), Handbook of self-regulation of learning and performance (pp. 1–15). Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315697048-1

Wells, E. (15 Nov 2023). Why you should spend 25 percent of your time planning. University Affairs. Retrieved from: https://www.universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/career-advice-article/why-you-should-spend-25-per-cent-of-your-time-planning/

We're back for our second season!

Becca and I are working on planning our next season of the podcast. We anticipate we will be releasing 4-6 new episodes between October and December.

We’d love for you to submit your questions about grad school!

You can take a listen to our previous episodes to get a sense of what typical questions look like, but in general we love answering any question from current Master’s or PhD students about topics like motivation, time management, learning strategies, impostor syndrome, dealing with your supervisor, career topics, conference life, and much more!

Becca and I will use these questions to set the topic for our upcoming episodes and bring our experiences and knowledge of research in educational psychology to provide you with some options.

If you submit a question and it is answered on our podcast, you'll get a free 3 month subscription to the new How To Grad School Club launched this fall. You can submit your question here.

For all our listeners who are current grad students, use the coupon code HTGSPODCAST10 for one free month in The Club. We're only giving out 30 of these spaces so sign up soon as these spaces will fill up! Offer valid until October 31, 2023.

In our sixth episode, and last of the first season, Sarah and Becca talk about mental health and GPA in applying to grad school! They also:

Want to have your question about anything related to grad school answered in an upcoming episode? Submit your question on our website: ⁠https://www.howtogradschool.com/podcast⁠. 

If your question is read on a podcast episode, you'll get a prize of a gift card (Canadian residents only) or a free coaching session.

Check out our free webinar: ⁠webinar.howtogradschool.com⁠ and sign up for our newsletter ⁠www.howtogradschool.com⁠ to learn more about what we do and how we help grad students succeed in grad school.

Show notes:

First Nations Perspective on Health and Wellness. (n.d.). First Nations Health Authority. https://www.fnha.ca/wellness/wellness-for-first-nations/first-nations-perspective-on-health-and-wellness

Keyes, C. L. M. (2003). Complete mental health: An agenda for the 21st century. In C. L. M. Keyes & J. Haidt (Eds.), Flourishing: Positive psychology and the life well-lived (pp. 293–312). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/10594-013

Murguía Burton, Z.F., Cao, X.E. Navigating mental health challenges in graduate school. Nat Rev Mater 7, 421–423 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41578-022-00444-x

University of Calgary Faculty of Graduate Studies (n.d.). https://grad.ucalgary.ca/grad-life/graduate-mental-health-survey/mental-health

Wildey, M. N., Fox, M. E., Machnik, K. A., & Ronk, D. (2022) Exploring graduate student mental health and service utilization by gender, race, and year in school, Journal of American College Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2022.2145898

In our fifth episode, Sarah and Becca talk about networking and research interests in grad school! They also:

Want to have your question about anything related to grad school answered in an upcoming episode? Submit your question on our website: ⁠https://www.howtogradschool.com/podcast⁠. 

If your question is read on a podcast episode, you'll get a prize of a gift card (Canadian residents only) or a free coaching session.

Show notes:

Polzeihn, R. (2011). Skills expected from graduate students in search of employment in academic and non-academic settings. Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Alberta. https://www.ualberta.ca/graduate-studies/media-library/migrated-media/profdev/career/careerskillsexpected.pdf

In our fourth episode, Sarah and Becca talk about time management and procrastination! They also:

Want to have your question about anything related to grad school answered in an upcoming episode? Submit your question on our website: https://www.howtogradschool.com/podcast. 

If your question is read on a podcast episode, you'll get a prize of a gift card (Canadian residents only) or a free coaching session.

Show notes:

Rahimi, S., Hall, N.C. Why are you waiting? Procrastination on academic tasks among undergraduate and graduate students. Innovative Higher Education, 46, 759–776 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10755-021-09563-9

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