Journeys of Teaching

Journeys of Teaching

By Dr. Aaron R. GierhartEducation
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Journeys of Teaching episodes

  • Suzie Sikes & Breanna Zator: Is Science Fun or is Science Boring? (Part 1 of 3)

    Suzie Sikes and Breanna Zator are Elementary Education majors at Columbus State University. On this first of three episodes, they reflect on their contrasting journeys as science learners and begin to apply their insights towards their own teaching practices and the types of science educators they want to be.

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    Dr. Aaron R. Gierhart is an Assistant Professor of Elementary Education at Columbus State University in Columbus, Georgia, and previously taught in the Illinois public schools for 11 years. You can follow him on Twitter and Instagram @aaronrgierhart

    Podcast Socials: Facebook & Instagram @JourneysOfTeaching & Twitter @JourneysTeach

    Thank you to Mitch Furr for the podcast theme music and Adam Gierhart for the logo artwork.

    10 min
  • Nina Delauney: Yoga with Nina

    Nina Delauney is a Theatre Education major at Columbus State University. On this episode, Nina discusses her at-home yoga practices and how she has utilized the Yoga by Adriene YouTube channel to engage in meaningful, focused yoga practice and become more present and mindful for her personal and professional efforts.

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    Dr. Aaron R. Gierhart is an Assistant Professor of Elementary Education at Columbus State University in Columbus, Georgia, and previously taught in the Illinois public schools for 11 years. You can follow him on Twitter and Instagram @aaronrgierhart

    Podcast Socials: Facebook & Instagram @JourneysOfTeaching & Twitter @JourneysTeach

    Thank you to Mitch Furr for the podcast theme music and Adam Gierhart for the logo artwork.

    4 min
  • Chase Sams - Go Dawgs!

    Chase Sams is a Kinesiology major at Columbus State University. On this episode, Chase discusses how he follows Georgia Bulldogs football with digital technologies and through networked spaces, connecting this engagement to how he will seek to sponsor his future students' interests.

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    Dr. Aaron R. Gierhart is an Assistant Professor of Elementary Education at Columbus State University in Columbus, Georgia, and previously taught in the Illinois public schools for 11 years. You can follow him on Twitter and Instagram @aaronrgierhart

    Podcast Socials: Facebook & Instagram @JourneysOfTeaching & Twitter @JourneysTeach

    Thank you to Mitch Furr for the podcast theme music and Adam Gierhart for the logo artwork.

    3 min
  • Ryan Boyd - For the A

    Ryan Boyd is a Music Education major at Columbus State University. On this episode, Ryan discusses his participation in online communities around fandom of Atlanta professional sports and how he wants to bring participatory culture into the music classroom.

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    Dr. Aaron R. Gierhart is an Assistant Professor of Elementary Education at Columbus State University in Columbus, Georgia, and previously taught in the Illinois public schools for 11 years. You can follow him on Twitter and Instagram @aaronrgierhart

    Podcast Socials: Facebook & Instagram @JourneysOfTeaching & Twitter @JourneysTeach

    Thank you to Mitch Furr for the podcast theme music and Adam Gierhart for the logo artwork.

    6 min
  • Gina Sutton - Blogging to Learn and Share

    Gina Sutton is a Theatre Education major at Columbus State University. On this episode, Gina discusses blogs she follows and learns from and her intentions to incorporate blogging in her future classroom.

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    Dr. Aaron R. Gierhart is an Assistant Professor of Elementary Education at Columbus State University in Columbus, Georgia, and previously taught in the Illinois public schools for 11 years. You can follow him on Twitter and Instagram @aaronrgierhart

    Podcast Socials: Facebook & Instagram @JourneysOfTeaching & Twitter @JourneysTeach

    Thank you to Mitch Furr for the podcast theme music and Adam Gierhart for the logo artwork.

    2 min
  • Candice Hughes - Networked Cricut-ing

    Candice Hughes is a Elementary Education major at Columbus State University in the Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program. On this episode, Candice discusses networked engagement in Cricut design work and how she wants to afford her future students similar interest-based media engagement.

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    Dr. Aaron R. Gierhart is an Assistant Professor of Elementary Education at Columbus State University in Columbus, Georgia, and previously taught in the Illinois public schools for 11 years. You can follow him on Twitter and Instagram @aaronrgierhart

    Podcast Socials: Facebook & Instagram @JourneysOfTeaching & Twitter @JourneysTeach

    Thank you to Mitch Furr for the podcast theme music and Adam Gierhart for the logo artwork.

    3 min
  • Rachel Massey - Podcasting About Podcasts

    Rachel Massey is a Music Education major at Columbus State University. On this episode, Rachel discusses how she has benefitted in her communication and interpersonal skills as well as being more informed through listening to podcasts.

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    Dr. Aaron R. Gierhart is an Assistant Professor of Elementary Education at Columbus State University in Columbus, Georgia, and previously taught in the Illinois public schools for 11 years. You can follow him on Twitter and Instagram @aaronrgierhart

    Podcast Socials: Facebook & Instagram @JourneysOfTeaching & Twitter @JourneysTeach

    Thank you to Mitch Furr for the podcast theme music and Adam Gierhart for the logo artwork.

    2 min
  • Andrew Evans - Connecting at the World Series

    Andrew Evans is a History and Secondary Education major at Columbus State University. On this episode, Andrew reflects on how he has connected with fellow Atlanta Braves fans online, including meeting some of these connections in person at the World Series.

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    Dr. Aaron R. Gierhart is an Assistant Professor of Elementary Education at Columbus State University in Columbus, Georgia, and previously taught in the Illinois public schools for 11 years. You can follow him on Twitter and Instagram @aaronrgierhart

    Podcast Socials: Facebook & Instagram @JourneysOfTeaching & Twitter @JourneysTeach

    Thank you to Mitch Furr for the podcast theme music and Adam Gierhart for the logo artwork.

    4 min
  • Kimberly McGuire - Expressing Myself in a Different Way

    Kimberly McGuire is a Theatre Education major at Columbus State University. On this episode, Kimberly discusses how her networked engagement with likeminded others around spoken word poetry has helped her explore these works in greater depth and express herself in unique ways outside of the traditional academic curriculum.

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    Dr. Aaron R. Gierhart is an Assistant Professor of Elementary Education at Columbus State University in Columbus, Georgia, and previously taught in the Illinois public schools for 11 years. You can follow him on Twitter and Instagram @aaronrgierhart

    Podcast Socials: Facebook & Instagram @JourneysOfTeaching & Twitter @JourneysTeach

    Thank you to Mitch Furr for the podcast theme music and Adam Gierhart for the logo artwork.

    5 min
  • Jayla Timmons - Connecting Online

    Jayla Timmons is a Theatre Education major at Columbus State University. On this episode, Jayla reflects on how she connected with other fans of a popular televsision show in online, networked spaces. She also discusses how she intends to foster similar experiences in which her students connect and build relationships in her future classroom.

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    Dr. Aaron R. Gierhart is an Assistant Professor of Elementary Education at Columbus State University in Columbus, Georgia, and previously taught in the Illinois public schools for 11 years. You can follow him on Twitter and Instagram @aaronrgierhart

    Podcast Socials: Facebook & Instagram @JourneysOfTeaching & Twitter @JourneysTeach

    Thank you to Mitch Furr for the podcast theme music and Adam Gierhart for the logo artwork.

    3 min

About Journeys of Teaching

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In Journeys of Teaching, we explore the narratives of different educators and how their experiences in across their lives and careers inform their pedagogy and teaching approaches.