In this episode, Scott and Ollie discuss how the processes of writing and discussion help ideas form.

Meeting the Universe Halfway: Quantum Physics and the Entanglement of Matter and Meaning by Karen Barad

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This week we talk about the difference between topic rebuttal and technique rebuttal. Really just a discussion of how to help people change their own minds. The involves a focus on process of how you reached your conclusions rather than focusing on the conclusions themselves when talking with someone about their ideas.

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In this episode, Scott and Ollie discuss Chapter 3 of David McRaney's book, How Minds Change and unpack the impact that perception has on our understandings and interpretations of the world.

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This week we talk about what it means to do the relational work of teaching. We unpack what it means to think of teaching as relational rather than transactional and how it plays out for teachers and teaching.

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In this episode, Scott and Ollie revisit and update the advancements of artificial intelligence and discuss its societal and educational impacts.

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This week we talk about the Nature of Science. A concept that came out of Science Studies and helped us better understand science as a practice.

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In this episode, Scott and Ollie discuss two articles on practice-based teacher education that appeared in an anniversary issue of the Journal of Teacher Education (JTE). To get a flavor of the articles, check out the original article that appeared in the 2012 issue of JTE.

Zeichner, K. (2012). The turn once again toward practice-based teacher education. Journal of teacher education, 63(5), 376-382.

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This week we talk about doing equity work with white teachers, especially in context where there are only white people in the room.

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In this episode, we debate the concept of dispositions in teacher education. In our discussion, we reference the 2020 NSTA Standards for Science Teacher Preparation and some dispositional documents available on the Penn State College of Educaiton website.

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This week we talk about facilitating different kinds of conversations we engage in because we teach people who teach people. And now in our professional learning work, we are teaching people who are teaching people who are going to teach people science. Lots of layers to this episode.

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