In this episode, Scott and Ollie revisit a topic from Episode 97 and examine what learning principles should inform an online, educational future.

During the conversation, Scott references "epistemic agency" and cites the following article:

Addressing the epistemic elephant in the room: Epistemic agency and the next generation science standards (Miller et al, 2018)

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This week we talk about how much science we need, as citizens, to participate in the public discourse in society and make public decisions. We move from talking about how of science (the processes and practices of science) and talk a bit about the what of science (the normative science understandings).

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In this episode, Scott and Ollie discuss recent experiences they've had that communicated that the future of K-12 education through online delivery. We discuss whether this is a realistic and what some of the hurdles schools and families will need to navigate to make that happen. In the episode, we briefly discuss the following:

Adam Grant's Work Live podcast

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This week we talk about culturally relevant science teaching and what that means in terms of connecting to local community issues. We talk about the nature of being responsive as a science teacher and having learning opportunities be connected to local community issues is not a requirement for doing culturally relevant teaching. How do you think about creating curiousity and relevance by building on students' thinking and reasoning when they draw on their own experience and culture.

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In this episode, Scott and Ollie discuss the reasons that prospective science teachers should enter the profession.

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This week we talk about standards, standardizing, and what makes sense to makes sense to standardize and why. Having consistency can help support equity across classes, schools, states, and even the country, but rigid curriculum are not responsive to students. How can we think about having standards (i.e. goals for what all students should know/be able to do), without having solutions that are scripted, decontextualized and disconnected from the local context and community where students live?

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In this episode, Scott and Ollie talk about the shifts that school leaders need to make to better support science teachers adopting Next Generation Science Standards. In the discussion, we introduce the NGSS-aligned Danielson Framework and discuss some of the markers for administrators to look for.

NGSS-aligned Danielson Framework

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Gallager

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In this episode, Scott and Ollie discuss the dispositional stance that teachers and students must adopt to be successful in classes built on student exploration of ideas and explanations. We draw on Adam Grant's book Think Again as well as recent episode of Against the Rules.

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Epistemic Agency

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