Science In-Between

By Scott McDonald and Ollie DreonScience Technology Education

Science In-Between episodes

September 29, 2021 Episode 57: Not Scott's Age. Or Episode 56
In this episode (which is actually episode 57), we dig further into inclusive practices and discuss the second phase of Ambitious Science Teaching (AST): eliciting student ideas.
Things that bring us joy this week:
Spanish Model by Elvis Costello
Lift Hydrofoil Surfboard
Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind
45 min
September 22, 2021 Episode 56: The Big Umbrella
Ambitious Science Teaching
Universal Design for Learning
Open Educational Resources
Things that bring us joy this week:
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Wild by Cheryl Strayed
Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind
43 min
September 15, 2021 Episode 55: Good Things Come in Threes
In this final episode in our "teacher education trilogy," Scott and Ollie discuss the current preparation programs at their institutions and how their design was informed by research.
Things that bring us joy this week:
Marvel's What if...? on Disney +
Longwood Gardens
Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind
48 min
September 08, 2021 Episode 54: My Minion, Not My Lackey
Invisible College
Professional Development Schools
The Nine Essentials
edTPA
Things that bring us joy this week:
Live Music - Green Day, Weezer, and Fall Out Boy
Maintenance Phase Podcast
Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind
43 min
September 02, 2021 Episode 53: Ten Thousand Hours Ago
In this episode, Scott and Ollie share their experiences with their teacher education programs and their mentors. Since many universities are starting their fall semesters, it prompted Scott & Ollie to talk about their education and preparation as science teachers.
During their discussion, they bring up the concept of "Ten Thousand Hours" which was discussed in Malcolm Gladwell's book Outliers. For more information on this, check out: Can 10,000 hours of practice make you an expert? or
Things that bring us joy this week:
99% Invisible Podcast
AAA
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52 min
August 25, 2021 Episode 52: Joy to the World
Things that bring us joy this week:
Podcast
Back to Work / Reconsiliable Differences / Roderick on the Line (Podcasts in the Merlin Mann(iverse)
Phase Zero Podcast
Smartphone App
Duolingo
Ten Percent Happier
Streamable Series
Ted Lasso on Apple TV+
Letterkenny on Hulu
Movie
Sound of Metal
The Old Guard
Book - Entertainment
Deadly Education
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman
Book - Professional
Meeting the Universe Halfway by Karen Barad
On Being a Mentor by W. Brad Johnson
Favorite SIB Episode
Ep. 48: Haters Have Got to Hate (Or Do They?)
Ep. 22: The Hero Teacher, But Not THAT One
Favorite SIB Episode Title
Episode 7: Death March with Fun Sauce
Episode 26: Poo Poo the Recurring Character
Favorite Joy of the Joys
Qwirkle
Watchmen on HBO
Favorite New (or new to you) Musical Artist
Japenese Breakfast
Amythyst Kiah
Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind
58 min
August 17, 2021 Episode 51: Harumph!
In the penultimate episode of season 1, we dig deeper into phenomenon-based teaching and what it would look like in classroom settings. In our discussion, we introduce the book Fish is Fish by Leo Lionni as a way to highlight how people react when presented with radically new ideas. You can check out the book at: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/101915/fish-is-fish-by-leo-lionni/
Things that bring us joy this week:
Allison and all of our listeners! As we finish season one of this podcast, we appreciate all of you who are listeners. You bring us joy!
Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind
53 min
August 13, 2021 Episode 50: Mahna Mahna Do Do Do Do Do
Albert Bandura
Phenomena by the Muppets
The tanker lesson on AST website.
Bill and Ted Meet Socrates
Things that bring us joy this week:
Great Pottery Throwdown on HBO Max
Olympics - 3 on 3 Basketball
Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind
57 min
August 04, 2021 Episode 49: Not about Pornography, Eugenics or Psychopathy
In this episode, we finish up our discussion of pedagogical content knowledge and examine the larger impacts (and unintended consequences) of measuring things. Along the way, we discuss several books and podcasts including:
Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O'Neil
Algorithms of Oppression by Safiya Umoja Noble
The Psychopath Test on This American Life
Things that bring us joy this week:
Ted Lasso, Season 2 on Apple TV+
McCartney 3, 2, 1 on Hulu
Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind
53 min
July 28, 2021 Episode 48: Haters Have Got to Hate (or Do They?)
Spawn
I Care a Lot
Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Lee Shulman's seminal 1986 article, Those Who Understand: Knowledge Growth in Teaching.

"Whatever exists at all exists in some amount. To know it thoroughly involves knowing its quantity as well as its quality." - Edward L. Thorndike. (1918). The nature, purposes, and general methods of measurements of educational products. Chapter II in G.M. Whipple (Ed.), The Seventeenth yearbook of the National Society for Study of Education. Part II. The Measurement of Educational Products. Bloomington, IL: Public School Publishing Co. p. 16.
Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O'Neil
Things that bring us joy this week:
Meditation and apps to help like, Calm, Headspace, or Ten Percent
The Summer of Soul on Hulu
Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind
Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
53 min