Seek Learning

Charles Graham, PhD
Professor, Instructional Psychology & Technology, Brigham Young University

“The new normal is going to be a blended environment where teachers, and schools, and parents, have a toolbox that includes in-person learning options, as well as online learning options, and sometimes a mix of the two. . . .If teachers and parents are not trained, and don't have some understanding of how to make the online learning space effective, it's not going to be as effective.”

Peter Chan, PhD
Adjunct Professor, Instructional Psychology & Technology, Brigham Young University

“Before I joined the Church, I was a very bad student. I didn't study. I wasn't interested in schooling. . . .But then I joined the church, and that totally changed me. . . .From a near school dropout, to today. I have lectured in many places, international conferences, and even some prestigious universities. If I go back to my high school [in China], and tell my teachers what I'm doing now, I don't think they will believe it.”

Rachel Wadham, MA
Education and Juvenile Collections Librarian, Senior Librarian, Brigham Young University

“I truly believe that children's literature, and particularly children's fiction, and all of that type of thing that encompasses story, is really important to an educational experience. . . . If we all think about how we learn and how we learn best, we can connect that to story.”

A. LeGrand “Buddy” Richards, PhD
Associate Professor, Educational Leadership and Foundations, Brigham Young University

“I think he would probably talk to [today’s] teachers and say, ‘Don't be so wrapped up in the world's way of doing things...keep your perspective right. You've got the promises of eternity.”  

Jason McDonald, PhD
Associate Teaching Professor, Instructional Psychology and Technology, Brigham Young University

“There are a lot of problems that we can address through creative habits and creative dispositions, but ultimately, we have a heritage, I think, as children of a very creative God. And there is something that unlocks inside of us when we exercise that creativity.” 

Corinna Peterken, PhD
Assistant Professor, Teacher Education, Brigham Young University

“As a teacher of young children, I can use the arts to add depth to their inquiries and explorations. And I can also see and assess more fully what they know and learn together.” 

Casey Paul Griffiths, PhD
Assistant Teaching Professor, Church History, Brigham Young University

"I would say to any parent out there, the most important gospel teacher in your child's life is going to be you. You can't rely on any seminary or institute teacher…to be the main source of religious education. It’s going to have to come from mom and dad.” 

Isaac Calvert, PhD
Assistant Professor,  Educational Leadership, Brigham Young University

“Just as God came and attended Moses’s attempt to learn from him personally, God will personally attend any and every honest attempt to teach and learn in a sacred way.” 

Paul Caldarella, PhD
Professor, Counseling Psychology, Brigham Young University

“Generally what we find is that the more often teachers praise, the better student behavior tends to be….We saw about a 20 to 30 percent improvement in student on-task behavior as praise rates increased.”

Terry Young, Ed.D.
Professor, Teacher Education, Brigham Young University

"So often we feel there are kids who don’t really like to read, but in fact they like to read, they just don’t like what they’re asked to read or what’s available to them."