In this interview with Mike Kaechele, we discuss dismantling prejudices through projects, how to situate project-based learning within the community and for local impact, what can be learned when a project fails, the difference between projects and recipes, why social and emotional learning (SEL) is important, lessons learned teaching a variety of subject areas, differences between equity and equality in education, and so much more.

Click here for this episode’s show notes.

How to Get Started with Computer Science Education

━━━━━━━━━━━━━

00:00 Intro

01:19 Mike introducing himself

02:06 Something Mike no longer believes about education

04:38 An experience in education that continues to impact Mike

08:34 How Mike tries to bring together communities in the classroom

10:03 What an ideal learning environment looks like

13:04 What does PBL look like to Mike?

18:15 What happens when a project fails?

21:18 What Mike wishes more people understood about PBL

23:58 Mike's favorite project

27:23 Teaching students to collaborate

29:38 Why is it important for teachers to know about SEL?

32:55 How Mike integrates SEL into the classroom

34:53 How Mike learned about SEL

36:51 When wouldn't mike focus on PBL or SEL?

38:49 How teaching different subject areas inform the others

40:38 Advice for integrating multiple subjects

42:07 What is holding back educators and what can we do about it?

44:02 How Mike iterates on his abilities as an educator

45:54 How mike prevents burnout

47:05 Recommendations for improving equity and inclusion

51:25 Mike's thoughts on research

53:06 How to connect with Mike

53:36 Outro