Michael Hand and Quentin Wheeler-Bell sat down to talk with Cara about teaching amidst strong divides. My guests discussed and debated how to address partisan leanings in the classroom, how to ethically support a range of student perspectives, what makes a topic controversial, and the criterion for judging the validity of a claim.

For Michael's article: https://doi.org/10.1111/edth.70065. 

The original article: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-5446.2008.00285.x. 

For more work by Michael:

Hand, M. (2026) ‘Is there a principled exception to the epistemic criterion of controversiality?’, in Drerup, J. (ed) Teaching Controversy: The Politics and Ethics of Classroom Conflict, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Hand, M. (2018) A Theory of Moral Education, London: Routledge.

For Quentin's article:  https://doi.org/10.1111/edth.70074.

Jessica Fremland , Kali Simmons, Kat Milligan-McClellan, Mishuana Goeman, and Sandy Grande join Cara to talk about indigenous feminists philosophy, why gardening is a rich and fertile metaphor for their work, and tending to communities with care. This episode showcases the 75th Anniversary of Educational Theory.

For their paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/edth.70075

For Sandy’s original paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1741-5446.2003.00329.x

For the 75th Anniversary Issue: ​​https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17415446/2026/76/1

For more work by Sandy: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/red-pedagogy-9781610489881/

For more work by Kali: https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/105/article/815922/pdf?casa_token=fLW8470Re8wAAAAA:HYVCaY0WobYaFqJwmoYQrK2yLqV_YLxhMXx234L88bCesCGrcCJRXs0YXuUkIwoZ-M2vZJBllsI

For more writing by Mishuana: https://poshmark.com/listing/Settler-Aesthetics-Visualizing-the-Spectacle-of-Originary-Moments-in-the-New-Wo-654af186af9ad15787384a86?srsltid=AfmBOopAJqQhoYrzY9aJyetAC-fAxe8cL17Q8s3sqjZKiVsrg77qY_Sl

https://www.upress.umn.edu/9780816677917/mark-my-words/

https://nyupress.org/9781479808120/keywords-for-gender-and-sexuality-studies/

Gert and Michele join Cara to talk about philosophers, schools, and education. They ask us to consider what matters? The role of schools as places of inquiry? And how these and many more questions effect schools, teachers, and students at all levels? This episode showcases the 75th Anniversary of Educational Theory.

For Gert's essay: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11217-010-9191-x

and original essay: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1741-5446.2006.00241.x

and more writing by Gert: https://www.routledge.com/World-Centred-Education-A-View-for-the-Present/Biesta/p/book/9780367565527

For Michele's essay: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/edth.70073?af=R

For more of Michele's work on higher education: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/L/bo22776687.html

For the full special issue: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/edth.70076

Gert and Michele join Cara to talk about philosophers, schools, and education. They ask us to consider what matters? The role of schools as places of inquiry? And how these and many more questions effect schools for students at all levels. This episode showcases the 75th Anniversary Issue of Educational Theory.

For Gert's essay: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/GRUNEBTCKSH3HUNKAFYJ?target=10.1111/edth.70063

and the original essay: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/ENHTUNKEQPYRUCREP48Z?target=10.1111/j.1741-5446.2006.00241.x

For more writing by Gert: https://www.routledge.com/World-Centred-Education-A-View-for-the-Present/Biesta/p/book/9780367565527

For Michele's essay: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/KTCZPEJBTJIYGDPZHRHM?target=10.1111/edth.70073

For more of Michele's work on higher education: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/L/bo22776687.html

For the full issue: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/5X7H8HYYI96ETD9NWASP?target=10.1111/edth.70076

Anmarie Paul, Diane Schnoor, and Myra Hernandez join Cara to talk about belonging, place, and children's literature.

To learn more about Behind the Book check out: https://www.behindthebook.org/

To learn more about Dr. Diane's work check out: https://www.drdianeadventures.com/

Philip Francis, Tom Van Winkle, and Rachel Seher join Cara to talk about place as school and what it means to build a relationship with places and the people in them.

Seguinland Institute is currently accepting applications for its Spring '26 and Fall '26 semester programs: Check them out and Philip's here!

Check out Rachel's work here and here!

Check out Tom's work and Williams Mystic here!

Gil Burgh and Mara Tieken sat down to talk with Cara about what place-responsive and place based education could be. They contrasted this with schools where learning is removed from the environment, and schools that even make this removal part of the educational goal.

To learn more about this year's philosophy of education conference: https://www.philosophyofeducation.org/

To learn more about this topic from Gil, check out: https://www.routledge.com/Teaching-Democracy-in-an-Age-of-Uncertainty-Place-Responsive-Learning/Burgh-Thornton/p/book/9780367565091

To learn more about this topic from Mara, check out:

https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/E/bo247751497.html

Emmalee Forristall, Kathy Hytten, and Kurt Stemhagen sat down to talk with Cara about youth sports and democracy. They explained how practices from cell phones in the locker room, financial accessibility, and whether you play for the town team influence democratic habits. Listen and keep the conversation going with your teams and players.

To learn more about this year's philosophy of education conference and submit: https://www.philosophyofeducation.org/

For more on this topic from Kathy and Kurt check out:

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/23328584241311810

From Kurt on democracy (and math) check out: https://www.routledge.com/Democracy-and-Mathematics-Education-Rethinking-School-Math-for-Our-Troubled-Times/Stemhagen-Henney/p/book/9780367608200

Pattie Bailie and David Sobel sat down with Cara to talk about place based education and nature based education! They offer a vision of education that is responsive, local, and practical!

For more of Pattie's work check out: 

https://shop.gryphonhouse.com/products/partnering-with-nature-in-early-childhood?variant=47751201095972 and https://shop.gryphonhouse.com/products/evaluating-natureness?variant=47751127630116.

For more of David's work check out: https://www.davidsobelauthor.com/

To learn more about the Philosophy and Education annual meeting: https://www.philosophyofeducation.org/

Naoko Saito, Jim Garrison, and Vincent Colapietro sit down with Cara and Derek to talk through Dr. Saito's General Session paper at PES 2025. The paper itself will appear in an upcoming issue of Philosophy of Education, but for more of Dr. Saito's related work (mentioned in the episode), see her recent American Philosophy in Translation.

For Garrison's very important essay (also mentioned in the episode), see "A Deweyan Theory of Democratic Listening."

And for Colapietro's recent work on relationality, see his "Relations, Ruptures, and Rituals," as well as his "Quotidian Tasks."

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