The Learning Scientists Podcast

Sep 12 2024 85 ep. 23 mins 2.4k
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A podcast for teachers, students, and parents about evidence based practice and learning.

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Episode 85: Digital Literacy with Natalia Kucirkova

Sep 12 2024 28 mins  
In Episode 85, Megan talks with Natalia Kucirkova, PhD, a Professor of Early Childhood and Development at the University of Stavanger in Norway and Professor of Reading and Children’s Development at The Open University, UK. Natalia leads a network of learning scientists, WiKIT, who support diverse EdTech organizations to be more evidence-based and aligned with the science of lear

Episode 84: An Evidence - Based Approach to Teaching Reading and Writing – An Interview with Dominic Wyse and Charlotte Hacking

Aug 01 2024 50 mins  
In Episode 84, Carolina talks to Dominic Wyse and Charlotte Hacking; the authors of the brand-new book “The Balancing Act: An Evidence-Based Approach to Teaching Phonics, Reading and Writing”. Together they explore the chapters of the book that takes a research-informed approach to teaching pupils how to read and write.

Episode 83: An Interview with We Do It For the Culture founder Jamila Sams

Jun 20 2024 21 mins  
In Episode 83, Althea interviews Jamila Sams, CEO and founder of We Do It For the Culture (TM), a culturally responsive social emotional learning curriculum rooted in Hip-Hop culture for middle and high school students. Jamila discusses the five components of social-emotional learning, hip-hop, and shares examples of how the curriculum has connected with students.

Episode 82: An Interview with Robert Malkin on Academic Research for High School Students

May 09 2024 18 mins  
In Episode 82, Cindy interviews Robert Malkin about academic research for high school students.

Episode 81: STP Talk -- Science Communication about Retrieval Practice

Mar 28 2024 21 mins  
In Episode 81, Megan, Cindy, Carolina, and Althea walk through their Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP) Annual Conference on Teaching (ACT) talk! The episode was recorded in October 2023 when all four Learning Scientists were together in Portland, Oregon for the conference. After they gave their formal talk, they recorded their talk in one of their hotel rooms to reach mo

Episode 80: An Interview with Kareem Farah from The Modern Classrooms Project

Feb 15 2024 23 mins  
In Episode 80, Cindy interviews Kareem Farah, CEO and co-founder of the Modern Classrooms Project.

Episode 79: Toddlers Can Read with Spencer Russell

Jan 11 2024 36 mins  
In Episode 79, Althea interviews Spencer Russell, an award-winning teacher and educator about early childhood literacy. You can learn more about Spencer's approach to early childhood literacy at https://www.toddlersread.com/. Follow him on Instagram (@toddlerscanread) for tips and videos!

Episode 78: learningscientists.org Resource Refresher

Nov 23 2023 12 mins  
In Episode 78, Megan, Cindy, Carolina, and Althea talk through the resources available on learningscientists.org.

Episode 77: EF+Math -- Interdisciplinary Teams Co-Creating Evidence-Based Approaches

Oct 12 2023 44 mins  
In Episode 77, Megan interviews Maxim Vickerie and Adam Smith from EF+Math, a program supported by the nonprofit AERDF.

Episode 76: Meeting at the Intersection of Research and Education

Aug 31 2023 33 mins  
In Episode 76, Cindy interviews Sarah Oberle (@S_Oberle) about the intersection between research and education.