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Community Literacies en Confianza

6/28/2018

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​In this episode, I speak with Steven Alvarez about his book, Community Literacies en Confianza: Learning From Bilingual After-School Programs (National Council of Teachers of English, 2017). This book highlights effective bilingual after-school programs and how their models can be applied to the traditional classroom contexts. We discuss the role of relationships and trust in fostering learning as well as emerging Latinx identities in the South.

He recommends the following books for listeners interested in his work and our conversation:
  • ​Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies: Teaching and Learning for Justice in a Changing World by Django Paris
  • Raciolinguistics: How Language Shapes Our Ideas About Race by H. Samy Alim
  • The Translanguaging Classroom: Leveraging Student Bilingualism for Learning by Ofelia García

​Listen to the interview on New Books in Education.

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Teach Like Finland

4/12/2017

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In this episode, I speak with Tim Walker, the author of Teach Like Finland: 33 Simple Strategies for Joyful Classrooms (W. W. Norton & Company, 2017). This book stems from recent interest in Finland’s educational system resulting from its success on international assessments and explains how policy translates into classroom routines and structures as well as what American teachers can learn from their Finnish counterparts. We discuss how the two countries take different views on what makes good teachers and learning outcomes as well as ways teachers can promote well-being in any school context.

He recommends the following books for listeners interested in his work and our conversation:
  • Finnish Lessons 2.0: What Can the World Learn from Educational Change in Finland? by Pasi Sahlberg
  • The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way by Amanda Ripley
  • The Well-Balanced Teacher: How to Work Smarter and Stay Sane Inside the Classroom and Out by Mike Anderson

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Freedom and Beyond

3/21/2017

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In this episode, I speak with Pat Farenga about the new edition of John Holt’s Freedom and Beyond (HoltGWS LLC, 2017). This book offers a broad critique of traditional schooling and its capacity for solving social problems. We discuss John Holt’s transition from classroom teacher to public intellectual as well as the broader implications of schools prioritizing job training over citizenship and self-actualization.

He recommends the following books for listeners interested in Holt’s work and our conversation:
  • The Continuum Concept: In Search of Happiness Lost by Jean Liedloff
  • Deschooling Society by Ivan Illich
  • The Changing Nature of Man: Introduction to a Historical Psychology by Jean Hendrick Van Den Berg
  • Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

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Restore the Respect

1/13/2017

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In this episode, I speak with Ondine Gross, the author of Restore the Respect: How to Mediate School Conflicts and Keep Students Learning (Brookes, 2016). Her book outlines how teachers and administrators can implement mediation protocols in their schools. We discuss different approaches to school discipline and their consequences, the components of a successful mediation, and the skills required of effective mediators.

She recommends the following books for listeners interested in her work and our conversation:
  • Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria: And Other Conversations About Race by Beverly Daniel Tatum
  • Black Males and Racism: Improving the Schooling and Life Chances of African Americans by Terence Fitzgerald
  • How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Maslish

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What I Didn't Know

1/11/2017

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In this episode, I speak with Lee Gutkind, the editor of What I Didn’t Know: True Stories of Becoming a Teacher (In Fact Books, 2016). His book shares more than twenty firsthand accounts of teachers working in different contexts. We discuss how personal narratives can contribute to our understanding a profession, the writing process, and the similarities and difference between these stories and those featured in his other work.

He recommends the following books for listeners interested in his work and our conversation:
  • I Wasn’t Strong Like This When I Started Out: True Stories of Becoming a Nurse by Lee Gutkind
  • Frank Sinatra Has a Cold and Other Essays by Gay Talese
  • You Can’t Make This Stuff Up: The Complete Guide to Writing Creative Nonfiction–from Memoir to Literary Journalism and Everything in Between by Lee Gutkind

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