53 Award-Winning Teacher Scott Harris on Education and Life During COVID

In this episode, Scott and Michael discuss, in this COVID quarantine:-what we each did today and yesterday, just saying hi-sports and athletics-teaching-the importance of longer-term assignments as opposed to 40-minute worksheets-the CDC, government, Lysenkoism, and science-why to get outdoors-fitness and movement-the importance of thinking of things holistically; thinking of things in isolation or in compartments is logically compromised To support the show and help us grow our audience -- so we have more of an impact on education and the culture -- please help us with a donation:1. https://www.patreon.com/reasonrxpodcast 2. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=SP6QPQKJU4XSS&source=url Also, please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.And if you find an episode valuable, please share it with parents, teachers, school personnel, friends, and family. Help spread the word, help spread rational ideas for better living. About Scott:Scott K. Harris (https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-k-harris-b037966) has a Bachelor of Arts in History/Psychology from Texas State University and a Master’s in Education from Lamar University. He received the Mirabeau B. Lamar Award for Teaching Excellence, and was the first teacher in Texas to receive the Quality School Teacher Award."In his 29th year of teaching, Harris has taught U.S. History, World History, Psychology, A.P. Psychology, A.P. Macroeconomics, Philosophy, and International Baccalaureate’s capstone course Theory of Knowledge. He also coached swimming and water polo for 17 years. "Harris has guest-lectured at Texas State in Philosophy, and at the University of Texas San Antonio’s graduate school in Education. For nearly two decades he was a member of the Mind Science Foundation and the National Association of Scholars. "Harris piloted curriculum for what is now John Stossel-in-the-Classroom, serves as a consultant to Free- to-Choose Media, and is an associate producer for Izzit.org, all of which produce videos advocating liberty and economic education."Contact Scott: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-k-harris-b037966Contact Michael:1. [email protected]. http://www.goldams.com 3. https://www.facebook.com/EpistemeRx/4. https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Show notes1. "Education must also train one for quick, resolute and effective thinking. To think incisively and to think for one’s self is very difficult. We are prone to let our mental life become invaded by legions of half truths, prejudices, and propaganda. At this point, I often wonder whether or not education is fulfilling its purpose. A great majority of the so-called educated people do not think logically and scientifically. Even the press, the classroom, the platform, and the pulpit in many instances do not give us objective and unbiased truths. To save man from the morass of propaganda, in my opinion, is one of the chief aims of education. Education must enable one to sift and weigh evidence, to discern the true from the false, the real from the unreal, and the facts from the fiction...."If we are not careful, our colleges will produce a group of close-minded, unscientific, illogical propagandists, consumed with immoral acts. Be careful, “brethren!” Be careful, teachers!” --Martin Luther King, Jr. (From MLK’s 1947 article “The Purpose of Education,” published in the Morehouse College campus newspaper The Maroon Tiger. See: https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/purpose-education)2. Exercise and America's Declining health (starting info for you to do your own research; I have not read all this, and don't claim it's all valid)"Lack of exercise is a major cause of chronic diseases" (Comprehensive Physiology; April 2012) by Frank W. Booth, Ph.D., Christian K. Roberts, Ph.D., and Matthew J. Laye, Ph.D.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4241367/3. Exercise, movement, the mind, the brain, consciousness, and cognition (some starting info for you, the podcasts of which I have not listened to)i. Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain by John Ratey, MDhttps://www.amazon.com/Spark-Revolutionary-Science-Exercise-Brain/dp/0316113514/ii. "Exercise and the Brain," (Episode 33 of the Brain Science Podcast with Ginger Campbell, MD)https://brainsciencepodcast.com/bsp/exercise-and-the-brain-bsp-33.htmliii. "How Regular Movement Makes You Smarter" (Episode 30 of the Optimize Yourself Podcast by Zack Arnold)https://optimizeyourself.me/john-ratey-podcast-interview/iv. "Why the Brain is Built for Movement" (TED talk by Anders Hansen)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9p3Z7L0f0Uv. "Climb a Tree for Working Memory" by Tracy Packiam Alloway, Ph.D, and Ross Alloway, PhDhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/tracy-alloway-phd-and-ross-alloway-phd/climb-a-tree-for-working-_b_7909180.htmlvi. "Climb a Tree for Working Memory: Part 2" by Tracy Packiam Alloway, Ph.D, and Ross Alloway, PhD. (About Tracy: https://www.tracyalloway.com)https://www.huffpost.com/entry/climb-a-tree-for-working-_1_b_79442004. Fitness and movementi. a "movement library"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf0XEBKYNfU&list=PLC5sbdn5ESCRN_VeYcEimsilu7IXiLmP_ii. another "movement library"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVdaMhrNhzQ&list=PLC5sbdn5ESCSKU66Fbp6stQFPLaNQ8ribiii. Short videos (of 1.5-3.5 minutes) of sample intermediate workoutsa. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91s9A4XgvuUb. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ec-dcixX-SYc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxBVcnwane0d. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrZkoRp8-Fwe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kdqztr2rbgAiv. Short videos (of 1.5-3.5 minutes) of sample advanced workoutsa. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jMIaSxyvhEb. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4zyP3uA23Qc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gyaGwHlHJAd. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EYzdhkzpece. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aj4mA4g0JAs5. Breathing, while we are talking fitness and health"How to breathe" TEDx talk by Belisa Vranichhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sgb2cUqFiY6. Sittingi. "To Sit or Not To Sit w/ Katy Bowman," an article and an episode of Brock Armstrong's podcast Workplace Herohttps://workplacehero.me/to-sit-or-not-to-sit-w-katy-bowman/ii. "Ways to Avoid Sitting All Day" by Selene Yeager https://www.runnersworld.com/health-injuries/a20796441/ways-to-avoid-sitting-all-day/iii. Move Your DNA by Katy Bowman https://www.amazon.com/Move-Your-DNA-Movement-Expanded/dp/19433701097. Lysenkoismi. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysenkoismii. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Trofim-Lysenko8. Cofactors of Vitamin D (starting info for you to do your own research; I have not read all this, and don't claim it's all valid)i. https://thyroidproblemsdoctor.com/dont-overlook-the-necessity-of-vitamin-d-cofactors/ii. https://vitamindwiki.com/Vitamin+D+Cofactors+in+a+nutshelliii. https://www.vitad.org/tiki-index.php?page=Low+cost+cofactors+for+vitamin+D9. Vitamin D (starting info for you to do your own research; I have not read all this, and don't claim it's all valid)i. https://lpi.oregonstate.edu/mic/vitamins/vitamin-Dii. https://chriskresser.com/vitamin-d-more-is-not-better/iii. https://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements-vitamin-d/art-20363792iv. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_D10. Vitamin D and COVID (starting info for you to do your own research; I have not read all this, and don't claim it's all valid)i. "Vitamin D deficiency may raise risk of getting COVID-19" (3 Sept 2020). by Gretchen Rubinhttps://www.uchicagomedicine.org/forefront/coronavirus-disease-covid-19/vitamin-d-deficiency-may-raise-risk-of-getting-covid19ii. "Study suggests high vitamin D levels may protect against COVID-19" (19 March 2021) by Alison Caldwell, PhD https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/forefront/coronavirus-disease-covid-19/vitamin-d-covid-studyiii. "Vitamin D Might Help Fight COVID-19" (28 Jan 2021) by Cara Murezhttps://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20210128/vitamin-d-might-help-fight-covid-19iv. “Effect of calcifediol treatment and best available therapy versus best available therapy on intensive care unit admission and mortality among patients hospitalized for COVID-19: A pilot randomized clinical study” (Oct 2020) by Marta Entrenas Castillo, Luis Manuel Entrenas Costa, José Manuel Vaquero Barrios, Juan Francisco Alcalá Díaz, José López Miranda, Roger Bouillon, José Manuel Quesada Gomezhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0960076020302764?via%3Dihubv. "The First Randomized Controlled Trial on Vitamin D and COVID-19"(3 Sept 2020) by Chris Masterjohn, PhDhttps://chrismasterjohnphd.com/covid-19/finally-confirmed-vitamin-d-nearly-abolishes-icu-risk-in-covid-19vi. "The Role of Vitamin D and Supportive Nutrients in the COVID-19 Pandemic" by Chris Kresserhttps://vimeo.com/530879066/e9b314a0be11. The Outdoorsi. "10 Reasons Why Being Outside is Important"https://askthescientists.com/outdoors/Bio and image courtesy Scott Harris.Please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.Email us at [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Gold Academy: https://goldams.comTotal Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com