Episode 105: Daniel Edelen: The Immense Brilliance of Children

Learning to teach mathematics teachers better with Dr. Daniel Edelen, Assistant Professor in the College of Education & Human Development at Georgia State University, as he shares strategies and mindsets for recognizing the brilliance of young children, centering them and their experiences, and developing empathy as a teacher and teacher educator. He is an ethnographer who is passionate about understanding how children understand, create, and navigate authority, autonomy, and agency in the classroom, particularly in settings where the content relates to STEM and STEAM. Show notes: Authority Research The social construction of authorities: An interactional ethnographic examination of positional legitimacy Authority and positionings in elementary mathematics: An interactional ethnographic approach Untangling Classroom Positionings: An Instrumental Case Unpacking Positioning Theory in Mathematics Education STEM/STEAM STEM Rocks Research Collective Elementary students’ STEAM perceptions: Extending frames of reference through transformative learning experiences Moving toward shared realities through empathy in mathematical modeling: An ecological systems theory approach Humanistic STE(A)M instruction through empathy: leveraging design thinking to improve society “No, This Is Not My Boyfriend’s Computer”: Elevating the Voices of Youth in STEM Education Research Leveraging Photo-Elicitation Centering Students in Transdisciplinary STEAM Using Positioning TheorySpecial Guest: Daniel Edelen.