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The ReasonRx Podcast: A Rational Perspective on Education
by Michael Gold
In this podcast, we will discuss all things education. The ReasonRx Podcast benefits not only the student, teacher, and parent, but also all adults and business professionals. After all, education is for everyone: we all have to teach, and learn, and think. Education is the systematic training of the mind. More technically and in more depth, education is “the systematic training of the conceptual faculty by means of supplying in essentials both its content and its method.” (Dr. Leonard Peikoff) Of course, in the primary sense, it is the systematic training of the young to prepare them for adult life. Its purpose is to prepare a child for the total depth and range of surviving and thriving as an adult human in the broad world -- social and material, physical and biological/ecological. So your host and co-hosts will interview guests and offer in-depth discussion of topics like study skills, biology, philosophy of education, epistemology, math pedagogy,
Episodes
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72 Grades vs Understanding
It is a big mistake to focus on grades over understanding. Doing so involves all sorts of errors and fallacies -- such as the idea that you cannot focus on both, or the idea that understanidng does not lead to high grades, or the idea that going after grades without developing the capacity to…
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71 Science Should Be Taught Historically and Inductively
Science should be taught by following how it developed historically. There are all sorts of reasons why -- most importantly because that method fits with the nature and aims of education. The historical and inductive essence needs to be there, but how that is achieved could vary -- and should, by...
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70 How To Improve Education? Impose Critical Thinking and Root-Cause Analysis on Administrators
Thanks for the good administrators out there! But the less-than-good need to be "controlled" and "managed" by checks and balances of critical thinking, logic, root-cause analysis, and "Extreme Ownership." And sone outside oversight. “Education must also train one for quick, resolute and effective...
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69 Induction is Valid -- There Is No "Problem of Induction"
Induction is valid. Hume was wrong: there is no “problem of induction." Inductions validly and logically formed are contextual absolutes. We can and should confidently and certainly form inductions, use them, and rely on them. Necessity is in experience. It is in reality. It has epistemic and...
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68 Thoughts on the Nature of Mathematics
Math is a way of understanidng of the world. It is a tool of thought that is governed by both metaphysics and epistrmoology. It is not a "free creation of the mind." In this episode, I discuss some thoughts on the nature and philosophy of mathematics and how it really works, contra to what many...
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67 In Teaching, Learning, and Thinking, Examples Are Key
Teaching, learning, and understanding -- examples are critical, not just in school, but in life and at work. After all, we all have to sometimes teach and sometines learn -- it's part of being a social animal. And we frequently have to think. So we should know how to do them well. No matter what…
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66 How To Improve Education
Just a few thoughts on how to fix educaiton and on what won't work. We need to get to the funcamentals if we want improvement for our students and our children, and we want a better world -- we need to do to educaiton what Galileo and Newton did to physics: set education on a rational, inductive...
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65 Teacher Scott Harris on the Most Important Subject to Teach: Philosophy
In this episode, Scott Harris joins us to discuss: -what philosophy is -why you need it -why students need it -why it should be taught -his background in all that -how he teaches it -his scope and sequence -what students get out of it -some of his teacing experiences -how philosophy has helped…
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64 Teaching Physics: Making Physics Relevant To Human Thought and Human Life
In this episode I read Dr. Michael Fowler's "Teaching Heat: the Rise and Fall of the Caloric Theory" and discuss its significance. It recommends teaching physics historically, which also helps students learn science, logic, and reasoning, which they need for using thought in the world and they…
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63 Lies, Damned Lies -- and Truth -- About Statistics
In this episode I discuss the great, classic article "The Median Isn't the Message" by Stephen Jay Gould. We delve into the article, its meaning, and lots of the depth and breadth we can get out of it. It should be read and studied by every statistics teacher and statistics student -- and…
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62 Grammar: Who Needs It? Who Cares? -- Those Who Think. (I.e., everyone.)
In this episode I discuss what grammar is and why we need it. It ain't about blindly following rules or being rude to each other. Rather, grammar is how we put thoughts together so we can think better, so we can be better understood, so we can better understand others, so we can write and speak...
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61 Lombardo and Burroughs on Fitness and Physical Therapy: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Nick Burroughs (PT, MSPT) and Dr. Phil Lombardo (PT, DPT, SCS), each a Physical Therapist and a MovNat Certified Fitness Trainer, join us to discuss -fitness -physical therapy -successes they have had working with physical therapy clients -ideas and techniques for working with physical therapy...
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60 Dr. Jon Morey Talks the Pros and Cons of Modern Physical Education
Dr. Jon Morey is back to talk about modern physical education, its pros and cons, and what we can do to do it better. Jon's bio and info in a previous episode: https://www.spreaker.com/user/11043023/59-dr-jon-morey-on-fitness-thriving-and- Contact Jon: 1. Uncivilized Vitality:...
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59 Dr. Jon Morey on Fitness, Thriving, and Making the Most of the Outdoors
Dr. Jon Morey joins us to discuss -being outdoors and making the most of it -benefits of nature -his background and fitness journey -physical therapy -our fitness culture -MovNat -and more Dr. Morey's bio: "Doctor Jon Morey’s career in the health sciences began in January 1988 when he stepped…
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58 Fitness Experts Phil Lombardo and Nick Burroughs on Fitness and Our Fitness Culture Part 2
Nick Burroughs (PT, MSPT) and Dr. Phil Lombardo (PT, DPT, SCS), each a MovNat Level 2 Certified Fitness Trainer, join us to discuss -our fitness culture, its pros and cons -principles of good training -how to avoid overspecializing (i.e., setting oneself up for injury) -how to be strong and...
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57 Fitness Experts Phil Lombardo and Nick Burroughs on Fitness and Our Fitness Culture
Nick Burroughs (PT, MSPT) and Dr. Phil Lombardo (PT, DPT, SCS), each a MovNat Level 2 Certified Fitness Trainer, join us to discuss -their professional backgrounds -their fitness backgrounds -our fitness culture -principles of good programming and training -the importance of fitness goals -MovNat...
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56 Assistant Scoutmaster Hans Schantz on How Principles of Scouting Can Help Schools, Homeschoolers, Teams, and Companies
Assistant Scoutmaster Hans Schantz joins us to discuss ways to better teach, educate, and manage children and teens. We discuss: -Hans' experience and background with the Scouts -the history of the Scouts -the founder, Robert Baden-Powell -the Patrol Method -how Scouting is structured and how it...
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55 James Lennox, PhD Philosophy, on the Importance of Philosophy to Science and Education
In this episode, James Lennox, PhD Philosophy, joins us to discuss: -running and fitness -Dr. Lennox's academic background -why you should study science from a historical perspective -his study of the history and philosophy of science -the nature of science -the nature of philosophy -the…
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54 Award-winning Teacher Scott Harris on The 3Rs, Reason, and Racism
In this episode, Scott and Michael discuss: -current events and recent public letters to some private high schools -some ideas about racism and attempts to deal with it today: the good and the bad -racism (all bad, no good to it) -the philosophic and historical roots of some of these bad attempts...
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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...
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52 Education, Logic, Language, and Blake's The Tyger
In this episode, we discuss logic — but couched in writing an essay about William Blake's poem The Tyger, which I actually helped a student with years ago, way back in 2006 or 2012 or thereabouts. So this episode is about what I remember doing with that student to correct mistakes he had about…
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51 Teacher Training Reform, Teacher Training Essentials
In this episode, we discuss some essentials of teacher training and hence provide a guide to teacher education reform. Education is the systematic training of the conceptual faculty of the young in order to instill in them the knowledge and methods they each need to be a good, independent, adult...
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50 What Logic Is, How We Know It, and Why It's Important
In this episode, we discuss what logic really is so we can stick to the real, and so we can dismiss the misconceptions and misunderstandings of logic that are common today and avoid the disasters that come with them. We need to know what logic really is so we can better structure and sequence...
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49 Engineer Hannes Hacker on Thinking Skills and Logic in Engineering
Experienced engineer Hannes Hacker joins us to discuss: -the importance of logic and thinking skills to engineering -what induction is -some examples of using induction in engineering -how induction is related to deduction -the importance of clear, defined language and concepts -some tragic...
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48 Athlete and Coach Brad Kearns on the Importance of Exercise to Academics and Health, and How to Make it Part of Life
In this episode, Brad joins us to discuss: -his background -human nature and human health -why exercise is important -his experience in athletics and what he learned from it -how to train smart -overcoming your fears, and being real and pure -and more About Brad: "Decades removed from the pro...
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47 Humor Theorist Chris Land on the Nature of Humor and Its Use in Education, Part 1
In this episode, humor theorist Chris Land joins us in a first discussion of what humor is, what you can learn from the art and science, and how you can use it to teach and learn better. You can learn more on Chris' website Why Funny is Funny: https://whyfunnyisfunny.com To support the show and...
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46 Educators Gail Paquette and Kira Withrow, Mother and Daughter, on Education, Teaching, and Homeschooling
Mother and daughter Gail Paquette and Kira Withrow join us to discuss what education is, what good teaching is, the state of modern education, and why one might homeschool. After telling us about their backgrounds, they discuss the culture in general and their experiences homeschooling in the...
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45 Historian Dan Flores on Ecology, Human Ecology, History, and Science (CCERP Crosspost)
Crossposted from the CCERP Podcast, Dan joins us to discuss - our nature as fission-fusion rational, social animals -how that nature informs how we react to COVID -how that nature has allowed us to survive through history -what "fission-fusion" means -human history in North America -some history…
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44 Engineer Hannes Hacker on Engineering and its Roots in Science
Experienced engineer Hannes Hacker joins us to discuss: -what engineering is -the scientific roots of engineering About Hannes: "I have almost thirty years of professional experience in space mission systems engineering with emphasis in flight dynamics, attitude control subsystems, and mission...
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43 Engineer Hannes Hacker on Engineering and the Engineering Mindset
Experienced engineer Hannes Hacker joins us to discuss: -his background -what engineering is -thinking skills involved in engineering -examples of good engineering and bad engineering, and why they are good or bad About Hannes: "I have almost thirty years of professional experience in space…
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42 Chess FIDE Master Chris Land on Chess, Learning, and Teaching
Chess Master Chris Land joins us to discuss chess, its nature, its rating system, leaning it, teaching it, playing it, and how they all relate to other domains of learning and human performance. About Chris: Chris Land has been an official chess master for 30 years, and currently ranks among the...
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41 Teacher Scott Harris on Teaching in the COVID Quarantine
In this episode, Scott and Michael discuss teaching in the quarantine. Scott discusses the adjustment on the part of a teacher and gives some advice to students, parents, and teachers. To support the show and help us grow our audience -- so we have more of an impact on education and the culture…
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40 Gundula Bosch, PhD Johns Hopkins, on the Importance of Philosophy to Science and Education
In this episode, Dr. Gundula Bosch joins us to discuss the R3ISE Graduate Science Program and the R3 Center for Innovation in Science Education. We discuss her background, the R3ISE program, how it came to be, what it does, why it is needed, the importance of philosophy and a philosophic...
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39 Dr. Andrew Bernstein: Where In Our Nature the Need For Education Arises And Why It's So Deeply Important
In this episode, Dr. Bernstein discusses an issue that must be addressed before details about education can be addressed: why do we even need education? From where in our nature and in reality does it arise? And why do these questions matter? What is the cash value? What do they affect us each…
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38 Hans G Schantz, PhD Physics: Some History, Philosophy, and Teaching of Physics, Good and Bad
Dr. Hans Schantz joins us to for an initial discussion of physics. We first establish some context: in the history of science are many initial, unscientific rejections of valid ideas; we need to recognize science by how thinking is done, by method, not by mere authority or prestige or convention....
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37 Matt and Megin Sharp: Let Your Kids Be KidStrong
Today we are joined by Matt and Megin Sharp of KidStrong to discuss KidStrong, its principles, its results, and what you can do for your children and students. We have a great, fast-paced discussion about the importance of movement/exercise to children and how they benefit from it in all areas of...
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36 Educator Stanislaw Pstrokonski Discusses What He Has Learned From Reading About Education and Great Teachers
Educator Stanislaw Pstrokonski of The Education Bookcast joins us to discuss his background, his podcast, why he started his podcast, and what he has learned from it. This is an interesting discussion for all those interested in education in any way: teachers, business professionals, coaches, and...
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35 Award-Winning Teacher Scott Harris Discusses The Fad of "Emotional Wellness" Programs in Education
In this episode, Scott and Michael discuss the fad of "emotional wellness" programs in schools -- and how to do things right. We have emotions and should deal with them -- and we all have to learn how to do so through life -- but "emotional wellness" programs get things wrong in many ways, and do...
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34 Tom Brown III on Tracking: Moving Through Terrain to Study Ecology
In this podcast, Tom Brown III joins Michael (Melanie was busy today! Sorry!) to first discuss what tracking is and what all is involved (terrain, geology, natural history, and more), then to discuss a neglected aspect of tracking: moving. Human movement. We discuss why it matters, how to do it,...
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33 Award-winning Teacher Scott Harris on the Background and Validity of Learning Styles Theories
In this episode, Scott and Michael discuss what "learning styles" means according to differing definitions of some researchers and website articles, dig into background of the idea of learning styles, discuss why the idea of learning styles is so widely accepted by some today, discuss why the…
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32 Award-winning Teacher Scott Harris on Learning Styles Theories and Learning Styles Assessments
In this episode, Scott, Melanie, and Michael discuss what "learning styles" means, then take some online learning styles assessments (several questions from one assessment, and a few from some others). We answer, criticize, and logically analyze the questions, putting them in context of education...
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31 Movement Expert Dani Hemmat on "Fitnessizing" Your Daily Routine and Moving Out of Pain Into Health
In this episode, Dani Hemmat joins Melanie and Michael in a fascinating discussion of movement and how its affects pervade our system: biomechanically, neurologically, emotionally, fasciaistically (yeah, that's a made-up word). Yes, we are holistic, integrated, whole systems: one living organism...
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30 (Part 2) Soul of a Horse Author Joe Camp Talks Horses and the Deep Lessons They Teach
In this episode, Joe Camp discusses detail and science of how he takes care of his horses. His passion leads him to research, reason, and be scientific in all aspects of a horse's life --- just as we should with our children and our students (and our dogs and out cats and our pets). Thinking…
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30 (Part 1) Soul of a Horse Author Joe Camp Talks Horses and the Deep Lessons They Teach
In this episode, Joe Camp discusses detail and science of how he takes care of his horses. His passion leads him to research, reason, and be scientific in all aspects of a horse's life --- just as we should with our children and our students (and our dogs and out cats and our pets). Thinking…
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29 Movement and Child Expert Sabrina Bell Talks How To Raise Stronger, More Confident Children
In this episode, Sabrina Bell joins Melanie and Michael to discuss her varied background, her wide training in movement and nutrition and family development, her work with children, and her advice on how to raise happier, stronger, more independent, more confident children. She discusses: -her...
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28 (Part 2) Director and Story-teller Joe Camp Talks of His Work On the Benji Movies and of Life Lessons Learned
In this episode, Joe Camp -- writer, movie director, movie producer, animal lover, story teller -- discusses his life making the Benji movies -- which were rejected by the Hollywood establishment and had to be made and marketed independently, outside and against the "powers that be." We get to…
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28 (Part 1) Director and Story-teller Joe Camp Talks of His Work On the Benji Movies and of Life Lessons Learned
In this episode, Joe Camp -- writer, movie director, movie producer, animal lover, story teller -- discusses his life making the Benji movies -- which were rejected by the Hollywood establishment and had to be made and marketed independently, outside and against the "powers that be." We get to…
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27 Montessori Expert Charlotte Cushman: What Montessori Education Is and Why You Need It
In this episode, Montessori Expert Charlotte Cushman describes in detail and in principle what Montessori Education is, tells us how to tell a real Montessori school from a fake, gives us some ideas of how it differs from other systems, and discusses the profound importance of Montessori for…
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26 Ex-teacher and Reading Specialist Scott McMickle: His Dyslexia, His Time Teaching, and Why He Left Education
In this episode, Scott discusses his background, why he got into teaching, what he loved about it, what made him so successful -- and why he got out of education. He discusses the problems he had with dyslexia, how he helped students learn to read (even students with reading difficulties), and…
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25 Award-winning Teacher Scott Harris: What's Wrong With Science Education and How To Fix It
In this episode, Scott, Melanie, and Michael provide and discuss evidence that science education is broken and in need of help, then discuss some ways to fix science education (and education in general). To support the show and help us grow our audience -- so we have more of an impact on…
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In this podcast, we will discuss all things education. The ReasonRx Podcast benefits not only the student, teacher, and parent, but also all adults and business professionals. After all, education is for everyone: we all have to teach, and learn, and think.
Education is the systematic training of the mind. More technically and in more depth, education is “the systematic training of the conceptual faculty by means of supplying in essentials both its content and its method.” (Dr. Leonard Peikoff)
Of course, in the primary sense, it is the systematic training of the young to prepare them for adult life. Its purpose is to prepare a child for the total depth and range of surviving and thriving as an adult human in the broad world -- social and material, physical and biological/ecological.
So your host and co-hosts will interview guests and offer in-depth discussion of topics like study skills, biology, philosophy of education, epistemology, math pedagogy,
HOSTED BY
Michael Gold
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