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Transformative Talk: Critical Conversations for Teachers
by Dr. Zaid Haddad
Welcome to Transformative Talk! Each episode is hosted by different graduate students in Dr. Haddad’s courses at UTSA. Join us as we explore how educators can use critical social theories to transform themselves and their classrooms. Educators get real and share real-life experiences, near misses, and big-little wins.
Episodes
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Same Stuff, Different Century
In this episode we join Sarah, Sonny, Brooke and Kelsey to talk about Modern Schools, and we will be referencing Urban and Wagoner’s 2013 book, “American Education: a History,” specifically the chapters on the Progressive Era as it relates to our education system today. Questions about the role…
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Shampoo, Rinse, and Repeat
Next from the Secondary School Curriculum Course, we join This is Kimberly, Abi and Sylvia to talk about the high points concerning the evolution of high school and the role that the Cardinal Principles of 1918 have played. We will also ponder if we have to go back to what was (with a few tweeks)...
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Secondary for Who?
Welcome to the Summer 2023 Session! During this first five week session I taught a course called Secondary School Curriculum that focuses on the historical foundations of secondary education and curriculum as well as explores the current state and national standards to better understand where...
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The Transformation of Capital to Community Cultural Wealth
Join Kalena and the Emilys your host for this episode of Transformative Talk. In this episode, we are going to talk about Pierre Bourdieu and his cultural capital theory, Moll’s contracting approach of Funds of Knowledge and Yosso’s theory of Community Cultural Wealth.
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Demagoguery and Domination on the Daily (ala: Educational, Critical Social Theory)
Join Sarah, Heather and Nathan, your hosts for this episode of Transformative Talk. In this episode, they talk about Demagoguery and Domination on the Daily within an educational critical social theory focus,
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Who's here for the hard reset in education?
Join Lauren and Andrea, two early childhood educators as they explore the idea of the "hard reset" in education post pandemic and post everything else in the world today.
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Imagining New Futures: Afrofuturism, Renaissance, and Curriculum
Join Mishaila and Ellie as they talk about art curriculum and the imagined future found in Beyonce's Renaissance and AfroFuturism.
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Language, Curriculum, & Instruction: What Languages Are Valued And Which Languages Are Taught?
Join Nicole and Rachel for this episode of Transformative Talk where we delve into language and how it's taught and reinforced in the curriculum.
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What do you mean I get to choose where my kids go to school? Says who?
With the 2023 legislative session coming to an end soon here in Texas, this episode produced by doc strudent Saul is quite timely. In this episode, Saul is joined by Dr. Ryan and Dr. Haddad, faculty at UTSA to talk about school choice and how public schools in Texas will be impacted by the…
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Transformers Alliance
Join Kat, Donna, and ZZ as they have an interesting conversation about CRT, Critical Whiteness, and race/racism in education and society.
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The Power of Conocimiento & Testimonio in Creating Perspectives
Join Andrea and Krista, your hosts for this episode of Transformative Talk. In this episode, we are going to focus on conocimiento, specifically Nepantla. We will look at conocimiento as a process and educational tool for doctoral students in social sciences to better understand critical...
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3 Hot Feminists Living in the Patriarchy 😎😎😎
Join Kristen, Neethu, and Anh as they talk all things feminism... history, waves, intersections and more in store for you in this episode of Transformative Talk
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Beyond academic performance: sociocultural and sociopolitical consciousness for a just-just education
Welcome to the far 2022 semester! This semester we will have episodes produced by Dr. Haddad's Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment and Critical Cultural Perspectives courses. In our season premiere, we will her from Bruna, Laura, and Blanca, doctoral students in the Critical Cultural...
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Curriculum Transformation is Social Transformation
Join Ellia, Jeanette, and Kimberly as they explore the last week's readings in in the History, Policy, and Critical Issues in Social Studies Education course.
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Putting the “Multi” in Multicultural Education
Join Lauren, Ashley, and MIles as they talk through several of the readings they read during the second week of the course about Multicultural and citizenship education in Social Studies Classroom.
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What are we teaching in Social Studies and why???
Welcome to Summer 2022! This summer Dr. Haddad taught a course titled "History, Policy, & Critical Issues in Social Studies Education" during June. As many can likely surmise from the title and the current political climate, we had plenty of actual real-life social studies content unfolding right...
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How to be you and keep your job - Hegemony & Positionality in Texas Secondary Education
Join Kelly and Halle as they talk about Hegemony in Texas Education in this episode.
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CME: Good Trouble. Necessary Trouble
In this episode, Austin, Estelle, and Laureate talk about their experiences as children, as parents, and as teachers as they explore Critical Multicultural Education (CME).
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Privilege is not knowing you have it
Join Emily and Jillian as they discuss their readings around the idea of privilege, social and cultural capital, and the many funds of knowledge students of all backgrounds can bring into a classroom.
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Minoritized, Critical, and Multicultural, oh my!
We’re Back! After a long hiatus, I’m publishing new episodes from the last couple semesters as well as from this current semester. This episode is from the summer of 2021, in the Critical Multicultural Education course. Here we join Bibiana, Samantha, and Nora, our hosts for this episode of...
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A Very Gay Episode
This week César, Sonny, and Casey discuss queer and LGBTQ+ identities and the curriculum and instruction in schools. This is a very interesting episode that covers many topics: queers in the 80s and 90s, Drag Races, and TikTok. Although the episode is fun and light-hearted but also very when...
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Chicana Feminist Epistemology: Interview with an activist artist
In class, we spend one week reading and reflecting on the work of those who are part of the Chicana Feminist Epistemology tradition. The group that signed up to produce the podcast this week all identify as Hispanic or Latinx or Chicana or Mexican American or are in their own journey figuring out...
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Chicana Feminist Epistemology: Interview with a scholar
In class, we spend one week reading and reflecting on the work of those who are part of the Chicana Feminist Epistemology tradition. The group that signed up to produce the podcast this week all identify as Hispanic or Latinx or Chicana or Mexican American or are in their own journey figuring out...
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Critical of Capital and Funds of Knowledge
Join Amanda, Nora, and Samatha your hosts for this episode of Transformative Talk. In this episode, we are going to talk about Bordieu's Cultural Capital and the response found in Funds of Knowledge.
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Discourse in Dis Course
This is Bibiana, Daniela and Cesar, your host(s) for this episode of Transformative Talk. In this episode, we are going to talk about Michel Foucault and his theory of power, knowledge, discourse and the self.
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Vulnerability & Multiculturalism in the Classroom
Nickola and Erica talk about being vulnerable in our teaching and interacting with students and families while working toward a truly Critcial Multicultural Education.
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From Hegemony to Social Transformation
This week we join Sarah, Estelle, and Kristan as they traverse the topic of hegemony and the Italian thinker Antonio Gramsci. In this episode they will define hegemony and locate the idea in our popular culture and vernacular while also addressing how teachers can equip students with the tools to...
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In A World of Pure Imagination: Critical Social Theory
This week we join Tracy, Ian, and Miles, as they host this episode of Transformative Talk. In this episode, we are going to be talking about Critical Social Theory and the quality education that can be gained from the transformation of critiqued knowledge.
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A Brief Inquiry into Criticality and Critical Pedagogy
In this episode, we welcome in the Spring 2021 semester with the first student-produced episode of Transformative Talk. This semester students in C&I 6123 Critical Perspectives in Curriculum and Instruction take the reigns as the producers and hosts. To start us off we join Megan, Austin, and...
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Neoliberalism
Join Austin and Liz for this episode where we talk about Neoliberalism in education.
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Whiteness
Join Gabriela and Martinez your host(s) for this episode of Transformative Talk. In this episode, we are going to talk about what Whiteness is and how it is present in our society and our schools.
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The Education Debt and the American Dream
Join Tracy, Bethsanie, and Erin, your hosts for this episode of Transformative Talk. In this episode, we are going to talk about the Education Debt and what that means for the American Dream.
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All About Multicultural Educataion
Join Aaron and Kat as they talk about multicultural education and multicultural curriculum transformation.
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Curriculum Transformation leads to Social Transformation
Join Gabriela and Stella, your hosts for this episode of Transformative Talk. In this episode, Gaby and Stella are going to talk about place-based curriculum, critical conversations at the middle school level, and reflect on their summer course with Dr. Haddad. Their goal is to reinforce the idea...
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Let’s create meaningful discussions
Join Paige and Samantha your hosts for this episode of Transformative Talk. In this episode, Sam and Paige are going to talk about how to overcome teaching in a climate of constraint in order to foster meaningful discussions in the classroom as well as how to help students understand and become...
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Where has civics gone?
Join Iliana, Deanna, and Sarah, your hosts for this episode of Transformative Talk. In this episode, They are going to talk about civic education, where it's gone, and how we can get it back.
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Respective Perspectives: Social Studies with a Twist
Join Stephanie and Kathleen for this episode of Transformative Talk. In this episode, They talk about various perspectives in the U.S. Social Studies, how to include different perspectives that aren’t seen in our history books, and also some tips on how to teach your students about healthy...
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Understanding Critical Literacy
Join Erin and Aaron as they talk about critical literacy and the effect of the 2016 presidential election in schools.
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Planning for Social Change
This is the first episode produced my Dr. Haddad's CI 6693 Theory, Policy, and Critical Issues in Social Studies Education. The class was subtitled "What is it to teach in the Trump era?" and welcomes students who are social studies teachers as well as any other interested teachers or…
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From 7 to 7 Bridging White Fragility and Conocimiento
Join Beth and Sylvia as they talk about the 7 factors of White Fragility and the 7 stages of Conocimiento--Bridging White Fragility and Conocimiento.
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Borderlines on Native Lands
In this episode, Suzanne and James talk about Tribal Critical Race Theory & Chicana Feminism with special guests Rick from The Decolonized Buffalo YouTube Channel & Dr. Aimee Villareal, Associate Professor of Mexican American Studies at Our Lady of the Lake University. We want to thank our guests...
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The Color of Supremacy: Critical Race Theory
In this episode, we are going to talk about Critical Race Theory. We will provide some context and information about historical roots of Critical Race Theory and how it is used in our world today. In simple words Critical Race Theory is a way to challenge the ways that race and racism impact the...
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I Like My Feminism Intersectional
In this episode, we are going to talk about Feminism. We will provide some context and information about historical waves of feminisms including some of the protests that shaped the movement. In light of events happening in the US currently, we will also discuss the confounding stereotypes and...
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Xicana Feminism
Join us for our last episode of the Spring 2020 semester as Christie and Stella explore their own conceptions of what they identify as and how their readings in Xicanisma have put them into a state of Nepantla on their journey toward conocimeinto.
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Gender and Sexuality: Heteronormativity and Queer Theory
Join Aaron and Amanda for a heartfelt and personal conversation about gender and sexual identity, LBTQIA experiences in schools, and Queer Theory.
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CRT for you and me
Join Alexa, Bonnie, and Trisha as they discuss Critical Race Theory and its implications on teaching and learning in schools today.
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The F Word
Join Gabriela and Amy as they talk about the controversial “F” Word. No, we’re not talking about the vulgar word used in society today. We’re talking about the word that makes some people uncomfortable and brings out the passion in others. That's right, it's all about Feminism
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Social and Cultural Capital, Funds of Knowledge and all that Jazz
Join Lilly and Anh in this episode of Transformative Talk about Pierre Bourdieu, some of the concepts he developed, and our take on all of it. If you’d like to join the conversation feel free to leave a voice message for the hosts or Dr. Haddad at https://anchor.fm/transformative-talk/message
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Life of Michel Foucault and his Philosophy
In this episode, we are going to talk about Life of Michel Foucault and his writing. Looking specifically at how we can use the ways in which Foucault plays with discourse and power in education.
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Critical Multicultural Education
In this episode, we are going to talk about critical multicultural education which is an all inclusive education offered to the students. Multicultural education is an anti racist education, basic education, important for all students, pervasive, education for social justice, a process, and it is…
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Welcome to Transformative Talk! Each episode is hosted by different graduate students in Dr. Haddad’s courses at UTSA. Join us as we explore how educators can use critical social theories to transform themselves and their classrooms. Educators get real and share real-life experiences, near misses, and big-little wins.
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