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Education Bookcast — 208 episodes
Announcing Panglot World Languages
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156. Entrepreneurial expertise
155. How experts see
154. Mindsets everywhere
153. Comparing learning different dance styles: Argentine Tango vs. Ballroom & Latin (Dancesport)
152. [VIDEO] Education and generative AI: conference video for STEM MAD Melbourne, October 23
151. 8 years, 150 episodes
150. A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin
149. How Popular Musicians Learn by Lucy Green
148. You Know the Fair Rule by Bill Rogers
147. Large language models (LLMs) - interview with Dr Guy Emerson
146b. Lessons from EdTech - The 90% Rule
146a. Lessons from EdTech - the Fundamental Duality of Educational Materials
145b. How to be a better lecturer (practice) - a message for Guy
145a. How to be a better lecturer (theory) - a message for Guy
144. Developing Talent in Young People by Benjamin Bloom
143. Talent, revisited
142. Season 2 of the Pedagogue-Cast is out now! Taster: Music and Learning
141+. Feedback on constructivism
141. Behaviourism, Cognitivism, Constructivism - a message for Zoë
140b. Political economy pt. II: The Invisible Hook
140a. Political economy pt. I: The Social Order of the Underworld
139. Reflections after 7 years
138. The science of self-belief, part II: self-efficacy
137. The science of self-belief, part I: self-concept
136+. Interview with Prof. Christian Lebiere on ACT-R and Cognitive Architecture
136. Cognitive architecture and ACT-R
135. Professional writing expertise
134. Philosophy for children
133. Patterns are fast, rules are slow
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132b. Direct Instruction: the evidence
132a. Direct Instruction and Project Follow Through
131. Mindset: does it replicate?
130. How children learn that the Earth is not flat
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129. A Transfer of Learning bombshell
128. Nuance
127. Necessary Conditions of Learning by Ference Marton
126. The Master and his Emissary by Iain McGillchrist
125+. Interview with Rasmus Koss Hartmann
125. Entrepreneurship education and conspicuous consumption
124. The Cambridge Handbook of the Learning Sciences
123. How the Brain Learns by David Sousa
122. Hive Mind by Garrett Jones
121b. Attachment Theory around the world
121a. Attachment Theory as cultural ideology
120. Aztec education
119. Stages of learning
118. The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks
117. Gut Feelings by Gerd Gigerenzer
116h. Summary and conclusion
116g. Speech, silence, action
116f. Socratic and Confucian mothers
116e. Curiosity begets enquiry, heart begets dedication
116d. Mind-oriented vs. Virtue-oriented learning processes
116c. East Asians don't respond to intrinsic motivation, and other gems
116b. Mastering the Universe vs. Transforming the Self
116a. Cultural Foundations of Learning, East and West by Jin Li
115. Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber
114. Philosophy of Science - the good bits
113. The Hidden Half by Michael Blastland
112. Out of our Minds by Sir Ken Robinson
111. Intelligence: All That Matters by Stuart Ritchie
110b. Declarative knowledge is central to transfer
110a. Transfer of Learning by Robert Haskell
109. America's Critical Thinking Crisis by Steven Pearlman
108. Expert Political Judgement by Phillip Tetlock
107. Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now by Jaron Lanier
106i. Summary and conclusion
106h. School
106g. Adolescence
106f. The Chore Curriculum
106e. Play
106d. How children learn?
106c. "It takes a village"
106b. Family and reproduction
106a. The Anthropology of Childhood by David Lancy
105. Rote memorisation
104. Addiction by Design by Natasha Dow Schüll
103+. James Paul Gee's 36 Learning Principles
103. What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy by James Paul Gee
102. Psychology is overrated
101. Review of episodes 1-99
100. Reintroducing the podcast after 5 years
99. China's Examination Hell by Ichisada Miyazaki
98. Range by David Epstein
97. The Polymath by Waqas Ahmed
96. Rest by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang
95. The Reading Mind by Daniel Willingham
94. The Beautiful Tree by James Tooley
93. Closing the Vocabulary Gap by Alex Quigley
92. The Buddha Pill by Dr Miguel Farias and Dr Catherine Wikholm
91. Vocabulary Development by Steven Stahl
90. Discovery learning: the idea that won't die
89. The World Until Yesterday by Jared Diamond
88. The Failure of Constructivist, Discovery, Problem-based, Experiential, and Inquiry-based Teaching
87. Experiential Learning by Colin Beard and John Wilson
86. Learning as information compression
85. Why Don't Students Like School? by Daniel Willingham
84. Skin in the Game by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
83. SuperMemo's 20 rules for formulating knowledge
82. Memorable Teaching by Peps McCrea
81b. ...except for this one "learning style"!
81a. The Myth of Learning Styles
80. The Chimp Paradox by Prof Steve Peters
79. What learning is
78. Interview with Dr James Comer
77b. Case study: the Comer SDP in New Jersey
77a. With the Whole Child in Mind by Linda Darling-Hammond
76. Comprehensive School Reform
75. What great teachers have in common
74e. Marva Collins' educational philosophy
74d. Marva Collins' curriculum and teaching approach
74c. Dealing with difficult children
74b. How to start the school year, Marva Collins style
74a. Marva Collins' Way by Marva Collins and Civia Tamarkin
73e. Escalante - the glory years
73d. Escalante - raising academic standards
73c. Garfield and discipline: a clash of philosophies
73b. Escalante: introducing the characters
73a. Escalante: The Best Teacher in America by Jay Matthews
72b. John Wooden and cognitive science
72a. Star coach John Wooden's pedagogy
71. Visible Learning by John Hattie
70. The Hidden Lives of Learners by Graham Nuthall
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69. Edward de Bono: Criticisms and controversies
68. The Upside of Stress by Kelly McGonigal
67. Edward de Bono: Odds and ends
66. The teacher crisis in the UK
65. Beyond the Hole in the Wall by Sugata Mitra
64. What Bruce Lee taught me about learning
63. I am Right, You are Wrong by Edward de Bono
62. Brainstorming makes you less creative
61. Po: Beyond Yes and No by Edward de Bono
60. Dual N-Back: The best "brain training"?
59. Does "brain-training" work? The case of Lumosity
58. The Use of Lateral Thinking by Edward de Bono
57. Scarcity by Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir
56. The Mechanism of Mind by Edward de Bono
55. How to Become a Straight-A Student by Cal Newport
54. Six Thinking Hats by Edward de Bono
53b. Brain-Based Learning by Eric Jensen [continued]
53a. Brain-Based Learning by Eric Jensen
52. How We Learn by Benedict Carey
51. Review of episodes 1-50
50. Types of explanation
49. The Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin
48. I Thought It Was Just Me by Brené Brown
47. Optimism
46. Self Compassion by Kristin Neff
45. The problem with self-esteem
44. History as citizen-building
43. Night School [on sleep] by Richard Wiseman
42. Do Schools Kill Creativity? by Sir Ken Robinson
41. What Reading Does for the Mind
40. ADHD Does Not Exist by Richard Saul
39b. The Geography of Thought by Richard Nisbett [continued]
39a. The Geography of Thought by Richard Nisbett
38. Uncle Staś' advice column [RTTP, homeschooling, and the dangers of social media]
37. A Theory of Fun for Game Design by Raph Koster
36. What is fun? What is play? What is a game?
35b. Minds on Fire by Mark Carnes
35a. Minds on Fire by Mark Carnes
34b. Which is broken: reality, or Jane McGonigal's mind?
34a. Reality is Broken by Jane McGonigal
33. Interview with Malke Rosenfeld of Math in your Feet
32. The Visual Edge by Sargy Letuchy [interview]
31+. How I learn languages
31. Lessons learned from 50 years of language teaching at the Foreign Service Institute
30. Cultural Learnings of America for make benefit glorious podcast of Education Bookcast
29+. Interview with Robert Kaplan of The Math Circle
29. Out of the Labyrinth: Setting Mathematics Free by Robert & Ellen Kaplan
28. Why do kids give stupid answers to simple maths questions?
27+. Interview with Dr Amanda Serenevy
27. Consider the Circle by Eliza Vanett
26. A Mathematician's Lament by Paul Lockhart
25. Chess, gender, and intelligence
24. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
23. So Good They Can't Ignore You by Cal Newport
22. The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle
21. The Defining Decade by Meg Jay
20b. Genius Explained [bringing up geniuses, genius writers, and the fallacies of talent] by Michael Howe
20a. Genius Explained [Darwin, Stephenson & Faraday] by Michael Howe
19b. Seven Myths about Education [myths 4-7] by Daisy Christodoulou
19a. Seven Myths about Education by Daisy Chirstodoulou
18. Bounce: The Myth of Talent and the Power of Practice by Matthew Syed
17. Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
16. Willpower by Roy Baumeister and John Tierney
15. The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
14. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini
13. The Psychology of Self-Defense: Self-Affirmation Theory by David Sherman & Geoffrey Cohen
12. "Picture yourself as a stereotypical male" by Michelle Goffreda
11. Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
10. Flow by Mihály Csíkszentmihályi
9. The Inner Game of Tennis by Timothy Gallwey
8. Goals Gone Wild: the Systematic Side Effects of Over-Prescribing Goal Setting by Lisa Ordóñez et alii
7. The Practicing Mind: Developing Focus and Discipline in Your Life by Thomas Sterner
6. A Russian Teacher in America by Andrei Toom
5b. Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes (Parts 2&3) by Alfie Kohn
5a. Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes (Part 1) by Alfie Kohn
4. Cesar's Way by Cesar Millan
3. Don't Shoot the Dog! The New Art of Teaching and Training by Karen Pryor
2. Drive: The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink
1. Mindset: How You can Fulfil Your Potential by Carol Dweck
0. Introduction