Episode 107: Taking Action in Social Studies Inquiries with Carly Muetterties

In this episode, Michael and Dan chat with Carly Muetterties of C3Teachers.org about dimension four of the C3 Inquiry Arc: Taking informed action. We played around with some other titles like, “Beyond the Letters to the Editor” and the Sondheim-inspired, “Finishing the Arc,’ however, we landed here to be more descriptive.

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Episode 91: Truth, Justice and Reasoning with Democratic Values with Anna-Lise Halvorsen, David E. Harris, and Paul F. Dain

In this episode Dan and Michael chat with Anna-Lise Halvorsen, David E. Harris, and Paul F. Dain about their new book Reasoning with Democratic Values 2.0: Ethical Issues in American History, (Volume 1 & Volume 2) which helps teachers to promote critical thinking and social responsibility in their United States History and Civics classes. Plus, we discuss a potential Superman reboot.

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Episode 89: Students’ Rights in Schools with Kimberlee Ried

In episode 89 Michael and Dan talk with Kimberlee Ried about students’ rights in schools, and her article published in the March/April issue of Social Education titled “Upholding Student Rights in the 20th Century: An Examination of Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District.” In the article and episode, she discusses how the Tinker v. Des Moines Supreme Court case can be taught to illustrate students’ rights in schools.

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Episode 88: Civic Ideology & Instruction with Ryan T. Knowles

In this episode, Michael & Dan talk with Ryan T. Knowles about his recent article published in Theory and Research in Social Education titled “Teaching Who You Are: Connecting Civic Education Ideology to Instructional Strategy.” In the article, Ryan quantitatively studies teachers civic education ideology (CivID) and their instructional strategies. He then discusses the impact of teacher dispositions, how that impacts their decision making, and what it means for the students.

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Episode 83: LGBTQ Topics in Education with J.B. Mayo, Jr

In Episode 83, Michael & Dan chat with J.B. Mayo, Jr. of the University of Minnesota to discuss his extensive work in LGBT and Queer Studies – specifically his work on GSAs (Gay-Straight Alliances/Genders & Sexualities Alliances) and his recent work published in NCSS’s Social Education on LGBTQ media and its potential impact on youth.

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Episode 3: Visioning in Education with Kim Pennington

In episode 3, Dan and Michael interview University of Central Oklahoma education professor Kim Pennington about “visioning” in education.

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  1. Pennington, K. (2014). Creating a visionary commons for global educationThe Ohio Social Studies Review, 51(1), 3-6.
  2. Learn more about Visioning at Donella Meadows site: http://donellameadows.org/ And here is an example of her work: http://donellameadows.org/archives/what-would-the-world-be-if-there-were-no-hunger/

Contact

Kim Pennington is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Education Sciences, Foundations and Research at the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO). You can find her on Twitter @pimkennington (if she checks it!) and via kpennington8@uco.edu.