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Take a deeper dive into the Mind, Brain, and Education (MBE) through our research journal, "Think Differently and Deeply." We share science research articles authored by teachers at St. Andrew's Episcopal School for the Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning. ----------------- Connect with us ----------------- Learn more about The CTTL: https://www.thecttl.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecttl Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CTTLatSAES Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.co ...
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Replay: Lock In The Art of Memorizing my Lines featuring Joel Crump [EP14]
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31:53Joel and Glen discussed the crucial role of memorization in performing arts, with Joel emphasizing how it allows performers to connect with the audience on a deeper level. Joel shares his personal approaches to memorizing lines for a play, including repetition, writing down lines, and recording themselves. He also discusses the challenges in memori…
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Replay: The Stone of Knowledge featuring Sung Hee Kim [EP2]
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17:31Active learning happens when children ask questions - just ask first-grade "knowledge makers" at St. Andrew's Episcopal School. First Grade teacher Sung Hee Kim shares how she introduced elementary school students to metacognition with help from a stone. SUBSCRIBE TO THINK DIFFERENTLY & DEEPLY ON iTUNES/APPLE PODCASTS: https://apple.co/3JCpK1u And …
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The Science of Teaching: Making Research Work in Real Classrooms featuring Dr. Ian Kelleher [EP24]
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31:41Today is all about the science of teaching and how educators can apply continued education in their classrooms. Our guest Dr. Ian Kelleher explains his role as the CTTL Research Chair and makes the case for further professionalizing the practice of teaching, as has been done with so many other fields. In this episode, we discuss why creating assess…
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You Have Something in Your Teeth: Growing as an Educator Through Research featuring Sara McAuliffe [EP23]
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34:44Today's interview might have the catchiest title in our most recent publication. Sara McAuliffe is an English teacher, Co-Leader of New Employee Mentoring Program, and Professional Growth Pathway Co-Leader at St. Andrew's. In this episode, we talk about the personal nature of thinking about your craft and the constant nature of growth and improveme…
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From Police Officer to Science Teacher: A Journey in Research-Informed Teaching featuring Brittany Shields [EP22]
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36:59Today's guest took one of the most unique pathways to education. Brittany Shields was a police officer before she worked at St. Andrews as a science teacher. In this episode, Brittany and I discuss why she left police work for teaching and the process she underwent to design her own forensics course. We also talk about the importance of understandi…
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Going Beyond "Good Job": Creating Actionable Feedback That Works featuring Andrew Seidman [EP21]
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35:09Today I talk with Andrew Seidman about his recent article, giving feedback that works for students and teachers, and the CTL's emphasis on metacognition. In this episode, we discuss current ways of giving student feedback and how these methods could be improved. We also share our frustration with students not taking feedback onboard. Listen to Andr…
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Belonging as the Foundation: Where Brain Science Meets Identity in the Classroom [EP 20]
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42:38Today we talk about belonging as a foundational element in the classroom with colleague and mentor, Lorraine Martinez Haley. Fifteen years ago 'belonging' wasn't a common buzzword among educators, so today we discuss the connection between the science of teaching and learning and the science of diversity, equity, and belonging. We ask how we as tea…
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The Goldilocks Map: Finding the Right Balance in Research-Informed Teaching featuring Andrew C. Watson [EP19]
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18:46This interview with Andrew Watson was recorded during the second USA Festival of Education. Andrew is what I call a positive skeptic. In this episode, we discuss the differences between the brain and the mind and debate the importance of studying both. We also offer tips for analyzing educational research. Listen to Andrew's educational journey and…
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Just Tell Them: A Journey into Explicit Teaching featuring Zach Groshell [EP18]
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13:26Zach Groshell is good gatekeeper of information, so we are very lucky today to be able to pick his brain about his educational passions, explicit teaching and direct instruction. In this episode, we define these two teaching styles, discuss the research behind them, and explain why explicit teaching is so rare. We also talk about the importance of …
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A Student Intern’s Academy Experience featuring Rose Currie [EP17]
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28:43Today I speak with Rose Currie about her experience as a student intern at the academy. We discuss the importance of her relationship with teachers and how well teachers should know their students. We also speak about ways to incorporate metacognition into student learning and what makes for a good homework assignment. Listen in to learn why Rose s…
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From Rereading to Retrieval: How Psychology Changed My View of Studying featuring Eva Shultis [EP16]
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38:58If all teachers knew the science behind neuroplasticity and learning we would be better educators. Today I talk with Eva Shultis, who has the unique position of Associate Director for Research and Product Development for CTTL, about our role as stewards of neuroplasticity as teachers and educators. In this episode, we talk about mind-brain educatio…
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Student Choice and the Admission Application Process featuring Lisa Shambaugh [EP15]
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45:52Learn about the challenges of working in admissions, educating admissions staff on choice and intrinsic motivation, and how the student admission process has changed over the past 20 years. SUBSCRIBE TO THINK DIFFERENTLY & DEEPLY ON iTUNES/APPLE PODCASTS: https://apple.co/3JCpK1u And to support our work, please leave us a 5-star review with your fe…
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Lock In: The Art of Memorizing my Lines featuring Joel Crump [EP14]
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31:53Joel and Glen discussed the crucial role of memorization in performing arts, with Joel emphasizing how it allows performers to connect with the audience on a deeper level. Joel shares his personal approaches to memorizing lines for a play, including repetition, writing down lines, and recording themselves. He also discusses the challenges in memori…
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Chasing Sleep featuring Sarah Schwartz [EP13]
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29:41As we approach the first major projects and exams of the school year, there's one research-informed success strategy that students and teachers alike tend to downplay - getting a full night's sleep. In the latest episode of the Think Differently and Deeply Podcast, we get some insight on the importance of sleep from a recent high school graduate, S…
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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Schools Today featuring Dr. Rodney Glasgow [EP12]
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44:55The Think Differently and Deeply Podcast returns with a conversation with Dr. Rodney Glasgow, former Head of Middle School and Chief Diversity Officer at St. Andrew's Episcopal School, and now Head of School at Sandy Spring Friends School, on how schools can support their teachers and students as they navigate the current movement to fight systemic…
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Metacognition across Disciplines featuring Julia Dean and Molly Magner [EP11]
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20:48English and math may seem like polar opposite disciplines, but Mind, Brain, and Education Science strategies like metacognition help students excel at both. St. Andrew's teachers and CTTL staff members Julia Dean and Molly Magner chat with Glenn about collaborating on their Think Differently and Deeply article as English and math teachers, and disc…
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124 | Five Things About Social Impact Design
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27:15Our Special Projects Director Eric J. Cesal is a designer, writer, noted post-disaster expert, and podcast host.By Curry Stone Foundation
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Dr. Ken Yeang is a Malaysian architect and ecologist delivering and pioneering the field of hyper-green architecture.By Curry Stone Foundation
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122 | Imagining New Futures for the Planet
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29:50Alex Steffen is an award-winning writer, speaker and foresight consultant, focused on climate change and planetary sustainability.By Curry Stone Foundation
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Bruce King, PE, natural building advocate, joins us to discuss his new book “The New Carbon Architecture: Building to Cool the Planet”By Curry Stone Foundation
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Mary Ann Lazarus is an American architect and longtime leader in the field of sustainable design.By Curry Stone Foundation
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119 | Redesigning Our Relationship with the Earth
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29:43Starhawk is an author, activist, permaculture designer and teacher, and a prominent voice in modern earth-based spirituality and ecofeminism.By Curry Stone Foundation
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118 | Design Politics in the Climate Emergency
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30:04Dr. Kian Goh, RA, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Urban Planning at UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs. She researches the relationships between urban ecological design, spatial politics, and social mobilization in the context...By Curry Stone Foundation
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Eric Corey Freed award-winning American architect, author, speaker and green strategist, joins us to talk about the state of the union in green design.By Curry Stone Foundation
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Rania Qawasma of Architecture for Refugees joins us to discuss what designers can do to help welcome refugees.By Curry Stone Foundation
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Anna Meddaugh is an American designer who developed a personal, reusable urinal designed for women and girls in refugee camps to use at night when it is too dangerous to go to the communal toilets....By Curry Stone Foundation
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Illustrating the Teenage Brain featuring Joy Reeves [EP10]
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23:27As a St. Andrew's student, alumna Joy Reeves '18 contributed to the CTTL as a research fellow and a resident illustrator, having designed the covers of two workbooks for the Science of Teaching and School Leadership Academy. She returns to St. Andrew's after her first semester at Duke University to chat with Glenn about her experience bringing Mind…
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Initially a “wedding registry for humanitarian aid,” NeedsList is software that any organization can license to match needs and offers in real-time for urgent local needs.By Curry Stone Foundation
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The Refugee Academy is a Berlin-based non-profit that creates learning spaces for refugees seeking to assimilate.By Curry Stone Foundation
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Mariam Traore Chazalnoel is a Senior Policy Officer at the Geneva Headquarters of the International Organization for Migration (IOM).By Curry Stone Foundation
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111 | Adapting our Global Institutions to Today’s Challenges
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30:22Dr. Nina Hall’s advocacy and research span varying fields. Her professional work looks specifically at how international agencies like UNHCR, IOM, UNDP, DFID, etc. are grappling with climate change, new threats in the age of...By Curry Stone Foundation
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110 | Cities of the Future, Cities of the Past
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30:03Kilian Kleinschmidt is an international networker, development, and migration expert with 30 years of experience in a wide range of countries, emergencies, and refugee camps as a United Nations official, Aid worker, and diplomat.By Curry Stone Foundation
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Amanda Baillieu founded Archiboo in 2014 as a new kind of architectural discussion space, building on the changing landscape of design media after the Great Recession.By Curry Stone Foundation
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Reading "Unhappy" Books featuring Andrew Seidman [EP9]
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29:04Why do we teach serious novels and tragic dramas, rather than "happy" books, in high school English? Andrew Seidman, St. Andrew's English teacher, shares how reading "unhappy" books helps students put themselves in someone else's shoes, an exercise in theory of the mind that builds social cognition and empathy. SUBSCRIBE TO THINK DIFFERENTLY & DEEP…
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