Best Steven J Pearlman Podcasts (2025)

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Headagogy Update! 1:12

1y ago1:12

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More Headagogy coming soon! Also, check out The Critical Thinking Institute pdocast, with me!!!By Steven J. Pearlman, Ph.D., The Critical Thinking Initiative

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Thinking Critically in College with Louis Newman 33:18

1+ y ago33:18

33:18

Steve interviews Louis E. Newman, author of Thinking Critically in College: The Essential Handbook for Student Success. What's the relationship between thinking and studentship? How can we -- and why should we -- move students to think about disciplinarity? Are colleges promoting the thinking of which Newman advises students? And how can they benef…

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ChatGPT - A Loaded Blessing In Disguise? 38:45

2y ago38:45

38:45

Is ChatGPT friend or foe? Should the whole world, as Australia has done, relegate essay writing to inside classrooms? Is "the academic essay dead"? Or is ChatGPT, as some have contended, a tool for critical thinking that we should embrace as a new ally in teaching students? As Steve discusses, ChatGPT certainly is a revelation, but no one is really…

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Rubric Nation: Are We Rubricizing Our Humanity (Part 2) 35:57

2+ y ago35:57

35:57

Continuing their discussion of the pedagogical, institutional, and societal implications of rubrics and rubricizing, Joe, Michelle, and Steve get into rubrics and questions of ... privilege and the expression of structuralized racism the effort to dismantle public education through standardization how rubrics as a concept contribute to the undermin…

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Rubric Nation: Are we Rubricizing our Humanity? 44:35

2+ y ago44:35

44:35

Steve and the authors of Rubric Nation -- Michelle Tenam-Zemach and Joseph E. Flynn, Jr. -- get into it about all things rubrics and rubricization, as well as whatever it is that we are doing, good and bad, as an educational system regarding teaching, learning, democracy, assessment, studentship, dialogue, politics, critical thinking, teacher train…

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Frances Valintine: Progressive Teaching; Institutional Shifting 53:27

2+ y ago53:27

53:27

Steve welcomes futurist Frances Valintine: Founder of MindLab--the Best Start-up in Asia Pacific as judged by Steve Wozniak and Sir Richard Branson in 2014. Frances is a member of the New Zealand Hall of Fame for Women Entrepreneurs (2022), and named one of the top 50 EdTech Educators in the World by EdTech International (2016). They discuss progre…

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Academic Rigor-mortis: A possible cure? 47:28

2+ y ago47:28

47:28

Listen for an in-depth discussion of the rigamarole around academic rigor, including what might be a very surprising--though nonetheless perfectly sensible--root of its challenges. Student vs. faculty conceptions of rigor G.I. infections "Summer School"By Steven J. Pearlman, Ph.D., The Critical Thinking Initiative

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NYU's Firing of Dr. Maitland Jones (pt. 2) 27:03

2+ y ago27:03

27:03

Part 2 on Jones's firing, including a cranky look at curious statements by NYU, and an uncomfortable look at time traveling through the academy.By Steven J. Pearlman, Ph.D., The Critical Thinking Initiative

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NYU's Firing of Dr. Maitland Jones (pt. 1) 23:51

2+ y ago23:51

23:51

Steve takes an in-depth look at NYU's expedited decision to fire distinguished Organic Chemistry professor, Dr. Maitland Jones, after receiving a petition from students complaining about his course. What's really at the heart of NYU's actions? What role did the petition play? What role should rigor play in education? And what in the world does the …

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Ungrading through Peer Assessment - A Case Study (Part 2) 29:48

3y ago29:48

29:48

Steve welcomes the University of Wyoming's own TK Stoudt and his students, Amy Bezzant, Maddy Davis, and James Roberts. Hear about the triumph (and trials!) of peer assessment from an educator who's newer to implementing it, and from students who encountered it for the first time. What really happens when we give Excalibur to Uryens? Why should you…

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Ungrading through Peer Assessment - A Case Study (Part 1) 28:36

3y ago28:36

28:36

Steve welcomes the University of Wyoming's own TK Stoudt and his students, Amy Bezzant, Maddy Davis, and James Roberts. Hear about the triumph (and trials!) of peer assessment from an educator who's newer to implementing it, and from students who encountered it for the first time. What really happens when we give Excalibur to Uryens? Why should you…

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Supercourses, with Ken Bain 48:46

3y ago48:46

48:46

Ken Bain, author of What the Best College Teachers Do and What the Best College Students Do, joins Headagogy to discuss his latest book, Super Courses: The Future of Teaching and Learning. The discussion with Bain not only delves into examples of these courses and their relationship with problem based learning, but also into critical ideas for teac…

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Ungrading through Peer Assessment (Part 3) 25:56

3y ago25:56

25:56

In this concluding episode on peer assessment, Steve conveys the research on peer assessment, learning outcomes, and soft skills. There should be no doubts about its value, especially, in the words of Walter Lippman, "It takes wisdom to understand wisdom. The music means nothing if the audience is deaf."…

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Ungrading through Peer Assessment (Part 2) 46:13

3y ago46:13

46:13

Continuing his assessment into peer assessment as an important method of ungrading, Steve not only talks about how he implements it, but several other important issues, such as how peer assessment: De-emphasizes the focus on grades Relieves students' stress Fosters democratic ideals and an empowered populous, and IMPROVES learning outcomes.…

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Ungrading Through Peer Assessment (Part 1) 53:03

3y ago53:03

53:03

In this first episode of a three part series, Steve delves into the hot topic of "ungrading" with a focus on the particular and unique value that involving students in assessment brings to the greater ungrading discussion. Learn more about grades as the locus of power in academia, the unconscious forces behind grades, students' literal capacity (or…

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The Brain Based Classroom with Kieran O'Mahony (part 2) 41:09

3y ago41:09

41:09

The continuation of the interview with Kieran O'Mahony.By Steven J. Pearlman, Ph.D., The Critical Thinking Initiative

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The Brain Based Classroom with Kieran O'Mahony (part 1) 36:21

3y ago36:21

36:21

This interview with Kieran delves into fascinating neuroscience about learning that can help transform what we do in our classrooms through understanding things like the Reticular Activating System, working memory, and neurotransmitters. Kieran offers concrete things every educator can immediately adapt in order to improve their learning outcomes a…

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A Time Machine out of a DeLorean? STEM, Creativity, and Critical Thinking 38:31

3y ago38:31

38:31

What is the relationship between STEM and creativity? Or, at least, what's the perceived relationship? And what happens when we invest millions of dollars and years of effort to improving STEM educational practices? What happens cognitively when we do it well for just a few months? All that and more, including a shoutout to Louisiana.…

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Dr. Cornelius Grove & "A Mirror for Americans" 51:47

3y ago51:47

51:47

Steve interviews Dr. Cornelius N. Grove about his most recent book, A Mirror for Americans, which delves into the research as to why students in East Asia invariably outperform American students on international tests. The discussion explores myths about education in East Asia, such as the misconception about drilling, and delves into educational a…

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Thinking Critically about Critical Race Theory 44:04

3+ y ago44:04

44:04

Steve tackles some of the controversy around Critical Race Theory (CRT), in part by examining its lineage back to critical theory and critical pedagogy. In doing so, he delves into broader question of how power is wielded in the academy, and what the academy is as a power structure. Curiously, also, Ferris Bueller.…

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Relationship Rich Education with Peter Felten and Leo Lambert 56:57

3+ y ago56:57

56:57

What's "imposter syndrome" and how does it impact our students' relationship with us? How does it impact our relationship with students? Just how critical are our relationships with students with respect to their academic success and our achievement of desired learning outcomes? What are simple things we can do as individual educators to build more…

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Critical Thinking vs. Content: Resolving the Frictions 45:49

3+ y ago45:49

45:49

Do you want to teach critical thinking but struggle to do so given how much content you need to cover? Do you feel departmental, institutional, or disciplinary pressures to cover certain material? What are the four major objections educators voice about teaching critical thinking relative to content? Why are critical thinking and content actually n…

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Ungrading: What? How? Why? 1:05:19

3+ y ago1:05:19

1:05:19

Jesse Stommel of the University of Denver, author of An Urgency of Teachers, and “ungrading” maven joins Steve for a thought provoking and, at times, joyously contentious discussion about inviting students to assign their own grades to themselves. Ultimately, the conversation swerves into grading’s and education’s implications for society and polit…

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A Thousand Neuroscientific Imperatives for Teaching Critical Thinking 50:59

3+ y ago50:59

50:59

Steve delves into A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence, by Jeff Hawkins, which holds immediate implications for the teaching of critical thinking as understood through the literal functions of neurons! But contrary to the title, teaching critical thinking doesn’t become easier through thousands of things; it actually becomes easier, and …

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The Critical Thinking Skills Educators Value 44:11

3+ y ago44:11

44:11

Want to know what your colleagues mean when they talk about "critical thinking"? Want to know how to stimulate dialogue about it at your institution? Want to know why Steve is like Annie Wilkes? Two recent studies shed new light on how educators conceptualize critical thinking and, more importantly, which particular aspects of critical thinking the…

Podcasts Worth a Listen

Steven J Pearlman Podcasts

Podcasts Worth a Listen

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Headagogy, with Steve Pearlman

Steven J. Pearlman, Ph.D., The Critical Thinking Initiative

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Headagogy Update! 1:12

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Thinking Critically in College with Louis Newman 33:18

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ChatGPT - A Loaded Blessing In Disguise? 38:45

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Rubric Nation: Are We Rubricizing Our Humanity (Part 2) 35:57

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Rubric Nation: Are we Rubricizing our Humanity? 44:35

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Frances Valintine: Progressive Teaching; Institutional Shifting 53:27

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Academic Rigor-mortis: A possible cure? 47:28

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NYU's Firing of Dr. Maitland Jones (pt. 2) 27:03

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NYU's Firing of Dr. Maitland Jones (pt. 1) 23:51

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Ungrading through Peer Assessment - A Case Study (Part 2) 29:48

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Ungrading through Peer Assessment - A Case Study (Part 1) 28:36

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Supercourses, with Ken Bain 48:46

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Ungrading through Peer Assessment (Part 3) 25:56

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Ungrading through Peer Assessment (Part 2) 46:13

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Ungrading Through Peer Assessment (Part 1) 53:03

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The Brain Based Classroom with Kieran O'Mahony (part 2) 41:09

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The Brain Based Classroom with Kieran O'Mahony (part 1) 36:21

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A Time Machine out of a DeLorean? STEM, Creativity, and Critical Thinking 38:31

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Dr. Cornelius Grove & "A Mirror for Americans" 51:47

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Thinking Critically about Critical Race Theory 44:04

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Relationship Rich Education with Peter Felten and Leo Lambert 56:57

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Critical Thinking vs. Content: Resolving the Frictions 45:49

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Ungrading: What? How? Why? 1:05:19

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A Thousand Neuroscientific Imperatives for Teaching Critical Thinking 50:59

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The Critical Thinking Skills Educators Value 44:11