Learning to teach better by examining the Secret of Basketball from The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to the Sports Guy by Bill Simmons. Also a replay of the culminating episode of the Teaching Math Teaching Podcast Rough Draft Math Book Club from June of 2020. Click here to Read more…
Learning to teach better by discussing the featured book, Growing Weeders into Leaders: Leadership Lessons from the Ground Level, with the author, University of Mississippi Director of Landscape Services, Jeff McManus. Enjoy! Click here to subscribe via your favorite podcast provider. Links Jeff McManus websiteJeff McManus speaking page Shop the Amidon Read more…
Learning to teach better by considering storytelling with author and educator, David Waddell. Click here to subscribe via your favorite podcast provider. Links David Waddell’s Author websiteDavid Waddell’s Blog (sample writing)David Waddell’s Facebook Author PageDavid Waddell’s Author page on Amazon Shop the Amidon Planet Store (to get yourself a t-shirt, hoodie, or Read more…
Learning to teach better with the featured book, Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives by Tim Harford, and sharing an opportunity for growth through #NoGuilt Book Clubs. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Joel Amidon (@amidonplanet) Click here to subscribe via your favorite podcast Read more…
Learning to teach better with Dr. Alice Udvari-Solner as we discuss her book, Joyful Learning: Active and Collaborative Strategies for Inclusive Classrooms. Click here to subscribe via your favorite podcast provider. Links Alice Udvari-Solner’s bio page at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Shop the Amidon Planet Store (to get yourself a t-shirt, hoodie, Read more…
Learning to teach better with Dr. Amanda Jansen, as we discuss her book, Rough Draft Math: Revising to Learn. Enjoy! Click here to subscribe via your favorite podcast provider. Links Dr. Amanda Jansen’s professional website Curtis, K., Lindo, K., & Jansen, A. (2021). Discourse Can Create a Learning Culture, Mathematics Teacher: Read more…
Learning to teach better with Dr. Rick Balkin, Professor of Leadership & Counselor Education at the University of Mississippi, as we discuss his new book Practicing Forgiveness: A Path Toward Healing. Enjoy! Click here to subscribe via your favorite podcast provider. Links Purchase Practicing Forgiveness: A Path Toward Healing by Dr. Read more…
…the only way to undo racism is to consistently identify and describe it – and then dismantle it. Ibram X. Kendi Learning to teach better with Dr. Linda Angotti, Emerita Professor in Music Education from Kent State University as we discuss the featured book, How to Be an Antiracist by Read more…
On this episode of the podcast I was joined by Lo Alaman, Artist and Creative Minister at The Woodlands United Methodist Church – Harvest Campus. Better yet he is a friend and former youth minister to my oldest son and an outstanding person to talk to for this podcast. This is Read more…
It is not light that is needed, but fire. Frederick Douglass More and more I am convinced that the most powerful lever for change is our schools and our teachers. Systemic change can be catalyzed through the actions of teachers and students as they attempt to shape the world into Read more…