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Education Bookcast

Education Bookcast is a podcast principally for teachers and parents who would like to know more about education. We cover one education-related book or article each episode, going over the key points... Read more

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68. The Upside of Stress by Kelly McGonigal

68. The Upside of Stress by Kelly McGonigal

Stress is broadly understood to be a serious health risk and a destructive factor in many people's lives. It has been ad... Read more

16 Jul 2018

1hr 42mins

Ranked #2

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9. The Inner Game of Tennis by Timothy Gallwey

9. The Inner Game of Tennis by Timothy Gallwey

Writing in the 1970s, Timothy Gallwey comes eerily close in The Inner Game of Tennis to what modern cognitive scientists... Read more

7 Mar 2016

53mins

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54. Six Thinking Hats by Edward de Bono

54. Six Thinking Hats by Edward de Bono

Edward de Bono is an expert on creativity, author of over 40 books on the subject. He invented the term "lateral thinkin... Read more

31 Jan 2018

30mins

Ranked #4

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10. Flow by Mihály Csíkszentmihályi

10. Flow by Mihály Csíkszentmihályi

What's the best kind of experience you have? When do you feel happiest? Mihály Csíkszentmihályi (pronounced me-HIGH CHEE... Read more

14 Mar 2016

1hr 20mins

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3. Don't Shoot the Dog! The New Art of Teaching and Training by Karen Pryor

3. Don't Shoot the Dog! The New Art of Teaching and Training by Karen Pryor

Why should somebody who is interested in education be interested in behaviourism? Because it's had a huge impact on edu... Read more

18 Jan 2016

1hr 29mins

Ranked #6

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75. What great teachers have in common

75. What great teachers have in common

In the past three episodes, we have looked at three great teachers: basketball coach John Wooden, mathematics teacher Ja... Read more

4 Nov 2019

1hr 10mins

Ranked #7

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58. The Use of Lateral Thinking by Edward de Bono

58. The Use of Lateral Thinking by Edward de Bono

In this episode, we will look closely at Edward de Bono's idea of lateral thinking by considering two of his books, The ... Read more

3 Mar 2018

1hr 2mins

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4. Cesar's Way by Cesar Millan

4. Cesar's Way by Cesar Millan

Last week's episode served as an introduction to behaviourism. This week, in the name of balance, we are looking at anot... Read more

25 Jan 2016

1hr 7mins

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57. Scarcity by Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir

57. Scarcity by Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir

Although ostensibly about economics, this book is in fact about the effect of poverty of various kinds on the mind. Pove... Read more

28 Feb 2018

52mins

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72b. John Wooden and cognitive science

72b. John Wooden and cognitive science

I first read You Haven't Taught Until They Have Learned almost five years ago. In that time, I have learned much about h... Read more

28 Jan 2019

20mins

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79. What learning is

79. What learning is

This may be the most important episode on the podcast so far. When I started out on this journey of coming to understand... Read more

13 Jan 2020

1hr 7mins

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72a. Star coach John Wooden's pedagogy

72a. Star coach John Wooden's pedagogy

John Wooden was a basketball coach for UCLA and an English teacher. He is renowned as one of the greatest coaches of all... Read more

20 Jan 2019

39mins

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60. Dual N-Back: The best "brain training"?

60. Dual N-Back: The best "brain training"?

In the previous episode, we looked at a range of articles concerning the effectiveness of so-called "brain training" in ... Read more

12 Mar 2018

1hr 34mins

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81a. The Myth of Learning Styles

81a. The Myth of Learning Styles

Learning styles are one of the most widely believed psychological ideas known by scientists to be invalid. Over 90% of u... Read more

10 Feb 2020

39mins

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17. Blink by Malcolm Gladwell

17. Blink by Malcolm Gladwell

The funny thing about Malcolm Gladwell is that everyone seems toenjoy reading him, but few remember many details of what... Read more

2 May 2016

42mins

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64. What Bruce Lee taught me about learning

64. What Bruce Lee taught me about learning

A while back, I listened to an interview with Bruce Lee*. There were two things that I took away from it, neither of whi... Read more

7 May 2018

1hr 18mins

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74c. Dealing with difficult children

74c. Dealing with difficult children

When she was working at Delano Elementary School in Chicago, Marva would often be given the "worst", most disruptive stu... Read more

23 Oct 2019

51mins

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2. Drive: The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink

2. Drive: The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink

Common sense tells us that in order to get someone to do something, or to get them to do it better (faster, more thoroug... Read more

11 Jan 2016

1hr 28mins

Ranked #19

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73e. Escalante - the glory years

73e. Escalante - the glory years

After the events of summer 1982, when Jaime Escalante's Advanced Placement Calculus students were accused of cheating an... Read more

10 Feb 2019

22mins

Ranked #20

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11. Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

11. Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

A classic book on people's irrationalities. Daniel Kahneman is a Nobel Prize-winning psychologist and cognitive scientis... Read more

21 Mar 2016

1hr 31mins

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