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The Teach Better Podcast

The Teach Better Podcast is a series of conversations with teachers about teaching. We talk mostly with faculty in higher education, but will occasionally talk with other teachers too. Your hosts are ... Read more

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Podcast #81: Becoming a Teacher with Kevin Gannon

Podcast #81: Becoming a Teacher with Kevin Gannon

Kevin Gannon is the director of the Center of Excellence in Teaching and Learning at Grand View University in Des Moines... Read more

25 Jun 2019

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Podcast #80: Classrooms for Active Learning with Robert Talbert

Podcast #80: Classrooms for Active Learning with Robert Talbert

The evidence is clear that when students work actively in the classroom, they learn more. It's also true that most of th... Read more

22 Apr 2019

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Podcast #79: The Fundamentals of Teaching with Doug Robertson

Podcast #79: The Fundamentals of Teaching with Doug Robertson

Our guest today, Doug Robertson, is one of the best teachers on the planet. He teaches 4th grade at Powell Valley Elemen... Read more

26 Feb 2019

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Podcast #78: Edward and Doug Debrief

Podcast #78: Edward and Doug Debrief

This fall Doug and Edward both taught classes of their own. In their latest episode, they reflect on their challenges, w... Read more

21 Dec 2018

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Podcast #77: Active Learning, Motivation, and Peer Assessment with Jose Vazquez

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Jose Vasquez has been teaching economics at the University of Illinois for 14 years. He teaches one of the largest intro... Read more

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Podcast #76: Applying Teaching Insights across Disciplines with Justin Cerenzia

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Justin Cerenzia teaches history at St George’s School in Middletown, Rhode Island. We don’t usually have guests from hig... Read more

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Podcast #75: Classroom Observation with Marilyne Stains

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Outside observers can give instructors valuable formative feedback, and with the right observers and the right instrumen... Read more

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Podcast #74: Engaged Learning with Monroe Weber-Shirk

Podcast #74: Engaged Learning with Monroe Weber-Shirk

Monroe Weber-Shirk has taught engineering at Cornell for 24 years, and in 2005 he started the AguaClara Cornell program... Read more

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Podcast #73: Teaching Physics Teachers with Mac Stetzer

Mac Stetzer from the University of Maine Physics Department is an active physics education researcher with lots of exper... Read more

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Podcast #72: Course Evaluations with Betsy Barre

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