The Back of the Class
By Patrick O'Shea
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Daniel's Proposal | In this episode, we take a slightly different approach to the issues associated with education. We're going to spend some time focusing on our own proposals for educational change rather than discussing what others have done and/or proposed. In this episode, Daniel talks about re-imagining the high school experience. | 3/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Patrick's Proposal | In this episode, we take a slightly different approach to the issues associated with education. We're going to spend some time focusing on our own proposals for educational change rather than discussing what others have done and/or proposed. In this episode, Patrick talks about an educational game that he would develop. | 3/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simon's Proposal | In this episode, we take a slightly different approach to the issues associated with education. We're going to spend some time focusing on our own proposals for educational change rather than discussing what others have done and/or proposed. In this episode, Simon talks about his philosophy of technology usage and what that means for teacher training. | 3/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Is Homeschooling the Answer? | In this episode, the kids at the back of the class take a look at the arguments for homeschooling, and explore whether it is the answer to all of education's problems. | 2/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Grading Parents! No, Really...They Want To Grade Parents. | In this show, the kids at the back of the class discuss the idea of having teachers grading parents on how prepared their child(ren) is/are for school each day. It won't take long to find out how the kids in the back of the class feel about that one. | 1/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Practical Wisdom | In this episode, the kids at the back of the class are joined by an often-referenced person to discuss Barry Schwartz TED Talk, titled "Using Our Practical Wisdom". Simon was in the field, so Mark Salata joined us, and brought the topic. | 1/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Thiel Conundrum | In this show, the kids at the back of the class discuss the Thiel Foundation's Fellowship program that gives $100,000 to each of 20 recipients under the age of 20. The program is designed to reward "stopping out of school" and furthering innovative science and technical ideas. | 1/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CAREing Schools | In this episode, the kids at the back of the class discuss, some in a very grumpy way, an article about CARE, a school initiative to bring values learning to students. | 1/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Education with SOLE | In this show, the kids at the back of the class discuss Sugata Mitra's TED talk about Self Organized Learning Environments (SOLE). For the most part, we just gush about the whole idea, but we do it in a confrontational manner. | 12/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Pandora Classroom | In this episode, the boys at the back of the class discuss the feasibility of classes set up like the Pandora music service in order to differentiate and individualize instruction. | 12/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Can Schools Change The World | This show has the kids at the back of the class discussing the relationship between schools and their communities and asking if schools can solve the problems of the world. | 12/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Technology as an Educational Distraction | In this episode, the kids at the back of the class discuss the role that technology should play in education and how that technology may actually be acting as a distraction for students. | 11/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Women Make the World Go 'Round | This show focuses on research showing that the presence of women in groups is a predictor of how successful the outcomes of that group will be. In essence, the more women, the more successful the group. The kids at the back of the class tackle this issue, head on, and with gusto... | 10/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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What Motivates Us | This show has the kids at the back of the class discussing the RSA Animate youtube clip entitled: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, and looking for what this video's message means for education. | 10/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Building a Better Teacher? | This show has the three kids at the back of the class discussing how to build a better teacher. | 9/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 15 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
The Best
It's the best podcast I have ever been a part of. Patrick is the host with the most (Herr Professor), Danny is his every man partner in crime (with a PhD, no less), and the guest co-hosts, as Tony the Tiger would say, "They're great!!". Tackling an eclectic list of topical educational issues and bringing the academic down to Earth, they hope to entertain and enlighten. Is anybody else out there?
