Education Bookcast
By Stanislaw Pstrokonski
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Episodes: 208
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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, placing it in context, and making connections with other ideas, topics, and authors.
Topics include psychology, philosophy, history, and economics of education; pedagogy and teaching methods; neurology and cognitive science; and schools and school systems in historical and international perspective.
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Announcing Panglot World Languages
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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Goodbye :)
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Dec 31, 2024 |
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156. Entrepreneurial expertise
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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155. How experts see
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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154. Mindsets everywhere
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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153. Comparing learning different dance styles: Argentine Tango vs. Ballroom & Latin (Dancesport)
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Nov 26, 2023 |
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152. [VIDEO] Education and generative AI: conference video for STEM MAD Melbourne, October 23
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Nov 19, 2023 |
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151. 8 years, 150 episodes
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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150. A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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149. How Popular Musicians Learn by Lucy Green
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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148. You Know the Fair Rule by Bill Rogers
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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147. Large language models (LLMs) - interview with Dr Guy Emerson
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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146b. Lessons from EdTech - The 90% Rule
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May 07, 2023 |
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146a. Lessons from EdTech - the Fundamental Duality of Educational Materials
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Apr 30, 2023 |
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145b. How to be a better lecturer (practice) - a message for Guy
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Apr 22, 2023 |
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145a. How to be a better lecturer (theory) - a message for Guy
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Apr 22, 2023 |
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144. Developing Talent in Young People by Benjamin Bloom
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Apr 15, 2023 |
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143. Talent, revisited
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Mar 19, 2023 |
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142. Season 2 of the Pedagogue-Cast is out now! Taster: Music and Learning
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Mar 11, 2023 |
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141+. Feedback on constructivism
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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141. Behaviourism, Cognitivism, Constructivism - a message for Zoë
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Feb 25, 2023 |
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140b. Political economy pt. II: The Invisible Hook
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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140a. Political economy pt. I: The Social Order of the Underworld
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Jan 29, 2023 |
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139. Reflections after 7 years
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Jan 01, 2023 |
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138. The science of self-belief, part II: self-efficacy
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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137. The science of self-belief, part I: self-concept
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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136+. Interview with Prof. Christian Lebiere on ACT-R and Cognitive Architecture
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Oct 16, 2022 |
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136. Cognitive architecture and ACT-R
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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135. Professional writing expertise
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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134. Philosophy for children
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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133. Patterns are fast, rules are slow
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Aug 20, 2022 |
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I have a new podcast!
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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132b. Direct Instruction: the evidence
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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132a. Direct Instruction and Project Follow Through
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Aug 08, 2022 |
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131. Mindset: does it replicate?
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Aug 01, 2022 |
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130. How children learn that the Earth is not flat
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Jul 25, 2022 |
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Support the podcast & join the community forum!
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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129. A Transfer of Learning bombshell
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Jul 18, 2022 |
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128. Nuance
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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127. Necessary Conditions of Learning by Ference Marton
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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126. The Master and his Emissary by Iain McGillchrist
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Jun 19, 2022 |
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125+. Interview with Rasmus Koss Hartmann
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Apr 02, 2022 |
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125. Entrepreneurship education and conspicuous consumption
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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124. The Cambridge Handbook of the Learning Sciences
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Dec 13, 2021 |
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123. How the Brain Learns by David Sousa
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Nov 29, 2021 |
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122. Hive Mind by Garrett Jones
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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121b. Attachment Theory around the world
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Nov 02, 2021 |
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121a. Attachment Theory as cultural ideology
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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120. Aztec education
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Oct 18, 2021 |
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119. Stages of learning
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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118. The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks
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Sep 20, 2021 |
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117. Gut Feelings by Gerd Gigerenzer
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Sep 06, 2021 |
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116h. Summary and conclusion
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Aug 09, 2021 |
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116g. Speech, silence, action
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Aug 08, 2021 |
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116f. Socratic and Confucian mothers
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Aug 07, 2021 |
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116e. Curiosity begets enquiry, heart begets dedication
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Aug 06, 2021 |
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116d. Mind-oriented vs. Virtue-oriented learning processes
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Aug 05, 2021 |
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116c. East Asians don't respond to intrinsic motivation, and other gems
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Aug 04, 2021 |
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116b. Mastering the Universe vs. Transforming the Self
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Aug 03, 2021 |
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116a. Cultural Foundations of Learning, East and West by Jin Li
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Aug 02, 2021 |
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115. Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber
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Jul 12, 2021 |
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114. Philosophy of Science - the good bits
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Jun 28, 2021 |
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113. The Hidden Half by Michael Blastland
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Jun 14, 2021 |
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112. Out of our Minds by Sir Ken Robinson
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May 31, 2021 |
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111. Intelligence: All That Matters by Stuart Ritchie
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May 17, 2021 |
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110b. Declarative knowledge is central to transfer
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May 04, 2021 |
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110a. Transfer of Learning by Robert Haskell
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May 03, 2021 |
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109. America's Critical Thinking Crisis by Steven Pearlman
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Apr 19, 2021 |
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108. Expert Political Judgement by Phillip Tetlock
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Apr 05, 2021 |
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107. Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now by Jaron Lanier
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Mar 29, 2021 |
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106i. Summary and conclusion
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Mar 01, 2021 |
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106h. School
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Feb 25, 2021 |
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106g. Adolescence
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Feb 25, 2021 |
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106f. The Chore Curriculum
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Feb 25, 2021 |
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106e. Play
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Feb 25, 2021 |
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106d. How children learn?
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Feb 25, 2021 |
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106c. "It takes a village"
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Feb 25, 2021 |
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106b. Family and reproduction
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Feb 25, 2021 |
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106a. The Anthropology of Childhood by David Lancy
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Feb 25, 2021 |
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105. Rote memorisation
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Feb 22, 2021 |
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104. Addiction by Design by Natasha Dow Schüll
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Feb 08, 2021 |
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103+. James Paul Gee's 36 Learning Principles
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Feb 01, 2021 |
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103. What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy by James Paul Gee
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Jan 25, 2021 |
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102. Psychology is overrated
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Jan 11, 2021 |
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101. Review of episodes 1-99
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Jan 02, 2021 |
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100. Reintroducing the podcast after 5 years
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Jan 01, 2021 |
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99. China's Examination Hell by Ichisada Miyazaki
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Dec 21, 2020 |
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98. Range by David Epstein
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Dec 14, 2020 |
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97. The Polymath by Waqas Ahmed
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Dec 07, 2020 |
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96. Rest by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang
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Nov 30, 2020 |
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95. The Reading Mind by Daniel Willingham
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Nov 23, 2020 |
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94. The Beautiful Tree by James Tooley
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Nov 16, 2020 |
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93. Closing the Vocabulary Gap by Alex Quigley
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Nov 09, 2020 |
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92. The Buddha Pill by Dr Miguel Farias and Dr Catherine Wikholm
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Nov 02, 2020 |
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91. Vocabulary Development by Steven Stahl
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Oct 29, 2020 |
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90. Discovery learning: the idea that won't die
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Jun 22, 2020 |
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89. The World Until Yesterday by Jared Diamond
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Jun 08, 2020 |
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88. The Failure of Constructivist, Discovery, Problem-based, Experiential, and Inquiry-based Teaching
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May 25, 2020 |
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87. Experiential Learning by Colin Beard and John Wilson
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May 11, 2020 |
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86. Learning as information compression
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Apr 27, 2020 |
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85. Why Don't Students Like School? by Daniel Willingham
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Apr 13, 2020 |
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84. Skin in the Game by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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Mar 30, 2020 |
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83. SuperMemo's 20 rules for formulating knowledge
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Mar 16, 2020 |
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82. Memorable Teaching by Peps McCrea
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Feb 29, 2020 |
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81b. ...except for this one "learning style"!
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Feb 17, 2020 |
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81a. The Myth of Learning Styles
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Feb 10, 2020 |
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80. The Chimp Paradox by Prof Steve Peters
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Jan 27, 2020 |
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79. What learning is
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Jan 13, 2020 |
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78. Interview with Dr James Comer
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Dec 25, 2019 |
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77b. Case study: the Comer SDP in New Jersey
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Dec 23, 2019 |
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77a. With the Whole Child in Mind by Linda Darling-Hammond
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Dec 18, 2019 |
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76. Comprehensive School Reform
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Dec 11, 2019 |
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75. What great teachers have in common
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Nov 04, 2019 |
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74e. Marva Collins' educational philosophy
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Oct 25, 2019 |
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74d. Marva Collins' curriculum and teaching approach
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Oct 24, 2019 |
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74c. Dealing with difficult children
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Oct 23, 2019 |
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74b. How to start the school year, Marva Collins style
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Oct 22, 2019 |
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74a. Marva Collins' Way by Marva Collins and Civia Tamarkin
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Oct 21, 2019 |
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73e. Escalante - the glory years
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Feb 10, 2019 |
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73d. Escalante - raising academic standards
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Feb 10, 2019 |
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73c. Garfield and discipline: a clash of philosophies
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Feb 08, 2019 |
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73b. Escalante: introducing the characters
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Feb 06, 2019 |
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73a. Escalante: The Best Teacher in America by Jay Matthews
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Feb 03, 2019 |
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72b. John Wooden and cognitive science
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Jan 28, 2019 |
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72a. Star coach John Wooden's pedagogy
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Jan 20, 2019 |
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71. Visible Learning by John Hattie
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Jan 01, 2019 |
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70. The Hidden Lives of Learners by Graham Nuthall
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Jan 01, 2019 |
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A public service announcement
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Jan 01, 2019 |
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69. Edward de Bono: Criticisms and controversies
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Jul 30, 2018 |
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68. The Upside of Stress by Kelly McGonigal
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Jul 16, 2018 |
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67. Edward de Bono: Odds and ends
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Jul 02, 2018 |
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66. The teacher crisis in the UK
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Jun 24, 2018 |
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65. Beyond the Hole in the Wall by Sugata Mitra
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May 27, 2018 |
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64. What Bruce Lee taught me about learning
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May 07, 2018 |
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63. I am Right, You are Wrong by Edward de Bono
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Apr 23, 2018 |
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62. Brainstorming makes you less creative
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Apr 09, 2018 |
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61. Po: Beyond Yes and No by Edward de Bono
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Mar 26, 2018 |
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60. Dual N-Back: The best "brain training"?
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Mar 12, 2018 |
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59. Does "brain-training" work? The case of Lumosity
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Mar 05, 2018 |
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58. The Use of Lateral Thinking by Edward de Bono
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Mar 03, 2018 |
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57. Scarcity by Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir
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Feb 28, 2018 |
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56. The Mechanism of Mind by Edward de Bono
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Feb 27, 2018 |
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55. How to Become a Straight-A Student by Cal Newport
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Feb 01, 2018 |
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54. Six Thinking Hats by Edward de Bono
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Jan 31, 2018 |
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53b. Brain-Based Learning by Eric Jensen [continued]
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Jan 09, 2018 |
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53a. Brain-Based Learning by Eric Jensen
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Jan 09, 2018 |
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52. How We Learn by Benedict Carey
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Dec 22, 2017 |
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51. Review of episodes 1-50
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Nov 28, 2017 |
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50. Types of explanation
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Oct 03, 2017 |
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49. The Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin
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Sep 28, 2017 |
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48. I Thought It Was Just Me by Brené Brown
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Sep 27, 2017 |
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47. Optimism
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Sep 22, 2017 |
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46. Self Compassion by Kristin Neff
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Sep 22, 2017 |
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45. The problem with self-esteem
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Sep 20, 2017 |
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44. History as citizen-building
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Sep 20, 2017 |
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43. Night School [on sleep] by Richard Wiseman
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Jun 25, 2017 |
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42. Do Schools Kill Creativity? by Sir Ken Robinson
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May 05, 2017 |
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41. What Reading Does for the Mind
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Apr 13, 2017 |
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40. ADHD Does Not Exist by Richard Saul
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Apr 08, 2017 |
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39b. The Geography of Thought by Richard Nisbett [continued]
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Apr 08, 2017 |
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39a. The Geography of Thought by Richard Nisbett
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Mar 05, 2017 |
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38. Uncle Staś' advice column [RTTP, homeschooling, and the dangers of social media]
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Feb 19, 2017 |
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37. A Theory of Fun for Game Design by Raph Koster
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Feb 19, 2017 |
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36. What is fun? What is play? What is a game?
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Feb 17, 2017 |
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35b. Minds on Fire by Mark Carnes
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Feb 17, 2017 |
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35a. Minds on Fire by Mark Carnes
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Feb 16, 2017 |
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34b. Which is broken: reality, or Jane McGonigal's mind?
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Jan 02, 2017 |
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34a. Reality is Broken by Jane McGonigal
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Jan 02, 2017 |
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33. Interview with Malke Rosenfeld of Math in your Feet
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Jan 02, 2017 |
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32. The Visual Edge by Sargy Letuchy [interview]
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Jan 02, 2017 |
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31+. How I learn languages
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Jan 02, 2017 |
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31. Lessons learned from 50 years of language teaching at the Foreign Service Institute
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Dec 20, 2016 |
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30. Cultural Learnings of America for make benefit glorious podcast of Education Bookcast
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Dec 20, 2016 |
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29+. Interview with Robert Kaplan of The Math Circle
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Nov 12, 2016 |
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29. Out of the Labyrinth: Setting Mathematics Free by Robert & Ellen Kaplan
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Nov 12, 2016 |
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28. Why do kids give stupid answers to simple maths questions?
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Oct 26, 2016 |
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27+. Interview with Dr Amanda Serenevy
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Oct 24, 2016 |
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27. Consider the Circle by Eliza Vanett
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Oct 24, 2016 |
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26. A Mathematician's Lament by Paul Lockhart
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Sep 05, 2016 |
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25. Chess, gender, and intelligence
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Aug 29, 2016 |
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24. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
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Aug 15, 2016 |
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23. So Good They Can't Ignore You by Cal Newport
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Jul 30, 2016 |
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22. The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle
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Jul 18, 2016 |
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21. The Defining Decade by Meg Jay
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Jul 04, 2016 |
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20b. Genius Explained [bringing up geniuses, genius writers, and the fallacies of talent] by Michael Howe
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Jun 20, 2016 |
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20a. Genius Explained [Darwin, Stephenson & Faraday] by Michael Howe
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Jun 06, 2016 |
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19b. Seven Myths about Education [myths 4-7] by Daisy Christodoulou
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May 23, 2016 |
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19a. Seven Myths about Education by Daisy Chirstodoulou
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May 16, 2016 |
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18. Bounce: The Myth of Talent and the Power of Practice by Matthew Syed
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May 09, 2016 |
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17. Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
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May 02, 2016 |
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16. Willpower by Roy Baumeister and John Tierney
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Apr 25, 2016 |
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15. The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
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Apr 18, 2016 |
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14. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini
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Apr 11, 2016 |
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13. The Psychology of Self-Defense: Self-Affirmation Theory by David Sherman & Geoffrey Cohen
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Apr 04, 2016 |
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12. "Picture yourself as a stereotypical male" by Michelle Goffreda
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Mar 28, 2016 |
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11. Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
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Mar 21, 2016 |
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10. Flow by Mihály Csíkszentmihályi
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Mar 14, 2016 |
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9. The Inner Game of Tennis by Timothy Gallwey
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Mar 07, 2016 |
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8. Goals Gone Wild: the Systematic Side Effects of Over-Prescribing Goal Setting by Lisa Ordóñez et alii
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Feb 29, 2016 |
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7. The Practicing Mind: Developing Focus and Discipline in Your Life by Thomas Sterner
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Feb 22, 2016 |
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6. A Russian Teacher in America by Andrei Toom
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Feb 15, 2016 |
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5b. Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes (Parts 2&3) by Alfie Kohn
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Feb 08, 2016 |
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5a. Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes (Part 1) by Alfie Kohn
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Feb 01, 2016 |
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4. Cesar's Way by Cesar Millan
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Jan 25, 2016 |
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3. Don't Shoot the Dog! The New Art of Teaching and Training by Karen Pryor
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Jan 18, 2016 |
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2. Drive: The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink
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Jan 11, 2016 |
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1. Mindset: How You can Fulfil Your Potential by Carol Dweck
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Jan 05, 2016 |
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0. Introduction
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Jan 04, 2016 |