Tapping into Student Agency
Educational sociologist Anindya Kundu recognized that students need more than grit to succeed in school. He studies the role of student agency, and how focusing on student potential can lead to growth...
9 Joulu 202019min
What it Means to Learn Science
How does the world solve complex problems like climate change? One answer may be to teach science in more complex and personal ways. Through the research project, Learning in Places, Professors Megan ...
2 Joulu 202026min
Finding Gratitude in Challenging Times
In this episode, Kristi Nelson, the executive director of a Network for Grateful Living, discusses why some people have an easier time finding gratitude than others, the role of education in being gra...
25 Marras 202019min
The Amateur Enterprise of College Teaching
How much has college teaching really changed in 150 years? Not very much, according to Jonathan Zimmerman, an education historian and professor at the University of Pennsylvania. In his latest book, T...
18 Marras 202016min
Teaching Across a Political Divide
America seems more divided than ever. Paula McAvoy, an assistant professor at North Carolina State University, has long focused her work on helping educators teach young people how to live together i...
9 Marras 202018min
Applying Education Research to Practice
Education research is often disconnected from the reality of practitioners in the field. Carrie Conaway, a senior lecturer at Harvard and an expert on how to apply education research in practice, gets...
4 Marras 202020min
How Colleges Fail Disadvantaged Students
In this encore episode of the Harvard EdCast, which originally aired on February 13, 2019, Tony Jack discusses the consequences of conflating access and inclusion — and the barriers that low-income st...
28 Loka 202025min
How Covid-19 Impacts Rural Schools
We don't often hear about the 15% of students who attend rural schools. It seems this population is often left out of national conversations about the impact of COVID on education. Mara Tieken, an ass...
21 Loka 202017min
