The Shape of Education to Come

In this highly informative discussion, David and I define mindfulness and neoliberalism and then have a thorough discussion of neoliberal practices in schools, how to implement mindfulness, how mindfulness can be a trojan horse (for good or ill), McMindfulness, mindfulness as a tool for liberation, the failures of a post-Frierian education system, cultural appropriation, the challenges of assessment and more.
David supplied a treasure trove of resources. They include:
Mindfulness and social change network based in the UK:
https://mindfulnessandsocialchange.org/
A collection of social mindfulness voices:
https://mindfulnessandsocialchange.org/2019/04/02/a-new-social-mindfulness-resource/
A Canadian website run by Deborah Orr:
http://www.contemplativeeducation.ca/
Beth Berrila's website on mindfulness and critical pedagogy:
http://www.contemplativepracticesforantioppressionpedagogy.com/
And David's own podcast on mindfulness:
www.mindfulcranks.com

Pauline Charrière is avec moi to talk about the nature of French education and French Immersion programs, the bridges between English language programming and French language programming, what high-quality French instruction looks like, and a little about the time when teaching in French was illegal in Manitoba.
Apologies for the sound quality on this one. Sometimes being an amateur podcaster means making amateur mistakes. We sound a *little* like robots in a big empty room here; next time will be better. Learning forever - even in podcasting.

It is a fact that I was trying to find someone who teaches phys. ed to come on the podcast for a long time. Between not knowing a lot of gym people and gym people being busy...it took awhile. But here we are! This week, I speak with Colin Donato about his remote phys ed teaching, what it means to be ‘good’ at gym and how to work with students who don’t like to participate, assessing success when everyone is running around and more!

This is an episode about policing. It's an episode about race. It's an episode about education. It's an episode about identity.
Listen carefully.

I talk with Geoff Krall about active caring his role as a coach, the context for teachers where he is, active caring remotely and otherwise, best remote math practices (if such a thing exists), and whether or not math teachers have a problem with caring. Oh, and we hear from his cat, which is genuinely joyful (as you will hear in my voice.)
Check out his blog post on active caring here: https://emergentmath.com/2020/04/13/active-caring-now-more-than-ever/