Pre-Primary Sources

Richard (Zen and the Art of Early Childhood) posted a purported Piaget quote about children discovering knowledge for themselves. Some folks disagree that learning and teaching are different things. Dr. Stephanie Golloway helped us out-- what did Piaget really say about learning and teaching? What is constructivism really, and why is it such a divisive idea in education?

Lizz talks with Rhiannon Kim and Alex Venet, authors of Unsnarling PBIS and Trauma-Informed Education, about behaviorism, social justice, and trauma informed education.  Read their books! Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Education Becoming an Everyday Changemaker Healing and Justice At School Transformative Mindfulness in Education Caring for Ourselves While Kindling Change

Anti-Racist and Anti-Bias education are (should be) part of all educator training; but what do we know about how children develop positive racial identity? Kisa Marx and Mike Huber (Liberated Learning podcast) join Lizz Nolasco to talk about a small piece of racial identity development. Bonus XL episode because it turns out there's a lot to unpack!

The final installment of learning taxonomies-- are they valuable, and for whom? 

Talking about learning goals: does a hierarchy imply a value judgement? Why do we need to name learning objectives anyway?