Season 1: Cracking the Foundation

In this inaugural season we introduce our hopes for EDVOLUTIONARY, unpack our view of the challenges in education and share theory about how we might start to change things.

EPISODE 1: A TALE AND TWO TEACHERS

Who are Annie and Ali and what the heck is EDVOLUTIONARY?

By the end of this tale, we hope you'll know!

EPISODE 2: WHAT IS SCHOOL FOR?

This week on That's SO EDVOLUTIONARY,  Annie opens with a powerful story and Ali pulls out a history lesson to help us understand how we got to where we are in education.  Big questions are asked and the building of a new roadmap begins.

EPISODE 3: IT'S JUST CULTURE...MASQUERADING AS NATURE

This week on That's SO EDVOLUTIONARY, we dig into the origins of our western way of looking at the world so we can better understand why we do what we do in education.  Often, our conventional beliefs about human beings or lens on 'how the world works,' is just "culture masquerading as nature," as anthropologist James Suzman says.  Once we catch a glimpse of why we believe what we do--it is hard to unsee the implications of these beliefs for all human beings.  And--as educators, school leaders, parents and a concerned citizenry-- it forces us to make a choice about how we want to be going forward.

EPISODE 4: BABIES IN THE RIVER

This week on That's SO EDVOLUTIONARY, Annie and Ali look into how our western beliefs about children lead to practices that undermine the very things we are trying so hard to accomplish in schools.

EPISODE 5: #TEAMWINSANDFAILS

 Annie and Ali postpone their conversation on play to reflect on the first week of school and the challenges of putting beliefs into practice and trying new ideas when the going gets tough.  

EPISODE 6: REPLAY

This week on That's SO EDVOLUTIONARY, Ali and Annie look at one aspect of human nature that gets seriously undervalued in the way we educate children— their natural capacity for play.  Ali and Annie define play, look at trends in how the decline in play over the past several decades has impacted children, and wrestle with how to bring more play into our schools and classrooms to facilitate children’s learning in the way that nature designed. 

EPISODE 6: REPLAY

This week on That's SO EDVOLUTIONARY, Ali and Annie look at one aspect of human nature that gets seriously undervalued in the way we educate children— their natural capacity for play.  Ali and Annie define play, look at trends in how the decline in play over the past several decades has impacted children, and wrestle with how to bring more play into our schools and classrooms to facilitate children’s learning in the way that nature designed. 

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