Hosted by Cara Furman · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 92 episodes
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Philosophers of education talk about how their research can inform educational policy and teacher practice around current issues in the field. The goal of the podcast is to think with topics in conversation. Guests do not represent the hosts nor the Philosophy of Education Society. Guest and topic interest form here: https://forms.gle/nvj3J2WvR3q3JQdf9
Cara Furman hosts Thinking in the Midst, a education show with 92 episodes published.
Cindy Ballenger and Kristi Cameron sat down to talk with Cara about teaching is inquiry. They explained why inquiry is necessary for teachers to do well by children with numerous examples. They also articulated why inqui
Fran Agnone, Joy Dangora Erickson, and Ilya Zrudlo sat down to talk with Cara about youth development outside of school and in non formal spaces. Working in and studying youth development in community organizations, they
Adele Bruni Ashley, Meg Davis Roberts, and Susan Verducci sat down to talk with Cara about the teacher teacher as an artist. They focus on the teacher as an artist – both artfully teaching and bringing other creative art
Alexandra Chang, Frank Marino, and PJ Nelson sat down to talk with Cara about the importance of teacher autonomy. They highlighted that autonomy is relational and teacher autonomy requires work with others. They also str
Danielle Layne, Eli Kramer, and Philip Seyfried sat down to talk with Cara about caring for the human self, artificial intelligence, and how to harness and grow AI to support human flourishing. For more from Danielle che
Ginger Barnhart and Lauren Links sat down to talk with Cara about cultivating and sustaining graduate student communities and graduate students, finding and creating place together, and so much more. A special thank you
Kathleen Knight-Abowitz gives the Presidential Address, the Value of Local Control: Place and Educational Governance delivered at the Philosophy of Education Society Annual meeting. This session is introduced by Sarah St
Kathleen Knight Abowitz and Danny Mamlok sat down to talk with Cara about the upcoming Philosophy of Education Society conference themed on To Be Rooted in Place, Education, and Ethics. They shared insights into their cu
Michael Hand and Quentin Wheeler-Bell sat down to talk with Cara about teaching amidst strong divides. My guests discussed and debated how to address partisan leanings in the classroom, how to ethically support a range o
Jessica Fremland , Kali Simmons, Kat Milligan-McClellan, Mishuana Goeman, and Sandy Grande join Cara to talk about indigenous feminists philosophy, why gardening is a rich and fertile metaphor for their work, and tending
Gert and Michele join Cara to talk about philosophers, schools, and education. They ask us to consider what matters? The role of schools as places of inquiry? And how these and many more questions effect schools, teacher
Anmarie Paul, Diane Schnoor, and Myra Hernandez join Cara to talk about belonging, place, and children's literature. To learn more about Behind the Book check out: https://www.behindthebook.org/ To learn more about Dr. D
Philip Francis, Tom Van Winkle, and Rachel Seher join Cara to talk about place as school and what it means to build a relationship with places and the people in them. Seguinland Institute is currently accepting applicati
Gil Burgh and Mara Tieken sat down to talk with Cara about what place-responsive and place based education could be. They contrasted this with schools where learning is removed from the environment, and schools that even
Emmalee Forristall, Kathy Hytten, and Kurt Stemhagen sat down to talk with Cara about youth sports and democracy. They explained how practices from cell phones in the locker room, financial accessibility, and whether you
Pattie Bailie and David Sobel sat down with Cara to talk about place based education and nature based education! They offer a vision of education that is responsive, local, and practical! For more of Pattie's work check
Naoko Saito, Jim Garrison, and Vincent Colapietro sit down with Cara and Derek to talk through Dr. Saito's General Session paper at PES 2025. The paper itself will appear in an upcoming issue of Philosophy of Education ,
Our second and final recording of a PES session, this episode features Paul Geis, Brad Rowe, Natasha Levinson, Christina Donaldson, and Cara Furman reflecting on mentorship in our field and in academia more broadly. This
Ariana Zetlin and Vik Joshi join Cara and Derek to talk about the 2024 Northeast Philosophy of Education Society meeting and the way it assisted the fantastic work that they share with us here. For more info on Project B
In a special hyper-alliterative episode, Claire Katz, Cristina Cammarano, and Clarissa Thompson join Cara and Derek to talk about philosophy in summer camp settings. For scholarly work on philosophy camps in general, cli
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