This Changes Everything
A discussion about an educational approach that redefines the very purpose of schools.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 31 minutes
- Episodes
- 10
- Years Active
- 2018
Episode 9: The Gravitational Pull of Doing School
A conversation with Jody Trapani and Katie Kannokada explores the difficulties of getting students in honors classes to challenge the bad habit of doing school. Since they have been amply rewarded f…
Episode 8: Mindsets and Other Things
Listen in on a working session Larry Geni had with Ryan Murphy, a mathematics teacher at Niles North High School. The conversation wanders through a range of topics, including: Fixed vs growth mind…
Episode 7: Grades - A Love / Hate Relationship
Larry Geni is joined by Carl Brownell, Social Studies Department Chair at Maine East High School. They discuss the damage grades do to student’s internal motivation to learn, and how to minimize tha…
Episode 6: Cultivating Self-directedness
In this working session, Larry talks with Gordon Booker about how to deal with a classroom where most of the students are self-directed and motivated to work, and some students aren't. Gordon's test…
Episode 5: The Opposite of Burnout - Teaching as Liberation
In this episode, Larry is joined by Joan Gallagher, the director of the science department at Niles North High School, and the co-author of "Whole-Class Inquiry: Creating Student-Centered Science Co…
Episode 4: Learning From Mistakes - What Happens After the Test?
Larry is joined by Ryan Murphy, a math teacher at Niles North High School to discuss how to reframe the purpose of tests so that they become an integral part of the learning process. In this work se…
Episode 3: Cheaters! Compassion meets the bottom line.
The thorny problem of dealing with a student who cheats is discussed in this work session with Amy Koning, a math teacher at Niles North High School. In particular, we explore specific strategies to…
Episode 2: The Nuts And Bolts Of Differentiated Learning
In this work session, Larry Geni talks with Gordon Booker, a chemistry teacher at Niles North High School, about some of the specific issues that arise during "open work time", when students are spre…
Episode 1: The Fundamentals of Student-Directed Learning
In this episode, Larry Geni describes the ideas that form the foundation of this educational approach. He then joins a conversation with three teachers who over the past two years have implemented t…
Welcome to "This Changes Everything"
Larry Geni introduces the educational approach that will be the central topic of this podcast.