Teachers’ Voices bonus episode 12
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Join educational researcher Nina Alonso for this podcast series as she shares powerful stories from teachers around the world, talking in their own words about their own experiences.
To wrap up season 4, educators share books, films, and tools to inspire other teachers, students, and learning communities at the start of the new school year. Nina shares some highlights in the episode, and the full list is below. Thank you to everyone who sent in their recommendations.
Books
In the Small Places: Stories of Teacher Changemakers and the Power of Human Agency by Fred Mednick, recommended by Katharine Young.
Reaching and Teaching Children Who Hurt: Strategies for Your Classroom by Susan E. Craig, recommended by Trinidad Arellano.
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer, recommended by Rosina Dorelli.
The Hidden Balance of Things: Family constellations, shamanism, and other ways to prevent our extinction by Guillermo Leone, recommended by Rocio Garcia Solca
Schools That Learn: Fifth Discipline Fieldbook for Educators, Parents, and Everyone Who Cares about Education by Peter Senge, recommended by Carlos Chiu.
Creative Schools: The Grassroots Revolution That’s Transforming Education by Ken Robinson, recommended by Joanna Marriott.
Another Way Is Possible: Becoming a Democratic Teacher in a State School by Derry Hannam, recommended by Richard Fransham.
The Secret of Spinoza by Jose Rodrigues dos Santos, recommended by Ingrid Delange.
Films and videos
Spare Parts, recommended by Carlos Chiu.
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom, recommended by Trinidad Arellano.
Suvemae: Pioneer of Possibility, recommended by Richard Fransham.
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, recommended by Katharine Young.
The Story of Stuff and the original, recommended by Rosina Dorelli.
Kiss the Ground, recommended by Rocio Garcia Solca.
The Literacy Shed, recommended by Silvana Gili.
Hichki, recommended by Meesha Arora.
On the Way to School (Spanish), recommended by Cristina Soroa.
Every Kid Needs a Champion, TED talk by Rita Pierson, recommended by Toyin Awofeso and Joanna Marriott.
Tools and platforms
Kolibri, recommended by Atukunda Samuel.
The Eric Addae-Kyeremeh Afrocentric Pedagogical Leadership Toolkit, recommended by Joanna Marriott.
Using a 3D printer, recommended by Rosina Dorelli.
De Profes para Profes, recommended by Trinidad Arellano.
Ubuntu Hub for Teachers, recommended by Nkumbu Namumba.
TeachBloom for language teachers, recommended by Binte Adam.
Digital Museum of Learning, recommended by Silvana Gili.
Teacher resources about ethical global issues, recommended by Murimi Nyaga (Turi) and colleagues.
Human-centered tools: Ending each class with a quick check-in with students about how it went, recommended by Meesha Arora. Language recommended by Rocio Garcia Solca. Theater, recommended by Katharine Young.
Canva for Education, recommended by Toyin Awofeso.
Pinterest, recommended by Rosina Dorelli.
TikTok recommended by Marisa Lopez.
Guests
Katharine Young: LinkedIn
Trinidad Arellano: LinkedIn, Instagram
Rosina Dorelli: LinkedIn
Carlos Chiu: LinkedIn
Richard Fransham: LinkedIn
Meesha Arora: LinkedIn
Toyin Awofeso: LinkedIn
Atukunda Samuel: LinkedIn
Joanna Marriott: LinkedIn
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