That's SO EDVOLUTIONARY: A Podcast for K-2 Teachers

This week, on That's SO EDVOLUTIONARY, Annie and Ali discuss some of the biggest barriers to teaching success and sustainability they are facing in their classroom, and end with where the podcast is going next in its second season.  

This week on That's SO EDVOLUTIONARY, Ali and Annie wrestle with imposter syndrome as they mesh beliefs and theory with reality.  The twisting turns of their conversation go from  the invisible factors that shape our expectations to pondering the most productive questions for examining success and challenges.  Peter Gray is not mentioned one single time, but this is an episode you won't...

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 ch...

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.  

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.   Ideas are proposed for segments of a new roadmap that respect children's development and needs as people, so follow along on our Instagram at edvolutionarylearning to see how we are thinking...

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 believ...

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. Inspired by Seth Godin's podcast episode, "Stop Stealing Dreams" Annie and Ali discuss: -What was school for at it's inception? - What do...

Who are Annie and Ali and what the heck is EDVOLUTIONARY? By the end of this tale, we hope you'll know! Check out our summary and show notes page at: https://www.edvolutionary.org/ep1

Ali and Annie are starting an education podcast!  The first episode drops Monday, August 2nd.  Here's the gist of what you can expect!