16:1 - Education, Teaching, & Learning

Welcome to Episode 53 - Go with the FLOW. Join Katie and Chelsea on a deep dive into the state of consciousness known as flow, a concept pioneered by psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. Have you ever been so consumed by a project or task that you lost all track of time? You might have been in a state of flow. Chelsea discusses her experiences with flow during coding and composing music, and Kati...

This week, Katie takes the lead in a discussion of one of her passions-- Holocaust education. As with many difficult historical topics, there are dos and don'ts to keep in mind, and your hosts will help you navigate these discussions with your students and peers. Katie's focus on Holocaust education has given her the chance to discover a multitude of high-quality classroom teaching resources, and...

No Child Left Behind was the dominant topic in educational policy circles for much of the early and mid 2000s. The legislation, enacted by Congress under the G.W. Bush administration, created a chaotic tangle of testing, accountability, credentialing, and training for public school educators in the United States. Join Kate and Chelsea as they discuss the lasting legacy of NCLB. Sources: AP News -...

Welcome to Episode 50! Thanks for joining us for a milestone episode. We are celebrating our big 5-0 by bringing on our very first guest, Risha Allen, who is something of an expert in banned books. When we dreamed up the list of possible show topics for 16:1 several years ago, banned books was one of the first things we discussed, and we are happy that we saved it for this special guest! If you do...

Welcome to the first episode of 2022! This week everyone gets to learn a new word: autodidacticism! Episode 49 discusses being your own teacher and methods for teaching yourself. In Chelsea's case, most of her career exists thanks to self-teaching. Meanwhile, Katie struggled to figure out what she has ever taught herself (if anything). Your hosts break the big news about our 50th episode and the v...

Welcome and thanks for listening to episode 48, The Disappearing Internet! This episode deals with the ephemeral nature of the internet and the lasting impacts of losing websites, software, and other pieces of technology (and the content that is associated with them) over time. While it may seem natural for the internet to grow and evolve, we seldom contemplate the lost of our social, political, c...

This week's episode delves deep into the field of educational psychology. Behaviorism, neuroscience, information processing-- we're serving as your guides as we walk through the textbook highlights. Katie learns about the family trees of President George Washington and Queen Elizabeth II, and Chelsea shares about having fun with Unity. Psychology Discussion Net - Gestalt Theory of Learning (With O...

Episode 46! This week the hosts discuss popular science and science literacy. Chelsea tackles the history of popular science, the conduit through which the general public receives information about scientific advancements. Katie covers a few pop sci figures of the 1990s and declares her love and admiration of Lily Tomlin as Miss Frizzle. Your hosts cover the challenges faced by journalists who cov...

This week on 16:1, the hosts follow the money in an in-depth analysis of the sources of (and strings attached to) public school funding in the United States. Learn about the competing funding formulas that are occasionally unconstitutional, the levies that might greet you at the ballot box, and the struggles that state departments of education face to balance budgets. Since last episode, Chelsea h...

Another week, another episode of 16:1! This episode is all about Assistive Technology and what that can look like in a classroom. Your hosts discuss the myths and misconceptions surrounding assistive technology. Katie talks about what assistive technology looks like in her classroom and the ways that is sometimes appears without even intentionally preparing for it. Chelsea and Katie share about wh...

On this episode of 16:1, your hosts tackle propaganda! Chelsea and Katie talk about the types of propaganda and enjoy a friendly debate regarding whether propaganda is a good, bad, or neutral-valued term. Katie shares about how she teaches propaganda during her Holocaust unit and gives listeners a few ideas about how lessons concerning propaganda and propagandistic devices can be taught and incorp...

Content note: This episode discusses gun violence and death. This week, the hosts tackle the gun violence epidemic in the United States and its intersection with schools and college campuses across the country. From Columbine to Sandy Hook to Virginia Tech, from lockdown drills and evacuations to gun control legislation, we're discussing our nation's track record and contemplating what students an...

Last episode of the summer! Welcome to Episode 41, where we are trying to help #ClearTheList! This week your hosts discuss how public schools are funded, which also means we talk a lot about how the burden of buying school supplies falls onto teachers. Chelsea explains the ways that public schools get their funding and shares some staggering information about how more education funding would (quit...

This week, the co-hosts jump into the complicated history and ongoing work of the country's major teachers unions. The National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers have played an important part in the nation's political activities, and they've given teachers, staff, administrators, and education professionals a platform to negotiate everything from COVID mandates to bette...

Have you ever wondered what it takes to become a public school teacher? It's a lot more than just a degree! Join your hosts as they discuss how to obtain and maintain a teaching license. Chelsea covers the history of teacher education programs and revisits the topic of her (boy)friend, Horace Mann. Katie talks about the steps you must take to become a teacher and how to keep a teaching license, wi...

Welcome to Episode 38, where your hosts take you along with them on their National Park adventure! This episode features live recordings from Jenny Lake in Grand Teton National Park and Firehole River at Yellowstone National Park. Katie and Chelsea take the show on the road and share about the establishment of the National Park Service (NPS), the educational opportunities provided by the NPS, and...

This week, Kate and Chelsea dive deep into the world of conspiracy theories and conspiratorial thinking. Against the backdrop of the January 6th attacks in D.C., how do we investigate conspiracies, how they are spread, and who benefits from their propagation? The hosts investigate how conspiracy theories have been spread by social media and traditional forms of media, how they can be tools or weap...

Welcome to Episode 36 - Architecture is Destiny! Chelsea starts by doing what she always does, taking us in the way back machine to the Greek and Roman days of education. Katie shares the history of one-room schoolhouses in the United States and the work of Horace Mann. From there, the hosts break down the good and the bad of school design over the years, comparing examples of the schools that the...

This week, hosts Katie and Chelsea discuss imposter syndrome and the impact that it can have on our academic and professional pursuits. Learn what imposter syndrome is, what the "five types" are, and tips for how to talk yourself out of those nagging doubts and suspicions. Katie learns about the Ford Lightning, and Chelsea gains a little bit of expertise in making the perfect pizza pie. Psychology...

Salute your shorts! It's camp week here on 16:1! Space Camp! Asthma Camp! This one time at band camp! Chelsea and Katie go in the way back machine to reminisce about all their favorite (and least favorite) camp experiences. Chelsea shares about the funding concerns surrounding making these camp opportunities available to all kinds of students, while Katie talks about the issues surrounding the len...

Join Katie and Chelsea for this week's episode of 16:1, Sex Education. In this exploration of a rather touchy subject, you'll learn what Graham crackers have to with masturbation, what World War I had to do with federal involvement in the funding of sex ed, and just how much money ($1.75 BILLION, to be precise) has been spent on forms of sex ed that don't actually work. Katie discusses the art wor...

Public libraries are an important part of our social infrastructure. This week, Chelsea and Katie share their love of public libraries and everything they do for communities. Your hosts discuss the sorts of activities they loved being able to participate in as children, including tracking dog poop all the way through the bookmobile and visits from pirates and Johnny Appleseed at story time. Chelse...

Happy April Fool's Day! This episode is all about teacher evaluation systems. Chelsea shares about the history of No Child Left Behind and its evolution into the Every Student Succeeds Act, both of which place focus on teacher evaluations. Katie shares what evaluation cycles look like in Ohio and provides Chelsea handouts of data used to assign her rating each year. Your hosts share what they lear...

Episode 30 is all about "Education in Fiction" and includes your hosts talking about some of their favorite (and least favorite) teachers in movies, shows, and books. This is a really fun episode! Chelsea shares the Cave Allegory from Plato's Republic and breaks down parts of Émile by Jean Jacques Rousseau. Katie takes a stand in defense of 13 Reasons Why as she describes how it's not a book/show...

This week Chelsea and Katie cover the ins and outs of discipline and consequences in schools. Katie talks about the paperwork required for office referrals, and Chelsea details the racial disparities that exist in disciplining students of color. The hosts discuss the history of corporal punishment in the United States, and Katie shares stories from her parents about their experiences on both sides...