Visions of Education

Visions of Education

Visions of Education is an education podcast where education professor Dan Krutka and high school social studies teacher Michael Milton have conversations with educators to discuss their big ideas in education. VoE also partners with the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and associated groups to provide the latest from classroom teachers, education, professors, and researchers on social studies education.

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Visions of Education

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Education

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visionsofed.com

Latest episode

Jun 22, 2026

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Episodes

Episode 202: Supporting Youth Agency with Ryan Oto 20.04.2024

In episode 202, Dan and Michael chat with Ryan Oto about his article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “‘This is for us, not them’: Troubling adultism through a pedagogy of solidarity in youth organizing and activism.”

Episode 201: Thematically Teaching Public Issues w/ Tradebooks w/ Clabough and colleagues 09.03.2024

In episode 201, Dan and Michael chat about the research project that focuses on thematically teaching public issues with Jeremiah Clabough, Caroline Sheffield, Timothy Litner, & Allie Whitford.

Episode 200: Civics of Technology with Dan Krutka, Marie Heath, & Jacob Pleasants 09.01.2024

In episode 200, Michael and Dan chat reminisce about Visions of Education beginnings, and then Michael interviews Dan, Marie Heath, and Jacob Pleasants about their Civics of Technology project.

Episode 199: Critical Economic Literacy Education with Agata Soroko 30.10.2023

In episode 199, Dan and Michael chat with Agata Soroko about her article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Teaching young people more than 'how to survive austerity': From traditional financial literacy to critical economic literacy education.”

Episode 198: Unpacking Problems in World History Curriculum with Stephen Jackson 10.09.2023

In episode 198, Dan and Michael chat with Stephen Jackons about his 2022 book, “The patchwork of world history in Texas high schools: Unpacking Eurocentrism, imperialism, and nationalism in the curriculum, 1920-2021.”

Episode 197: Gender Stereotypes in Elementary with Alyssa Whitford 25.08.2023

In episode 197, Dan and Michael chat with Alyssa Whitford about her article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Understanding and addressing gender stereotypes with elementary children: The promise of an integrated approach.”

Episode 196: Historical empathy through virtual reality with Timothy Patterson 02.08.2023

In episode 196, Dan and Michael chat with Timothy Patterson about his article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Virtual reality for the promotion of historical empathy: A mixed-methods analysis.”

Episode 195: Rethinking Presentism in History Education with James Miles & Lindsay Gibson 13.06.2023

In episode 195, Dan and Michael chat with James Miles and Lindsay Gibson about their article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Rethinking presentism in history education.”

Episode 194: Teaching Black and White Fear in U.S. History with Brittany Jones 18.05.2023

In episode 194, Dan and Michael chat with Brittany Jones about her study published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Feeling fear as power and oppression: An examination of Black and white fear in Virginia's US history standards and curriculum framework.”

Episode 193: Unplanned Controversial Issues in the Classroom with Charlot Cassar 04.05.2023

In episode 193, Dan and Michael chat with Charlot (Shar-loh) Cassar about his article published in Theory & Research in Social Education along with Ida Oosterheert and Paulien Meijer, “Why teachers address unplanned controversial issues in the classroom.”

Episode 192: Commemorative Literacies & Labors of Justice in Argentina & Beyond 07.04.2023

In episode 192, Dan and Michael chat with James Damico, Loren Lybarger, and Edward Brudney about their book, “Commemorative Literacies and Labors of Justice: Resistance, Reconciliation, and Recovery in Buenos Aires and Beyond.”

Episode 191: Necropolitics in Social Studies w/ B.Varga, C.van Kessel, & R.Christ 23.02.2023

In episode 191, Dan and Michael chat with Bretton Varga, Cathryn van Kessel, & Rebecca Christ about their article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Theorizing necropolitics in social studies education.”

Episode 190: Civic Education through Southeast Asian Deportation Community Defense with Van Anh Tran 29.01.2023

In episode 190, Dan and Michael chat with Van Anh Tran about her article published in Social Studies & the Young Learner, “We Are Here: Civic Education through Southeast Asian Deportation Community Defense.”

Episode 189: Historical inquiry & Criticality with Maribel Santiago & Tadashi Dozono 26.12.2022

In episode 189, Dan and Michael chat with friend of the pod Maribel Santiago and new guest Tadashi Dozono about their study published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “History is critical: Addressing the false dichotomy between historical inquiry and criticality.”

Episode 188: Computational Thinking in Social Studies w/ M.Manfra, T.Hammond, & R.Coven 22.11.2022

In episode 188, Dan and Michael chat with Meghan Manfra, Tom Hammond, and Robert Coven about their study published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “ Assessing computational thinking in the social studies.”

Episode 187: Teaching Historical Reading & Civic Online Reasoning with Sarah McGrew 05.10.2022

In episode 187, Dan and Michael chat with friend of the pod Sarah McGrew about her study published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Bridge or byway? Teaching historical reading and civic online reasoning in a US history class.”

Episode 186: A Critical Place-based Partnership for Antiracist Elem. Soc. St. w/ E.Thacker & A.Bodle 26.09.2022

In episode 186, Dan and Michael chat with friend of the pod Emma Thacker and Aaron Bodle about their study published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Seizing the moment: A critical place-based partnership for antiracist elementary social studies teacher education.”

Episode 185: Teaching Early South Asian American Histories with Mohit Mehta 12.09.2022

In episode 185, Dan and Michael chat with Mohit Mehta about his article published in Social Studies & the Young Learner, “Using Digital Archives to Teach Early South Asian American Histories.”

Episode 184: The State of Social Studies Teacher Education Research with Lightning Jay 25.08.2022

In episode 184, Dan and Michael chat with Lightning Jay about his study published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “The disciplinary and critical divide in social studies teacher education research: A review of the literature from 2009–2019.”

Episode 183: Civic-oriented Practices of Black male Teacher-Coaches with Daniel Thomas III 03.08.2022

In episode 183, Dan and Michael chat with Daniel Thomas III about his study published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “‘If I can help somebody”: The civic-oriented thought and practices of Black male teacher-coaches.”

Episode 182: Third-grade Students’ Sensemaking about Enslavement with Ryan Hughes 21.07.2022

In episode 182, Dan and Michael chat with Ryan Hughescal about his study published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “‘What is slavery?’: Third-grade students’ sensemaking about enslavement through historical inquiry.”

Episode 181: Telling Untold Stories of Marginalized Groups through Comics w/ Steph Manuel 17.06.2022

In episode 181, Dan and Michael chat with Steph Manuel about using comic books to tell the untold stories of marginalized groups.

Episode 180: Cultural Citizenship in 5th-grade Social Studies with Anna Falkner & Katherina Payne 13.05.2022

In episode 180, Dan and Michael chat with Anna Falkner and Katherina Payne about their publication in Theory & Research in Social Education titled, ““Courage to take on the bull”: Cultural citizenship in fifth-grade social studies.”

Episode 179: Building 21st Century School Communities w/ C. Kramer, A. Lester, & K. Wilcox 19.04.2022

In episode 179, Dan and Michael chat with Catherine Kramer, Amanda Lester, and Kristen Wilcox about their publication in Theory & Research in Social Education titled, “College, career, and civic readiness: Building school communities that prepare youth to thrive as 21st century citizens.”

Episode 178: Feminist social studies teachers with Kaylene Stevens 25.03.2022

In episode 178, Dan and Michael chat with Kaylene Stevens about her new publication in Theory & Research in Social Education titled, “How the 2016 US presidential election and the #MeToo movement impacted feminist social studies teachers.”

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