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Many Windows

Many Windows is a podcast about education for professionals, parents, students and other interested listeners.

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September 16 · 53 min
Keep or Cancel - Group Work
Jon and Jennifer discuss the values, practice, perils and pitfalls of group work in K-12 classrooms.
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August 18 · 43 min
Keep or Cancel - Peer Tutoring
Jon Cassie and Jennifer Meglemre inaugurate season 5 of Many Windows with a discussion of the practice of peer advising in classrooms.
Feb 5, 2024 · 58 min
Myths Associated With Collaborative Learning and Group Work
Jon and Jennifer discuss what's wrong with collaboration and group work in contemporary education.
Feb 5, 2024 · 55 min
Homework’s Value is a Myth
Jennifer and Jon discuss homework, why it won't go away and why it has limited value.
Oct 15, 2023 · 45 min
Is Brain Lateralization (Left Brain / Right Brain) A Myth?
Jennifer and Jon discuss the myths and realities of the left brain / right brain discussion.
Sep 25, 2023 · 59 min
Myths Associated With Classroom Management
Jon and Jennifer discuss classroom management and some of the problems with the way this is conventionally understood.
Sep 25, 2023 · 1 hr 8 min
Myths Associated With Learning Styles, Part 2
Jennifer and Jon continue the discussion of learning styles and universal design for learning.
Aug 3, 2023 · 57 min
Myths Associated with Learning Styles
Jennifer and Jon discuss learning styles and myths associated with the theory.
Jun 8, 2023 · 51 min
The Myth of the Value of Grades
Jennifer and Jon discuss the myth that grades are meaningful, valuable and accurate. By and large, they're not.
Apr 16, 2023 · 46 min
Myths Associated with Praise
Jon and Jennifer discuss the tricky and sometimes self-contradictory notions associated with praise in contemporary education.
Mar 1, 2023 · 45 min
The Myth that All Stress Is Bad
Jennifer and Jon discuss the notion that stress might not always be bad for you.
Jan 25, 2023 · 1 hr 10 min
The Myth of Education Being in a State of Perpetual Existential Crisis
Jon and Jennifer discuss the ways in which the discourse on education focuses attention on crises that aren't real and ignores actual concerns worthy of attention.
Nov 18, 2022 · 1 hr 5 min
The Myth of Pandemic Learning Loss
Jennifer and Jon continue season 4 with a discussion of how learning loss during COVID-19 is almost certainly mythic.
Oct 10, 2022 · 47 min
The Myth of Failure As Disaster, Not Opportunity
Jennifer and Jon begin season 4, a season exploring myths in education, with a discussion of the complexities of failure.
Jan 16, 2022 · 41 min
Season Three Finale
Jennifer and Jon wrap up season three's conversations about the benefits of diverse curricula in schools.
Oct 11, 2021 · 1 hr 17 min
Dolores Huerta Middle School Alumni Webinar About DEI
Jennifer leads a discussion featuring alumni from her middle school in Burbank about issues related to diversity, equity and inclusion.
Aug 31, 2021 · 48 min
Disabilities and Representation
Jennifer and Jon speak with April Weaver, who has more than 20 years experience teaching with a focus on disabilities.
Aug 8, 2021 · 42 min
The Importance of LGBTQ+ Representation
Jon and Jennifer speak with Kevin McClosky from the LGBT Center of Los Angeles about the importance of representation in LGBTQ+ culture.
Jul 7, 2021 · 1 hr 7 min
The Emergence of LGBTQ+ YA Fiction (and suggestions)
Jennifer and Jon discuss the emergence of the field of young adult fiction with LGBTQ+ characters and themes and make some suggestions about current books to read.
May 31, 2021 · 45 min
Teaching Difficult Texts
Jon and Jennifer discuss the teaching of difficult texts with Dr. Erin McNellis, chair of the English Department at TVT Community Day School in Irvine.

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