Podcasts - School of Education

Toward Anti-Racist Educational Research - A Book Project

In this podcast, we hear from faculty in the School of Education on their chapters in Towards Anti-Racist Educational Research: A Book Project. They discuss the project and how their individual chapters contribute to the research and the importance of this information.

Learning About the Wonders of Montessori Education

In this podcast, Ms. Kugler-Ackley outlines the importance of building community in a classroom. She shares several insights as well as strategies for creating a rich learning environment with students.

Storytelling as a Method

The podcast focuses on the art of storytelling. Dr Googins will explain how she incorporates storytelling into the classroom and reflects on the valuable messages she has learned from storytelling.

Tutoring Partnership Between Literacy Courses and a Local Non-Profit

In this podcast, we will be talking with Dr. Zilliox about the partnership between a literacy assessments course and tutoring at Friars Club. Information on how the partnership became a “win-win” situation for both Xavier students and Friars Club will be presented as well as the pros and cons of the partnership and how the partnership can be extended beyond tutoring.

Building Community

 In this podcast, Ms. Kugler-Ackley outlines the importance of building community in a classroom. She shares several insights as well as strategies for creating a rich learning environment with students.

Nicaraguan Literacy Campaign - The Power of Politics

In this podcast, Dr. Bender-Slack discusses the Nicaraguan Literacy Campaign. She outlines her research for writing the book, Nicaraguan Literacy Campaign: The Power and Politics of Literacy. Find out about the lessons learned from this research and a glimpse into the book.

Globalizing The Classroom

In this podcast, Dr. Bender-Slack discusses the Fulbright scholarship and how this opportunity lead to collaborating and editing the book, Internationalization in the Classroom: Going Global. Participants will learn various ways to start to internationalize the classroom and resources for more information.

Social Media and Teachers

In this podcast, we will be talking with Dr. Lauren Angelone about social media and teachers. We will provide some context and history of social media, tech options in the classroom, and an explanation of an assignment using Twitter chats. Dr. Angelone will reflect on this assignment and how it has evolved.

Ignatian Gifts With Dr Tom Knestrict

Dr. Tom Knestrict, Director of Early/Middle Childhood Programs at Xavier University, shares The Gifts of the Ignatian Spirit in Education. This podcast is hosted by Dr. Teresa Young, Associate Professor, Xavier University.

Science in Early Childhood

In this episode we talk with a 3 - 6 year old teacher about how she brings science into her classroom and shares her passion for science with her children.