Learning to teach better with Dr. Ty McNamee, Assistant Professor of Higher Education at the University of Mississippi School of Education, as we talk about his dissertation work that was awarded the 2023-2024 Dissertation of the Year by the American Educational Research Association, Division J. The work is titled, The Cultural Transition Into and Navigation of Higher Education for Rural Students from Poor and Working-class Backgrounds. Plus, the Album of the Episode, Wreck Your Life by the Old 97's.

Show notes for the episode can be found at https://amidonplanet.com/episode116/

Learning to teach better by celebrating the return of 60 Songs That Explain the 90’s. Rob Harvilla, Senior Staff Writer for The Ringer, is back to talk about songs from The 2000's? It is all very confusing but listen anyway for 5 lessons for teaching better in this reboot of my favorite podcast. Plus, the Album of the Episode, Metamodern Sounds in Country Music by Sturgill Simpson.

Episode show notes can be found at amidonplanet.com/episode115.

Learning to teach better with Dr. Erica Avent, Assistant Professor of Elementary Education, at the University of Mississippi, as we talk about church as a context, tool, and inspiration for better teaching. Plus, the Album of the Episode, A/B by KALEO.

Show notes for the episode can be found https://amidonplanet.com/episode114/

Learning to teach better with Dr. Bethany LaValley, Coordinator of Professional Development at the Center for Mathematics and Science Education at the University of Mississippi, and Dr. Alice Steimle, Director of the Center for Mathematics and Science Education, as we discuss their new article in School Science and Mathematics, From co‐teaching to co‐mentoring: Transforming special education and mathematics instructional partnerships through shared content‐focused professional development . Plus, the Album of the Episode, For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver.

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Learning to teach better as I consider the book, Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport. Plus, the Album of the Episode, R.L. Burnside's Mississippi Hill Country Blues.

Show notes for the episode can be found at https://amidonplanet.com/episode112/

Learning to teach better with Marc Watkins, Academic Innovation Fellow, Lecturer of Writing and Rhetoric, and Director of the AI Summer Institute for Teachers of Writing at the University of Mississippi as we discuss AI in Education.

Show notes can be found at amidonplanet.com/episode111

Learning to teach better with Dr. Cliff Thompson, friend, mentor, and long time educator, as we discuss his career in education and our common read, From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life by Arthur C. Brooks. And the first edition of the Album of the Episode, featuring Every Picture Tells a Story by Rod Stewart.

Show notes for this episode can be found at amidonplanet.com/episode110/

Learning to teach better with Jeramy Wallace, Professor of English at College of San Mateo, as we discuss his new book, The People's Stories: Critical Storytelling for Social Justice. AND reveal a new segment for future episodes, Album of the Episode.

Show notes for the episode can be found at https://amidonplanet.com/episode109/