This week we are joined in the hallway by our friend and colleague, Gwen Marra. Dr. Marra teaches courses in Dordt’s undergraduate Teacher Preparation Program and Master of Education Program related to early childhood education and literacy. Her academic focus is especially on supporting all learners in developing essential skills for literacy. The hallway crew keeps hearing about “the Science of Reading,” and we have a varied understanding of what this means. Since we wanted to learn more, we connected with our resident expert on all things literacy! Gwen shares from the deep well of her education and experience to help us understand better. We hope that by listening in you’ll likewise be informed and better equipped to understand what research actually says about how people learn to read, and how we can help all students learn and succeed with literacy.
Episode 110: Healing for “Infectious Behaviors” in the Classroom: A Conversation with Al Bandstra
Episode 108: Teaching for (and from?) Transformation: A Conversation with Darryl De Boer
Episode 107: Teacher Leadership (or, why Abby is an effective leader, even though she never wants to be a principal)
Episode 106: Attracting and Retaining Great Teachers: A Conversation with Chad Dirkse
Episode 105: Empowering Learners (Recorded with a Live Audience at Sioux Falls Christian School!)
Episode 104: Power in the Classroom (or, why Dave is a “whimsical” teacher)
Episode 103: The Good Old Days (or, why Abby is the in-between generation, even though she never owned a flip phone)
Bonus: Christmas in the Hallway, 2023
Episode 102: Assessment Imaginings (or, ”Are we teaching students? Or teaching students to take tests?”)
Episode 101: Stories of Thanksgiving and Encouragement
Episode 100: A LIVE Hallway Conversation! - Recorded in front of a live audience at the Christian Educators’ Association Conference
Episode 099: A Conversation with Lynn Swaner (or, “It really is a very nice hallway you have here.”)
Episode 098: Walking the Camino, part II (or, education as pilgrimage)
Episode 097: Walking the Camino, part I (or, pilgrimage is both an individual and communal exercise)
Episode 096: Our Favorite Podcasts (or, why Dave Mulder dominates at trivia)
Episode 095: Reflections and Beginnings and Ongoing Development (or, ”into the newness”)
Summer 2023 Replay: What’s the Value in Project-Based Learning?
Episode 094: More Encouragement for Novice Teachers (and the difference between ”good” and ”great?”)
Summer 2023 Replay: Good Teaching Can’t Be Reduced to Technique (Can It?)
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