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Rick gets things started with some more Dad jokes and discussion about shopping mall massage chairs. Nick shares some of his and Danielle’s recent RV adventuring to Gettysburg with their family.

Dr. Nick continues his 16 Keys to Effective Educational Leadership by reading through Keys 5-8. Nick and Rick discuss how ego often gets in the way of putting people first. Rick provides some examples regarding people putting ideology first as well. The guys talk about the importance of laughing and enjoying the work of the helping professions and discuss some tricks to doing humor well without offending or acting inappropriately. Lastly, Nick expands on the importance of bringing a solution when you bring a problem to discuss to prevent simple complaining.   

In the "Building the Brochure" segment, Dr. Nick and Dr. Rick continue their investigation into Search Institute's research on the 40 Developmental Assets. The discussion begins with #33. Interpersonal Competence - Young person has empathy, sensitivity, and friendship skills. And continues with #34. Cultural Competence - Young person has knowledge of and comfort with people of different cultural/racial/ethnic backgrounds. Rick shares some resources for social emotional learning relevant for therapists and school counselors. He also recommends inspirational speaker - Nick Vujicic’s - Altitude is Attitude Curriculum, which is based off of the CASEL.org model and resources. Nick ties together the two assets and talks about his approach as a Dad to helping his daughters gain cultural competence. 

The Every Rose has Its Thorn segment this week sees the guys discussing “Air Conditioning.” While the guys find much to like about air conditioning, there are a few downfalls to discuss as well.

The last segment finds the guys once again digging back into the mailbag to respond to fan questions. Rick and Nick take turns responding to a listener who is considering heading back to school in her fifties to pursue a career as a counselor. Rick talks the importance of “calling” and Nick wisely recommends considering some of the practical challenges as well. Neither consider age itself to be a critical factor.

Enjoy Episode XXVII of Nick & Rick's Excellent EdVenture!

Right now, there are 800,000 children in the UK who can be defined as young carers. Because of illness, disability or addiction, they juggle their schoolwork with looking after a family member or friend who cannot cope without support. On this episode, Nia catches up with Rose and Natalia; two inspirational young carers who found themselves looking after their mums at a really early age, and who have overcome barriers to study at university. Ceri Nicolle from First Campus Reaching Wider also talks to Nia about the opportunities available for young carers looking to extend their education.

Tim Dickerson is like many Sententia learners (roughly 50% if you want a number), he ended up in instructional design by happenstance more than choice.  In this episode Monica and Tim talk about what particular gems of gamification wisdom were the most meaningful to him, and why you should rush to failure as fast as possible.

About our guest:

Tim Dickerson has been in the instructional designer
for Karmak, Inc. for just over 4 years. Tim started at
Karmak in July 2005. Previously to joining Karmak’s
eLearning team, Tim worked as an implementation
specialist, application specialist, and partner solution
specialists. Tim has always enjoyed when his previous
positions involved educating either coworkers or
customers. Tim mixes his real-life experience, from
previous positions with the instructional design
methods he is learning and adapting now, to create
learning that empowers, instructs, and connects with
learners.

The Gamification Quest Podcast Host is Monica Cornetti, President of Sententia, Inc. (www.SententiaGamification.com) and GameMaster of GamiCon - The Annual International Conference for the Gamification of Learning (www.GamiCon.us). Connect with Monica on LinkedIn. 

Nia speaks to two women who hated school and overcame confidence issues to gain qualifications through their workplace.

Claire Arnold got her qualifications at school - not the first time but when she went back as a learning support assistant in her 20s. There she gained a degree and the GCSEs she didn’t get at 16.

Meanwhile, Flick Stock had always thought education wasn’t for her. But after signing up to do a course in British Sign Language, Flick has become a huge advocate for adult learning and is now studying Welsh.