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John Dewey: Progressive Educator, Philosopher, & Scholar

Welcome back, listeners! This week in our education headline roundup, we revisit the Biden administration's debt relief initiatives, tackle Harvard University's trailblazing policy decisions concerning the use of generative artificial intelligence in the classroom, and contemplate whether Elizabeth Holmes might have a new cell mate. Then on to our headliner: John Dewey, father of functional psychology and trailblazing progressive education reformer. Hoping to undo the negative effects of his own educational experiences, Dewey spent decades refining scholarship and research on student-centered learning focused on real-world problems. Dewey's ideas had a profound impact on education around the world, and his work continues to be influential today. In "What We Learned," Chelsea discusses the University in Exile, a refuge for scholars fleeing persecution during WWII, while Kate covers the new dress code that's making waves at Wimbledon.

Sources & Resources:

CBS News - How Biden's latest student loan forgiveness differs from debt relief blocked by Supreme Court By Melissa Quinn

Associated Press - Founder of student aid startup Frank shakes head as prosecutor describes case against her by Larry Neumeister

ResearchGate - The University as Prophet, Science as its Messenger, and Democracy as its Revelation: John Dewey, University of Chicago President William Rainey Harper, and Colonel Francis Parker by Thomas S. Popkewitz

Wikipedia - John Dewey

National Endowment for the Humanities - John Dewey: Portrait of a Progressive Thinker by Peter Gibbon

Brittannica - John Dewey

U.S. Department of Education - Biden-Harris Administration to Provide 804,000 Borrowers with $39 Billion in Automatic Loan Forgiveness as a Result of Fixes to Income Driven Repayment Plans

The Crimson - Harvard Releases First Guidelines for ‘Responsible Experimentation with Generative AI Tools’ by Rahem D. Hamid and Claire Yuan

BBC - For the first time in its history, Wimbledon has relaxed its dress code rules. Why are they so strict? Ellie Violet Bramley takes a look by Ellie Violet Bramley 

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy - John Dewey

JSTOR - Common Ground With A Common Faith: Dewey's Idea of the “Religious” by Bradley Baurain

How can students explore multiple career paths before they decide on their first job out of college? How can hiring managers work with several interns before they decide who to hire? 

Today, Maria talks with Jeffrey Moss, Founder and CEO of Parker Dewey, a mission-oriented organization that helps connect great talent with great companies. Parker Dewey has the largest network of highly motivated college students and recent graduates excited to complete short-term, professional assignments, known as micro-internships. 

During these micro-internships, they can demonstrate their grit and exceed expectations as they seek the right full-time role or internship. Micro-Internships also help companies identify and evaluate prospective job candidates for when hiring needs arise. As a result, organizations improve hiring effectiveness, enhance diversity, and drive retention. 

This episode provides students and recent graduates with guidance to help them get their foot in the door of potential employers while they get paid for completing professional assignments. It also offers them actionable insights on working on a range of projects for companies of different sizes to help them decide what work they want to do and who they want to work for through real-life professional experiences. 

Tune in to learn from an inspiring leader who is creating equitable access to professional experiences as a pathway to a successful career for everyone.

 Listen to this episode and explore:

Introducing Jeffrey Moss and sharing highlights from today's episode (1:22)

Jeffrey’s early-childhood learning memory (3:44)

Reflecting on his internships experience (4:56)

The origin story of Parker Dewey (8:10)

How they design effective micro-internships (11:58)

Their business model: frictionless, simple and efficient (14:50)

The unique value proposition for recruiters and hiring managers (17:54)

Experiential Recruiting: a two-way assessment for companies and students (19:28)

How students select micro-internships to build core skills and explore various career paths (23:10)

How Parker Dewey has been supporting students and recent grads during the pandemic (24:40)

How they provide feedback and guidance to the students (27:48) 

Why Parker Dewey relies on word of mouth to attract interested and motivated students (30:22)

The eligibility criteria for international students interested in micro-internships (31:26)

How senior college students can create their own opportunities amid uncertainty (32:10)

How to get started quickly and complete multiple micro-internships this summer (36:28)

How hiring managers can become more productive by assigning students the right project tasks (37:35)

How recruiters can use experiential recruiting to increase brand awareness and recruit the best talent (38:48)

What Jeffrey wants to leave his mark on during his lifetime (40:36)

Where to find more about Jeffrey Moss:

LinkedIn

Parker Dewey

 Mentioned in this episode:

Michelle Aymold 

 Articles for further reading: 

Colleges Move to Help Students Find Remote Internships. None Include Fetching Coffee.

It's Time to Officially End Unpaid Internships

 Production team:

Host & Producer: Maria Xenidou

Introduction Voice: David Bourne

 Contact us:

impactlearningpodcast(at)gmail.com

 Music credits:

Like Lee performed by The Mini Vandals

Transition sounds: Swamp Walks performed by Jingle Punks

Richard Colachagua and more of his work can be found at https://sixthsensevisuals.com.

Mentioned in the show:

• Clubhouse
• Sony a6300 
• Nikon D3200
• Zencastr

Learning doesn’t have to be boring!  Rich explores the use of SPHERO robots to bring coding to life! This episode discusses the importance and fun associated with learning-by-doing.  The SPHEROs allow you to add some interesting project ideas to class, combining some other subject matter skills, and relating those project ideas to practice.  Come and explore with us!

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• More Information about SPHERO EDU

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Season's greeting to all!

DSC: Behind The Podcaster takes you on a short personal tour of Oliver, the voice behind DSC: The Podcast.

This short episode tackles more on the host's insights about self-reflecting questions.

Listeners may agree and disagree. It's a free world :) 

In this episode, Melissa interviews her former theater professor, Whitney White, know as Whizz to his students. Whizz shares his philosophy and pedagogy of teaching which includes encouraging students and having a deep passion for whatever you teach.

Learning impacts life (4:20)

No space in pre-school (5:15)

Mom leading the reading and learning (5:30)

Learn, early on (6:30)

Obstacles serve as a catalyst for moving forward (6:45)

Different pathways to learning (7:40)

Self-directed learning (8:00)

Intentional learning (8:30)

Learning from others (9:00)

Learning from those who have experience (10:00)

Learning via interest and opportunity (12:15)

Create space and opportunity for learning (12:55)

What to teach directly and what to allow to unfold (14:20)

The most important conditions for learning (15:35)

Access to resources is vital (15:40)

Cultivating an environment that cultivates curiosity and exploration (16:40)

Independent learners and thinkers are problem solvers (17:15)

Learning by doing (17:30)

Put your learning into practice (18:40)

Focus on the most difficult parts (18:55)

Difficulty as an indicator of a potential learning moment (19:10)

Share as you learn, not only later (21:20)

“Teacher” means someone with more experience (22:25)

Sharing as teaching (23:25)

Maria’s elevator question (24:15)

Leveraging knowledge and skills to help others (24:30)

Helping others moves your own work forward (24:50)

Finding and solving problems as a key to learning (25:55)

Resources can become distracting (27:00)

Remove what you don’t need to learn, and learn only what you need (27:15)

What kind of work do you want to do? (27:55)

A teacher goes above and beyond (29:55)

Handwritten lessons and problems for Maria and her sister (31:00)

Figure out a way to get resources to people (32:20)

A teacher’s amazing insight, confidence, coaching, and mentoring (33:05)

Public schools, working class, low income family receiving great support (34:40)

The Impact Learning Fund (35:25)

Commitment – a year’s salary as a VP (35:55)

Fifty dollars or one hundred dollars can provide education for a child without access to resources  (37:00)

Learning to reach out to “community” to make progress (38:00)

Connections help with decision making, especially in a world of abundance (38:50)

Content creation – podcast interviews and written resources (39:40)

Podcast cover art for Lead. Learn. Change. is a view from Brunnkogel (mountaintop) over the mountains of the Salzkammergut in Austria, courtesy of photographer Simon Berger, published on www.unsplash.com.

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LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariaxenidou/

Podcast - https://impactlearning.simplecast.com

Production team:

Host : Maria Xenidou

Producer: Julie-Roxane Krikorian

Introduction Voice: David Bourne

Contact us:

impactlearningpodcast@gmail.com

Music credits:

Like Lee performed by The Mini Vandals

Transition sounds: Swamp Walks performed by Jingle Punks

Where to find Jordan Levy:

CapSource

On Linkedin

Mentioned in this episode:

Lehigh University

Baker Institute for Entrepreneurship, Creativity and Innovation

The Real Time Cases

Fordham University

John Katzman

Listen to this episode and explore:

Childhood: Being a wheeler-dealer, learning to cook with his mom and growing up in a bi-cultural household (3:24)

High School & College: studying accounting only to be disappointed by his internship in that field (8:10)

How he shifted from accounting to entrepreneurship in experiential learning (11:56)

The critical role of professors and mentors (16:06)

Starting his first business while an undergraduate in college: Real Time Cases (18:45)

CapSource: vision and mission (21:20)

The numbers for CapSource (25:51)

Why there is a disconnect between higher ed and the professional realm (27:24)

CapSource’s step-by-step process (30:46)

How they manage their different projects (35:14)

Creating real outcomes for the students (38:37)

How mentors have a stake in the success of the mentoring relationship (41:30)

The importance of getting specific advice from specific mentors that are related to their situation and project (46:42)

OKR: Setting clear objectives and goals to measure the success of the project (47:42)

How to ensure that students' learning is the priority of the collaboration: have the universities pay for the cost of the programs (49:52)

Jordan’s biggest challenge (54:54)

Jordan’s biggest learning (1:00:25)

What Jordan wants to leave his mark on during his lifetime (1:03:04)

Maria's takeaways related to CapSource's distinct process (1:07:34)

Artists today  have no other way but learn to become entrepreneurs. In a conversation with Rasmus Stride and Ariel Orah we investigate the challenges artists face in order to do their art. We also dig into the topics of collaboration and praise embracing diversity as a path to become an inspirational leader.

IMPORTANT LINKS

Soy Division Berlin by Ariel

Empathy-based Artist Collective by Ariel

Day Dream by Rasmus

“The book of symbols”

Brian Ino “Music for the airports”

Magic is a part of us. Pim Schachtschabel, a bespoke experience architect of magic and founder of one of the world's best escape rooms shares his perspective on how magic is the way we see the world. How Magic can be a way of thinking and perceiving what is happening around us. He shares his insights on designing storylines in escape rooms and the experiential workshops he secretly co-creates.

IMPORTANT LINKS

Pim’s website

“Creative confidence” by David Kelly

“The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World” by Wade Davis

Welp, 29 episodes into this little adventure of ours and we believe to have in some ways the dumbest dad moment yet! It takes a lot to admit to these kinds of things on the internet, but fortunately for our fans, not that many brain cells! We have a new Daddy Likes moment. Plus, a teaser for our upcoming 30th episode where Kevin and Evan will compete in a Marvel/DC Superhero draft next week!

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