TER #106 – Stoic Philosophy & Education with Massimo Pigliucci – 21 Jan 2018

Main features: Philosophy Professor Massimo Pigliucci discusses the philosophy of stoicism, and it’s application in teaching practice; Ben Newsome from Fizzics Education comes on to talk about the Fizzics Education podcast.

Regular features: Education in the News: Pasi Sahlberg criticises NAPLAN; How to discuss disparity in school resources.

00.00 Opening Credits

01:31 Intro

03:16 Ben Newsome – Fizzics Ed Podcast

11:19 Pasi Sahlberg on NAPLAN

17:39 Discussing disparity of school resources

21:28 Feature Introduction

24:02 Interview – Massimo Piglucci

1:19:05 Quote & Sign Off

TER Topics – Project Based Learning

This episode brings together feature interviews from episodes #024 and #046 of the TER Podcast.

First, Laura McBain discusses the whole-school approach to PBL taken at High Tech high in California, then David Price, OBE,  discusses his experiences leading PBL initiatives in different school contexts.

Timecodes:

00.00 Opening Credits
00.33 Intro
01:42 Interview – Laura McBain
37:28 Interview – David Price
1:14:34 Sign Off