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The Cult of Pedagogy Podcast

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Jennifer Gonzalez

Teaching strategies, classroom management, education reform, educational technology -- if it has something to do with teaching, we're talking about it. Jennifer Gonzalez interviews educators, students, administrators and parents about the psychological and social dynamics of school, trade secrets, and other juicy things you'll never learn in a textbook. For more fantastic resources for teachers, visit http://www.cultofpedagogy.com.

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265: Growth Discourse: A Framework for Discussing Hard Topics with Students

We're living in a time when having a difference of opinion is a potential minefield of hur... more

07 Dec 2025

1 HR 10 MINS

1:10:08

07 Dec 2025

#302

264: How Schools Can Support Neurodivergent Teachers

Neurodivergent educators, like those with ADHD, autism, dyslexia, and other forms of cogni... more

23 Nov 2025

1 HR 20 MINS

1:20:33

23 Nov 2025

#301

263: Five Skills that Get Students to Take Ownership of Their Learning

If we're doing our jobs right as educators, students will gradually become independent, se... more

09 Nov 2025

42 MINS

42:29

09 Nov 2025

#300

262: Three Fresh Strategies That Get Students Engaged With Texts

If your teaching requires students to read or work with texts, and things have gotten a li... more

26 Oct 2025

44 MINS

44:36

26 Oct 2025

#299

261: How and Why to Use Concept Maps

Concept maps are graphic organizers or visual representations of knowledge. They're simple... more

12 Oct 2025

51 MINS

51:46

12 Oct 2025

#298

260: Seven Teaching Practices that Nurture Student Voice

At a time when test-driven reform has quieted student voices and marginalized perspectives... more

29 Sep 2025

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:17

29 Sep 2025

#297

259: Making Project-Based Learning Accessible for Everyone

Project-based learning can be a powerful instructional framework, but it is often structur... more

14 Sep 2025

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:23

14 Sep 2025

#296

EduTip 33: Answer more questions with questions.

Answering student questions is faster in the moment, but redirecting is better in the long... more

07 Sep 2025

06 MINS

06:56

07 Sep 2025

#295

258: The Power of Centering Student Exemplars

Sometimes the best instructional materials are sitting right in our classrooms. At a time ... more

31 Aug 2025

46 MINS

46:58

31 Aug 2025

#294

257: Bringing Joy into Our Schools: A Conversation with Gholdy Muhammad

We're living in troubling times. When you're surrounded by so much chaos and confusion, it... more

18 Aug 2025

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:55

18 Aug 2025

#293

256: Community Supplies in the Classroom: Clearing Up the Confusion

The practice of collecting supplies and distributing them to all students over the school ... more

03 Aug 2025

58 MINS

58:33

03 Aug 2025

#292

255: Before You Decorate Your Classroom, Here's a Better Idea

If the thought of decorating your classroom fills you with anxiety, or if you're just read... more

30 Jul 2025

49 MINS

49:02

30 Jul 2025

#291

254: Dusting Off an Old Practice to Make Reading Fun Again

As a life-long reader, English teacher Dan Tricarico wanted to bring the love of reading t... more

22 Jun 2025

32 MINS

32:46

22 Jun 2025

#290

EduTip 32: Don't put kids in Charlie Bucket situations.

Although most teachers understand that not all students have the same home life, sometimes... more

15 Jun 2025

05 MINS

05:54

15 Jun 2025

#289

253: Fully Seen and Fully Known: Teaching that Affirms Disability

Most special education efforts have focused on giving students with disabilities better ac... more

08 Jun 2025

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:53

08 Jun 2025

#288

EduTip 31: Be the first dork.

If you want to have the kind of classroom where students do more than just sit and listen,... more

01 Jun 2025

05 MINS

05:28

01 Jun 2025

#287

252: Where Discipline Reform Has Gone Wrong (in Some Schools)

While the shift to restorative practices should be improving student behavior, that's not ... more

27 May 2025

1 HR 27 MINS

1:27:59

27 May 2025

#286

EduTip 30: Do something after formative assessments.

If I give my students an exit slip to check their grasp of a particular skill, and a third... more

18 May 2025

03 MINS

03:53

18 May 2025

#285

251: Holding Students Accountable in the Age of AI

Since ChatGPT's arrival in late 2022, the top concern I've heard from teachers is that stu... more

11 May 2025

1 HR 09 MINS

1:09:48

11 May 2025

#284

EduTip 29: Build relationships with a spreadsheet.

Lots of teachers give students some kind of questionnaire at the beginning of a school yea... more

04 May 2025

04 MINS

04:50

04 May 2025

#283

250: Nine Easy Ways to Add Retrieval to Your Lessons

Retrieval practice is the act of trying to recall something you learned from memory by doi... more

27 Apr 2025

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:59

27 Apr 2025

#282

249: A Close Look at Competency-Based Learning

We talk a lot about differentiating instruction, measuring growth, and preparing students ... more

13 Apr 2025

1 HR 19 MINS

1:19:15