Our Classroom
by Roberto Germán | Multicultural Classroom
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Episode 175 | Are We Creating Readers or Just Providing Books?
Episode 175 | Are We Creating Readers or Just Providing Books?
About this podcast
Welcome to Our Classroom! In this space we talk about education, which is inclusive of, but not limited to what happens in schools. Education is taking place whenever and wherever we are willing to learn.
In Our Classroom, we explore educational journeys, discuss instructional strategies, unpack books, speak with authors, and we think about how all of this is connected to education.
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Episodes
The newest 20 of 179 episodes
- Episode 175 | Are We Creating Readers or Just Providing Books? · 17 min · Season 3Rethinking Age-Appropriate Texts, Representation, and Reading Environments Having books available to children is important. But is access alone enough to cultivate a love of…
- Episode 174 | When History Refuses to Be Silent · 17 min · Season 3What responsibility do educators have to preserve history, tell the truth, and help young people understand the world they've inherited? After spending two weeks in the…
- Episode 173 | The Books We Love Arent Always the Books They Need w/ Laura Jiménez, PhD · 32 min · Season 3What happens when a book we loved as children isn't necessarily the book our students need today? In this episode of Our Classroom, Roberto Germán sits down with Dr. Laura…
- Episode 172 | Are We Preparing Students for Life After K-12? · 29 min · Season 3What does it actually mean for a student to be “prepared”? A diploma? Good grades? College acceptance? In this episode of Our Classroom, Roberto Germán sits down with educator…
- Episode 171 | When a Student Is Failing, What Are We Really Measuring? · 13 min · Season 3A student is struggling. Assignments are missing. Grades are dropping. Eventually, everyone realizes there’s a problem. But what does a failing grade actually tell us? In this…
- Episode 170 | Before You Call a Student Disengaged · 14 min · Season 3A student puts their head down. Another stops completing assignments. Someone else seems completely checked out. It's easy to call these students "disengaged." But what if the…
- Episode 169 | Curiosity, Trust, and the Children in Our Classrooms w/ Inbal Alon · 21 min · Season 3What happens when a child keeps asking, “Why?” In this episode of Our Classroom, Roberto Germán sits down with librarian and children’s author Inbal Alon to discuss her picture…
- Episode 168 | The Archaeology of Self: Why Better Teaching Begins Within w/ Dr. Yolanda Sealy-Ruiz · 46 min · Season 3What if the most important work we do as educators isn't lesson planning, it's self-reflection? In this episode of Our Classroom, Roberto Germán sits down with educator…
- Episode 167 | Are We Preparing Students for Answers or Questions? · 11 min · Season 3Artificial intelligence has changed the way we access information, but it hasn't changed the importance of curiosity. In this solo episode of Our Classroom, Roberto Germán…
- Episode 166 | The Questions That Shape a School Year · 12 min · Season 3The beginning of a school year is filled with anticipation. Teachers organize classrooms, prepare lesson plans, establish routines, and think through every detail of the first…
- Episode 165 | The Stories Only Your Students Can Tell · 7 min · Season 3Every day, teachers ask students to write. But how often do we ask them to write the stories that only they can tell? In this solo episode of Our Classroom, Roberto Germán…
- Episode 164 | Before We Teach, We Should Learn · 8 min · Season 3As educators, we often focus on what we're going to teach. But what if the most important part of teaching happens before we ever step into the classroom? In this solo episode…
- Episode 163 | The Power of Translanguaging in Early Learning w/ Elise Genao · 27 min · Season 3What if multilingualism isn't something to overcome—but one of a child's greatest strengths? In this episode of Our Classroom, Roberto Germán sits down with educator, school…
- Episode 162 | Teaching Children to Honor Others Without Losing Themselves w/ Caitlin Roeder · 23 min · Season 3How do we teach children to respect others without teaching them to ignore themselves? In this episode of Our Classroom, Roberto Germán sits down with children's author Caitlin…
- Episode 161 | From Compliance to Belonging w/ Suzanne Adinolfi · 22 min · Season 3Every lesson teaches something. The question is: What are students learning beyond the standards? In this episode of Our Classroom, Lorena Germán sits down with educator and…
- Episode 160 | Belonging Doesn't Just Happen w/ Jalpa Vaidya Patel · 19 min · Season 3What if some of the most important lessons about belonging happen outside the classroom? In this episode of Our Classroom, Roberto Germán sits down with educator, school social…
- Episode 159 | What Happens When a School Actually Commits to This Work w/ Lucy Canzoneri-Golden · 30 min · Season 3What does meaningful school change actually look like? In this episode of Our Classroom, Roberto Germán sits down with Dr. Lucy Canzoneri-Golden, Co-Founder and Co-Director of…
- Episode 158 | The Power of Picture Books in Student Identity w/ Sarah Cordova · 27 min · Season 3What if picture books were some of the most powerful tools available to educators—not just for teaching reading, but for helping students understand themselves? In this episode…
- Episode 157 | Where Are the Libraries? · 9 min · Season 3Libraries shouldn't be a luxury. In this episode of Our Classroom, Roberto Germán reflects on a social media post from an educator who challenged the reality that many students…
- Episode 156 | From Invisible to Valuable: Teaching Students from Refugee Backgrounds w/ Dr. Yacoub Aljaffery · 41 min · Season 3What happens when schools see refugee students through a lens of deficit instead of possibility? In this episode of Our Classroom, Roberto Germán sits down with Dr. Yacoub…
