About the show
The Amidon Planet Podcast is all about learning how to teach better. Each episode, Joel Amidon, PhD, will explore ideas from books, interviews, other podcasts, etc. and apply those ideas to teaching better. The ultimate goal being to lead people to love others through teaching.
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Episodes
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E044: A Messy Book (by Tim Harford) and a #NoGuilt Book Club
April 27th, 2021 | 32 mins 37 secs
Learning to teach better with the featured book, Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives by Tim Harford, and sharing an opportunity for growth through #NoGuilt Book Clubs.
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E043: Joyful Learning with Dr. Alice Udvari-Solner
April 3rd, 2021 | 1 hr 36 mins
Learning to teach better with Dr. Alice Udvari-Solner as we discuss her book, Joyful Learning: Active and Collaborative Strategies for Inclusive Classrooms.
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E042: A Recorded Teaching Celebration with Joe Dye
March 18th, 2021 | 1 hr 9 mins
Learning to teach better with Joe Dye as we discuss his over 40 years in education and how he continues to learn and grow as a teacher.
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E041: Power of Organizations with Dr. John Staley
February 5th, 2021 | 56 mins 1 sec
Learning to teach better with Dr. John Staley as we discuss the power of professional organizations to learn about, support, and promote good teaching.
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E040: Rough Draft Thinking with Dr. Amanda Jansen
January 28th, 2021 | 53 mins 10 secs
Learning to teach better with Dr. Amanda Jansen, as we discuss her book, Rough Draft Math: Revising to Learn.
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E039: Looking Back at 2020, Looking Forward to 2021, and Talking "Out of the Clouds" with Matt Mifflin
January 13th, 2021 | 45 mins 55 secs
Learning to teach better by sharing some learnings from 2020, a word of the year for 2021, and a discussion with Matthew Mifflin about his new single, Out of the Clouds.
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E038: Reflecting on 20 Years with Shane Been
December 5th, 2020 | 59 mins 37 secs
Learning to teach better by talking with Shane Been about teaching over the past (almost) 20 years (or ever since we started teaching high school mathematics together at Sauk Prairie High School). This is another episode in the Reflect Series that...
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E037: Staying Mentally Fit with Pat Ward
November 16th, 2020 | 47 mins 33 secs
Learning to teach better by learning how to care for our mental health with Pat Ward of Pat Ward Counseling.
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E036: Practicing Forgiveness with Dr. Rick Balkin
November 3rd, 2020 | 1 hr 12 mins
Learning to teach better with Dr. Rick Balkin, Professor of Leadership & Counselor Education at the University of Mississippi, as we discuss his new book Practicing Forgiveness: A Path Toward Healing.
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E035: Considering how to be an Anti-Racist Teacher with Dr. Linda Angotti
October 22nd, 2020 | 1 hr 4 mins
Learning to teach better with Dr. Linda Angotti, Emerita Professor in Music Education from Kent State University as we discuss the featured book, How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
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E034: CREATE - Connecting as Teaching with Lo Alaman
October 1st, 2020 | 52 mins 49 secs
Learning to teach better with Lo Alaman of The Woodlands United Methodist Church - Harvest Campus, as we talk about teaching, poetry, and his new book, We Sang a Dirge: Poems, Laments, and Other Things that Matter to God.
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E033: Designing Virtual Field Experiences with Amanda Milewski & Joe Sweeney
September 25th, 2020 | 59 mins 5 secs
Learning to teach better with Joe Sweeney and Amanda Milewski as we discuss the featured article,