Making School Matter: The University Liggett School Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning Podcast

About Making School Matter: The University Liggett School Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning Podcast

The Making School Matter podcast is a journey toward the discovery of how school should be a place of meaningful agency rather than something that happens to children. We explore best practices of engaging learners as they make meaning and connect to the world beyond the walls of schools and the lives they might lead in it. University Liggett School is located in Southeast Detroit and is known for emboldening learners by giving them the tools and the confidence to answer their own questions and cultivate their passions, thereby assuring an understanding of the world that is deeply, individually meaningful. University Liggett School is the home of The Center for Teaching and Learning (CITL). CITLs goal is to empower educators to find ways to connect and guide future generations towards knowledge and self-discovery.

Publisher

University Liggett School

Category

education · kids & family · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

17 Mar 2022

Latest episode

25 Aug 2022

Latest episodes

6 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   25 Aug 2022

   Making Teacher Support Matter

   It's Back to School Time! Hear from Mandy Johnson, a 6th grade/7th grade History Teacher at University Liggett School, on how teachers, especially newer ones, are supported.

2. 

   23 Jun 2022

   Sustainable Development Goals

   The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), from the United Nations, are designed to provide a blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future globally. In this episode of Making School Matter, Mike Medvinsky talks with Maedeh Pourrabi, University Liggett School's Lower School Science Teacher, about the 17 SDGs and how she engages her students with them in the classroom.

3. 

   12 May 2022

   Place-Based Humanities Education

   Hear from University Liggett School's Adam Hellebuyck and Chris Hemler on how the place-based humanities education model impacts student learning and engagement in the classroom.

4. 

   28 Apr 2022

   Making School Matter Podcast Episode 3 The Importance of School Leadership

   Hear from Bart Bronk, University Liggett School's Head of School, as he reflects on what is important in education today and the role school leadership has in supporting it.

5. 

   14 Apr 2022

   Making School Matter Podcast Episode 2: Scientific Modeling

   In this episode, Mike Medvinsky talks with Jamie Fugitt, Upper School Chemistry Teacher, and Jennifer Larson, Upper School Biology Teacher, about how they've incorporated Scientific Modeling in their classrooms and the positive impact it has made in their teaching and their students' learning and engagement in the classroom.

6. 

   17 Mar 2022

   Making School Matter Podcast Episode 1: Math Mindset in High School

   Sarah Nichols, a math teacher in Liggett's Upper School, talks with host Mike Medvinsky, on how she incorporates problem-solving, place-based, and project-based approaches to advance her student's learning.

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