
New Books in Education
Hosted by Miranda Melcher · Marshall Poe
4.5from 18 ratings
- 1,237
- Episodes
- 297
- Transcribed
- 18
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2008
- First episode
About New Books in Education
This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: newbooksnetwork.com Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to get informative, engaging content straight to your inbox: https://newbooksnetwork.substack.com/ Follow us on Instagram and Bluesky to learn about more our latest interviews: @newbooksnetwork Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/education
- Publisher
- Marshall Poe
- Category
- science
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 15 Aug 2008
- Latest episode
- 20 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
297 of 1,237 episodes have a transcript.

20 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Designing Historical Games for Classrooms: A Practical Guide for Educators with Jeremiah McCall (Routledge, 2026)

17 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Multiracial Mandarin: Asian Americans and Impossible Language with David Shuang Song (U of Minnesota Press, 2026)

15 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Skipping School: A History of American Homeschooling and How It Went Mainstream with Dixie Dillon Lane (Eerdmans, 2026)
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Designing Historical Games for Classrooms: A Practical Guide for Educators with Jeremiah McCall (Routledge, 2026)
Published 20 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And there's more wiggle room for whether the paper works together as a system. But in a game, the pieces all have to work together very well. And you notice right away when they don't. So I think there's something very practical about the rigor involved. I think there's something very practical about the systems and agency involved. So I think so, you know, somebody asked me this in a podcast last week. I guess understanding that I have all the self-doubt in the world and I worry about being an imposter, too, and I don't have the answers to anything or everything. I think you can make a case that everybody should try and do this somewhere in their curriculum if they're teaching history and social studies. try to work it in somewhere. […]
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- David Shuang Song
- Dixie Dillon Lane
- George D Oberle
- Elisa Prosperetti
- Katherine L Alexander
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