Visions of Education
Education Podcasts
Visions of Education is an education podcast where education professor Dan Krutka and high school social studies teacher Michael Milton have conversations with educators to discuss their big ideas in education. VoE also partners with the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and associated groups to provide the latest from classroom teachers, education, professors, and researchers on social studies education.
Location:
United States
Genres:
Education Podcasts
Description:
Visions of Education is an education podcast where education professor Dan Krutka and high school social studies teacher Michael Milton have conversations with educators to discuss their big ideas in education. VoE also partners with the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and associated groups to provide the latest from classroom teachers, education, professors, and researchers on social studies education.
Twitter:
@visionsofed
Language:
English
Website:
https://visionsofed.com
Episodes
Episode 221: Embracing Queer Social Studies with Sandra Schmidt
10/13/2025
Episode 221: Embracing Queer Social Studies with Sandra Schmidt by Visions of Education
Duration:00:38:36
Episode 220: Centering Listening and Empathy in Civics with Hilary Conklin & Molly Andolina
9/15/2025
In episode 220, Dan and Michael chat with Hilary Conklin and Molly Andolina about their new TRSE article titled, “ Toward a more empathic, connected, and humanizing democracy: A civics curriculum centering listening and storytelling.”
Duration:00:38:10
Episode 219: The State of Elementary Social Studies with Linda Doornbos, Annie Whitlock, & Maggie Demarse
9/2/2025
Episode 219: The State of Elementary Social Studies with Linda Doornbos, Annie Whitlock, & Maggie Demarse by Visions of Education
Duration:00:39:45
Episode 218: Motivated Reasoning in Teaching Abortion with Rebecca Geller and Jamie Gravell
8/18/2025
In episode 218, Dan and Michael chat with Rebecca Geller and Jamie Gravell about their new TRSE article titled, “‘My thinking has changed but beliefs have not’: Motivated reasoning in learning to teach abortion.”
Duration:00:50:08
Episode 217: Deliberative Dialogues with Judy Pace
8/5/2025
Episode 217: Deliberative Dialogues with Judy Pace by Visions of Education
Duration:00:37:43
Episode 216: Observing Classroom Discussion with Lightning Jay & Abby Reisman
7/21/2025
In episode 216, Dan and Michael chat with Lightning Jay and Abby Reisman about their article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “The social studies discourse instrument: Validating an observation tool for classroom discussions.”
Duration:00:42:43
Episode 215: What is “difficult” in Social Studies Research? with Brittany Jones & Kim Edmondson
7/7/2025
In episode 215, Dan and Michael chat with Brittany Jones & Kim Edmondson about their article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “What is the word ‘difficult’ doing in social studies research?: A systematic literature review of empirical research on difficult knowledges and histories, 2004–2022.”
Duration:00:42:31
Episode 214: Teaching How to Evaluate Online Information with Elizabeth Reynolds
6/25/2025
In episode 214, Dan and Michael chat with Elizabeth Reynolds about her article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Teaching students to evaluate online information in social studies: A comparative case study of teachers’ goals and approaches.”
Duration:00:33:50
Episode 213: The Future of Civic Education with Keith Barton & Alex Cuenca
4/21/2025
In episode 213, Dan and Michael chat with Keith Barton and Alex Cuenca about the new book, The Future of Civic Education: Rebuilding a Democracy in Ruins.
Duration:00:37:49
Episode 212: Cherokee Storytelling with Traci Sorell
3/10/2025
In episode 212, Dan and Michael chat with Traci Sorell (Cherokee Nation) about her fiction and nonfiction books for young people.
Duration:00:54:02
Episode 211: Arts Integrated Historical Empathy with Jacob Endacott
2/2/2025
In episode 211, Dan and Michael chat with Jason Endacott about his article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Arts integrated historical empathy: Preservice teachers’ engagement with pluralistic lived experiences and efforts toward instructional application.”
Duration:00:57:18
Episode 210: Mimicry, Imitation, and Simulations Oh My! with Bretton Varga & Erin Adams
11/17/2024
In episode 210, Dan and Michael chat with Bretton Varga and Erin Adams about their article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Theorizing mimesis across social studies contexts of mimicry, imitation, and simulation.”
Duration:00:38:57
Episode 209: Rupturing Anti-Blackness in Preservice Social Studies w/ Asif Wilson & Rachel McMillian
10/24/2024
In episode 209, Dan and Michael chat with Asif Wilson and Rachel McMillian about their article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Black teachers in white spaces: Rupturing reproductions of Anti-Blackness in preservice social studies education.”
Duration:00:35:47
Episode 208: Educator Agency within Standards Committees with Lauren Harris & Chris Martell
9/20/2024
In episode 208, Dan and Michael chat with Lauren Harris and Chris Martell about their article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “‘I was in the room where it happens’: Educator agency and community within state social studies standards committees.”
Duration:00:41:22
Episode 207: Eugenic Ideology in World History Curriculum with Tadashi Dozono
7/28/2024
In episode 207, Dan and Michael chat with Tadashi Dozono about his article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Eugenic ideology and the world history curriculum: How eugenic beliefs structure narratives of development and modernity.”
Duration:00:38:03
Episode 206: Social Emotional Learning (SEL) & Affective Citizenship with Patrick Keegan
7/11/2024
In episode 206, Dan and Michael chat with Patrick Keegan about his article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “What kind of affective citizen? An analysis of state social emotional learning standards.”
Duration:00:27:12
Episode 205: Religion in Elementary Social Studies with Amy Allen
6/23/2024
In episode 205, Dan and Michael chat with Amy Allen about her article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Included, but how? A critical investigation into elementary social studies standards about religion.”
Duration:00:33:03
Episode 204: Creating Environments for Open Discussion with Kelly Siegel-Stechler
6/7/2024
In episode 203, Dan and Michael chat with Kelly Siegel-Stechler about her article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “‘Conversation is everything’: How teachers and students create environments where open discussion can thrive.”
Duration:00:30:19
Episode 203: Critical Inquiry with Jenni Conrad & Jenni Gallagher
5/15/2024
In episode 203, Dan and Michael chat with Jenni Conrad and Jenni Gallagher about two articles—one with Wendy Chan published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Getting critical with compelling questions: Shifts in elementary teacher candidates’ curriculum planning from inquiry to critical inquiry” and another published in Social Education title, “Designing Questions for Critical Inquiry.”
Duration:00:45:28
Episode 202: Supporting Youth Agency with Ryan Oto
4/20/2024
In episode 202, Dan and Michael chat with Ryan Oto about his article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “‘This is for us, not them’: Troubling adultism through a pedagogy of solidarity in youth organizing and activism.”
Duration:00:52:17