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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.

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United States

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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


Episodes
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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Episode 203: Critical Inquiry with Jenni Conrad & Jenni Gallagher

5/14/2024
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

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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

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Episode 201: Thematically Teaching Public Issues w/ Tradebooks w/ Clabough and colleagues

3/9/2024
In episode 201, Dan and Michael chat about the research project that focuses on thematically teaching public issues with Jeremiah Clabough, Caroline Sheffield, Timothy Litner, & Allie Whitford.

Duration:00:45:54

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Episode 200: Civics of Technology with Dan Krutka, Marie Heath, & Jacob Pleasants

1/9/2024
In episode 200, Michael and Dan chat reminisce about Visions of Education beginnings, and then Michael interviews Dan, Marie Heath, and Jacob Pleasants about their Civics of Technology project.

Duration:00:50:26

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Episode 199: Critical Economic Literacy Education with Agata Soroko

10/30/2023
In episode 199, Dan and Michael chat with Agata Soroko about her article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Teaching young people more than 'how to survive austerity': From traditional financial literacy to critical economic literacy education.”

Duration:00:34:34

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Episode 198: Unpacking Problems in World History Curriculum with Stephen Jackson

9/10/2023
In episode 198, Dan and Michael chat with Stephen Jackons about his 2022 book, “The patchwork of world history in Texas high schools: Unpacking Eurocentrism, imperialism, and nationalism in the curriculum, 1920-2021.”

Duration:00:41:18

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Episode 197: Gender Stereotypes in Elementary with Alyssa Whitford

8/24/2023
In episode 197, Dan and Michael chat with Alyssa Whitford about her article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Understanding and addressing gender stereotypes with elementary children: The promise of an integrated approach.”

Duration:00:31:48

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Episode 196: Historical empathy through virtual reality with Timothy Patterson

8/2/2023
In episode 196, Dan and Michael chat with Timothy Patterson about his article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Virtual reality for the promotion of historical empathy: A mixed-methods analysis.”

Duration:00:41:35

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Episode 195: Rethinking Presentism in History Education with James Miles & Lindsay Gibson

6/13/2023
In episode 195, Dan and Michael chat with James Miles and Lindsay Gibson about their article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Rethinking presentism in history education.”

Duration:00:38:01

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Episode 194: Teaching Black and White Fear in U.S. History with Brittany Jones

5/18/2023
In episode 194, Dan and Michael chat with Brittany Jones about her study published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Feeling fear as power and oppression: An examination of Black and white fear in Virginia's US history standards and curriculum framework.”

Duration:00:27:40