Seek Learning
The Seek Learning podcast brings the best educational research from the McKay School of Education at Brigham Young University into the homes and lives of Latter-day Saints. Each episode features an interview with a different scholar to learn about education and how it can help Latter-day Saints in their professions, homes, and gospel living. The podcast is sponsored by the BYU Education Society.
The views expressed on this podcast do not necessarily reflect the views of Brigham Young University or the BYU Education Society.
Episodes
43 episodes
"Mentor Relationships - Benefiting Students and Teachers" with Nancy Miramontes
Nancy Miramontes, Assistant Clinical Professor, Counseling Psychology and Special Education, Brigham Young University"We call them our super supervisors...It's this beautiful mentorship relationship that's keeping these students ...
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29:38
"Speech Language Pathologists - Serving a Range of Disorders" with Lee Robinson
Lee Robinson, MS, CCC-SLPSpeech and Language Clinic Director, Brigham Young University"There's a wide range of disorders that we work with. We work with adults who have had a stroke and have lost their ability to communicate ...
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37:40
"Dialogical Teaching" with Dawan Coombs
Dawan Coombs, PhDAssociate Professor, English, Brigham Young University"People learn best through dialogue - with other people and the world."
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40:05
"How to Improve Lessons Plans Across Rural Districts" with Heather Leary
Heather Leary, PhDAssociate Professor, Instructional Psychology & Technology, Brigham Young University"They're really growing in their profession, meeting other people, asking good questions of each other, and figuring ou...
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33:01
"Improving the Art of Teaching in Mathematics Classrooms" with Keith Leatham
Keith Leatham, PhDDepartment Chair, Math Education, Brigham Young University "If a teacher can recognize an opportunity to create a productive whole class discussion… then that class discussion is directly accomplishing some ...
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Episode 39
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39:32
"Advocacy for Physical Education" with Todd R. Pennington
Todd R. Pennington, PhD Associate Professor, Teacher Education, Brigham Young University"Physical education teachers tend to be isolated because they work down in the gym. And a lot of times some have a planning period, some ...
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Episode 38
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40:58
"Understanding Aphasia: Bridging the Communication Gap" with Tyson Harmon
Tyson G. Harmon, PhDAssistant Professor, Department of Communications Disorders, Brigham Young University"If there's a listener who has a loved one with aphasia, who's really struggling to know how to support them, that's oka...
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Episode 37
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43:40
"Gun Violence in Schools - Reassuring Teachers, Parents, and Children" with Spencer Weiler
Spencer Weiler, PhDAssociate Professor, Educational Leadership & Foundations, Brigham Young University"Parents can become consumers of research and, allow that research to really influence their role as advocates for thei...
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Season 1
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Episode 36
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44:49
"Shining a Light: Addressing the Challenges Faced by Girls with Autism" with Dr. Terisa Gabrielsen
Terisa Gabrielsen, PhDAssociate Professor, Counseling Psychology and Special Education , Brigham Young University"This person in front of you is not a problem. They're a child of God. And their future is in your hands."
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35:49
"Easy-to-Use Literacy Lessons that are Fun and Meaningful" with Barbara Culatta
Barbara Culatta, PhDProfessor Emerita, Brigham Young UniversityDirector, Project SEEL SEEL website: https://education.byu.edu/seel“Kids who are playing are learning. The positive emotion activates perception, attentio...
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Season 2
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Episode 34
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29:44
“Connecting Learning, Repentance, and Progression” with Russell T. Osguthorpe
Russell T. Osguthorpe, PhD - Retired professor, Instructional Psychology and Technology, and administrator, Brigham Young University; former mission president, area seventy, and Sunday School General President for The Church of Jesus Christ ...
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Season 2
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Episode 33
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39:24
"Kids with Disabilities in Kid Lit" with Tina Taylor
Tina Taylor, PhDAssociate Dean, McKay School of Education; Professor, Counseling Psychology & Special Education, Brigham Young University“They are more than their disability. They are people who love outer space, who love...
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Season 2
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Episode 32
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38:47
"Five Tips for Teaching Using Pinterest" with Ryan Nixon
Ryan Nixon, PhDProfessor, Teacher Education, Brigham Young University"Before you use Pinterest, think in advance about what it is you want your kids to learn and what you want them to be thinking about...If you don't have a d...
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Season 2
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Episode 31
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34:28
"Connection, Understanding, and the Power of Reading Aloud" with Paul Ricks
Paul Ricks, PhD Professor, Teacher Education, Brigham Young University “Books can be mirrors for us where they reflect our own experience. They can be windows, where I can see through them and start to understand so...
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Season 2
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Episode 30
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33:35
"Emotional Well-Being in Youth" with Ellie Young
Ellie Young, PhDProfessor, Counseling Psychology and Special Education, Brigham Young University "We may need to move beyond what we traditionally have done and look at how is this working. Could school counselors, school so...
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Season 2
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Episode 29
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34:38
"Finding Joy and Wonder in Literacy" with Sarah Clark
Sarah Clark , PhDProfessor, Teacher Education, Brigham Young University"What I wish I could do is talk to them from their child's birth, instilling the desire to read and to engage with them. Not the skills, not to read a cer...
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Season 2
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Episode 28
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38:21
"A Most Important Focus for Educators" with David Boren
David Boren, PhDAssistant Clinical Professor, Education Leadership & Foundations, Brigham Young University"I realized, these are God's children in this class, these 25 to 30 kiddos. And their unique situations and challen...
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Season 2
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Episode 27
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37:06
"Dynamic Materials Create Learning Opportunities for All" with Royce Kimmons
Royce Kimmons, PhDAssociate Professor, Instructional Psychology and Technology, Brigham Young University"This idea of continuous improvement means when we create a resource, we don't just publish it once and then walk away. B...
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Season 2
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Episode 26
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29:54
"Connected Conversations Create Equity in the Classroom" with Bryant Jensen
Bryant Jensen, PhD Associate Professor, Teacher Education and Educational Inquiry, Measurement, and Evaluation, Brigham Young University“Encouraging students to respond to one another’s ideas and allowing unsolicited que...
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Season 2
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Episode 25
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23:43
"Look Beyond the Grade and Toward the Experience" with David Waddell
David Waddell, MADirector, Office of Experiential Learning, Brigham Young University"That's one of the problems with the way we teach. We teach a subject. We don't teach how to view the world, or to affect the world, or to so...
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Season 2
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Episode 24
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26:00
"Engage Children by Getting Out of the Way" with Damon L. Bahr
Damon L. Bahr, EdD Associate Professor, Teacher Education, Brigham Young University"The Supreme Court said in 1962, we can't teach about God in America's public schools. But they didn't say we couldn't teach in G...
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Season 2
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Episode 23
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35:23
"Building Relationships of Trust and Respect" with Liz Darger
Liz Darger, MSSenior Associate Athletic Director, Brigham Young University "When I am really having deep dialogue about about important matters, where I may have a different perspective, if there's a bedrock relationship...
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Season 2
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Episode 22
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35:22
"The Importance of Dual Language Education Equality" with Juan Freire
Juan Freire, PhDAssistant Professor, Teacher Education, Brigham Young University "We value multilingualism, but we need to place the same emphasis for language minority communities. We want everybody to learn to be m...
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Season 2
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Episode 21
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32:38
"How Physical Education Helps Students Excel" with David Barney
David Barney, EdD Associate Professor, Teacher Education, Brigham Young University "The research is showing that when kids are physically active, when they get back into the class they're better readers, they're better at...
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Season 2
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Episode 20
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30:34