Education Bookcast Podcast
1) Goodbye :)
Hello everyone, I have not been recording podcast episodes for over a year. This is because I started a company this year, Panglot Labs Ltd, and I've had to put all my energy into it. This looks like ...Show More
2) 156. Entrepreneurial expertise
In order to understand learning, we need to understand the result of learning - expertise. This is much easier to approach in so-called "kind" domains, such as chess, where the rules are fixed and all...Show More
3) 155. How experts see
There has been a ton of research on how experts see things differently than novices. (Like, with their eyes.) Everything from where they look, how long they focus for, and their use of peripheral visi...Show More
4) 154. Mindsets everywhere
Mindset was the first thing I spoke about on this podcast. I even did a separate episode going into the controversies surrounding replication of Carol Dweck's original work. Then there were stress min...Show More
5) 153. Comparing learning different dance styles: Argentine Tango vs. Ballroom & Latin (Dancesport)
I haven't spoken on the podcast yet about my personal experience learning dancing. At university, I took part in dancesport, which is competitive ballroom and latin dancing; and in the last few years ...Show More
6) 152. [VIDEO] Education and generative AI: conference video for STEM MAD Melbourne, October 23
This is my first ever attempt at a VIDEO podcast. If you just listen to the audio, you should be fine. This was a video produced for the STEM MAD conference in Melbourne in October 2023. Unfortunately...Show More
7) 151. 8 years, 150 episodes
This is a quick review of where I am now after 150 episodes and just short of 8 years of Education Bookcast. Thanks for all of your support! Feel free to leave a review of the podcast, or, if you wish...Show More
8) 150. A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin
Since I've now reached episode 150, I've decided to do something I've never done before - discuss a fiction book. (This episode contains spoilers.) A Wizard of Earthsea is a fantasy novel from 1968, a...Show More
9) 149. How Popular Musicians Learn by Lucy Green
A lot of the classic expertise research, especially the research about deliberate practice and the "10,000 hour rule", is inspired by K. Anders Ericcson's study of violinists at the Berlin Conservator...Show More
10) 148. You Know the Fair Rule by Bill Rogers
Any teacher in a Western cultural context knows that classroom behaviour is the most challenging part of the job. A lot of the time, it seems like crowd control is the main issue, and "teaching" is se...Show More