The POGIL Podcast

by The POGIL Podcast

“The POGIL Podcast” is a new conversation from The POGIL Project that celebrates innovative educators, both in and out of the classroom. You will hear about what inspired them to become teachers, and how the practice of student-centered education transformed their classrooms and improved outcomes for their students. Learn how they’re innovating outside of the classroom as well! Join us as we “think out loud” with POGIL educat... Read more
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Podcast episodes

  • Season 1

  • S01 E11 - Episode 11: Shannon Wachowski (Wyoming Department of Education)

    S01 E11 - Episode 11: Shannon Wachowski (Wyoming Department of Education)

    Shannon Wachowski is currently the Science Consultant for the Wyoming Department of Education (as of June 2020!). In her 14-year career as an educator, Shannon has taught a variety of science and math classes in rural high school ...

    Feb 23 2021
    Feb 23 2021
    23:35

  • S01 E10 - Episode 10: Dr. Melissa Reeves (Tuskegee University)

    S01 E10 - Episode 10: Dr. Melissa Reeves (Tuskegee University)

    Melissa S. Reeves received her B.S. in chemistry at University of Florida and her Ph.D. in chemistry at Indiana University at Bloomington. She is an associate professor of chemistry at Tuskegee University where she specializes in...

    Feb 09 2021
    Feb 09 2021
    34:53

  • S01 E09 - Episode 9: Dr. Patrick Brown (East Tennessee State University)

    S01 E09 - Episode 9: Dr. Patrick Brown (East Tennessee State University)

    Patrick Brown is from Clinton, TN a small community in the Appalachian foothills. He received his B.S. in Biology from UT-Chattanooga and his Ph.D. in Cellular Biology from the University of Georgia. After nearly 5 years as a rese...

    Jan 26 2021
    Jan 26 2021
    47:28

  • S01 E08 - Episode 8: Dr. Brian Gilbert (Linfield College)

    S01 E08 - Episode 8: Dr. Brian Gilbert (Linfield College)

    Brian received his B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Arizona and a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Indiana University. After postdoctoral work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology he was a faculty member at Coastal...

    Jan 12 2021
    Jan 12 2021
    34:25

  • S01 E07 - Episode 7: Dalia Hoffman (Friedrich Von Steuben Metropolitan Science Center)

    S01 E07 - Episode 7: Dalia Hoffman (Friedrich Von Steuben Metropolitan Science Center)

    Dalia has been teaching English in Chicago, IL, for the last twelve years after concluding that a career in Human Resources Management could not offer either intrinsic satisfaction or intellectual challenges. In 2008, while pursui...

    Dec 29 2020
    Dec 29 2020
    31:30