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Teach Wonder

Teach Wonder

By: The Center for Excellence in STEM Education
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 We know that powerful things are happening in education and that those powerful things often go unnoticed or are siloed (within a community). We’ve built a space to share those powerful things, where we aren’t constrained by distance and scheduling. We’ll combine our 35 years of K - 12 teaching experience with the unique perspectives of our guests to connect you to relevant ideas and experiences. Listen in to motivate your practice, challenge your current pedagogy, and expand your horizons with stories from educators near and far.© 2026 Teach Wonder
Episodes
  • Everything but the Book Study: In Defense of Dabbling

    Everything but the Book Study: In Defense of Dabbling
    Jan 19 2026

    In this episode, Ashley shares her thoughts on the podcast episode, In Defense of Dabbling with Karen Walrond, which emphasizes the value of being an amateur and trying new things without a serious end goal. They bring up some specific examples from their childhoods, as well as talking about this decidedly non-education focused episode has so many important connections for educators and learners.

    Intro Music: David Biedenbener

    Other Music: Paul Krasnoshchok from Pixabay


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    29 mins
  • Everything but the Book Study: Looking at how schools in Finland brought forest ecology into the classroom

    Everything but the Book Study: Looking at how schools in Finland brought forest ecology into the classroom
    Jan 12 2026

    Welcome to our new series in Teach Wonder, Everything but the Book Study, where one of us has read the article we are about to discuss, and one of us hasn't. In this episode, Julie brings an article from The Guardian about a Finnish preschool experiment where natural forest elements were imported into schoolyards, enhancing children's health.


    Article Link: How a radical experiment to bring a forest into a preschool transformed children’s health


    Intro Music: David Biedenbender

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    22 mins
  • The Assumptions We Make: Why Self-Reflection and Observation Require Different Things

    The Assumptions We Make: Why Self-Reflection and Observation Require Different Things
    Dec 1 2025

    In this episode, we discuss updates to our Educator Institute, a professional learning community focused on equitable teaching practices in STEM. We talk about the challenges we faced when testing our self-reflection tool as one for observation and how we shifted things. If you work with future teachers, or are trying to better your own practice, this episode is a one that talks about the intentional ways we have to self-reflection and pitfalls to avoid when observing others.


    Intro Music by: David Biedenbender

    Music by Viacheslav Starostin

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    29 mins
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