KINES assessment W

February 07, 2023 — Judy Schultz

It was a big win for the Washington State University College of Education’s Kinesiology program, as well a nod to its commitment to continuous quality improvement. KINES was honored by WSU for its quality assessment. We talk to Judy Schultz for more info.

STEAM through NWPB

December 08, 2022 — Debra Riek

In the Season 5 finale, we spoke to Debra Riek, who is Northwest Public Broadcasting’s director of education. She focuses her efforts on STEAM-related programming for children, including reading outreach and providing opportunities for parents and children to learn together through NWPB initiatives. STEAM = Science Technology Engineering Arts Math.

Media literacy & COVID-19

November 09, 2022 — Erica Austin and Bruce Austin

As published recently in the American Journal of Health Promotion, a multi-college team of researchers has shown that COVID-19 knowledge had a positive association with vaccine intention for flu shot recipients but a counter-productive association for those declining it. Media literacy and trust in health experts provided strong counterbalancing influences. We spoke to some of the leading researchers.

Disabilities and Work

September 30, 2022 — Genna Kieper

Genna Kieper is the Employment Services Coordinator for the WSU ROAR program, which is a program for students with intellectual or developmental disabilities. Since October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month, we sat down with Genna and talked about what some of the ROAR students are doing and how their employment benefits not only them, but the employers, as well.

Teaching, Coaching, and Community

January 27, 2022 — Jen Greeny

In 2021, the WSU volleyball team accomplished something no other WSU team has ever done… in any sport: advance to their sixth straight postseason. But before Jen Greeny was coaching this powerhouse, she was coaching at Pullman High School and was a K12 teacher. Truth is, coaching and teaching are very similar. We talk about that, and community.

Student Agency

October 06, 2021 — Margaret Vaughn

Margaret Vaughn doesn’t just preach “student agency”, she brings a in-person, in-class teaching experience to back it up. On the heels of her newest book release, aptly named “Student Agency in the Classroom”, Dr. Vaughn tells us about the inner-dimensions of student agency, what it is, why it’s needed, and how it can be translated into instructional practices.

Crosscutting Concepts

May 11, 2021 — Sarah Fick

In this ZoomEd In episode, we talk to Sarah FIck, an assistant professor of Science Education, about her research with Crosscutting Concepts. What is this? In general, it is the ideas that link the different domains of science. How are teachers being helped implement within their classrooms and ultimately increase student understanding and success? And, what current grant-funded research exists with this?

The Right Tool for the Job

April 20, 2021 — Jo Crandall

In this ZoomED In episode, we talk to Jo Crandall, a Ph.D. candidate in the college’s Mathematics and Science Education program. Jo has a background in applied mathematics, which fuels her curiosity about the experiences of those who use math and computing to tackle real-world problems. Here, she talks about her research of computational tools and presenting this as part of Three Minute Thesis.

Baseball, student teaching, and the edTPA

January 28, 2021 — Matt Coulter

In this ZoomED In episode, we talked to Matt Coulter, a baseball coach (and fan), as well as Director of Field Services at Washington State University’s College of Education. Matt knows what it’s like to teach. He did it for 22 years. Now he gets to see the amazing job the college’s student teachers are during during COVID. There’s proof. It’s called the edTPA.

Paving a Path to Inclusiveness

November 17, 2020 — Amira Albagshi

A this ZoomED In episode, we talked to Amira Albagshi, a Special Education doctoral student at Washington State University’s College of Education. Over her 5+ years, Amira has won multiple awards, most recently WSU’s 2020 President’s Award. But Amira doesn’t do what she does for the accolades. She does it to improve inclusive learning opportunities in the classroom.

KINES on the Rise and Avoiding Falls

October 26, 2020 — Robert Catena

We talk to Assistant Professor of Kinesiology Robert Catena about the major’s name change from Sport Science to Kinesiology. Also, Dr. Catena is the head of the Gait and Posture Biomechanics Lab. Plus, he’s seen his fair share of falls. So we talk deadly falls and the about the work the lab is doing to combat that.

COVID-19 and our dogs

May 25, 2020 — Phyllis Erdman and colleagues

This is cool research from five different faculty members representing five different universities. In this ZoomED In, we had the chance to sit down with four of the five and talk about how people are spending more time with their dogs during coronavirus. But not only that, the bond between the two has changed, usually for the better.

Developing Rural School Leaders

May 05, 2020 — Kristin Huggins and Hans Klar

In this ZoomED In episode, we talk to Hans Klar, from Clemson Univesity, and Kristin Huggins, from WSU Vancouver, about their recently released book, Developing Rural School Leaders: Building Capacity Through Transformative Leadership Coaching (Published by: Routledge). In this book, the tandem combined a focus on rural education and school leadership development to illustrate how the teaching and learning conditions in rural schools can be enhanced through transformative leadership coaching.

Pandemic Pedagogy

April 22, 2020 — Johnny Lupinacci

This is the third episode of ZoomED In’s first season and we talked to Johnny Lupinacci, assistant professor of Cultural Studies and Social Thought in Education, about his research and scholarly work in equity and how education may look very different during this time. He talks about teachers rethinking how to provide quality instruction to their students given the huge inequalities and conditions.