Sarah Powell is an Associate Professor in the Department of Special Education at The University of Texas at Austin and Associate Director of the Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk. Her research, teaching, and service focus on mathematics, particularly for students who experience mathematics differently.
In this conversation, Sarah shares the importance of avoiding the all-to-common false dichotomies that exist in how people think and speak about education and their own stories.
Resources from this episode:
Websites to visit (clickable links):
Sarah’s faculty page
Peer Assisted Learning Strategies (PALS)
To read: (Check out your local bookstore or favorite online provider)
How Learning Happens by Carl Hendrick and Paul Arthur Kirschner
How Teaching Happens by Paul Kirschner, Carl Hendrick, and Jim Heal
Work Won’t Love You Back by Sarah Jaffe
Sarah Powell is an Associate Professor in the Department of Special Education at The University of Texas at Austin and Associate Director of the Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk. Her research, teaching, and service focus on mathematics, particularly for students who experience mathematics differently.
In this conversation, Sarah shares the importance of avoiding the all-to-common false dichotomies that exist in how people think and speak about education and their own stories.
Resources from this episode:
Websites to visit (clickable links):
Sarah’s faculty page
Peer Assisted Learning Strategies (PALS)
To read: (Check out your local bookstore or favorite online provider)
How Learning Happens by Carl Hendrick and Paul Arthur Kirschner
How Teaching Happens by Paul Kirschner, Carl Hendrick, and Jim Heal
Work Won’t Love You Back by Sarah Jaffe