Ranked #1
FreshEd #3 - Tamasin Cave
FreshEd #3 - Tamasin Cave
Lobbyists are paid to influence government officials. They often operate behind closed doors, hidden from public view. I... Read more
9 Nov 2015
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35mins
Ranked #2
FreshEd #25 - Gita Steiner-Khamsi
FreshEd #25 - Gita Steiner-Khamsi
Private interests are increasingly becoming commonplace inside education. In today’s economic globalization, the attainm... Read more
25 Apr 2016
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37mins
Ranked #3
FreshEd #54 - How do economists understand education? (Steve Klees)
FreshEd #54 - How do economists understand education? (Steve Klees)
The FreshEd team is on summer holidays. We’ll return with new shows starting September 11. In the meantime, we are going... Read more
28 Aug 2017
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52mins
Ranked #4
CIES Symposium Day 2: Final thoughts with Pasi Sahlberg
CIES Symposium Day 2: Final thoughts with Pasi Sahlberg
This is the final show in the global learning metrics mini-series. The two day inaugural CIES symposium has concluded. A... Read more
12 Nov 2016
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20mins
Ranked #5
FreshEd #80 – What are intercultural competencies? (Darla Deardorff)
FreshEd #80 – What are intercultural competencies? (Darla Deardorff)
Today we talk about intercultural competencies. These are the attitudes, skills, and knowledge that enable people to see... Read more
3 Jul 2017
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27mins
Ranked #6
FreshEd #154 – Climate Change and Education Policy (Marcia McKenzie)
FreshEd #154 – Climate Change and Education Policy (Marcia McKenzie)
Climate change and its effects aren’t some future possibilities waiting to happen unless we take action today. No. The e... Read more
12 May 2019
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35mins
Ranked #7
FreshEd #4 - Tavis Jules
FreshEd #4 - Tavis Jules
In many Caribbean countries, students are taught to be so-called “ideal Caribbean persons.” This phenomenon is of intere... Read more
16 Nov 2015
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37mins
Ranked #8
FreshEd #54 - How do economists understand education? (Steve Klees)
FreshEd #54 - How do economists understand education? (Steve Klees)
What is the connection between education and the economy?For many neoclassical economists, the connection is found in Hu... Read more
4 Dec 2016
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50mins
Ranked #9
FreshEd #83 - Knowledge Traditions In The Study Of Education (John Furlong & Geoff Whitty)
FreshEd #83 - Knowledge Traditions In The Study Of Education (John Furlong & Geoff Whitty)
Today we remember the late Geoff Whitty by replaying his 2017 interview. Last year Geoff and his colleague, John Furlong... Read more
5 Aug 2018
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34mins
Ranked #10
FreshEd #89 - Settler Colonialism and the Academy (Leigh Patel)
FreshEd #89 - Settler Colonialism and the Academy (Leigh Patel)
Today we kick off a four-part series called FreshEd x Symposium. During the lead-up to the 2017 Symposium, four speakers... Read more
1 Oct 2017
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30mins
Ranked #11
FreshEd #163 – Teach For America and Teacher Education at a Crossroads (Matthew A.M. Thomas)
FreshEd #163 – Teach For America and Teacher Education at a Crossroads (Matthew A.M. Thomas)
Teach for America has altered the landscape of teacher preparation across the country. Typically TFA recruits, as they a... Read more
14 Jul 2019
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34mins
Ranked #12
FreshEd #146 - The costs of PISA (Laura Engel and David Rutkowski)
FreshEd #146 - The costs of PISA (Laura Engel and David Rutkowski)
Many countries around the world participate in the Programme for International Student Assessment, the cross-national te... Read more
28 Jan 2019
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32mins
Ranked #13
FreshEd#106 - The Challenge of Fascism (Henry Giroux)
FreshEd#106 - The Challenge of Fascism (Henry Giroux)
Today we dive into the nightmare that is the growing tide of fascism worldwide and the prospects and perils this nightma... Read more
17 Mar 2019
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29mins
Ranked #14
FreshEd #71 - Test scores and GDP (Hikaru Komatsu & Jeremy Rappleye)
FreshEd #71 - Test scores and GDP (Hikaru Komatsu & Jeremy Rappleye)
What’s the relationship between test scores and gross domestic product? Do higher test scores lead to higher GDP? This q... Read more
3 Sep 2018
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35mins
Ranked #15
FreshEd #29 - The end of Human Capital Theory? (Hugh Lauder)
FreshEd #29 - The end of Human Capital Theory? (Hugh Lauder)
Human capital theory connects education to the labor market. It posits that more education makes workers more productive... Read more
12 Jan 2020
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33mins
Ranked #16
FreshEd #145 – Learning As Development (Dan Wagner)
FreshEd #145 – Learning As Development (Dan Wagner)
What’s the connection between education and development? My guest today, Dan Wagner, argues that it’s past time to move ... Read more
21 Jan 2019
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31mins
Ranked #17
FreshEd #122 – Reimagining social science and post-socialist utopias (Alla Korzh and Noah Sobe)
FreshEd #122 – Reimagining social science and post-socialist utopias (Alla Korzh and Noah Sobe)
Does social science as it is commonly understood and practiced work in post-socialist settings? That may sound like an a... Read more
9 Jul 2018
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31mins
Ranked #18
FreshEd #185 - 2019 In Review (Susan Robertson And Roger Dale)
FreshEd #185 - 2019 In Review (Susan Robertson And Roger Dale)
Today we review the field of comparative and international education for 2019. With me for the last show of the year are... Read more
15 Dec 2019
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42mins
Ranked #19
FreshEd #178 – Education Beyond the Human (Weili Zhao, Stephen Carney & Iveta Silova)
FreshEd #178 – Education Beyond the Human (Weili Zhao, Stephen Carney & Iveta Silova)
What does it mean to think of comparative education beyond the human? Is our field based on assumptions of individual au... Read more
27 Oct 2019
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59mins
Ranked #20
FreshEd #126 – Defaulting on student loans in America (Ben Miller)
FreshEd #126 – Defaulting on student loans in America (Ben Miller)
American students are in debt. Some forty-four million Americans collectively hold over $1.4 trillion worth of debt. Tho... Read more
17 Sep 2018
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39mins