Cult of Pedagogy Blog

If it relates to education, we’re covering it! Jennifer Gonzalez engages with teachers, students, school leaders, and parents to explore the social and psychological aspects of schooling, share insider tips, and uncover fascinating insights that you won't find in textbooks. For more great resources for educators, check out http://www.cultofpedagogy.com.

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Where Discipline Reform Has Gone Wrong (in Some Schools)

1 week ago | cultofpedagogy.com | Jennifer Gonzalez |Jennifer González

Listen to the interview with Alex Shevrin Venet and bink jones (transcript):Sponsored by ExploreLearning and ListenwiseThis page contains Bookshop.org links. When you make a purchase through these links, Cult of Pedagogy gets a small percentage of the sale at no extra cost to you. What’s the difference between Amazon and Bookshop.org? Something has gone wrong in the way many schools are handling student behavior, and we need to talk about it.
Retrieval in Action: Creative Strategies from Real Teachers

1 month ago | cultofpedagogy.com | Jennifer Gonzalez |Jennifer González

Listen to the interview (transcript):Sponsored by Zearn and EVERFIThis page contains Bookshop.org links. When you make a purchase through these links, Cult of Pedagogy gets a small percentage of the sale at no extra cost to you. What’s the difference between Amazon and Bookshop.org? If there is one learning strategy I’ve probably talked the most about on this platform, it’s retrieval practice.
5 Listening Skills That Will Improve All of Your Relationships

2 months ago | cultofpedagogy.com | Jennifer Gonzalez |Jennifer González

Listen to this post as a podcast:Sponsored by Boclips Classroom and EVERFI“The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention.”I want to use this quote, which has been attributed both to Richard Moss and Sir John Templeton, as a starting point for this post.
Three Ways You May Be Cognitively Overloading Your Students

Feb 16, 2025 | cultofpedagogy.com | Jennifer Gonzalez |Jennifer González

Listen to my interview with Blake Harvard (transcript):Sponsored by Boclips Classroom and Brisk TeachingThis page contains Amazon Affiliate and Bookshop.org links. When you make a purchase through these links, Cult of Pedagogy gets a small percentage of the sale at no extra cost to you. What’s the difference between Amazon and Bookshop.org? Sometimes it’s the smallest details that separate effective teaching from teaching that misses the mark.
Small Changes to Make Your Classroom More Neurodiversity-Affirming

Feb 2, 2025 | cultofpedagogy.com | Jennifer Gonzalez |Jennifer González

Listen to the interview with Amanda Morin and Emily Kircher-Morris (transcript):Sponsored by Boclips Classroom and Brisk TeachingThis page contains Amazon Affiliate and Bookshop.org links. When you make a purchase through these links, Cult of Pedagogy gets a small percentage of the sale at no extra cost to you. What’s the difference between Amazon and Bookshop.org? Over the last 10 years or so, the word “neurodivergent” has become a more common part of our everyday language.
How to Do a Close Reading Lesson in Any Subject

Jan 19, 2025 | cultofpedagogy.com | Jennifer Gonzalez |Jennifer González

Listen to my interview with Jen Serravallo (transcript):Sponsored by Wix Tomorrow and Brisk TeachingThis post contains Amazon Affiliate links. If you click these and make a purchase from Amazon, Cult of Pedagogy will receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. As I considered how to introduce this post, I started by looking for statistics that could paint a picture of where modern-day students are with their reading skills.
6 Ed Tech Tools to Try in 2025

Jan 8, 2025 | cultofpedagogy.com | Jennifer Gonzalez |Jennifer González

Listen to this post as a podcast:Sponsored by Alpaca and Brisk TeachingEvery January for the last ten years, we have chosen a small collection of tech tools we think are worth checking out. That will be the same this year. But something else will be different: Traditionally, when we put out this list, we do it to coincide with the release of our annual Teacher’s Guide to Tech. This year, we’re not releasing an annual version of the tech guide the way that we always have.
Avoiding the Pitfalls of Multitasking in School

Nov 24, 2024 | cultofpedagogy.com | Jennifer Gonzalez |Jennifer González

Listen to my interview with Megan Sumeracki (transcript):Sponsored by Alpaca and The Gilder Lehrman InstituteThis page contains Amazon Affiliate and Bookshop.org links. When you make a purchase through these links, Cult of Pedagogy gets a small percentage of the sale at no extra cost to you. What’s the difference between Amazon and Bookshop.org?
How Teacher Language Can Build a More Democratic Classroom

Nov 10, 2024 | cultofpedagogy.com | Peter Johnston

Listen to the interview with Peter Johnston (transcript):Sponsored by Listenwise and The Gilder Lehrman InstituteThis page contains Amazon Affiliate and Bookshop.org links. When you make a purchase through these links, Cult of Pedagogy gets a small percentage of the sale at no extra cost to you. What’s the difference between Amazon and Bookshop.org?
Curating a More Inclusive Library

Oct 27, 2024 | cultofpedagogy.com | Kwame Alexander |Jas Hammonds |Laura Gao |Vítor Martins

Listen to the interview with Julia Torres, Cicely Lewis, and Julie Stivers (transcript):Sponsored by Alpaca and Scholastic Magazines+This page contains Amazon Affiliate and Bookshop.org links. When you make a purchase through these links, Cult of Pedagogy gets a small percentage of the sale at no extra cost to you. What’s the difference between Amazon and Bookshop.org? Books are one of the most powerful ways to learn about others and ourselves.