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Is everything going to be okay?
By: Elizabeth Romanski & Ann Gadzikowski
Narrated by: Elizabeth Romanski & Ann Gadzikowski
Length: 28 minutes
Abridged: No
Children can be incredibly resilient during difficult times. However, during the course of the pandemic, their social and emotional well-being and development have undergone exceptional challenges. Kids and parents alike have dealt with loss of structure, feelings of isolation, and worries about the unknown; and parents have had the added tasks... Read more
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My friend is adopted. What does that mean?
By: Elizabeth Romanski & Ann Gadzikowski
Narrated by: Elizabeth Romanski, Ann Gadzikowski & Juliet Bond
Length: 27 minutes
Abridged: No
The portrait of a "traditional" household—with a mom and dad raising two biological kids under one roof—is just one of many in an expansive gallery that also portrays families with single parents, same sex parents, foster and adopted children, grandparents as guardians, step-siblings, and more. In this Raising Curious Learners episode, our hosts... Read more
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How do young kids play with language?
By: Elizabeth Romanski & Ann Gadzikowski
Narrated by: Elizabeth Romanski, Ann Gadzikowski, Ben Elliff...
Length: 23 minutes
Abridged: No
As young children grow, they begin to play with language. Everyday they are learning new words and new ways to communicate, and it's typical for kids to try these new words out in conversation. In this episode, hosts Ann and Elizabeth talk with parents Ben Elliff and Maggie Cassidy about their son and the funny ways he is exploring language. Read more
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What are some reading challenges my child can face?
By: Elizabeth Romanski & Ann Gadzikowski
Narrated by: Elizabeth Romanski, Ann Gadzikowski & Kait Feri...
Length: 34 minutes
Abridged: No
Our podcast is called “Raising Curious Learners” because at Britannica for Parents we believe that nurturing a lifelong love of learning is one of the most important things that parents, teachers, and caregivers can do for children. It’s hard to think of any skill that’s more essential to learning than reading. Becoming a confident, fluent... Read more
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How are childcare companies adapting?
By: Elizabeth Romanski & Ann Gadzikowski
Narrated by: Elizabeth Romanski, Ann Gadzikowski & Ron Spree...
Length: 29 minutes
Abridged: No
Childcare companies have had to adapt significantly in the past year. In this episode, host Ann Gadzikowski has a conversation with Ron Spreeuwenberg, CEO of the number one rated childcare app HiMama, about how his company has changed since the start of COVID-19 while also staying true to their company's core values. Read more
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Can we play while you work?
By: Elizabeth Romanski & Ann Gadzikowski
Narrated by: Elizabeth Romanski, Ann Gadzikowski, Ariella Jo...
Length: 35 minutes
Abridged: No
Doing everything from home during COVID-19 means that parents have had to blend their work and family lives together in ways like never before. Simply coping with this transition is a triumph on its own, so our hosts were particularly impressed by a family with young children that has been able to turn these trying times into something... Read more
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How can zoos be an educational tool for kids?
By: Elizabeth Romanski & Ann Gadzikowski
Narrated by: Elizabeth Romanski, Ann Gadzikowski & Rick Schw...
Length: 28 minutes
Abridged: No
We're going to the zoo, zoo, zoo! In this episode, co-hosts Ann and Elizabeth interview Rick Schwartz, spokesperson and ambassador for the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance. You'll learn how zoos can be an important tool for kids in educating them about animals and the environment, and even discover some fun similarities between how humans and... Read more
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How do we find the truth about vaccines?
By: Elizabeth Romanski & Ann Gadzikowski
Narrated by: Elizabeth Romanski, Ann Gadzikowski, John Grego...
Length: 32 minutes
Abridged: No
As part of Encyclopedia Britannica's 250-year legacy of truth, Britannica for Parents is committed to providing accurate information to families. One topic parents are very concerned about is vaccines, especially the new COVID-19 vaccine. To help parents identify and avoid myths and misinformation about health and vaccines, hosts Ann and... Read more
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How do we learn and grow from each other?
By: Elizabeth Romanski & Ann Gadzikowski
Narrated by: Elizabeth Romanski, Ann Gadzikowski & Alison Go...
Length: 33 minutes
Abridged: No
Countless books, websites, podcasts, and other media exist to guide people raising children. If our Raising Curious Learners co-host Ann could recommend only one book on parenting, it would be The Gardener and the Carpenter: What the New Science of Child Development Tells Us About the Relationship Between Parents and Children. In this episode,... Read more
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Leadership: What Makes a Good Leader?
By: Connor G D Whiteley
Narrated by: Connor Whiteley
Length: 53 minutes
Abridged: No
Perfect for students, workers and anyone interested in leadership.Do you want to become a leader?Do you want to know what’s involved in leadership?Do you want to improve your leadership?If the answer is yes to any of these questions, then this is the book for you.As in this book, we explore over 15 aspects to leadership and within each chapter... Read more
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CBT
By: Jonny Shepard
Narrated by: Jessica Andrews
Length: 4 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
Overcome Depression, Reduce Stress & Anxiety, and Thrive in Life Using Cognitive Behavior Therapy!CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, is getting more and more popular. Many people are getting interested in this treatment for various reasons – starting from depression and trauma, all the way to different anxiety problems. So what exactly is... Read more
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Beyond Education
By: Eli Meyerhoff
Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon
Length: 8 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
A bold call to deromanticize education and reframe universities as terrains of struggle between alternative modes of studying and world-making Higher education is at an impasse. Black Lives Matter and #MeToo show that racism and sexism remain pervasive on campus, while student and faculty movements fight to reverse increased tuition, student... Read more
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Getting In Our Own Way
By: Johnny Brownlee II
Narrated by: Johnny Brownlee II
Length: 3 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
Across the nation our student organizations are struggling and student governments are struggling. Many seem to be on their last leg, past their prime, etc. Organizations don't have the activism and sacrifice of students from the 60's and 70's, drive of the 80's, urgency of the 90's or money and participation of organizations form the early... Read more
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Emotional Intelligence
By: Theresa Chang
Narrated by: Blake Williams
Length: 3 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
For the longest time, people believed that book smarts were the key to success. They'd throw themselves into books and ignore other areas of their lives. This resulted in masses with high IQ but poor social skills. The high IQ fellas must have sensed that something was wrong with them. At that point, it was clear that success wasn't influenced... Read more
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Learner-Centered Innovation
By: Dr. Katie Martin
Narrated by: Katie Martin
Length: 8 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
Our changing world demands creative thinkers and collaborative problem solvers, but too often, schools stifle growth and discovery in favor of getting through the curriculum or preparing for "the test." Learning opportunities and teaching methods must evolve to match the ever-changing needs of today's learners.
When we tell kids to complete an... Read more
Happy Teachers Change the World
By: Thich Nhat Hanh & Katherine Weare
Narrated by: Rachael Beresford & Paul Brion
Length: 12 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
Happy Teachers Change the World is the first official, authoritative manual of the Thich Nhat Hanh/Plum Village approach to mindfulness in education. Spanning the whole range of schools and grade levels, from preschool through higher education, these techniques are grounded in the everyday world of schools, colleges, and universities.
Beginning... Read more
In Search of Deeper Learning
By: Sarah Fine & Jal Mehta
Narrated by: Adam Lofbomm
Length: 16 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
What would it take to transform industrial-era schools into modern organizations capable of supporting deep learning for all? Jal Mehta and Sarah Fine's quest to answer this question took them inside some of America's most innovative schools and classrooms—places where educators are rethinking both what and how students should learn.
The story... Read more
The Artful Read-Aloud - Abridged
By: Rebecca Bellingham
Narrated by: Rebecca Bellingham
Length: 5 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: Yes
It’s no secret that reading aloud to children every single day is one of the most important things any teacher, parent, or grown up can do to help children become better listeners, thinkers, and frankly, better human beings. There are many resources available—scores of books, articles, web sites, videos, podcasts, and more that highlight the... Read more
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La escuela del mundo
By: Salman Khan
Narrated by: Miguel Ángel Aijón
Length: 6 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
Educación gratuita y del mejor nivel para cualquiera y en cualquier lugar. La escuela del mundo es una visión radical del futuro de la educación y, al mismo tiempo, la historia personal de un hombre que ha apostado por el aprendizaje personalizado, la interacción humana y el pensamiento alternativo. Padres y políticos se quejan sin cesar del... Read more
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Relationship, Responsibility, and Regulation
By: Kristin Van Marter Souers with Pete Hall
Narrated by: Camille Mazant
Length: 7 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
In this stirring follow-up to the award-winning Fostering Resilient Learners, Kristin Van Marter Souers and Pete Hall take you to the next level of trauma-invested practice. To get there, they explain, educators need to build a "nest"—a positive learning environment shaped by three new Rs of education: relationship,... Read more
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Compendio de 'Il Magico Potere Del Riordino'
By: Readtrepreneur Publishing
Narrated by: Fabio Giua
Length: 1 hour 13 minutes
Abridged: No
Compendio de `Il magico potere del riordino` di Marie Kondo. Readtrepreneur (Dichiarazione di non responsabilità: questo NON è il libro originale, ma un sommario non ufficiale). Le pulizie di primavera non funzionano mai? Non importa quante volte ripulisci l`intera casa riappare lo stesso casino ogni volta? `Il magico potere del riordino` è un... Read more
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Better Late Than Early
By: Dorothy N. Moore & Raymond S. Moore
Narrated by: James Wood
Length: 6 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
"Moore Brings a wealth of evidence from a wide variety of sources to indicate that early schooling, although promoting (perhaps) earlier cognitive organization, introduces a host of fateful “iatrogenic” disturbances. Our knowledge of maturation, development, developmental stages, and critical developmental periods for the human, all support... Read more
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Change Maker
By: John Berardi, PhD
Narrated by: John Berardi, PhD
Length: 7 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
With thousands of certifications, seminars, websites, and gurus promising advice, it’s difficult for even the best pros to turn their passion for health and fitness into meaningful—and measurable—success. Enter Change Maker. In this definitive career guide, John Berardi shares his blueprint for becoming the ultimate change maker, one with a... Read more
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Xiao Ming, Boy Sherlock
By: John Pasden & Jared Turner
Narrated by: Xiuye Zhang
Length: 35 minutes
Abridged: No
Even at a young age, Xiao Ming (boy Sherlock Holmes) has a reputation among his peers for his keen powers of observation. His budding skills are put to the test when he is tasked with finding a thief at school. However, mysteries always seem to find him when strange fires start out of seemingly nowhere and a classmate begins anonymously... Read more
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