Good pedagogy is good pedagogy with Dan Meyer, Ph.D.

On this episode of Beyond My Years, host Ana Torres is joined by Amplify's Senior Fellow in Learning Innovation, Dan Meyer, Ph.D. Dan has spent his career thinking deeply about what great math teaching looks like. This past summer, he put those ideas to the test when he taught rising ninth graders in Oakland and found himself without access to screens, leading him to reflect on what drives real student engagement regardless of the tools in front of you.

Dan walks Ana through three strategies that hold true across any medium: having students create work that reveals their thinking; giving high-information feedback that multiplies student thinking rather than shutting it down; and expanding the audience for student work beyond the teacher. Classroom Insider (and middle school science teacher himself) Eric Cross then joins Ana to reflect on learning through student-created work and the power of peer audiences.

Show notes:

• Follow Dan Meyer on Substack.
• Learn more about upcoming Amplify events!
• Watch student-centered math practices videos on YouTube.
• Join our Amplify learning community.

Quotes:

"Good pedagogy is good pedagogy." —Dan Meyer

"Being a student of your students is one of the best things a teacher can be." —Dan Meyer

"Whatever feedback I give ought to multiply." —Dan Meyer

Give every problem the right tool. Give every tool a purpose." —Eric Cross

"Safe environments are created by us showing students how that space should look and feel." —Ana Torres