This is Jennifer Gonzalez welcoming you to episode 208 of the Cult of Pedagogy Podcast.

In this episode, we're going to get a better understanding of what the secret sauce is

for deeper learning in schools.

Ask most adults if they remember anything they learned in high school, and what you're

likely to hear is a lot of different versions of no.

Ask most high school kids if they remember what they learned last year, and you'll probably

get the same answer.

Although exceptions certainly exist, it's not a stretch to say that a lot of what happens

in schools doesn't really qualify as deep learning.

In a lot of cases, what happens in schools today doesn't look much different than it

did decades ago.

Seat work, memorization, and regurgitation of a discrete body of knowledge and skills.

Students who are successful are the ones who have learned how to play the game, while

everyone else falls short in one way or another.

As educators, we have been able to describe this problem for a long time, and many teachers

and schools have attempted to change it by implementing new strategies, changing curriculum,

sometimes building whole schools designed to create more opportunities for rich, authentic,

relevant learning.

So what's working?

Which of these approaches are getting results?

What are they actually doing in places where students are engaged in deep learning?

These were the questions today's guest asked over 10 years ago.

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