Make It Mindful: Insights for Global Learning

SummaryDr. Caroline Miller, a high school English teacher and department head at an elite private school, discusses academic integrity, the impact of proximity to power, engaging students in long-form education, unconventional paths to teaching, and the ethical dilemmas of AI and ChatGPT. She emphasizes the importance of balancing creativity and academic standards, reducing homework, and anxiety. Dr. Miller also highlights the role of EdTech in the classroom and the need to focus on process rather than output.TakeawaysBalancing creativity and academic standards is crucial in education.Recruiting teachers with other backgrounds can bring fresh ideas and approaches to the classroom.Reducing homework and anxiety can help students be more present and engaged in their education.Teaching students to assess AI tools like ChatGPT is essential to ensure academic integrity and critical thinking skills.

Show Notes

Summary
Dr. Caroline Miller, a high school English teacher and department head at an elite private school, discusses academic integrity, the impact of proximity to power, engaging students in long-form education, unconventional paths to teaching, and the ethical dilemmas of AI and ChatGPT. She emphasizes the importance of balancing creativity and academic standards, reducing homework, and anxiety. Dr. Miller also highlights the role of EdTech in the classroom and the need to focus on process rather than output.

Takeaways

  • Balancing creativity and academic standards is crucial in education.
  • Recruiting teachers with other backgrounds can bring fresh ideas and approaches to the classroom.
  • Reducing homework and anxiety can help students be more present and engaged in their education.
  • Teaching students to assess AI tools like ChatGPT is essential to ensure academic integrity and critical thinking skills.


Creators and Guests

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Host
Seth Fleischauer

What is Make It Mindful: Insights for Global Learning?

Make It Mindful: Insights for Global Learning is a podcast for globally minded educators who want deep, long-form conversations about how teaching and learning are changing — and what to do about it.

Hosted by former classroom teacher and Banyan Global Learning founder Seth Fleischauer, the show explores how people, cultures, technologies, cognitive processes, and school systems shape what happens in classrooms around the world. Each long-form episode looks closely at the conditions that help students and educators thrive — from executive functioning and identity development to virtual learning, multilingual education, global competence, and the rise of AI.

Seth talks with teachers, researchers, psychologists, and school leaders who look closely at how students understand themselves, build relationships, and develop the capacities that underlie deep learning — skills like perspective-taking, communication, and global competence that are essential for navigating an interconnected world. These conversations surface the kinds of cross-cultural experiences and hard-to-measure abilities that shape real achievement. Together, they consider how to integrate new technologies in ways that strengthen—not replace—the human center of learning.

The result is a set of ideas, stories, and practical strategies educators can apply to help students succeed in a complex and fast-changing world.