Professor Natalia Kucirkova joins Mike Palmer to talk about her fascinating research exploring how engaging children's senses can impact learning. Originally from Slovakia, Natalia found inspiration from her grandfather, who nurtured her love of reading and storytelling. This passion led Natalia to Norway, where she now researches children, technology, and literacy.
A key focus of Natalia's work involves sensory reading, like using smell, and how it can boost outcomes. Natalia explains how smell remains an underutilized sense in education, though it powerfully connects to memory and emotion. She envisions immersive, embodied reading experiences that stimulate all the senses and is studying how this might help with literacy.
The conversation turned to Natalia's perspective on AI and personalized learning. While AI offers impressive personalization, she worries it may lead students down narrow paths rather than exposing them to shared knowledge. Natalia argues for a balanced approach, blending high-tech with high-touch sensory experiences, slowing down and spending time in nature. Don't miss this fascinating episode highlighting the future of sensory learning and Natalia's innovative vision for engaging children's senses in new ways. She references the work of olfactory artist Sissel Tolaaz towards the end of the conversation.
Subscribe to Trending in Education wherever you get your podcasts. Visit us at TrendinginEd.com for more surprising insights into the future of learning.
Learning to Read Write Code with Author Jeremy Keeshin
Predicting the Great Snapback with Dr. Steve Joordens
Understanding Adaptive Intelligence with Dr. Robert Sternberg
The Role of Higher Education for Displaced and Marginalized People with Dr. Jacqueline Bhabha
Practicing Radical Empathy with Author Dr. Terri Givens
Navigating the Complex World of Math Education with Kathleen Almy
Creating Inclusive Learning Opportunities with Dr. Sheryl Burgstahler
Running an Education Conference in a Transformative Time with Ron Reed and Greg Rosenbaum
Rural Education in America with Geoff and Sky Marietta
Using Virtual Reality to Teach Algebra with Anurupa Ganguly
Storytelling and Sociology at the End of History with Dr. Daniel Harrison
Faculty Guides for Post Secondary Pathways with Dr. John Giordano
How to be Forever Employable with Author Jeff Gothelf
Bringing Hip Hop to English Language Learning with Miles Iton
Building Pathways From High School to a Good First Job with Ryan Craig
Combining Fun, Movement and Learning to Code with Bryanne Leeming the Founder of Unruly Studios
Long Life Learning with Author Michelle Weise
Financial Literacy and Student Debt with Dr. Mordecai Brownlee
Innovation in Higher Education with Dr. Bridget Burns
In Case You Get Hit By a Bus with Abby Schneiderman and Gene Newman from Everplans
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Teachers Talk Radio
LifeBlood
Navigating Life After 40
The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
The Mel Robbins Podcast