Best Dancesport Podcasts (2024)

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Fearless Motivation Latin Final 1:30 9:04

17d ago9:04

9:04

This latin final brought to you by Scalora DanceSport holds I Didn't Come This Far To Only Come This Far (Motivational Video) THE JOURNEY by Fearless Motivation.Motivational speeches from the new album "FEED YOUR MIND WITH SUCCESS". --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scaloradancesport/support…

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156. Entrepreneurial expertise 43:23

7M ago43:23

43:23

In order to understand learning, we need to understand the result of learning - expertise. This is much easier to approach in so-called "kind" domains, such as chess, where the rules are fixed and all information is available. However, there exist more "wicked" domains than this, such as tennis (where your opponent changes each match) or stock mark…

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First Ever WDSF Solo Latin World Champion, Alessia Pecchia 32:25

8M ago32:25

32:25

The first ever WDSF Solo Latin world champion, Alessia Pecchia, sits down with Alessandro to discuss everything Solo Latin. Solo Latin is a new and developing style within the WDSF. In 2023 the WDSF hosted its first world championship in the style in Spain. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scaloradancesport/support…

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155. How experts see 41:49

9M ago41:49

41:49

There has been a ton of research on how experts see things differently than novices. (Like, with their eyes.) Everything from where they look, how long they focus for, and their use of peripheral vision, to their ability to anticipate what is going to happen through picking up subtle visual patterns. In this episode, I summarise and discuss this re…

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154. Mindsets everywhere 29:47

9M ago29:47

29:47

Mindset was the first thing I spoke about on this podcast. I even did a separate episode going into the controversies surrounding replication of Carol Dweck's original work. Then there were stress mindsets, introduced by Kelly McGonigal in her book The Upside of Stress. (I happen to have also covered a book by her twin sister Jane, Reality is Broke…

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Ballroom Final • Scalora DanceSport • UK International Led by Mr. Bill Irvine MBE 10:59

9M ago10:59

10:59

Scalora DanceSport presents your very own UK Professional Ballroom Final led by the DanceSport Legend, Mr. Bill Irvine MBE!Each dance is a 1:30 min and 100% of the music and copyrights belong to Ross Mitchell His Band and Singers! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scaloradancesport/support…

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Latin Final • Scalora DanceSport • UK International 11:29

9M ago11:29

11:29

Scalora DanceSport presents your very own UK Internatioanl Latin Final!Each dance is a 1:30 min and 100% of the music and copyrights belong to Ross Mitchell His Band and Singers --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scaloradancesport/support

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Anatoliy Shvarts & Tatiana Keegan on Scalora DanceSport 43:12

9M ago43:12

43:12

We’re BACK with an ALL NEW episode featuring two of America’s finest DanceSport athletes; Anatoliy Shvarts & Tatiana Keegan!These two world class dancers have conquered finals in prestigious events such as:• WDSF 2023 Senior II Latin World Championship in the Netherlands• WDSF 2022 Senior II Latin World Championship in Spain• GOC 2023 Senior II Lat…

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153. Comparing learning different dance styles: Argentine Tango vs. Ballroom & Latin (Dancesport) 1:17:14

9M ago1:17:14

1:17:14

I haven't spoken on the podcast yet about my personal experience learning dancing. At university, I took part in dancesport, which is competitive ballroom and latin dancing; and in the last few years I have been learning to dance tango. I am struck by the differences in philosophies, skill sets, values, and learning cultures between these dance sty…

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152. [VIDEO] Education and generative AI: conference video for STEM MAD Melbourne, October 23 8:09

10M ago8:09

8:09

This is my first ever attempt at a VIDEO podcast. If you just listen to the audio, you should be fine. This was a video produced for the STEM MAD conference in Melbourne in October 2023. Unfortunately I couldn't attend the conference, so I made this video to introduce the panel discussion on the role of generative AI in education. Enjoy the episode…

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151. 8 years, 150 episodes 36:03

10M ago36:03

36:03

This is a quick review of where I am now after 150 episodes and just short of 8 years of Education Bookcast. Thanks for all of your support! Feel free to leave a review of the podcast, or, if you wish, support me on https://www.buymeacoffee.com/edubookcast . Enjoy the episode.

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150. A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin 58:51

10M ago58:51

58:51

Since I've now reached episode 150, I've decided to do something I've never done before - discuss a fiction book. (This episode contains spoilers.) A Wizard of Earthsea is a fantasy novel from 1968, a time when the genre was still not very well-developed. Ursula Le Guin deliberately wanted to contravene some trends she saw in the existing genre, in…

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149. How Popular Musicians Learn by Lucy Green 47:07

11M ago47:07

47:07

A lot of the classic expertise research, especially the research about deliberate practice and the "10,000 hour rule", is inspired by K. Anders Ericcson's study of violinists at the Berlin Conservatory. However, we have seen before how misleading sampling a particular culture and generalising the findings over the whole of humanity can be. Thankful…

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LIVE Interview w/ Yan Bang Bang & Lucy 47:45

1y ago47:45

47:45

Get ready as we bring these two fantastic world class dancers to Scalora DanceSport!🏆Yan Bang Bang and Lucy are WDSF @wdsfdancesport world championship finalists and bronze medalists of the WDSF GrandSlam Series! 💃🏽🕺🏽 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scaloradancesport/support…

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148. You Know the Fair Rule by Bill Rogers 1:13:03

1y ago1:13:03

1:13:03

Any teacher in a Western cultural context knows that classroom behaviour is the most challenging part of the job. A lot of the time, it seems like crowd control is the main issue, and "teaching" is secondary. Unfortunately, teacher training courses don't do a good job of preparing teachers for this reality, with behaviour management rarely instruct…

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147. Large language models (LLMs) - interview with Dr Guy Emerson 1:11:19

1y ago1:11:19

1:11:19

Dr Guy Emerson (a.k.a Guy Karavengleman) is a computational linguist working at the Cambridge University Computer Laboratory. In this episode, we discuss issues surrounding LLMs such as ChatGPT, GPT-3, GPT-4, and Google Bard. Guy is concerned about misinterpretations of what the technology does and is capable of. As a computational linguist, he wor…

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Dancing with Alec the Bard | Alec Lachman | Episode #67 1:14:04

1y ago1:14:04

1:14:04

In Episode 67 of Ballroom Chat, Alec Lachman, aka Alec the Bard, explores the connection between ballroom dance and TTRPGs. Samantha and Alec discuss the process behind creating a mask or character, tips for improvisational storytelling, the importance of failing epically, and how to navigation conflict resolution. Alec Lachman is a professional ba…

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Following the Universe's Timing | JT Thomas | Episode #66 1:06:50

1+ y ago1:06:50

1:06:50

In Episode 66 of Ballroom Chat, JT Thomas discusses her dance career, from classically trained dancer to Smooth Champion to Country dancer. JT and Samantha reflect on how timing, in life as in dance is incredibly crucial, how exploring the essence of movement can take your dancing to the next level, and how planning for failure can lead to your suc…

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146b. Lessons from EdTech - The 90% Rule 31:14

1+ y ago31:14

31:14

In the second part of this two-part episode about lessons learned from my time working in the education technology sector, I wanted to share a very significant quantitative finding to improve learning: what I call the "90% rule". Desirable difficulties is a concept that many know about and try to apply to teaching situations, but there is a questio…

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146a. Lessons from EdTech - the Fundamental Duality of Educational Materials 48:15

1+ y ago48:15

48:15

I've now been working as a data scientist in educational technology for over four years. In that time I've thought a lot about various educational concepts within edtech, and I want to share some of what I've learnt. In the first part of this two-part episode, I want to talk about what I call the Fundamental Duality of Educational Materials. The Fu…

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145b. How to be a better lecturer (practice) - a message for Guy 1:07:17

1+ y ago1:07:17

1:07:17

This is the second part of the message for my friend Guy about becoming a better lecturer. In this part, I go over 27 practical techniques and tips for improving lecturing (as well as improving the way homework exercises are designed), referring to the principles and theory outlined in the previous part to explain how and why these work. To be comp…

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145a. How to be a better lecturer (theory) - a message for Guy 56:02

1+ y ago56:02

56:02

Another in the series of "really long voice notes from Staś". My friend Guy is a lecturer in natural language processing. He asked me if I could give him some tips about how to lecture better, so I told him I would record a podcast episode about it. I've divided the episode into two parts. In this first part, before we speak about practical things …

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144. Developing Talent in Young People by Benjamin Bloom 1:02:43

1+ y ago1:02:43

1:02:43

Benjamin Bloom is best known for Bloom's Taxonomy, a scheme for categorising ways of thinking about or interacting with learning content on a scale from less to more sophisticated. However, the project he led investigating the lifelong development of expertise should be much more famous. The book's full title makes it feel as though it was publishe…

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Latin Final Led by Mr. Peter Maxwell {1:30 min} 8:52

1+ y ago8:52

8:52

Scalora DanceSport presents to you a Latin Final led by the voice of the DanceSport legend, Mr. Peter Maxwell! Each dance is a 1:30 min and 100% of the music and copyrights belong to Ross Mitchell His Band and Singers --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scaloradancesport/support…

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Ballroom Final Led by Mr. Peter Maxwell {1:30 min} 10:11

1+ y ago10:11

10:11

Scalora DanceSport presents to you a Ballroom Final led by the voice of the DanceSport legend, Mr. Peter Maxwell! Each dance is a 1:30 min and 100% of the music and copyrights belong to Ross Mitchell His Band and Singers --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scaloradancesport/support…

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143. Talent, revisited 1:09:07

1+ y ago1:09:07

1:09:07

Cover image: horse and rider by Nadia, age 5. The nature of talent is something that I dealt with near the beginning of the existence of Education Bookcast, reviewing books like Genius Explained, Outliers, The Talent Code, and Bounce. The general consensus was that talent is an illusion - people simply get better at things through exposure and prac…

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142. Season 2 of the Pedagogue-Cast is out now! Taster: Music and Learning 36:28

1+ y ago36:28

36:28

Season 2 of the Pedagogue-Cast is here! The Pedagogue-Cast is a separate podcast project I share with Justin Matthys, founder of Maths Pathway. We discuss the kinds of questions that teachers might have about good practice which touch on cognitive science, making sure both to make the most of the research findings while also making it practical for…

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141+. Feedback on constructivism 45:23

1+ y ago45:23

45:23

After my last episode on behaviourism, cognitivism, and constructivism ("A Message for Zoë"), I heard back from Zoë herself, and also heard from Malin Tväråna, an education researcher in Sweden. I decided that it was worth recording an episode relating what I heard from them, and my thoughts about it. Enjoy the episode. ### REFERENCES Miłosz, Czesł…

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A Morning Chat w/ Loraine Barry 47:10

1+ y ago47:10

47:10

We had the honor to speak with the legend and queen herself, Madam Loraine Barry. Listen as we discuss how she met the world Champion Andrew Sinkinson and how they began to dance together. We also discussed the CORRECT timing of a Feather Step in the Slwo Foxtrot. Loraine had quite the impressive career, some of her main achievments include: • 4 X …

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141. Behaviourism, Cognitivism, Constructivism - a message for Zoë 44:22

1+ y ago44:22

44:22

My friend Zoë (hi Zoë!) is taking a course on learning design. In it, she heard about Behaviourism, Cognitivism, and Constructivism, and while she said that she found it confusing, her main takeaway is that "you need a bit of each". I recorded this episode to help her have a clearer sense of what these three words really mean, and that "a bit of ea…

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Preventing Dance Injury | Alisa Pravdo | Episode #65 1:17:25

1+ y ago1:17:25

1:17:25

In Episode 65 of Ballroom Chat, Alisa Pravdo discusses dance injury prevention and recovery. Samantha and Alisa delve into the common causes of feet and ankle related injuries for dancers and answer some listener questions related to their own injury experiences. Alisa also stresses the importantance of proper strength and conditioning training, cr…

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