Seek Learning

Keith Leatham, PhD
Department Chair, Math Education, Brigham Young University

"If a teacher can recognize an opportunity to create a productive whole class discussion… then that class discussion is directly accomplishing some of their learning goals."

Todd R. Pennington, PhD
Associate Professor, Teacher Education, Brigham Young University

"Physical education teachers tend to be isolated because they work down in the gym. And a lot of times some have a planning period, some may not. And so other than faculty meeting they may not, based on proximity, have a lot of interaction....So I tell them, that you've got to be proactive, you've got to make extra efforts to interact with colleagues across content and across the school. "

Tyson G. Harmon, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Communications Disorders, Brigham Young University

"If there's a listener who has a loved one with aphasia, who's really struggling to know how to support them, that's okay. And that's normal for this to be hard."

Spencer Weiler, PhD
Associate Professor, Educational Leadership & Foundations, Brigham Young University

"Parents can become consumers of research and, allow that research to really influence their role as advocates for their local schools and and public education in general"

Terisa Gabrielsen, PhD
Associate Professor, Counseling Psychology and Special Education , Brigham Young University

"This person in front of you is not a problem. They're a child of God. And their future is in your hands."

Dr. Gabrielsen would like to thank and acknowledge her colleagues in the BYU research she discussed, Drs. Rebecca Lundwall, Beth Cutrer,  Jonathan Beck and Mikle South.  She is also grateful for her co-authors on the book, Drs. Kawena Begay, Kathleen Campbell, Kate Hahn, and Lucas Harrington.

Barbara Culatta, PhD
Professor Emerita, Brigham Young University
Director, Project SEEL
SEEL website: https://education.byu.edu/seel

“Kids who are playing are learning. The positive emotion activates perception, attention, and memory - all cognitive processes that are necessary for learning.”

Russell T. Osguthorpe, PhD - Retired professor, Instructional Psychology and Technology, and administrator, Brigham Young University; former mission president, area seventy, and Sunday School General President for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints “The Lord is helping us understand that learning is not a side interest. Learning is not something that we kind of include in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It's central. How can we develop as a people if we do not learn? It is right in the middle of everything.”

Associate Dean, “They are more than their disability. They are people who love outer space, who love birds, who love dancing and pretty clothes. They are human beings who happen to have disabilities.”

Ryan Nixon, PhD
Professor, Teacher Education, Brigham Young University

"Before you use Pinterest, think in advance about what it is you want your kids to learn and what you want them to be thinking about...If you don't have a decent idea of what your instructional goal is, there's a ton of stuff on Pinterest, and you can scroll and scroll and scroll and scroll. It's much more likely for you to be sucked into that if you don't really know what you're looking for, if you don't know what your goal is."

Paul Ricks, PhD 
Professor, Teacher Education, Brigham Young University 

“Books can be mirrors for us where they reflect our own experience. They can be windows, where I can see through them and start to understand somebody else. But they can also be sliding glass doors, where I can walk into this world that is unlike mine, and actually live in it. To me, that’s the great potential of the written word.”