Teacher Features
Teacher Features

Teacher Features

Kathryn Oberg and Jake Scott

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Teacher Features is the podcast that explores what Hollywood gets right and wrong about education. In each episode we watch a movie that features a teacher. We then discuss what the teacher does well, what they do poorly, and what they could do to improve their teaching. Teacher Features is hosted by Kathryn Oberg and Jake Scott, two elementary school teachers in Minnesota.

Recent Episodes

Bad Teacher | Teacher Features: Episode 12
FEB 22, 2017
Bad Teacher | Teacher Features: Episode 12
Regrettably, this week we watched the movie Bad Teacher starring Cameron Diaz. This movie was terrible. We both hated it. Even Jason Segel could not elevate this dumpster fire of a movie. But maybe we can learn something from this, right?
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29 MIN
October Sky | Teacher Features: Episode 11
FEB 7, 2017
October Sky | Teacher Features: Episode 11
October Sky is the story of a rocket-loving boy named Homer and the teacher who inspired him. The teacher is Ms. Riley, played by Laura Dern. We watched October Sky and did an evaluation on Ms. Riley.
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28 MIN
Matilda (part 2) | Teacher Features: Episode 10
JAN 24, 2017
Matilda (part 2) | Teacher Features: Episode 10
This week we continued our discussion of Matilda and did a teacher evaluation of Agatha Trunchbull, aka The Trunchbull, the principal at Matilda’s school. Ms. Trunchbull, a former Olympian, rules her school with an iron fist.
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29 MIN
Matilda | Teacher Features: Episode 9
JAN 11, 2017
Matilda | Teacher Features: Episode 9
For this episode we evaluated Ms. Honey, the loving primary school teacher from Matilda. Directed by Danny Devito, this adaptation of Roald Dahl’s classic middle grade novel tells the story of a gifted young girl named Matilda.
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29 MIN
A Christmas Story | Teacher Features: Episode 8
DEC 13, 2016
A Christmas Story | Teacher Features: Episode 8
In this special holiday episode we evaluate Ms. Shields from A Christmas Story. Shields is definitely old school – this movie takes place in the 30’s – but we can still apply some of her strategies in our modern classrooms. Ms.
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32 MIN