How To Grad School: The Podcast
Each episode features a question from a grad student and brings evidence-based learning strategies to help you grad school more effectively and efficiently, with a little bit of fun on the side. You can submit a question on their website. Your hosts are Sarah Davis and Rebecca Edwards, who met while doing their graduate degrees in educational psychology at the University of Victoria. This podcast is recorded on the traditional territory of the Lekwungen peoples, known today as Victoria, BC, Canada.
Episodes
Gaining expertise as a grad student and time management during thesis writing | Episode 6 Season 2
Enjoy the last episode of season two, where Sarah and Becca talk about whether grad students are novices or experts or somewhere in between. They also:
explain why knowing how experts and novices think about problems can help grad students
answer a listener's question about isolation during thesis writing
review tips on creating a writing routine that works for you
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Prioritizing your goals as a grad student | Episode 5 Season 2
After a bit of a delay, we're back with another episode of the podcast! This is our penultimate episode of the season.
In the fifth episode of season two, Sarah and Becca talk about goals in grad school. They also:
explain the difference between avoidance and approach goal orientations
answer a listener’s question about prioritizing their work in grad school
review tips on writing in g
Using generative AI and metacognition in grad school | Episode 4 Season 2
In the fourth episode of season two, Sarah and Becca talk about metacognition and whether using generative AI saves time in grad school. They also:
explain several different types of metacognitive knowledge
answer a listener’s question about using generative AI
review tips for how to be metacognitive
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Successes, failures, and confidence in grad school | Episode 3 Season 2
In our third episode of season two, Sarah and Becca beliefs around failure and success in grad school. They also:
discuss attribution theory and how it can help us understand successes and failures
answer a listener’s question about confidence in grad school
review tips for avoiding independent learning in grad school
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Planning and parenting in grad school | Episode 2 Season 2
In our second episode of season two, Sarah and Becca talk about planning in grad school. They also:
discuss how to separate planning from doing
discuss what we know about planning from self-regulated learning
review tips effective planning
answer a listener question on how to get work done while parenting in grad school
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Seeking academic help and building community as a grad student | Episode 1 Season 2
We're back for our second season!
In our first episode of season two, Sarah and Becca talk about building community in an online grad program and help-seeking in grad school. They also:
-discuss the many ways in which we can seek help
-discuss research on how grad students seek academic help
-review tips for connecting with others in grad school
-answer a reader question on how to man
Season 2 Coming Soon!
Becca and I are working on planning our next season of the podcast. We anticipate we will be releasing 4-6 new episodes between October and December.
We’d love for you to submit your questions about grad school!
You can take a listen to our previous episodes to get a sense of what typical questions look like, but in general we love answering any question from current Master’s or PhD students abou
Mental health and applying to grad school with a low GPA | Episode 6
In our sixth episode, and last of the first season, Sarah and Becca talk about mental health and GPA in applying to grad school! They also:
discuss why mental health is often stigmatized in grad school
discuss research on grad students who seek mental health help
review tips for managing mental health in grad school
answer a reader question on applying to grad school with a low undergrad GP
Research interests and networking in grad school | Episode 5
In our fifth episode, Sarah and Becca talk about networking and research interests in grad school! They also:
discuss what networking is and why it's important for grad students
discuss transferrable skills grad students develop in their programs
review tips for networking (it's not as scary as it may seem!)
answer a reader question on how include research in a course-based master&#
Procrastination and time management in grad school | Episode 4
In our fourth episode, Sarah and Becca talk about time management and procrastination! They also:
discuss whether time management and procrastination are the same thing or different
discuss why we may think poorly of ourselves when we procrastinate in grad school
review research on how often grad students procrastinate and why they do it
answer a reader question on how to make the most of y
Understanding tasks and why you are in grad school | Episode 3
In our third episode, Sarah and Becca talk about the importance of task understanding! They also:
review why self-regulating your learning is so crucial for grad students
talk about understanding tasks in grad school
discuss external and internal aspects of tasks
answer a question about staying in a Master's degree or changing to a PhD
give two hot tips about how to analyze tasks effe
Managing your money and your learning as a grad student | Episode 2
In our second episode, Sarah and Becca talk about self-regulating your learning in grad school. They also:
talk about what self-regulated learning is
why self-regulated learning is important for grad students
how thinking about tasks, goals, and strategies can lead to success
answer a grad student's question about financial concerns in grad school
share hot tips on collecting data abo
Stress, sleep, and pressing pause on grad school | Episode 1
In our first full-length episode, Sarah and Becca talk about the benefits of pressing pause in grad school. They also:
talk about issues around stress in grad school
discuss research on stress and working memory
share their experiences with taking a leave of absence during grad school
share hot tips on stress and sleep
answer a reader's question on what to do when levels of stress are
Why a podcast for grad students? | Introduction
Learn about the new How To Grad School podcast in this short introduction episode. We introduce ourselves and provide a teaser of the question we'll answer in our first episode!
Each podcast will focus on a question submitted by a grad student. You can submit your question on our website: www.howtogradschool.com/podcast. If your question is read on our podcast, we’ll send you a token of our a
