Episode 74 - There's a zombie in my classroom

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Episode 74 - There's a zombie in my classroom

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Feb 6, 2012

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This week we talk with Dr. Steven Schlozman, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Lecturer in Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Schlozman's recent book is "The Zombie Autopsies." Schlozman shares his ideas about how zombies can be used in the classroom.

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Feb 6, 2012

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