Edthena

DECEMBER 2, 2020

This method ultimately engenders ownership around their professional learning. Adult Learning Theory is grounded in choice,” says Valerie. Beginning her own career as a project-based learning (PBL) teacher, Valerie grounds her professional development design PBL, too. The choice board can provide that structure.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

APRIL 9, 2018

But in this twisted time, young children starting public pre-K at the age of 4 are expected to learn through “rigorous instruction.”. Strauss noted in her article that researcher R. Plus there’s a ton of research confirming the power of project-based learning, inquiry-based learning, student agency, and so on.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 6, 2021

As one young woman put it in a recent New York Times article , “If it wasn’t for these youth work-force programs, I don’t think I would have realized I wanted to be a mechanical engineer.”. The result is that we are losing the energy, intelligence and creativity young people could and should bring to New York’s economic recovery.

High School 145

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ED Surge

JANUARY 12, 2024

This article focuses on one of those organizations, Learning Equality. Lauren Lichtman Head of Strategy & Partnerships Learning Equality Learning Equality offers educational opportunities for the 2.6 billion people worldwide without internet access.

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Digital Promise

MAY 28, 2019

This article originally appeared on Usable Knowledge from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Ben Mardell , a principal investigator at the Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Project Zero (which also includes Allen), has long been interested in questioning that status quo. Read the original version here.

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Edthena

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Here are a few articles for educators about professional development. This month’s recommendations include using project-based learning assignments during distance teaching , providing students virtual work-based experiences, and lessons learned from educators on how to support parents of younger remote students.

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Digital Promise

JULY 27, 2018

This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. In Ontario, we expect significant and sustainable ongoing benefits in teacher practice when the imaginative, integrated and innovative inquiry-based projects are developed, implemented and shared throughout the province.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 9, 2018

This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. The post Playing ‘Serious Games,’ Adults Learn to Solve Thorny Real-World Problems appeared first on Digital Promise.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 25, 2024

We cannot prepare students for this reality if we do not help them develop the skills needed to drive their own learning. In his Forbes article, “From Jobs To Skills: What The Future Of Work Will Look Like,” Dan Tynan discusses how the workplace is evolving faster than ever.

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Students of History

JANUARY 3, 2023

For example, I will have students read an online article and complete an interactive notebook graphic organizer based on what they read. Another trend in social studies education is the emphasis on project-based learning. I have these available for my entire curricula in World and US History.

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Teaching American History

JANUARY 5, 2024

Established in 1996, this national nonprofit helps schools and school districts implement project-based learning, in which students acquire academic knowledge while completing projects that put that knowledge to work. Project-based learning lends itself to an interdisciplinary approach.

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Let's Cultivate Greatness

AUGUST 24, 2023

Promote Science-Based Study Hacks I tell my students three times throughout the semester that they’ll be tested on these questions—two quizzes, each with half the questions and one final test with all 60 again. And while we’ll be learning all this information as we progress through our units, they still will need to study for the tests.

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Anthropology News

JUNE 27, 2024

I suggested students start playing with ChatGPT and provided a set of articles about how LLMs work, including how to prompt them to generate comparisons or lists and how to cite AI tools. This particular tool allows users to upload their own documents—course readings, research articles, archives, etc.—so respectively. respectively.

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