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A Close Look at Competency-Based Learning

Cult of Pedagogy

The question itself highlighted the limitations of traditional grading, a system that has been shown to be problematic by so many people in education circles but still remains as the most common way schools manage and assess student learning. I’ll reassess your research artifact. “They’re really respectful.

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Excavation and Education: Lessons Learned as Teaching Assistants in the Schreiber Wood Project Field School

Teaching Anthropology

As we continue this tradition, fostering a connection with the field school, we eagerly anticipate the ongoing journey of learning and growth it offers. The SWP field school offers UTM students the opportunity to be trained in archaeological excavation within their campus grounds.

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Guest Post: From Consumption to Creation: Future Ready Librarians Embrace Micro-credentials

Digital Promise

As a former librarian and district leader, I found that success was the best form of advocacy—when the great work of librarians is shared and documented, good things follow for students and library programs. In addition to this partnership, assessors were recruited from national library leaders participating in the Lilead Fellows program.

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Excavation and Education: Lessons Learned as Teaching Assistants in the Schreiber Wood Project Field School

Teaching Anthropology

As we continue this tradition, fostering a connection with the field school, we eagerly anticipate the ongoing journey of learning and growth it offers. The SWP field school offers UTM students the opportunity to be trained in archaeological excavation within their campus grounds.

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OPINION: Too many students just aren’t interested in what is being taught

The Hechinger Report

I was so excited to teach this class, I spent the summer collecting articles and artifacts from the local library and historical society. One thing educators can do immediately is to expand the traditional Western canon. The best class I ever taught centered on the history of Washington, D.C. Cultural and social relevance.

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Rebuilding a School Community with Maker Learning

Digital Promise

The walls and shelves of this 106-year-old building are covered with authentic student learning artifacts. Next, the traditional library space was repurposed as Duquesne Media Central, outfitted with flexible seating, new technologies, and a recording studio.

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Has New Hampshire found the secret to online education that works?

The Hechinger Report

It breaks up traditional courses into specific skills and abilities, called “competencies,” that students master through a personalized blend of traditional lesson plans, offline projects and real-world experiences. Delaney volunteers at the library, works as a counselor in a nearby nature camp and teaches skiing all winter.