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Jigsaw Strategy

Studies Weekly

Jigsaw Strategy Oct. Tip: When using Jigsaw for the first time, it might be a good idea to walk the students through a trial run and model each step of the process.)

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COLUMN: Want teachers to teach climate change? You’ve got to train them

The Hechinger Report

This story also appeared in Mind/Shift This summer, teachers around the country are planning these lessons and more, in professional development programs designed to answer a pressing need: preparing teachers to teach about the climate crisis and empower students to act. “I

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Identifying the Top Four Challenges in K-12 Education

Digital Promise

For example, we grouped together “creating authentic learning opportunities,” “challenge-based or problem-based learning,” and “developing civic knowledge through hands-on community engagement” because they all use hands-on, collaborative activities that are based on real-world conditions.

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One state is poised to teach media literacy starting in kindergarten 

The Hechinger Report

Polites, who testified before the legislature on the need for media literacy, said the subject goes “hand-in-hand” with a recently passed state civics-education law , that will help students to become well-informed voting citizens, regardless of political party. It’s about civic responsibility,” Polites said. “I

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The future includes good (human) teachers

The Hechinger Report

The best civics lesson requires you to leave the classroom. The higher-order thinking that researchers predict will survive impending technological advancement is precisely the one in teachers’ toolkits. Both teachers and students develop the skills that are in demand in settings that foster higher-order thinking.

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What 2015 Holds for the Future of Education

Digital Promise

Professional Development Manager. More importantly, I'd like to see those competencies focus on the skills needed in a globalized, information-rich economy – skills like empathy, collaboration, information literacy, critical thinking, resourcefulness, communication, and creativity.” Krista Moroder.

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