A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 3, 2024

In today's rapidly changing world, where new challenges and technologies emerge at an unprecedented pace, students need to be relevant thinkers to successfully navigate the complex social, economic, and environmental issues they will face. It encourages deeper cognitive processes and critical thinking.

Critical Thinking 466

Critical Thinking Pedagogy Project-Based Learning Cultures 466

ED Surge

MARCH 20, 2024

Many standards and curricula don’t call out creativity explicitly, and teachers aren’t often trained on how to teach and assess creative thinking. As such, many students enter college and the workforce not having enough practice in key critical thinking skills that they need to be innovative problem-solvers and effective communicators.

Pedagogy 134

Pedagogy Advocacy K-12 Professional Development 134

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

18, I posted in two Facebook groups devoted to college pedagogy. At the same time, ensuring that college students are getting the best learning experiences possible is urgent, to prevent a steep drop in graduation rates as the country grapples with economic crisis. What did you buy, and how’d it work out?

Teaching 142

Teaching K-12 Pedagogy Economics 142

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 17, 2019

This includes activities that emphasize exploration and cooperation as well as developing critical thinking skills. The United States cannot maintain its status as an economic powerhouse if we fail to focus properly on basic skills. Public school teachers should observe a high-fidelity Montessori classroom.

Pedagogy 111

Pedagogy Psychology Critical Thinking Economics 111

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2023

economics, political science, sociology) and the natural and mathematical sciences. We are also — given the breadth and depth of how schools like ours are structured — hubs for innovation within and across disciplines, including through pedagogy and faculty research. dance, film, theater) to the humanities (e.g.,

Sociology 110

Sociology Education Political Science Pedagogy 110

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2018

That’s prompted new Janesville Schools Superintendent Steve Pophal to enact a plan to give kids the critical thinking and specialized skills he hopes will help them meet local business needs while avoiding the trap of low-skill, low-wage work that accounts for a growing share of the city’s economy. That compares with a 1.6

Pedagogy 111

Pedagogy High School Economics Humanities 111

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Schools exist in very different geographical, political, social, economic contexts, but deep truths can be transferred and applied,” said Tony Jackson, vice president for the Center for Global. Schools exist in very different geographical, political, social, economic contexts, but deep truths can be transferred and applied.

Middle School 102

Middle School Social Justice Professional Development Cultures 102