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 133

Pedagogy Advocacy K-12 Economics 133

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2024

New York University can offer as many Taylor Swift courses as it wants, and there might be nothing wrong with studying Taylor Swift as literature — but that should not happen until students have attained a robust understanding of the literary tradition. I always prompt my college-bound students to challenge themselves intellectually.

High School 129

High School Tradition Critical Thinking History 129

Teaching Anthropology

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

It seems that our recent (timid) interest in cultivating multiliteracies in anthropological work follows directly from his early 20 th -century view that human communication involves not only linguistic or verbal exchanges, but also non-verbal cues and gestures, such as tone of voice, facial expressions, and body language.

Anthropology 130

Anthropology Teaching Social Justice Pedagogy 130

Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 15, 2021

’ The authors of Powerful Teaching do say that “these strategies apply for … critical thinking” (p. It’s much more difficult to create educational systems that develop successful, problem-solving humans. As I said in a recent keynote, I absolutely adore the idea of ‘high-reliability schools.’

Learning Science 143

Learning Science Tradition Critical Thinking Teaching 143

ED Surge

MARCH 9, 2023

In schools, creativity can be harder to imagine in core subject areas like math and easier to associate with humanities and arts. Creativity encourages problem-solving, critical thinking, iteration, collaboration and making deep connections in students’ learning material.

Library 134

Library Tradition Professional Development Cultures 134

ED Surge

OCTOBER 10, 2023

But it’s not because students aren’t good at critical thinking, argues Mike Caulfield, a research scientist at University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public. There wasn't suddenly a massive decline in critical thinking,” Caulfield says. It's not able to evaluate things in the way a human is.

Critical Thinking 142

Critical Thinking Tradition Teaching Humanities 142

ED Surge

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Creative thinking leads the list, followed by analytical or critical thinking. Traditional education has often taught students to swim in a controlled pool. It’s not just about repetition and efficiency; it’s about adapting to shifting conditions and engaging in creative thinking.

Advocacy 120

Advocacy Project-Based Learning Tradition Economics 120

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

It can bring traditional textbooks to life by adding interactive elements like videos, models or supplementary information to printed pages. It lends itself to natural conversations around critical thinking and curiosity. It lends itself to natural conversations around critical thinking and curiosity.

EdTech 129

EdTech Junior High Geography Critical Thinking 129

The Hechinger Report

MAY 8, 2019

Instead of staying with the same two teachers in the same room for most of the day, students have one teacher for a combined science and math class and another for a humanities class that brings language arts and social studies together. That’s fine with Chew. Related: Project-based learning and standardized tests don’t mix.

Project-Based Learning 112

Project-Based Learning Tradition Middle School Social Studies 112

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

While our curriculum is traditional in the sense that it must follow the common core standards, the delivery is very different. For example, in middle school, students might do a role-playing game for the semester while studying molecules and the human body.

Middle School 118

Middle School Humanities Critical Thinking High School 118

ED Surge

JANUARY 31, 2022

Creating space to critically examine the complexity and context of these stories provide students with critical thinking opportunities and adds a human dimension to science where students can find connections and inspiration.

K-12 101

K-12 Critical Thinking Humanities Cultures 101

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Related: The number of college graduates in the humanities drops for the eighth consecutive year. But they see significantly larger increases in median salary at the five- and 10-year post-graduation marks compared to studio art and general humanities majors.

Anthropology 104

Anthropology Economics Psychology Humanities 104

ED Surge

OCTOBER 6, 2022

As opposed to, say, teaching students how to live “ the good life ,” or how to discern meaning through art and literature , or how to critique the very system that demands human productivity in exchange for pay in the first place. The traditional resume? He thinks a new system is needed. A skills engine.

Government 120

Government Tradition Humanities Library 120

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Here, we take a look at jobs that, to the extent that workforce and automation research can predict the future, will continue to depend largely on uniquely human skills, thus remaining relatively robot-proof. Less than 5 percent of jobs, McKinsey says, will disappear completely in that period. Related: Out of poverty, into the middle class.

Critical Thinking 111

Critical Thinking High School Research Teaching 111

Digital Promise

MARCH 5, 2020

This micro-credential focuses on how Future Ready Librarians “encourage and facilitate students to become increasingly self-directed as they create digital products of their learning that engage them in critical thinking, collaboration, and authentic real-world problem solving.” With teacher librarians across the U.S. Create More!

Library 93

Library Artifacts Advocacy Tradition 93

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2021

Now, kids are encouraged to think: Wait a minute, that’s really just 4 x 25, which is 100, plus 4 x 2, which is 8. “Yes, Yes, we want future citizens who can add and subtract, but we also need citizens who can reason and talk about their thinking — skills that humans can bring to the table that my calculator can’t.”

Elementary School 138

Elementary School High School Tradition Library 138

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 11, 2018

It’s not until the second-period bell rings, however, that you begin to see how different this is from a traditional psychology course. Instead of packing up to leave, students migrate over to the room’s pathology lab, well-appointed with microscopes, replicas of human skulls and anatomical models of internal organs. Weekly Update.

Teaching 107

Teaching Education Psychology Middle School 107

TCI

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Instead, video activities should demand interaction, critical thinking, and creativity. Why Video Teaching Strategies Are Essential in K-12 Education The traditional lecture-based model, where teachers present information to passive students, does not meet all of the needs of today’s diverse classrooms.

K-12 69

K-12 Critical Thinking Tradition Middle School 69

ED Surge

AUGUST 16, 2023

The integration of AI tools in English language arts (ELA) instruction has emerged as a potentially transformative pedagogical approach that could redefine the traditional landscape of education. You are still a thinking and feeling human being! You should never give up your voice and replace it with AI.

Education 98

Education Middle School Critical Thinking Teaching 98

Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Beyond that, a recent evaluation of instructional coaching programs shows that coaching is more effective than traditional professional development (PD) models in creating meaningful change in teacher practice and student achievement. Decades of research documents the benefits of coaching for teachers, students, and school culture.

Tradition 91

Tradition Cultures Elementary School Professional Development 91

Anthropology News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

These programs painstakingly endeavor to elevate what Chinese academic environments have long downplayed : liberal education, humanities disciplines, and skills like critical thinking. beyond human ) and transformed its methodology, and that anthropologists were trained to open their body-mind during ethnographic work.

Anthropology 98

Anthropology History Humanities Tradition 98

Dangerously Irrelevant

DECEMBER 24, 2016

We discussed the idea that the global innovation economy is pushing the skill sets of creativity, communication, critical thinking, and collaborative problem-solving much deeper into the labor pool than ever before.

Leadership 0

Leadership Project-Based Learning Critical Thinking Cultures 0

Digital Promise

APRIL 12, 2016

Vista Unified School District’s (VUSD) mission is “to inspire each and every student to persevere as critical-thinking individuals who collaborate to solve real-world problems.” Many classroom spaces in VUSD are far from traditional, as the district is creating more flexible learning spaces for students.

Middle School 91

Middle School Elementary School Critical Thinking Social Studies 91

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2017

Moheeb is part of a new program that is challenging the way teachers and students think about academics, and his school is one of hundreds that have done away with traditional letter grades inside their classrooms. While it may work to improve math skills, it is unlikely to help students advance in the humanities, she said.

Middle School 110

Middle School Tradition High School History 110

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 18, 2018

Leave this field empty if you're human: Social studies is typically considered the most suitable subject area for developing citizenship skills and knowledge. This requires skills of political critique, skepticism, critical thinking, consideration of alternatives, weighing of evidence and recognition of complexity.

Civics 83

Civics Social Studies History Critical Thinking 83

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Instead, the companies are working with edX and others to provide what they say are the educations that all of their employees require in common, including such abilities as critical thinking and collaboration. A cookie-cutter course is not going to solve the need for creating thinking in the future. Choose as many as you like.

Humanities 104

Humanities History Critical Thinking Economics 104

Dangerously Irrelevant

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Thailand is known for its delicious and varied cuisine, which is influenced by Chinese, Indian, and Malay culinary traditions. The use of CRISPR and other gene-editing technologies to modify the DNA of human embryos is a highly controversial and complex issue. — What are the best foods to eat in Thailand?

Economics 125

Economics Teaching Humanities Professional Development 125

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2023

She said, “Let’s give them the data points to critically think and draw conclusions.” Bang, who is partly of Ojibwe descent, said she looks at different mental models of the relationship between humans and the natural world — do we see ourselves as apart-from nature, or part of nature? That doesn’t motivate action or change.”

Teaching 90

Teaching K-12 Professional Development Civics 90

The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2018

We can’t keep structures that would allow us to fall back into a more traditional system,” said Steiner. “If Leave this field empty if you're human: “Teachers said, ‘If this is good for kids, why not bring it to all of them?’ ” said Steiner. Others, however, echo Northern Cass superintendent, Cory Steiner. “We Weekly Update.

Tradition 111

Tradition Charter School Cultures High School 111

C3 Teachers

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

This blog post delves into the power of inquiry to transform traditional classrooms into dynamic spaces of discovery, fostering critical thinking and lifelong learning skills. Complexity: Inquiry gives students experience with the realistic messiness and complexity of human interaction.

Critical Thinking 52

Critical Thinking Social Studies Civics Pedagogy 52

TCI

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Instead, video activities should demand interaction, critical thinking, and creativity. Why Video Teaching Strategies Are Essential in K-12 Education The traditional lecture-based model, where teachers present information to passive students, does not meet all of the needs of today’s diverse classrooms.

Teaching 52

Teaching Education K-12 Critical Thinking 52

TCI

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Instead, video activities should demand interaction, critical thinking, and creativity. Why Video Teaching Strategies Are Essential in K-12 Education The traditional lecture-based model, where teachers present information to passive students, does not meet all of the needs of today’s diverse classrooms.

Teaching 52

Teaching K-12 Critical Thinking Tradition 52

Dr. Shannon Doak

MAY 28, 2024

The traditional content-heavy curriculum, obsessed with low-level content mastery and memorization, no longer fits the bill for our rapidly evolving society. This approach breaks down the traditional barriers between subjects, allowing students to see the connections between different fields of study.

Education 58

Education Project-Based Learning Critical Thinking Geography 58

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2017

Institutions including Lebanon Valley College face demographic shifts, constrained family incomes, student preferences toward professionally oriented majors over some of the traditional liberal arts, and rapid technological change. Chamber of Commerce Foundation as saying that “employers have ‘less and less confidence’ in traditional degrees.”

Tradition 55

Tradition Leadership Government Critical Thinking 55

Dr. Shannon Doak

JUNE 13, 2020

In a previous post , I wrote: “I agree to a certain point that technology is a part of the solution, but it is not a silver bullet or a magical pill that will cure schools of this “traditional approach” disease. Sometimes educational technology can be a Wolf in Sheeps Clothing. This is where the other symbols come into play.

EdTech 71

EdTech Educational Technology Critical Thinking Tradition 71

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 16, 2018

Massachusetts is turning that traditional model on its head by having many schools combine rigorous academics with hands-on career training, now called “career and technical education.” At a Habitat for Humanity house being built in a nearby town, students were supposed to be installing a bathroom lighting fixture.

Economics 94

Economics High School Museum Charter School 94

Anthropology 365

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Johnson, University of Texas at San Antonio As the human population continues to expand into what was once wilderness, people increasingly come in contact with wildlife. Living with Javelinas explores how humans and nonhumans can coexist in ways that respect the autonomy and agency of all beings involved.

Anthropology 40

Anthropology Humanities Cultures Geography 40