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Reflective Learning as the New Normal

A Principal's Reflections

The quest to improve pedagogy, and in turn learner outcomes, is a focus of many schools. The key to future-proofing education is to empower students to not only think, but to apply their thinking in relevant ways to demonstrate what has been learned. Maybe success lies in taking a more detailed look at daily practice.

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This School Librarian Thinks Her Job Is the ‘Best-Kept Secret in Education’

ED Surge

She teaches concepts as wide-ranging as American Sign Language, critical thinking, typing, conducting research and writing in cursive. I have coursework in school librarianship, so that's definitely a part of my progress, having actual school librarianship theories and pedagogies and systems under my belt.

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Unlocking the Power of Creativity and AI: Preparing Students for the Future Workforce

ED Surge

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.

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What 2015 Holds for the Future of Education

Digital Promise

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.” ” Melissa Gedney. League of Innovative Schools. Project Manager.

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How Schools Are Coaching — or Coaxing — Teachers to Use ChatGPT

ED Surge

Soon, they will have to understand it, regulate its use and also implement it in their own pedagogy. For example, the use of AI “can start with a two-week lesson plan. Beyond cheating of course, there is another common fear that ChatGPT will diminish critical thinking abilities in students.

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How Educators Are Leading the Future of Learning With AI Initiatives

ED Surge

Lex Vargas At Anaheim High School , teachers are exploring how AI can further enhance and support pedagogy from ideas for creating engaging lesson plans to increasing efficiency and time spent with tasks and more. He recounted a collaboration with a colleague to develop an innovative cross-curricular lesson plan.