ED Surge

MARCH 8, 2022

These cameras would allow parents to livestream their children’s lessons throughout the school day. Meanwhile in Indiana, a bill would have required teachers to turn in a year’s worth of lesson plans in advance. Yes, I’m deviating from my lesson plans. As teachers, we teach students not subjects.

Lesson Plan 116

Lesson Plan K-12 History Professional Development 116

A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 10, 2018

More often than not I do not see opportunities for student reflections through countless walk-throughs, lesson plan reviews, or audits of how digital tools are being used. The University of Sydney: School of Teaching and Curriculum Studies. This type of learning helps move the student from surface to deep learning.

Pedagogy 392

Pedagogy Lesson Plan Critical Thinking Research 392

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Only half of Americans say their schools gave them strong critical-thinking skills, according to a study released this week by the Reboot Foundation, where I serve as executive director. Teaching young people to think critically is essential — but such instruction doesn’t have to be dry or boring.

Teaching 111

Teaching Psychology Lesson Plan Critical Thinking 111

ED Surge

AUGUST 3, 2023

For leaders like Daniel-Hardy, the introduction of generative AI to the teaching-learning process “feels different,” even though they’ve seen multiple waves of disruptive technology circle in and out through classrooms. Using AI in teaching is like learning a new skill, says Dembo, so it has to start with applying it to something familiar.

EdTech 98

EdTech Professional Development Lesson Plan Critical Thinking 98

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Science instruction in elementary school can help students develop strong critical thinking skills, problem-solving, creativity, and curiosity! However, science incorporates elements of reading, math, social studies, and more, making it an excellent tool for teaching other subjects concurrently.

Elementary School 52

Elementary School Education Lesson Plan Social Studies 52

ED Surge

MARCH 20, 2024

Teaching creativity and creative thinking in K-12 has always been valued but often challenging to implement. Many standards and curricula don’t call out creativity explicitly, and teachers aren’t often trained on how to teach and assess creative thinking. AI can’t replace teachers; it lacks the human connection.

Pedagogy 130

Pedagogy Advocacy K-12 Economics 130

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

As I begin the new school year, I make a list of all my priorities: Lesson planning, grading, classroom setup, data analysis and new teacher mentorship. These kinds of conversations were not possible when I began teaching in the district. Building relationships with parents is at the top of the list.

Cultures 130

Cultures Advocacy Lesson Plan High School 130

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Take advantage of your resources like lesson plans, teaching strategies, printables, and more. High-Impact Teaching Strategies There are high-impact teaching strategies recommended throughout your Studies Weekly Teacher Edition. Your Teacher’s Edition is worth its weight in gold!

Artifacts 52

Artifacts Primary Sources Lesson Plan Social Studies 52

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

For instance, if I was teaching Social Studies today… My students and I definitely would be tapping into an incredible diversity of online resources. And, if I was stuck for an idea for class, I could access the Social Studies lesson plans at Educade or the 400+ lesson plans at the EDSITEment!

Social Studies 76

Social Studies Teaching Archiving Geography 76

Moler's Musing

AUGUST 23, 2024

My day begins with teaching two 65-minute social studies periods, followed by a plan period, co-teaching a reading workshop with an ELA teacher, and ending the day with two more 65-minute social studies classes. At the beginning of the year, the name of the game is teaching the process and procedures of EduProtocols.

Artifacts 82

Artifacts History Social Studies Lesson Plan 82

ED Surge

JANUARY 5, 2023

We explored new efforts by school districts to address staff shortages and other ongoing fallout from the pandemic, including four-day school weeks and more flexible, better-paying teaching programs. What emerges from our list of most-read stories of 2022 is a clear theme: Teaching is in crisis. Teaching Broke My Heart.

K-12 91

K-12 EdTech Library Lesson Plan 91

Students of History

JANUARY 10, 2023

If you are teaching high school, this likely means that you can broach most news-worthy topics. Additionally, look for events that connect to the themes and concepts you're teaching in class. However, that presents a great opportunity to teach it and connect to your curriculum! 3) Encourage critical thinking.

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Civics Critical Thinking World History 52

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

With political topics as polarizing as they are right now, it is understandable for teachers to want to try to avoid them and just stick to the lesson plan. But external pressures have permeated classrooms like never before, from book bans to critical race theory debates to mask mandates. We believe it begins in classrooms.

Lesson Plan 112

Lesson Plan Critical Thinking Cultures Teaching 112

Students of History

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Our worksheets are perfect for helping students with reading comprehension, preparing for the Regents review or state assessment, pairing with a video like the Crash Course US History series, or with your lesson plans throughout the school year. This makes them easy to differentiate for special education students with accommodations.

History 52

History Primary Sources Lesson Plan American History 52

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 8, 2021

“Naysayers may think that project-based learning is progressive and it’s chasing butterflies in the backyard,” said Kristin De Vivo, executive director of Lucas Education Research, a unit of the Lucas foundation that commissioned outside researchers to conduct the evaluations. Not every attempt at project-based learning worked.

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Project-Based Learning Middle School Social Studies Learning Science 145

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. But by the 2010s, teaching so much copyright law to future web developers seemed unnecessary.

Government 118

Government Tradition Humanities Library 118

Digital Promise

JULY 27, 2018

But really, they’re interdisciplinary, promoting important educational principles such as inquiry, play, imagination, innovation, critical thinking , problem solving and passion-based learning. My research explores how teachers work together to explore news ways of teaching and learning through makerspaces.

Elementary School 74

Elementary School Critical Thinking Lesson Plan Cultures 74

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

When Rebecca Brewer started teaching high school biology 20 years ago, it seemed like everyone trusted science. Teaching topics like the science of vaccinations elicited little controversy. Their parents’ opinions make their way into the classroom,” said Brewer, who teaches in Troy, Michigan. “Of The NGSS was released in 2013.

Controversial Topics 107

Controversial Topics Middle School Lesson Plan Teaching 107

Digital Promise

AUGUST 17, 2016

If the timeline is shorter, collect evidence that indicates a strong promise of student results based on improved teaching and learning practices (i.e. more engagement, use of data, strategic lesson planning, etc.). Engaged students are the most powerful source of adaptive critical thinking in classrooms.

Education 58

Education K-12 Lesson Plan Critical Thinking 58

Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 17, 2015

After 13 years as a technology coordinator and business/computer teacher, Julie currently serves as an Instructional Technology Consultant for Prairie Lakes AEA by supporting educators with effective teaching, leading, and technology practices.

K-12 97

K-12 Leadership Project-Based Learning Lesson Plan 97

Digital Promise

MAY 25, 2017

I think something that holds a lot of teachers and librarians back is the belief that they have to know how to use every piece of tech and equipment and have scripted lesson plans incorporating everything before they can let students touch it. In this challenge they’re creating games that will teach the players something.

Library 102

Library Middle School Tradition Lesson Plan 102

The Hechinger Report

JULY 11, 2017

The association has a personalized learning group that visits school sites across the country as the superintendents — including Dillon — trade ideas about the learning philosophy “It’s a significant departure from having a teacher lecturing and teaching the same thing at the same time,” he added.

Elementary School 65

Elementary School High School Middle School Tradition 65

The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2018

The goal is to stop tethering teaching to “seat time” — where students are grouped by age and taught at a uniform, semester pace — and instead adopt competency-based education, in which students progress through skills and concepts by demonstrating proficiency. According to Baesler, however, “We were too often teaching to a test.

Tradition 111

Tradition Charter School American History Cultures 111

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 7, 2018

Lessons like these help students gain critical thinking skills and give them an opportunity to learn about workers’ rights and labor history, subjects that are often missing from classroom discussions, educators say. Adam Sanchez found this to be the case when he started teaching U.S.

Education 81

Education Economics Civics History 81

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 17, 2015

Teachers, particularly those who teach in our most disadvantaged communities, need to be protected. Teachers are obliged to write on the board the specific skill (and number) that they’re teaching. Poor schools are told not to wander too far from the standards, there’s little time for student questions and critical thinking.

Education 91

Education K-12 Anthropology Advocacy 91

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 15, 2014

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.

Education 101

Education Civics Pedagogy Lesson Plan 101