Cult of Pedagogy

JANUARY 21, 2024

After all, framed that way, teachers give hundreds of standardized tests a year, even those who do learner-centered assessment, project-based learning, or otherwise collect evidence of student learning in ways that are considered alternative or non-traditional. Put like that, they feel benign, almost harmless.

Pedagogy 238

Pedagogy Project-Based Learning Library Research 238

The Hechinger Report

MAY 26, 2019

But what else was she learning in this maker space? Plus, evidence-based assessments could improve the overall quality of project-based learning by helping educators tailor projects to specific skills and vet a lesson’s overall effectiveness. Related: Project-based learning and standardized tests don’t mix.

Education 111

Education Project-Based Learning Charter School Tradition 111

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Their work is a version of what educators call project-based learning, which means gaining knowledge by solving problems rather than by studying textbooks. But in this Colorado district, it can also mean learning by working on real jobs. When I was in high school, I wasn’t doing [projects like] this,” Garcia said.

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Project-Based Learning Elementary School High School Charter School 110

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2019

As part of the program, the freshmen engage in intensive community-building exercises, including tending to animals, learning to rock climb, running a restaurant — and coaching each other as they run for student government. Related: A little-known program has lifted 9th grade performance in virtually every type of school.

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Project-Based Learning High School Lesson Plan Tradition 99

Dangerously Irrelevant

JUNE 20, 2015

each regional Area Education Agency had the capacity to help its districts create project-based learning ‘incubators?’ some may already). kind of like Iowa BIG in Cedar Rapids). Help us make it happen?” ” Each of these would be big. Many of these together would be amazing… What do you think?

Education 102

Education Project-Based Learning Private School Leadership 102

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 2, 2023

Students not only build cities, they create governments, infusing civics into the curriculum, too. Design-based learning is not project-based learning, as Heim and Gehry Nelson are often asked to explain. “It

Education 105

Education Project-Based Learning K-12 Museum 105

ED Surge

AUGUST 24, 2022

At the same time, the meta-analysis described dozens of additional studies showing that laptop programs were correlated with positive teaching and learning processes, including more use of project-based learning and stronger relationships between students and teachers.

Professional Development 114

Professional Development Project-Based Learning Library Elementary School 114

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2019

Related: Project-based learning boosts student engagement, understanding. Curtatone encouraged Resnick and Duffy to take advantage of Massachusetts’ Innovation Schools provision, which offers public schools much of the flexibility charters enjoy without the independent governance that makes charter opponents bristle.

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Charter School Project-Based Learning High School Public School 111

Teaching American History

JANUARY 5, 2024

George Hawkins , a 2019 graduate of TAH’s Master of Arts with a Specialization in Teaching American History and Government (MASTAHG) program , was named South Dakota Teacher of the Year in October. Interdisciplinary Learning Hawkins works closely with a teaching partner who specializes in English Language Arts.

Teaching 52

Teaching Project-Based Learning American History Historic Sites 52

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

In addition to project-based learning, SR1 kids travel statewide and compete in robotics tournaments and visit college campuses. Dallas says he as CEO wants to focus even more efforts on gaining local and community investments rather than rely on the state and the federal governments. We want them to invest.”

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K-12 Project-Based Learning Government Research 71

Let's Cultivate Greatness

AUGUST 24, 2023

I’ve heard many Government and Civics teacher friends in states that do require it talk about it being “one more thing” and “such a joke.” The test bank contains 100 questions—about 60 relating to civics and government, 30 covering US history, and ten touching on geography and cultural topics. Now over a dozen do.

Civics 52

Civics Government Geography Project-Based Learning 52

Digital Promise

APRIL 9, 2018

This approach has also facilitated decisions in regional economic development disputes , water allocation disputes in an international river basin and disputes among aboriginal communities, national governments and private industry.

Economics 75

Economics Government Research Project-Based Learning 75

Let's Cultivate Greatness

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Below, I share how I select the cases we cover in my high school Civics and Government class and the poster project gallery walk we do to learn them in a way that matters. Then, see what various credible government and non-profit civics websites have listed as landmark cases. I’ll explain why in a second.

Teaching 52

Teaching Civics Government High School 52

ED Surge

AUGUST 28, 2023

It’s a moment when XQ Institute’s agenda — that schools should offer more project-based learning, allow more flexibility in their schedules, and assign classwork more explicitly connected to career paths that interest students — may excite education leaders searching for solutions.

High School 117

High School Leadership Public School Charter School 117

The Hechinger Report

MAY 3, 2023

government, and only 29 percent said they had a teacher whose primary responsibility is teaching civics. Eighth graders who learned about civics in a designated class outperformed those where it was embedded in another class (157 to 153 average scale score), while those with no civics instruction scored just 143.

Civics 126

Civics Primary Sources Civic Engagement K-12 126

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2018

This story about school segregation was produced by The Texas Tribune , a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that provides free news, data and events on Texas public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Related: How the federal government abandoned the Brown v. This story was reprinted with permission.

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Charter School K-12 Elementary School Economics 45

TeachThought

JULY 31, 2024

They are ambitious, designed to work on various scales, and are commissioned (quite literally) to enact the policies that govern the institutions (schools) they work in. It is designed to work on various scales, is well-intentioned, and often difficult to fault on paper. The teachers aren’t really much different.

Professional Development 215

Professional Development Project-Based Learning Government History 215

Let's Cultivate Greatness

JANUARY 3, 2025

We call it Civics, not Government, class because its purpose is to instill a sense of citizen duty and participation, not just a memorization of concepts and amendments. Email or Call Government Officials Find at least one small way to connect with an elected official during class. Its such a great question for this project.

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Civics Government Project-Based Learning Leadership 52