Edthena

OCTOBER 6, 2021

When you think of culturally responsive teaching, you may not immediately think of dopamine and oxytocin. But the brain chemicals have a lot to do with the framework and approach to teaching. Knowing the brain science behind culture’s role in learning is immensely important for teachers who want to prioritize CRT.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 29, 2016

This year I transitioned from teaching English classes in isolation to co-teaching English, science, and technology with another teacher in a pilot program called N.E.W. When I initially pitched the program concept to my principal, I emphasized the co-teaching component. 1 Learning from Another Perspective.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 15, 2018

My colleague Chad sees those opportunities through an edu-entrepreneurial lens, always looking at what learning need isn’t being met and how to shape a response to the human needs inside our schools; in doing so, it shifts power from teacher to learners.

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Students of History

JANUARY 3, 2023

It's the year 2023, and teaching social studies is more of a challenge than ever before. Another trend in social studies education is the emphasis on project-based learning. This approach allows students to learn by actively participating in the process of discovering new knowledge and solving real-world problems.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 7, 2024

It’s also important to equip them with professional-quality templates and assets so that the projects they’re creating actually look like professional outputs. Pedagogically, this approach is real-world, authentic, project-based learning. With AI, we’re teaching them to surf in an ever-changing ocean.

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Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 2, 2023

So, for example, understanding the role of the human heart in the body is not just about being able to label where the human heart is on a diagram or being able to spit out a definition. “So it’s not just creativity in the sense of like the arts, but it’s more like, okay, you know something about the human heart. .”

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Schools brag that they teach it on their websites and in open houses to impress parents. But a fascinating review of the scientific research on how to teach critical thinking concludes that teaching generic critical thinking skills, such as logical reasoning, might be a big waste of time. Future of Learning. Proof Points.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

These mental health challenges are not pathological, but considered to be normal human responses to a rapidly changing world. One solution is to teach about climate change by focusing on strategies to address its consequences.

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ED Surge

MARCH 15, 2024

Curricular mandates and pressure from school and district leaders, for example, can create a teaching and learning environment that fosters insular, make-work assignments. I like to think of this shift as a transition from content-based to issues-based curriculum. But there are forces that get in the way.

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American History World History Social Studies History 121

The Hechinger Report

MAY 11, 2020

Teachers have said for decades that inflexibility on teaching, testing and innovation keep them from adapting to student needs. We can’t just teach content in school anymore. We have to teach students to seek out and demonstrate learning wherever they are. We should’ve listened.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 12, 2024

Unsurprisingly, the United Nations asserts that quality education is not only a fundamental human right but also a crucial catalyst for economic growth and development. Lauren Lichtman Head of Strategy & Partnerships Learning Equality Learning Equality offers educational opportunities for the 2.6

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 18, 2024

After finishing school this summer, she’ll participate in a year-long placement to confirm that teaching is the right career for her before going to a technical college. You don’t learn about a job in school,” said Sonja Gryzik, who teaches English, math and career orientation at the school Neriman attends, Ursula Kuhr Schule.

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Dr. Shannon Doak

MAY 28, 2024

It’s crucial that we teach students how to learn, how to think critically, and how to use content as a vehicle for problem-solving. The Flaws of Exam-Centric Assessment Relying heavily on exams overlooks the complexities of human learning and the various external factors that impact a student’s performance.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2019

The students do this through nine-week long, interdisciplinary projects that the Finnish call “phenomenon-based learning,” a term coined by the country’s National Agency for Education. Phenomenon-based learning is a lot like project-based learning, a more familiar term in the United States.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2020

Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. Leave this field empty if you're human: Ten years ago, Courtney Dickinson wanted to create an innovative public school. She had a teaching degree and while she never got a job as a teacher, she had a lot of ideas about how schools should operate. Weekly Update. Higher Education.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2019

Sign up for the Future of Learning newsletter. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. Leave this field empty if you're human: The kind of leadership and responsibility that shone through EB’s speech is actively encouraged at this unusual program in rural Maine. Choose as many newsletters as you like. Weekly Update.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. Leave this field empty if you're human: A team of U.K. Related: A study finds promise in project-based learning for young low-income children. Learning gains were measured by comparing before and after tests. Sign up for Jill Barshay's Proof Points newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2020

Universities still teach the same way they did in the Middle Ages!” Trustees at Wesleyan University, where I am president, have for years been singing the siren’s song to professors about the benefits of online teaching, and usually the answer they get is: “It just doesn’t work.” Will the 2020 coronavirus pandemic change that?

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

In a new report from the Economist Intelligence Unit, a research group affiliated with the weekly magazine, many K-12 educators said they want to retool their teaching to match workforce needs but feel limited by meager budgets and inadequate access to technology. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. Weekly Update.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every Tuesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Personalized learning, project-based learning, mastery-based learning – they all require more work of teachers and more work of students.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2018

That’s one of the reasons a different approach to teaching and learning caught my attention several years ago. A member of the nonprofit New Tech Network , the school showed me a different approach in classrooms, whereby teachers connected students with their learning in profound new ways.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 16, 2021

Scientists have long known that the human brain develops more rapidly between birth and the age of 3 than at any other time in life. Related: Four new studies bolster the case for project-based learning. Kids often learn better when they work together, researchers said. The Adolescent Brain.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Behind the storage unit sits a rectangular wooden box stuffed with bicycle tires filled with Silly Putty to replicate human intestines. For that biomedical project, students had to create a probe and learn to maneuver it sight unseen from behind a curtain on the box’s opening to procure a sample from the intestine/bike tire.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2018

Students may learn more. Two studies on how best to teach elementary schools students — one on the popular trend of “platooning” and one on the far less common practice of “looping” — at first would seem totally unrelated other than the fact that they both use silly words with double-o’s. Photo: Jamie Martines.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

DECEMBER 24, 2016

I also shared that the research on motivation and engagement from Deci & Ryan, Hallie, and others shows quite clearly that autonomy and self-direction are fundamental human needs that we violate to the detriment of both our students and our proclaimed academic goals. 5 great slides about technology, learning, and change.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every Tuesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Mississippi Learning. Leave this field empty if you're human: That’s the mindset Mote wants all school districts to take on.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2017

When I was 8 years old, my father began teaching me a programming language called BASIC, using an Epson QX10 computer. Related: COLUMN: Kids teaching robots: Is this the future of education? We’ve also invested in bringing coding to life through project-based learning using Wonder Workshop’s educational robots, Dash and Dot.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2017

Project-based learning, in which students embark on long research or art projects, science experiments or even writing books , is one of the hottest trends in high school reform. who attempt to replicate its project-based model. Like Macdonald, Meier began her teaching career as a kindergarten teacher.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 23, 2018

Our new learning design and schedule allow us to differentiate and accelerate instruction, offer new learning opportunities in both STEM subjects and the humanities, and increase the amount of time available for teacher planning and professional development.

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Professional Development Middle School Project-Based Learning Leadership 66

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2017

The internships are also part of a larger turnaround effort at ChiTech, centered on project-based learning. The school, where more than 90 percent of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and 14 percent are counted as homeless, was founded in 2009 to teach skills valued by the booming technology sector.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2019

Decades of research, both about educational best practice and the way the human brain works, say these types of motivators are dangerous. Offering students rewards for learning creates reliance on the reward. Looking back, she’s grateful that experience made her realize she didn’t like teaching.

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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.

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TeachThought

JULY 31, 2024

Not An Argument For Learning Models At this point, this is usually where the conversation turns to learning models–entrepreneurial learning, self-directed learning , mobile learning, play-based learning, project-based learning, inquiry-based learning , blended learning.

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Anthropology News

JUNE 27, 2024

AI is shaping our everyday lives, but as anthropology teaching faculty, most of our recent AI-related conversations have had a singular focus: how to deal with generative AI tools like ChatGPT in the classroom. Ian Straughn worked with students in an introductory archaeology course using Humata.ai Next, students examined the apps themselves.

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