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Critical Thinking in the 21st Century and Beyond

A Principal's Reflections

South from his peers was his passion for helping students learn and love the sciences. He didn’t teach science. We learned science. He is the main reason I pursued a degree in science initially, before taking this passion to the field of education. All of his classes were amazing.

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The buzz around teaching facts to boost reading is bigger than the evidence for it

The Hechinger Report

The idea of forcing children to learn a specific set of facts and topics is controversial. It runs counter to newer trends of culturally relevant pedagogy , or culturally responsive teaching , in which critics contend that students identities should be reflected in what they learn.

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The building blocks of math that students need to excel — but aren’t always getting

The Hechinger Report

By their standard, only 15 percent of undergraduate elementary education programs earned an A for adequately covering both math content and pedagogy. A 2022 report from the National Council on Teacher Quality highlights that while teacher training programs have improved in the last decade, they still have a long way to go.

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Collaborative Learning in the Age of Social-Distancing

Digital Promise

As schools rapidly shift instruction to a learn-from-home situation, we’re thinking about how to integrate core learning sciences principles in this new context: What do we know improves learning? How can we implement these strategies with students at home?

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Learning Should Be Fun: Gaming for Adult Learners

Digital Promise

It also turns out that games use many of the features that learning science has revealed as effective pedagogy. And, in the last few years, the explosion in device ownership means technology hurdles – both in access and digital literacy – are lowering.

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Digital Promise Partnering with Five Rural Communities Using Micro-credentials

Digital Promise

They will also upgrade online learning environments, expand credentialing, and integrate virtual reality (VR) learning experiences for workers, including dislocated workers, incumbent workers, and new entrants to the workforce. Tennessee State University’s (TSU) Center of Excellence for Learning Sciences.

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Research Webinar: Equity and Maker Learning

Digital Promise

Since the fall 2016 meeting of the League of Innovative Schools , superintendents from around the country have connected with leading researchers in the field of maker learning. Investigating the social values and purposes that maker learning programs promote.

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