The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

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. Additional activities reinforced the lessons.

Teaching 140

Teaching Charter School Social Studies Geography 140

Digital Promise

JULY 10, 2019

Gotto Chair in Child Development and professor of psychology and human development at Peabody College, Vanderbilt University. Matthews’s research highlights how belonging extends to the instructional choices and curricula used by teachers, a theme that often comes up in research on culturally responsive pedagogy. and Antonio M.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 14, 2019

Learners are most responsible for their own learning and must have agency to chart their own course, and feel safe and supported in doing so. Educators need to support learners in this journey through their pedagogy, use of tools and technology, and design of the learning environment.

Pedagogy 109

Pedagogy Psychology Learning Science Research 109

ED Surge

JULY 8, 2022

So I explored the notion of caring pedagogy and discovered, to my surprise, that it goes all the way back to the 1930s and ‘40s, to the pioneering work of Soviet psychologist Lev Vygotsky, noted in learning-science circles among the founders of social constructivist theory.

Pedagogy 108

Pedagogy Psychology Teaching Cultures 108