A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 13, 2021

In the lead-up to a curation of a vast amount of research, UNESCO stated the following: In today’s world, education systems must constantly evolve in order to effectively respond to the rapidly changing demands of the societies they serve. In this post, I am going to focus on where learning can and should happen.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 23, 2020

Adaptive Technologies Nothing replaces sound instructional design and pedagogy. Tasks and assignments can be completed over a specific time period using strategies addressed in this post as well as more traditional options such as research papers or projects.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

Through our research we came across a device called the mass driver. South had us actively learn science instead of just taking notes and then a traditional assessment. The specific task of each group played a larger part in the Martian project. It was relevant, meaningful, and fun.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 10, 2020

The purposeful use of technology and sound pedagogy that empowers kids to think through relevant applications should be the drivers. When it comes to professional learning that leads to improved outcomes, the research is pretty clear in that it should be job-embedded and ongoing. Learning going forward should be anything but common.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 3, 2024

Educators can facilitate debates, research projects, or simulations that challenge students to synthesize information and form new understandings. Educators should use the framework as a dynamic tool to scaffold instruction and assessment while moving to more personalized pedagogies.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 7, 2019

The benefits speak for themselves, which compels all of us to ensure that this becomes a mainstay in pedagogy as well as learning environments. These can range from traditional electives or more innovative options that align to student interests and current trends in the workforce. These include utility value and relatedness.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

As a result, it can be difficult at times to compete for attention using traditional teaching methods like whiteboards, worksheets, and extended direct instruction. As I have written extensively in the past the digital world that we are now all apart of provides so much promise with paired with sound pedagogy.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 24, 2018

As a supplement to traditional discussion strategies technology can serve as a catalyst to increase engagement by getting more people actively involved during lessons. It can also take conversations to new levels of interactivity and expression.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Students can be excellent little actors in a traditional classroom, going through the motions of “ studenting ,” but not learning much. That’s the argument of Peter Liljedahl, a professor of mathematics education at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, who has spent years researching what works in teaching. How did that go?

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Digital Promise

JUNE 27, 2017

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. With the help of this four-part framework, the researchers identify issues of equity and suggest clear steps educators can take to address potential problems.

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Cult of Pedagogy

JANUARY 21, 2024

When you make a purchase through these links, Cult of Pedagogy gets a small percentage of the sale at no extra cost to you. Just this month, a group of researchers published their findings on the impact of district capital projects and used test scores to draw conclusions. What’s the difference between Amazon and Bookshop.org?

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Anthropology News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

and, in the context of international research, has United States citizenship. Rachel Watkins noted , “There is a longer history of a critical mass of people of color being involved in bioarchaeological research as subjects … than as knowledge producers.” Bio)archaeology is no stranger to its colonial baggage.

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Cult of Pedagogy

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

When you make a purchase through these links, Cult of Pedagogy gets a small percentage of the sale at no extra cost to you. ” This is a big shift from traditional coaching, she says, “which is about data cycles and analyzing student work, learning targets and all of that. Teaching is intense, vulnerable work.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 21, 2017

There is joy in innovating, challenging the status quo, marching to the beat of a different drummer, and experiencing success through non-traditional means. Find happiness Entrepreneurs work out of a passion. So do edupreneurs. Embrace brandED Work to present yourself with a unique brand value (UBV), which is a key to edupreneurship.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 21, 2025

She teaches concepts as wide-ranging as American Sign Language, critical thinking, typing, conducting research and writing in cursive. I have coursework in school librarianship, so that's definitely a part of my progress, having actual school librarianship theories and pedagogies and systems under my belt. I'm an educator.

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Maitri Learning

MAY 2, 2025

For decades, the United States has invested billions in reading research, yet nearly two-thirds of fourth graders still cannot read proficiently according to national assessments (National Assessment for Educational Progress [NAEP], 2022; Weasler, 2024). This research is primarily focused on outcomes assessed by quantitative studies.

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Pedagogy to Share

AUGUST 21, 2023

In addition to presenting the tool and its pedagogical possibilities, I will present data from a recent study on pedagogy of care in online settings. Summary Emerging from the traumatic COVID-19 period, many educators are searching for ways to pursue further professional learning in techno-pedagogy.

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Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 1, 2024

” After extensive research, she decided that the path she wanted to pursue for her state was Educators Rising, which gets young people started on a path to teaching as early as middle school. The post Two Programs with Fresh Solutions to the Teacher Shortage first appeared on Cult of Pedagogy. We barely have a pipeline.

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Teaching Anthropology

DECEMBER 16, 2023

In preparation for a class based my 2022 article in Teaching Anthropology, Toward a Pedagogy for Consumer Anthropology: Method, Theory, Marketing , I provided ChatGPT with the following prompt: Use the research findings below to create 12 marketing ideas for Duncan Hines cake mix. Human Organization. 69 (3): 252-262. Morais, Robert J.

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ED Surge

JUNE 10, 2024

For the past four years, applied learning pedagogies, including digital tools like game-based platforms, have been explored within LAUSD to build math, literacy and social-emotional learning competencies using applied learning pedagogy.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 9, 2022

Cierra Kaler-Jones wasn’t your traditional dance teacher. and South Carolina, the program focuses on research- and arts-based projects structured around Black history and feminist thought, Afro-futurism and the history of organization and activism. Subscribe today! Co-designed with a handful of Black girls from Washington, D.C.,

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ED Surge

MARCH 27, 2024

Confirmingly, research shows that adult learners self-report lower levels of math self-efficacy and higher levels of math anxiety than traditional undergraduates. Their ability to teach math gives them ample opportunities to discuss their thinking and be intentional about helping them focus on math content and pedagogy simultaneously.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Instead of traditional direct instruction, PBL in math encourages students to explore, discuss and understand mathematical concepts by solving problems collaboratively. You may have heard a lot about PBL in recent years. It’s an instructional approach where students learn by actively engaging in real-world, meaningful problems.

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ED Surge

JUNE 14, 2022

It’s an issue that two researchers at UCLA, Jane Margolis and Jean Ryoo, have been digging into in their scholarly work—a phenomenon they call “preparatory privilege.” EdSurge: Why did you turn your research into a graphic novel? EdSurge: Why did you turn your research into a graphic novel?

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Digital Promise

JULY 10, 2019

While parts of the education system have incorporated tailored methods to keep students engaged, mathematics is often still taught in traditional, non-differentiated ways. A growing body of research has revealed the diversity of student strengths and challenges and a wide variety of pathways there are to effective learning.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2018

On each of the school’s three stories, teams of teachers huddle to discuss new pedagogies, while some students chitchat and others present their latest projects, all under the bright, clear light of the atrium windows. Compared to children at a traditional school, students at Hellerup have a tremendous amount of freedom in how they work.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

mainly comes in a few fixed shapes and sizes: the research university, the liberal arts college, the community college, the technical college. It’s broadening how we think about research,” Henderson said in an interview. Research would still be a key piece, though, as opposed to most community colleges that focus only on teaching.

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Teaching Anthropology

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Anna Apostolidou PhD, Assistant Professor of Social Anthropology, Ionian University Given the history of our discipline, it seems rather peculiar that anthropologists are not more “naturally inclined” to employ multimodality in their research and teaching.

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ED Surge

MARCH 20, 2024

AI isn't just a new tool; it is a shift in pedagogy. Youngpradit: There is research out of Stanford that found that the prevalence of cheating overall remained the same with the introduction of ChatGPT. What are the equity and ethical considerations when it comes to AI use? Teachers need strategies and thought partnerships.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 23, 2019

A worksheet on a screen may save trees, but it will not inherently provide research-based strategies to support every unique learner. As such, we have to establish standards that differentiate strong and weak pedagogy in edtech tools and help us decipher between real innovation and snake oil. Taking a more critical look at edtech.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 29, 2022

But if you ask Daniel Fung, vice principal and English teacher at the Sham Tseng Catholic School in Hong Kong, he will tell you computational thinking is an entire pedagogy geared toward teaching lifelong problem-solving skills. CT curriculum is not just about coding but rather a pedagogy and mindset.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 5, 2019

Wilson co-leads a summer institute called Learning Environments for Tomorrow (LEFT) at the Harvard Graduate School of Education — bringing together researchers, architects, designers, and educators to explore how learning spaces can support various goals, such as playfulness, collaboration, and civic engagement. Other elements?

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ED Surge

MARCH 28, 2022

This work requires a depth of discipline and perseverance from our students that can at times be difficult to foster within the limits of traditional instruction. The white picket fence, two kids, and the traditional nine-to-five workday are quickly losing their appeal. The American Dream no longer exists as Gen Xers know it to be.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2024

From their responses, and analysis by PISA researchers, several themes stand out, including disconnection from school and teachers, a lack of motivation and a sense that math does not clearly connect to their real lives. They also were more likely to report that they saw fewer potential benefits from studying math.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

However, as with any shift in traditional practices, there are some kinks to be worked out in terms of leveraging technology to our greatest advantage. Through research and trials, Hall found CalendarBridge , which addresses his scheduling pain point.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 19, 2023

It’s a pendulum swing, that we need to get people back in the classrooms,” says David Rhoads, director of hybrid and emerging pedagogy at Vanguard University in California, who considers himself a proponent of HyFlex teaching. I would love to ask faculty, ‘Do you know of any research on traditional education showing the efficacy?’”

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Anthropology News

JUNE 27, 2024

Christopher Lowman built a writing course for the era of ChatGPT, introducing anthropology majors to Large Language Models (LLMs) and their ability to prompt research topics and improve writing while teaching students to recognize AI’s limitations. Ian Straughn worked with students in an introductory archaeology course using Humata.ai

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