At TeachThought, we constantly wrestle with two big questions: How do people learn, and how can they do it better in a constantly evolving context? In pursuit, the theme of “21st century learning” often surfaces,…
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10 Pros And Cons Of Looping In Education
by Jennifer Rita Nichols, @JennritaEdu In many schools, looping has been integrated as a regular procedure. It has become normal for students to spend more than one year with the same teachers. Of course, as…
Always Finding A Way For Purpose & Authenticity In Student Work
Always Finding A Way For Purpose & Authenticity In Student Work Some weeks you hear the same message in your head over and over. No, this week’s message wasn’t, “Happy Mothers’ Day.” In fact, I…
A Primer In Heutagogy And Self-Directed Learning
Jackie Gerstein’s passionate thinking about learning is some of my favorite to read. She is rarely pulled down by trend or fad, but is unquestionably progressive and forward-thinking in her approaches to learning and thinking…
The Difference Between Instructivism, Constructivism, And Connectivism
We spend so much time in education trying to make things better. Better policies. Better technology. Better standards. Better curriculum. Better instruction. Better assessment. Better response to assessment data. And too with research, teacher collaboration,…
Dissolving Barriers To Adopting Technology In The Classroom
Dissolving Barriers To Adopting Technology In The Classroom How the Other Half Lives: A Report from the 2013 Highlander Institute Blended Learning Conference by Dawn Casey-Rowe, Social Studies & Educational Technology Last weekend, the Second…
Examining Blended Learning Models: Student To Teacher Interactions
In part 1 of this 6-part series, Thomas Stanley looked at an overview of blended learning, specifically the critical interactions of a blended learning model. In part 2, he looked specifically at student-to-student interaction, and the reality…
16 Learning Strategies To Promote Grit And Delayed Gratification In Students
16 Learning Strategies To Promoting Grit And Delayed Gratification In Students In psychology, intelligence is not the primary predictor of success. It is the ability to persevere in hardship, persist and learn after failure, and…
Education Should Be More Childish
The folly of formal learning is a humbling, melancholy thing. As planners, designers, executors, and general caretakers of public and private education systems, we are tasked with the insurmountable: overcome a child’s natural tendency to…
What Happens When Students Are Simply Free To Learn?
If you could learn about anything, what would you choose to learn? If you gave this freedom to your students, what would they choose? Last fall, Patti Grayson shared with a few friends and me…
8 Characteristics Of A Great Teacher
What makes a teacher strong? What differentiates the best from the rest? There’s no shortage of bodies (some dramatically misguided) attempting to solve this riddle. The answers are nebulous at best. Below is a list…
The Succint Relationship Between Stress And Play
We talk often about the role of play in learning, and even the conditions necessary for play to occur, so I found this simple diagram by Jessica Hagy over at thisisindexed.com interesting, and wonderfully succinct….
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