What Is Vygotsky’s Sociocultural Learning Theory?
According to Vygotsky, learning and development are inseparable from the social and cultural contexts in which individuals participate.
Learning
Learning is a process of acquiring knowledge, but more crucially acquiring the habits and tendencies to transfer that knowledge in personally meaningful circumstances.
A Visual Summary: 32 Learning Theories Every Teacher Should Know
From Constructivism and Connectivism to Situated Learning, here are 32 of the most common learning theories every teacher should know.
What Does The Research Say About Learning Through Play?
As Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “It is a happy talent to know how to play.”
The Hardest Year Of My Life: Exploring CPTSD And Childhood Trauma
CPTSD is a complex, often debilitating response caused by events over a period of time–anywhere from months to an entire childhood.
What Are Mindfulness Skills?
This Full Sensory mindfulness activity, combined with the ‘non-thinking zone,’ are important assets for teachers and students.
How To Help Students Learn From Anything
What/who is the most compelling, ongoing catalyst for helping students learn in your classroom? If it’s the teacher, you’re in trouble.
In Defense Of Absolute Literacy
We must speak, and teach our children to speak, a language precise and articulate and lively enough to tell the truth about the world as we know it.
Student-Centered Learning Requires Adjustments Of Perspective
Education is at its strongest when learners are at the center of the process and can exercise their choices about what happens.
The Pedagogy Of John Dewey: A Summary
Dewey believed that learning was socially constructed and that brain-based pedagogy should emphasize active, experiential learning.
The TeachThought Dictionary: Learning Models & Technology
A Dictionary For 21st Century Teachers: An ongoing index of emerging learning models, theories, and technology for progressive teaching.
Why People Play Video Games
Gamers often throw around “escapism” when talking about their hobby, but this is a hollow explanation for what motivates us to play games.
11 Ways To Reduce Creativity In Your Classroom
It’s not merely the closed-mindedness of fixed belief that can hold students back: it’s also the convenience of habit, the laziness of stereotyped thinking.