How To Kill Learner Curiosity In 12 Easy Steps
Killing a learner’s natural curiosity doesn’t happen overnight. It can take as long as 12 years, and in rare cases that isn’t long enough.
Killing a learner’s natural curiosity doesn’t happen overnight. It can take as long as 12 years, and in rare cases that isn’t long enough.
Just as a teacher has to create conditions that support and encourage student success, school districts have to support teachers’ PD.
Researchers surveyed 21,678 American high school students and found that nearly 75% of the students’ emotions about school were negative.
These high school students put together questions to ask historians on Twitter, getting answers that may not be easy to find in history books.
Flipping the lesson design by asking students to explain an activity’s purpose after it’s done encourages them to make important connections.
Actors Theatre of Louisville is proud to announce the return of the 15th anniual New Voices Young Playwrights Festival April 27-29, 2020.
Edcamp is a participant-driven approach to PD. The result is a teacher-centered, ‘bottom-up’ approach to teacher improvement.
Because topics and format are largely flexible in Edcamp, the result is an event that feels ‘teacher-centered’ versus institutionally-focused.
Teachers are passionate about helping their students and improving their craft. But PD doesn’t always feel particularly helpful.
By definition, learning is social in nature. Using different mediums, whether it be books, discussions, technology, we study and make meaning together.
What are the things that teachers can change? What if your goal was to change the arc of your students’ lives?
Mediocre teaching loiters around the lower levels of Bloom’s taxonomy. A culture of ongoing inquiry can change that.
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