4 Easy Steps To Teach What Matters Most by Grant Wiggins, Ph.D, Authentic Education We have all said it and we have all heard it: there’s just no time to slow down and [fill in the blank], I have so much to cover… This, despite the fact that we all know, at some level, that it is not…
Constructing a pre- and post-assessment system helps you formally track how much progress you make within a given time period.
Where Do Essential Questions Come From? by Grant Wiggins, Ph.D, Authentic Education “I didn’t know they could think!” an excited high school principal blurted out. The principal was reacting to what he had just witnessed: his 9th grade students engaging in their first-ever Socratic Seminar, facilitated by my colleague and wife Denise a few years ago in a…
“When we consider our own perspective first, it is easier to think about the writer’s overarching ideas”
Teaching tactics unmoored from helping kids become autonomous decision-makers is doomed to fail, even if good tactics become second nature.
The problem with rubrics in learning is that they’re often subjective and their point systems are often arbitrary.
by Grant Wiggins, Authenticeducation A recent query via Twitter asked a question we often hear: isn’t UbD (or any planning process) antithetical to such approaches as project-based learning and inquiry-based learning, since you can’t and shouldn’t plan for an unknown serendipitous result? More generally, isn’t there something faintly oppressive and hampering of creativity in such…
By Grant Wiggins, Ph.D Stupidification (n): 1. A deadly illness in which perfectly good ideas and processes are killed as a result of thoughtless interpretation and implementation. 2. The reducing of intricate issues and processes to simplistic, rigid, and mandated policies, in the impatient quest for quick fixes to complex problems. No, it’s not a real…
We know the link between a child’s socioeconomic status and school achievement is real, it is a very tight link that has existed for decades.
Minding The Test Without The Panic Editor’s Preface: As TeachThought grows, we are trying to include a consistently more diverse set of voices, authority, and expertise. This is what brought us to partner with Grant Wiggins to begin offering his personal thoughts on education. The following article is interesting, as it address two persistent issues…
Instructional templates can keep key design questions that get lost in typical planning at the center, prioritizing engagement over content.
The actions, behavior, and attitudes of great teachers differ considerably from those of good teachers; it’s not just a matter of degree.
Thoughtful people think about their thinking — the meaning of what they learn & the consequences of what they do.
Let’s follow the logic, since it holds some promise of solving vexing & persistent problems of boredom and ineffectiveness that we see daily.