The Highest Literacy Is Understanding The Value Of A Text
Texts may be chosen based on their success in the classroom, yet students are not taught how to recognize their utility in their lives.
John Dewey: ‘We must prepare our students…for their world.’
According to John Dewey, ‘We must prepare our students…for their world.’ by Terry Heick “The world is moving at a tremendous rate. No one knows where. We must prepare our children not for the world of the past, not for our world, but for their world–the world of the future.” That’s not Ken Robinson, but…
What Is Confirmation Bias?
What is confirmation bias? Broadly speaking, confirmation bias is the tendency of people to overvalue data that supports their own beliefs.
6 Design Principles Of Connected Learning
What is Connected Learning? An approach to learning that views interests and passions that are developed in a social context as essential.
100 Things Students Can Create To Demonstrate What They Know
Students can express themselves and demonstrate knowledge in new ways. Here are 100 things they can create to show what they know.
How To Give Specific, Quality Learning Feedback To Students
To tell a student ‘great job’ or ‘this needs work’ is a missed opportunity. Specific, quality learning feedback can change your teaching.
The 6 Stages Of A Teaching Career
We’re diving into the 6 stages of a teaching career: pride, survival, experimentation, disillusionment, rebellion, & ongoing mastery.
Why Learning Innovation Can’t Come From Teachers Alone
Learning Innovation Can’t Come From Teachers Alone by Terry Heick A few years ago, the late Grant Wiggins, a learning expert who inspired me since my first year in the classroom, wrote about the intersection of academic standards and creativity. “Why do people insist on viewing the Standards as inconsistent with teacher creativity and choice?…
Why You Should Be Tagging Your Curriculum
Why should you tag your curriculum? Because it makes it easier to skim, search, analyze, evaluate, and use what you use to teach.
What Is Really, Truly ‘Best For The Kids’?
What Is Really, Truly ‘Best For The Kids’? by Terry Heick What’s best for the kids. I remember hearing this phrase when I was handed a towering stack of fluency probes that represented about 3-4 hours of “in addition to” work per week. I wasn’t against the idea behind it all (supporting the literacy of…
‘Information Flow’ As A Litmus Test For Quality Teaching
Just as with gardening, preparing the soil takes time. But once we get past that, students begin to blossom and initiate their own learning.
26 Sentence Stems For Higher-Level Conversation In The Classroom
During meaningful conversations, students are forced to be accountable for positions, to listen, and to analyze opposing perspectives & ideas.
End of content
End of content