Shifting From Pedagogy To Heutagogy In Education
As a self-directed approach to learning, heutagogy is underpinned by the assumptions of two key philosophies: humanism and constructivism.
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A Visual Cheat Sheet For Education Technology
A Visual Cheat Sheet For Education Technology by TeachThought Staff Keeping up with technology is impossible, even for blogs like Mashable, Engadget, and Techcrunch that do it for a living. Moore’s Law and all. And lately, education has had its share of innovation, whether it’s showing up in your local public school/K-20 classroom or not. Combine the…
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4 Tips For Smarter Collaboration With Resource Teachers
Collaboration is not pointless. Simplification of the steps & appropriate curriculum re-arrangement can only be done though collaboration.
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What Close Reading Actually Means
The goal of close reading is to analyze the text and interpret why details–and the text itself–are significant.
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Promoting STEM Critical Thinking Using Post-it® Super Sticky Notes
Here are ways teachers can use Post-it notes and other products to promote critical thinking in the classroom.
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Less Tech, More Talk: Moving To A Discussion-Based Classroom
Students who are naturally outgoing and comfortable speaking in front of their peers are challenged to listen more and engage with introverted students.
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GMOs: A Timely Inquiry-Based Learning Topic
Do we fully understand the long-term effects of science–and if we don’t, how should that change how we “practice science”?
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What To Read Next: 100 Timeless Books, Poems, And Essays
What should you read next? Consider Aldous Huxley’s ‘Brave New World,’ Ray Bradbury’s ‘Fahrenheit 451,’ or Kurt Vonnegut’s ‘Player Piano.’
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12 Literary Road Trips In A Single Map
12 Literary Road Trips In A Single Map by TeachThought Staff Richard Kreitner and Steven Melendez over at atlasobscura recently shared a map you might want to take a look at. The map–and its hand-typed notes–represent an enormous effort, and the selections themselves some mighty fine taste in recent literature. There are over 1500 entries on the…
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40 Important STEM Resources For Women
Although the American Association of University Women focuses on all of academia, closing the gender gap in STEM remains a priority.
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Why Students Should Still Write Research Papers
8 Reasons Why Students Should Still Write Research Papers contributed by Dorothy Mikuska There are plenty of reasons why the research paper is not assigned. They pretty much boil down to: Before the research paper is declared dead and deleted from the curriculum in pursuit of briefer and more tech-based learning, here are 8 important reasons…
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How Technology Changed My Social Studies Classroom
The use of technology to do blended thematic learning is a great example of this type of teaching.
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Text Complexity? Helping Readers See The Whole Text
In this post we consider the appropriate text complexity to use in order to help students develop text comprehension.
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How Deductive Thinking Can Drive Student-Designed Research
Deductive Thinking Can Drive Student-Designed Research by Jane Healey, Ph.D. I specialize in an odd subject—research. I teach students to select a subject area, pick a topic, craft a question, design a prospectus, follow through on the plans, adapt to obstacles and “interesting” findings, organize results, and create an appropriate outcome that matches the content and…
