The Selflessness Of Pedagogy: What Every Teacher Gives
The ‘giving’ of yourself implies that you give your whole self to the act of teaching–that you merge your ‘self’ and your pedagogy.
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10 Ways Teaching Has Changed In The Last 10 Years
Even as apps have fallen in favor, mobility is the new standard. Information, communication, search—mobility matters in the modern world.
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10 Statements To Help Students Understand Wisdom
Wisdom is knowing what’s worth understanding, understanding the value of ideas, and always placing knowing in the context of not knowing
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20 Strategies To Get The Best Work From Your Students
To get the best work from a student, they need to create their own standards for quality academic work–ideally alongside you, as a teacher.
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How To Add Rigor To Anything
In rigorous tasks, learners will often need to synthesize data, positions, or theories from multiple sources or perspectives.
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Why Should I Go To School? 20 Reasons To Learn In A Changing World
The reasons to learn given at the end of the list are better than those at the beginning, & all are adequate ‘purposes of school.’
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The Problem With Most School Mission Statements
Why do we create school mission statements alongside the planets & stars, then insist on data and strategies grounded in research & reality?
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Become A Better Teacher: 20 Things You Can Learn In 10 Minutes
This list includes 20 (mostly) simple things you can do (relatively) quickly to become a better teacher in the 21st century.
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What Technology Can Replace In The Classroom (& What It Cannot)
From curriculum maps and report cards to metacognition & field trips, here are some examples of what technology can replace in the classroom.
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From Procedural Knowledge To Self Knowledge: The 4 Stages Of Curiosity
In the first stage of curiosity, students are primarily concerned with procedural knowledge: What they’re supposed to do and how.
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Does Your Teaching Suppress Genius–Or Require It?
What happens when, after demonstrating mastery of every standard we can think of, students are exceptional at absolutely nothing?
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The Impact Of Technology On Curiosity
Understanding the impact of technology on curiosity suggests that we first understand the role of curiosity in the learning process itself.
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How Disruption Innovation in Education Creates Lasting Change
One goal for disruption in education could be the ongoing emergence of new ideas–new learning models, content, new strategies and thinking.
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Innovation In Libraries Can Lead To Innovation In Schools
Libraries are brilliant because books are brilliant. How we organize books deserves scrutiny as technology changes things.
