Tag: Terry Heick
Why So Many Students Think They Dislike Reading
Reading is personal but we often focus on the mechanics instead of the people and the strategies instead of the living and breathing happening around…
8 Strategies Your Teaching More Enjoyable This Year
Social-Emotional Teaching is every bit as important as Social-Emotional Learning. Teaching matters and teachers matter
Teaching Critical Thinking Starts With The Student
Out of all of the ideas and circumstances and knowledge and information that you encounter on a daily basis, what’s worth understanding?
Genius Hour In The Classroom: 6 Principles
Genius Hour in the classroom is driven by curiosity. Critical principles include inquiry, purpose, socialization, and design.
Teach Students To Think Irrationally
Our task? Overcome a child’s natural tendency to play, rebel, and self-direct in hopes of providing them with an ‘education.’
8 Of The Most Important Critical Thinking Skills
The most important critical thinking skills include analysis, synthesis, interpretation, inferencing, and judgement.
How I Eliminated (Almost) All Grading Problems In My…
Grading problems still surfaced, but with a system in place, it was easier to identify what went wrong and communicate why to…
Create A Curriculum That Questions The Purpose Of Knowledge
The purpose of curriculum is to provide a mutual language to organize and communicate knowledge–and students inherit its implications.