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In an Age of Robots, Schools are Teaching our Children to be Redundant
What is Place-Based Education and Why Does it Matter?
FOR TEACHERS: What Kind of Work?
In this blog post, Dave Mulder challenges teachers to think about what students are doing in their classes and why they are doing it. What is the purpose of the work they are doing? Do the students even know? Do you as the teacher know the real intended outcome of the assignments you give students? Is the purpose actually learning? Are your students demonstrating learning or doing assignments?
FOR TEACHERS: The Secret That Increases Effort 40%
Helpful feedback for students has far more to do with “how” than “what.” Researchers asked middle school teachers to give a writing assignment to their students, and afterward, give the students various types of feedback. To their surprise, the researchers discovered there was one particular type of remark that improved student effort so much, they called it “magical.” Are you using these nineteen simple words?
FOR SCHOOL LEADERS: Nine Things that Can Make Your Presentations Better
Many leaders have trouble delivering presentations even when they are subject-matter experts because of anxiety or because the audience is bored or disconnected, writes Eve Ash. There are nine skills that can help, starting with a positive mindset and including audience participation without surrendering control of the situation.
FOR PARENTS: Why It’s Important to Read Aloud to your Kids, and How To Make it Count
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