by edtosavetheworld | Oct 17, 2013 | Stage 2: Active Processing
Authors of the book Nudge, Thaler and Sunstein convincingly assert that most of us are “choice architects.” The ways in which we lay out choices for others can have a profound impact on what they select. If lunch is displayed a certain way in school...
by edtosavetheworld | Oct 2, 2013 | Stage 1: Adult Learning and Leadership
We talk a lot about research on how students learn, but what about adults? What about you? Today’s your turn. Below are several principles about how adults learn (the fancy term is andragogy) from Malcolm S. Knowles’s research. Do these principles match your...
by edtosavetheworld | Sep 19, 2013 | Stage 4: Disciplinary Thinking
The next time you worry that your real world project is too complicated, messy, or complex for students ask yourself, “Would simplifying this project be mother-robining?” What’s mother-robin teaching? Take look at this quotation from Critical Thinking Foundation...
by edtosavetheworld | Aug 29, 2013 | Stage 2: Active Processing
What is a “flipped classroom?” Essentially, instead of teachers lecturing in school, they record lectures and students watch them at home. Then students do what is traditionally assigned for “homework” in school while the teacher is present for...
by edtosavetheworld | Aug 28, 2013 | Stage 2: Active Processing
Today we are excited to have Andie Hannah, a great teacher from Virginia, share her ideas about active processing. Andie’s remarks follow. This past spring semester, my 8th grade English class and I read Ray Bradbury’s Dandelion Wine. I was a little nervous...
