by edtosavetheworld | Oct 10, 2013 | Stage 1: Adult Learning and Leadership, Stage 2: Joyful and Efficient
Think about your school environment. How stimulating is it for the students? How stimulating is it for the adults? Check out this study: Twin rats were raised in two different environments: either in a bare cage with food and water, or in a cage with lots of toys and...
by edtosavetheworld | Oct 7, 2013 | Stage 1: Adult Learning and Leadership
What would keep you at a job where you are unhappy? More money? Vacation time? A sweet office? If you said yes to any of those options, you are probably wrong. It’s more likely that you’d stay if you felt you were improving, had control over what you did, and found...
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 11, 2013 | Stage 3: Conceptual Understanding
Today we feature Nancy Kreth, Elementary Science Curriculum and Instruction Specialist for Northside School District in San Antonio, Texas. Her words follow: Transforming Teaching and Learning in a Large District: Our Concept Based Curriculum Journey As a Central...
by edtosavetheworld | Aug 30, 2013 | Innovation Series
Happy Friday! Today instead of hearing from an individual innovator, we’re looking at a school focused on creating innovators: Stanford’s Institute of Design (or d.school). The d.school has been referred to as a school for world changers and has produced several...
