by edtosavetheworld | Jul 24, 2013 | Stage 4: Disciplinary Thinking
What do we hope students would say if we asked them why we study different academic disciplines? Asking students during the summer is a great exercise to get baseline data for what they think. Questions to help us analyze their responses: Are we teaching the...
by edtosavetheworld | Jul 23, 2013 | Stage 4: Disciplinary Thinking
“The best way to understand circles is to reinvent the wheel.” Nicholas Negroponte, Founder MIT Media Lab My thinking about the purpose of academic subjects has evolved quite a bit over the last decade. Even the use of the word...
by edtosavetheworld | Jul 15, 2013 | News and Trends, Stage 3: Conceptual Understanding
The number of schools joining the International Baccalaureate consortium in the United States has tripled in the last 10 years. The worldwide growth rate over the last five years is 12% overall and over 20% for the primary years program. So, what exactly is IB and why...
by edtosavetheworld | Jul 1, 2013 | News and Trends, Stage 2: Active Processing
Is it just us or does it feel like everyone is talking about the brain lately? Today’s post tries to make sense of all the buzz. John Medina has “12 Brain Rules” Mariale Haridman suggests “6 Brain Targets” Eric Jensen advocates “5...
by edtosavetheworld | Jun 26, 2013 | Stage 2: Joyful and Efficient
Our framework uses principles of teaching and learning that trusts teachers’ expertise, judgment and creativity to implement uniquely given their students and circumstances. Today we feature two teachers from different sides of the globe to share how they create...
