by edtosavetheworld | Mar 13, 2015 | Stage 5: Students as World Changers
Although we seldom talk about them on the blog, our husbands are big supporters and contributors to Ed to Save the World. All three of them have backgrounds in education and their advice, expertise, and humor are invaluable to our operation. This week, we’re...
by edtosavetheworld | Mar 4, 2014 | Stage 4: Disciplinary Thinking
What subject(s) do you teach? When was that last time you explored an unknown or created something new in that field? Try it out and then write out the steps you took and the questions you asked yourself along the way. Then model it, thinking aloud in front of your...
by edtosavetheworld | Dec 31, 2013 | Stage 4: Disciplinary Thinking
How many times have you stood in front of the class with an interesting situation or dilemma and narrated your thoughts aloud for your students so they can hear how you reason through it? If we just “tell” students what experts have “figured...
by edtosavetheworld | Nov 5, 2013 | Stage 4: Disciplinary Thinking
This week as we turn our focus to disciplinary thinking, we ask ourselves, How do we get kids to think like experts in each respective field? How can students think like mathematicians in math class and literary critics in English class? How can they behave as...
by edtosavetheworld | Jul 25, 2013 | Stage 4: Disciplinary Thinking
Many math teachers struggle to teach disciplinary thinking in their classrooms. The list of procedures that students must “master” by the end of each math course seems overwhelmingly long. There is no time for students to “play” with math,...
