How does engaging students in a discussion of teaching practice improve their learning outcomes? Katrina Schwartz examines why encouraging students to engage in self-assessment should be a crucial part of education. Read more here.
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How does engaging students in a discussion of teaching practice improve their learning outcomes? Katrina Schwartz examines why encouraging students to engage in self-assessment should be a crucial part of education. Read more here.
Can you prepare kids for an uncertain future? A progressive school in East Williamsberg, New York is placing kids at the centre of a new kind of learning. Read more here.
After a tech solution to keep parents in the loop, school records up to date and save on costly paper waste? Terri Czup reports on new technology 'InfoSnap' that's revolutionising the way schools store and update information. Read more here.
Is what we teach really what kids need to learn? Students talked to around the world feel almost unanimously that they are being held back by the current curriculum — it is a big part of why so many are alienated from education. Read the ideas from Mark Prensky from the Global Future Education Foundation And Institute.
James Nottingham talks about why challenge leads to enhanced learning. By developing metacognitive skills students are able to recognise when learning is hard similar to being in the pit. More importantly, they can articulate what skills and strategies they need to use to get out of it. Click here to read the analogy of the learning pit.
In Colorado, new evaluation systems are being designed by teachers, for teachers. The district-based systems aim to foster a culture of continuous improvement and targeted feedback, encouraging teachers to take ownership of their professional development. Read more here.
Seeing feedback as a teaching opportunity can help us shift our perspective from correction to collaboration, from merely fixing students' work to moving students forward in their learning. Troy Hicks suggests many technologies that can help us in the process of providing feedback. Read more here.
Does the relentless appetite for change in education mean losing sight of timeless lessons? Superintendent David Gamberg appeals to schools to rethink their approach to novelty, arguing that wisdom comes in guises both old and new. Read more here.
Have the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and its larger counterpart, the National Education Association (NEA), really turned their backs on the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), the massive multistate effort to improve student achievement, in concrete, substantive ways—and if so, how much does it matter? Read more here.
The first comprehensive review of Nova Scotia’s school system in 25 years has just been completed on behalf of the Minister’s Panel on Education. The panel was asked to identify “how to better adapt the education system to ensure success of all students in the changing environment.” Led by The Honourable Myra A.
