4 Core Purposes of Education, According to Sir Ken Robinson
WEBMar 2, 2022 · Personal. Education should enable young people to engage with the world within them as well as the world around them. In Western cultures, there is a firm distinction between the two worlds, between thinking and feeling, objectivity and subjectivity. This distinction is misguided.
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The Heart of Teaching and the Qualities of a Great Teacher
WEBJan 14, 2015 · Looking on the bright side always seems to help make things better. You are a builder: A great teacher bridges gaps and builds relationships, friendships, and a community. Teachers always look to make things better and improve things in and outside of the classroom. Building a community is something …
10 Powerful Community-Building Ideas for the Classroom - Edutopia
WEBFeb 5, 2019 · Class Norms: Bobby Shaddox, a seventh-grade social studies teacher at King Middle School in Portland, Maine, has his students develop a set of norms for themselves—adjectives that describe them as a community of learners. Having students come up with their own norms creates “a pathway toward belonging for every single student in that class,” says Dr. Pamela Cantor, founder of Turnaround ...
What Is Successful Technology Integration? | Edutopia
WEBNovember 5, 2007. Technology integration is the use of technology resources -- computers, mobile devices like smartphones and tablets, digital cameras, social media platforms and networks, software applications, the Internet, etc. -- in daily classroom practices, and in the management of a school. Successful technology integration is achieved ...
How to Integrate Technology - Edutopia
WEBNov 5, 2007 · The first step in successful tech integration is recognizing the change that may need to happen inside of yourself and in your approach to teaching. When any teacher brings technology into the classroom, he or she will no longer be the center of attention. The level of refocused attention will, of course, depend on the amount and the type of ...
How to Use Gameplay to Enhance Classroom Learning - Edutopia
WEBMar 26, 2021 · Teachers, for example, can use role-playing games in the classroom to help students inhabit different perspectives and understand them as part of larger, holistic systems of thought, explains Matthew Farber, a former teacher and assistant professor at the University of Northern Colorado who studies the intersection of game-based learning and SEL. This system of thinking can become a good entry ...
How Music Primes Students for Learning | Edutopia
WEBApr 22, 2022 · The Cognitive Benefits of Music. The key to understanding music’s advantages, researchers say, lies in how the brain processes sound, the raw material of music, language, and—perhaps counterintuitively—learning to read. The sounds that come in through our ears travel along an anatomically complex “auditory pathway” that’s deeply ...
Meaningful Feedback for Students: 5 Research-Based Tips - Edutopia
WEBAug 6, 2014 · 5. Involve Learners in the Process. The importance of involving learners in the process of collecting and analyzing performance-based data cannot be understated. Pennebaker says, “Students must be given access to information about their performance.... At the broadest level, students need to know if they actually have mastered the material or ...
Teacher-Parent Communication Strategies to Start the Year Off Right
WEBJul 30, 2021 · But parent-teacher communication can be challenging, say teachers. In 2006, 50 percent of participants in a survey of more than 1,000 K–12 public school teachers rated parental involvement in their children’s education as inadequate; 48 percent reported parental understanding of the curriculum similarly. And a 2016 study revealed that some of the largest barriers to productive parent ...