Topic: Teaching & Learning
Staying in Touch with Societal Trends: Getting Students Ready for a Fast-Changing World
“Sustainability” is the word du jour. Unbelievably, some people still define “being sustainable” as “successfully defending the status quo.” To borrow alliteration from Thomas Jefferson, that is an idea that “never was and never will be” truly sustainable. The question is not, “When will things get back to normal?” Instead,... Read the full article >
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Teachers of the Future: The Future of Education Thomas Frey Thomas Frey, founder of the DaVinci Institute, sees a radical shift beginning in the world of education within two years. While many are debating vouchers, No Child Left Behind, teacher shortages, grading systems, teacher certification, parental involvement, truancy and dropouts,... Read the full article >
Teachers of the Future: Using New Skills to Prepare Students
Teachers of the future are today’s multifaceted teachers educating and preparing students to meet the demands of the post-secondary arena and job market. Notice I didn’t mention a test. Teachers of the future will focus less on testing and more on the teaching skills that place students on a trajectory... Read the full article >
Training for Transformation: Teachers, Technology, and the Third Millennium
The Third Millennium is characterized by a rapid explosion of technological developments. These advances create challenges for educators and the need to develop a deeper understanding and skill set to meet the needs of future learners. In order to meet these challenges we need to encourage educational approaches that emphasize... Read the full article >
BRAVO Educators Improve Student Learning
Improving Student Learning through Building Relationships Student learning occurs when many effective teaching strategies are implemented, but the foundation on which this learning takes place is built on creating a culture where trusting relationships among all stakeholders abound. Thiessen and Cook-Sather (2007) acknowledged that having even just one adult in... Read the full article >
Process and Tools Support Learning at all Levels
As Douglas Reeves asserted in the spring 2009 issue of AdvancED Source, focusing on outcomes without examining the “how” of those outcomes is like addressing teen obesity by putting a scale in every school. The goal of reducing rates of obesity may be reached, but without any understanding of whether... Read the full article >
Professional Learning Communities: The Key to Improved Teaching and Learning
Wonderful news has emerged for those seeking to improve student achievement. Two different comprehensive syntheses of research on the factors impacting student learning have come to the same conclusion: the most important variable in the achievement of students is the quality of instruction they receive on a daily basis (Marzano,... Read the full article >