Education
Readings
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| Creative teachers are the key to the future |
Readings to encourage a creative approach to teaching and learning.
By Allan Alach
I welcome suggested articles, so if you come across a gem, email
it to me at allanalach@inspire.net.nz
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Techniques for Building Reading Skills—in Any Subject
Students need good reading skills not just in English but in all
classes. Here are some ways you can help them develop those skills.
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| My technique Bruce H !! |
'Without
a repertoire of reading strategies that can be applied to any text, students
are being shortchanged in their education. In order to teach students to read
effectively, teachers must be sure that they are not simply suppliers of
information on a particular text but also instructors of techniques to build
reading skills. Here are some ideas on how to incorporate reading skills lessons
into a curriculum.’
Academic
Sponge Activities
A sponge activity is a lesson that soaks up precious
time that would otherwise be lost. Hint: It should be fun as well as
educational.
‘When
failing lessons need to be abandoned, it’s time to implement a sponge. Madeline
Hunter originated the term sponge activities to describe “learning activities that
soak up precious time that would otherwise be.” The best sponges are
academically rich and provoke laughter. Nicholas Ferroni, an education writer
for The Huffington Post, says that laughter activates dopamine and the learning
centers of the brain.'
Managing
the Oppositional-Defiant Child in the Classroom
‘Some
of the most challenging students I’ve had to teach have been those with
Oppositional-Defiant Disorder. These are the students who challenge the
behavioral norms in the classroom, often show low academic achievement, and
lack motivation. Thankfully, there is plenty of research behind teaching these
tough nuts to crack and lots of resources out there to help you figure out
interventions to support them in the classroom.'
‘In
order to skillfully embrace the challenges and opportunities they will
encounter in life, our students need to develop sophisticated
STEM
may be the future—but liberal arts are timeless
'Society
has therefore devalued the study of literature, history, politics, philosophy,
and sociology
Contributed by Bruce Hammonds:
Teaching in a Modern Learning Environment - with a twist!
Bruce’s latest article:
Modern Learning Environments must be more than an
architectural innovation. Modern Learning Environments provides the means to
devise learning situations which open up the potential for extending the
learning of the students. It means attempting to develop within the individual
learner all the skills and attitudes of a competent independent learner.’
Primary pupils' maths skills 'dropping alarmingly', report
finds
After seven years of national standards, on top of 27 years
of a neoliberal education philosophy,
'A new report has found schools that improve maths
teaching and remove streaming were more successful in reversing a
"worrying" downward trend in children's maths abilities. Schools that
abolish classes specifically for talented pupils have a better chance of addressing
declining achievement in maths, a new report has found.’
Critical thinking in an age of fake news
'In a post-truth era of alternative facts and fake news,
the ability to discern what is true is an increasingly important skill.
Learning the skills to apply reason to claims is something
built into New Zealand’s school curriculum as one of five key competencies
required for living and lifelong learning. Critical thinking involves
questioning evidence, the validity of sources of information and reaching
conclusions based on evidence.'
This Yale Psychiatrist Knows How to Shut Down the School
to Prison Pipeline: So Why is He Ignored?
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Successful change does not begin with national
standards or standardized testing (though test scores will also rise
significantly, as an outcome of the cultural changes).’
Study: Too Many Structured Activities May Hinder
Children's Executive Functioning
So much for WALTs, success criteria, teacher intentions,
worksheets, phonics, heavy teacher
‘When children spend more time in structured activities,
they get worse at working toward goals, making decisions, and regulating their
behavior, according to a study.
Instead, kids might learn more when they have the
responsibility to decide for themselves what they're going to do with their
time. Psychologists at the University of Colorado and the University of Denver
studied the schedules of 70 six-year olds, and they found that the kids who
spent more time in less-structured activities had more highly-developed
self-directed executive function.’
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| Out with over structured teaching - value student creativity |
If Only We Could Find A Way To Not Un-Learn It
‘It's a truth that I feel in my own heart, even if I often
struggle to live it, but the more time I've spent
From Bruce’s ‘goldie
oldies’ file:
Why schools don't educate.
‘We live in a time of great school crises, Gatto began his
presentation, ‘and we need to define and
What's the Point of School?
'The purpose of education' Claxton writes, is to prepare
young
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