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Learning Theories & Models for Educational Research & Practice.
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I found this really useful - bite-sized overviews of the main paradigms in learning theories, and the key ideas within each paradigm. Great jumping off point for further research/reading.
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DImage courtesy of r2hox I am not a conspiracy theorist. I do not think there is some global coverup or that the sky is falling and no one knows it, but there is one area in which I do think we need...
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Nathan writes an interesting post of the question of personal data in the modern world. Do we have the *right* as teachers to ask students to sign up for this or that website/app that we want to use in class? Please also check out the site recommended by Mura in his comment: https://tosdr.org/# It summarises the main points on the Terms of Service for most major platforms used at the moment - NO ONE reads the fine print - when you do, it can be surprising...
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Simple, effective idea for classroom management using the humble notebook.
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CAST Teacher: British, male, late 20s Student A: Korean, male, late 20s, graphic designer, high-beginner Student B: Korean, female, early 20s, economics student, pre-intermediate Student C: Korean,...
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An interesting conversation recently occurred in David Harbinson's classroom, relating to racial and religious discrimination. How do you handle it when things like this come up in your teaching context? Is it wrong to assert your beliefs over another's? Or is it important to address issues like these head on? And if so, how can you do so in a respectful and appropriate way? David's post is a good example. This is worth reading and considering and could even be used as the basis of a professional development workshop.
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Finland's former chief inspector is no longer needed – except as a global spokesman for Finnish success, as Peter Wilby discovers
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Have you ever met an adult who doesn't really love what they do, but just goes through the motions in their job and everyday life? Have you spoken with men and women who constantly complain, showing
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Teachers need to be given more "status, pay and autonomy" if countries are going to improve school standards, says an international report.
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The majority of children now turn to Google for answers rather than ask their teachers, new research published on Friday claims.
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Noam Chomsky discusses the purpose of education, impact of technology, whether education should be perceived as a cost or an investment and the value of stan...
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John Naughton: Three courses created at Stanford University prove that free online education can compete with traditional teaching methods...
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This animate was adapted from a talk given at the RSA by Sir Ken Robinson, world-renowned education and creativity expert and recipient of the RSA's Benjamin... |
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Many technologies have promised to revolutionize education, but so far none has. With that in mind, what could revolutionize education? These ideas have been...
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Maybe we need to reframe this whole debate as about the learners experience, rather than what we as teachers do...
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What if your job didn’t control your life? Brazilian CEO Ricardo Semler practices a radical form of corporate democracy, rethinking everything from board meetings to how workers report their vacation days (they don’t have to). It’s a vision that rewards the wisdom of workers, promotes work-life balance — and leads to some deep insight on what work, and life, is really all about. Bonus question: What if schools were like this too?
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This is pretty radical - idealistic? - but brilliant as well. Working for and teaching for 'wisdom' and a better way of living by thinking outside the box, turning established methods on their heads, and giving people (yes, children too) the choice on how to evolve their own development and construct their own systems.
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The idea for sharing this post came from a session I recently conducted at the annual teaching conference organized by my university. Via Darren Burris, Mel Riddile, Phil Chappell
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Very useful and immediately practicable. It doesn't take much to scaffold group work a bit and makes such a huge difference to productive, effective work for both students and teachers. 
Phil Chappell's curator insight,
January 20, 2015 4:31 PM
Good, practical ideas fr maximising group productivity
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The most effective memorization techniques draw on physical and emotional engagement as much as they do pure brain power...
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There was an interesting article in yesterday's Wall St Journal. The author, Amanda Ripley, was reporting on the huge private tutoring market in South Korea. Parents in that country now spend an as...
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The National Professional Standards for Teachers are a public statement of what constitutes teacher quality.
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Finland comes up in nearly every conversation about education reform these days. What, it is asked, can the United States learn from Finnish educational success?
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The kid in the back wants me to define "logic." The girl next to him looks bewildered. The boy in front of me dutifully takes notes even though he has severe auditory processing issues and doesn't...
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In my opinion too many teachers, schools and parents mistake conformity for engagement. |
