World-renowned education researcher John Hattie speaks to Tes ahead of the publication of his new book, Visible Learning: the Sequel, about his vision for expert teaching - and how teachers can improve their practice
The benefits of storytelling in teaching and learning are well established — and digital tools can help make stories more interactive, boost engagement, and convey ideas more effectively. Here's how to make the most of technology and sidestep common mistakes in the use of storytelling for learning.
El cuenta cuentos estimula la lectura especialmente en los niños o escolares y si en forma digital pueden encontrarlos será mucho mejor. Simplemente pidiendo al niño que exprese una palabra y en base a ese concepto podemos armar una historia que al final será inédita puesto que el ha recreado sus ideas y pensamientos para armar dicha historia, donde él armará las tramas para concluir en un final que él mismo desarrolló. Será interesante ahondar en esta herramienta tecnológica para incentivar la lectura desde la niñez.
Using examples skillfully and appropriately to illustrate complex ideas and procedures is integral to great teaching, no matter what discipline we're talking about. In math, examples help to demystify the steps that mathematicians take to solve problems. In foreign language class, examples help to bring permanence to sentence constructions that are slippery and transient if…
As we start a new fall semester, instructors should keep in mind that today’s students come from a vast array of backgrounds and still have pandemic-related stress.
The doctoral programs that prepare faculty for their positions often fail to train them on effective teaching practices. We owe it to our students to provide faculty with the professional development they need to help learners realize their full potential.
In a recent survey, nearly all higher education chief online officers expected online learning of some kind to be a part of the typical student experience within the next three years. While survey respondents did not necessarily agree on how much online would become the norm, it's clear that hybrid models are favored to dominate instruction by 2025.
The learning styles hypothesis—and particularly the meshing hypothesis—state that learners’ preferences about their preferred modality of learning (i.e., visual, aural, or kinesthetic) predic
This resource guide outlines some simple things teaching staff can do at the start of a course to make people feel welcome and to foster a sense of belonging.
You are not a visual learner — learning styles are a stubborn myth. Part of this video is sponsored by Google Search.
Special thanks to Prof. Daniel Willingham for the interview and being part of this video. Special thanks to Dr Helen Georigou for reviewing the script and helping with the scientific literature. Special thanks to Jennifer Borgioli Binis for consulting on the script. MinutePhysics video on a better way to picture atoms -- https://ve42.co/Atom
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Pashler, H., McDaniel, M., Rohrer, D., & Bjork, R. (2008). Learning styles: Concepts and evidence. Psychological science in the public interest, 9(3), 105-119. — https://ve42.co/Pashler2008
Willingham, D. T., Hughes, E. M., & Dobolyi, D. G. (2015). The scientific status of learning styles theories. Teaching of Psychology, 42(3), 266-271. — https://ve42.co/Willingham
Massa, L. J., & Mayer, R. E. (2006). Testing the ATI hypothesis: Should multimedia instruction accommodate verbalizer-visualizer cognitive style?. Learning and Individual Differences, 16(4), 321-335. — https://ve42.co/Massa2006
Everyone who sings – from young students to passionate amateurs – should be taking care of their voice.
Peter Mellow's insight:
When I was teaching in lecture theatres without any sound system (last century!) I developed a vocal injury/weakness that affected me for many years. So the lessons in this article are relevant to teachers everywhere who tend to talk a little more than most people do!
A concise guide to students as partners in higher education, including definitions, best practices, emerging questions for research, and key scholarship.
The concept of constructive alignment has supported generations of students and teachers within higher education. It is a ‘backward design’ method of teaching where the student outcomes are identified first and the teacher then designs teaching activities to enable students to achieve those outcomes, assessing how well they have been achieved. Each chapter outlines how to design the learning outcomes, teaching and assessments for success in learning.
This updated edition of Teaching for Quality Learning at University: • Provides a comprehensive, research-based theory of teaching for teacher reflection • Outlines how educational technology can be used in constructively aligned teaching • Helps staff developers to provide support for staff and departments in line with institutional policies • Offers a framework for quality assurance and quality enhancement across a whole institution
Teaching for Quality Learning at University continues to be used as a framework for designing higher education teaching systems globally and is essential reading for those in the field.
The YouTube sensation and Ultimate Classroom presenter admits he was a “real latecomer to mathematics. I was always slow, always behind the eight ball.”
Longtime professor Cathy Davidson is on a mission to promote the practice of active learning. And she says the stakes for improving classroom teaching...
Storytellers change lives. With her inspiring story of fearlessness and resilience, Nobel Peace Prize-winner Malala Yousafzai gave voice to millions of girls banned from attending school. Malala grew up in a storytelling family. Villagers would come to her family’s house in the Swat Valley of northwest Pakistan to hear Malala’s father tell stories. Listening to these stories made her want to be a great storyteller, too. She entered public-speaking competitions and soon learned that the key to winning over hearts was not to simply recite facts but to touch people’s hearts through stories.
The lecture is 800 years old (Lecture). Teachers questioning students is millenia-old. Yet these staples of instructional practice in K-12 and higher education, while criticized--often severely by pedagogical reformers--are alive and well in charter schools, regular public schools, and elite universities. Are these ways of teaching simply instances of traditional practices that stick like flypaper because they…
Infographics can make complex topics accessible in education, but they're often simple to a fault. We take a look at Bloom, Dale and Maslow's limitations.
In this post we hear from CRADLE PhD student Ameena Payne as she introduces her joint publication in EduResearch Matters ‘Academics, we need useful dialogues not monologues’. The publication discus…
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