Don’t Attack Teachers, Support and Encourage Them!
I along with many educators across the globe have been trying to figure out how to move forward in this pandemic. Our country is broken, and I am disheartened to hear and see all the fighting over whether we wear masks and if schools should reopen for face-to-face...Why Problem-Based Learning Is Better
For generations, we have almost completely bypassed the development of true problem solving skills in our curricula, avoiding the hard questions “at the very end of the textbook chapter.” Instructional technology director Tim Holt makes the case that Problem-Based (not project-based) Learning can go a long way to address the deficit.
How Do We Teach Critical Thinking in a Connected World?
Along with creativity, collaboration, and communication, critical thinking is one of the four components of learning in the 21st century. Unlike the other three, critical thinking is often difficult to reduce to bite-size pieces of understanding and challenging to teach to others.
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