We Should Teach About Uncomfortable Ideas, Here’s How
We can striving to remain true to the ideals of liberal science and the cascading norms of conversation using an inquiry stance.
We can striving to remain true to the ideals of liberal science and the cascading norms of conversation using an inquiry stance.
Project based learning is a significant paradigm shift for most teachers and schools that takes sustained work to be successful.
In project-based learning, students and teachers work together to identify content and skills necessary to complete a project.
False dichotomies about inquiry teaching advanced by critics are detrimental to the students and society that so desperately need it.
Replacing mindsets of fear and judgment with inquiry and compassion when potential is limited can have exponential effects on learning.
Have I started with purpose and pedagogy instead of the tech? How will this tech empower students to control their own learning?
Unfortunately, teachers are increasingly getting swept into the morass of culture wars playing out in our media and political processes.
One could reasonably cite the complexity of constructivist teaching and learning as a reason to default to more traditional teaching methods.
Project-based learning can nurture student autonomy by requiring students to make authentic decisions about what they learn and do.
With an authentic audience in PBL, inquiry can help students ask important questions like, ‘Who is our audience and what are their needs?’
Consider including social-emotional learning strategies in your routines and practices for students for effective online teaching.
Leaning into good formative assessment practice, we can respond to shortcomings by changing our actions to better meet our goal statements.