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  • Redefining the relationship between teachers and students leading to mastery learning

    December 10, 2017

    In Visible Learning for Teacher: Maximizing Impact on Learning, John Hattie describes the conditions that lead to identifying learning intentions and success criteria.  He describes the learning equation as five variables that a teachers needs to understand and design around. Challenge represents a design criteria that every teacher faces: designing a learning experience that is…

  • #Education is a team sport!

    November 19, 2017

    If “all-means-all,” that is if we intend for schools to be places where all students thrive and realize their full potential, then we have to focus our attention on moving education from a group of teachers working independently to a team of teachers working interdependently. Education should be a team sport. The focus for all…

  • Read on a digital device or read in print, which is preferable?

    November 15, 2017

    Naomi Baron wrote an interesting article in Phi Delta Kappan, Reading in a digital age.  She has also written a book on the topic, Words On Screen: The Fate of Reading in a Digital World. In her article she summarizes a research study of over 400 university students from various countries on their preferences for…

    Read on a digital device or read in print, which is preferable?
  • What’s up with #STEM or #STEAM?

    November 8, 2017

    A recent article in New York Times, Education Life, has an article entitled, Where the STEAM Jobs Are/Aren’t?  The author, Steve Lohr, missed the opportunity to focus his research and writing on the value of integrated studies in K-12 education.  Instead he focused on the availability of jobs in these markets.  Sure that’s important, but…

    What’s up with #STEM or #STEAM?
  • Technology and the distracted mind, how to support #engagement

    October 21, 2017

    In Phi Delta Kappan, Larry Rosen, a research psychologist from Cal State University, writes about the distracted student in today’s world.  The article, The Distracted Student: enhancing its focus and attention, outlines some of the research that suggests students’ pervasive use of technology leads to significant levels of distraction.  The impact can be great enough…

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