Pitfall 1: Your lectures are more effective than tranquilizer darts.
You’ve burned the midnight oil putting together the most titillating talk on the mitochondrial replication process, but for some reason when you’re 15 minutes into it (and just getting to …
Here’s an article written by Eagle Hill School senior Ian Mellin exploring the ideas of Lev Vygotsky and Social Development Theory:
In lessons on child development, Piaget is nearly always mentioned. He proposed a handful of developmental stages that a …
For as long as there have been schools, teachers have given homework to students for them to complete out of class. However, it is clear that homework, especially when teachers give it in excess, is unnecessary for the students. Recent studies performed by experts at Penn State University as well as the Curry School of Education have pointed to the fact that more homework does not correlate with better grades. In fact, some studies showed that homework is useless because of all the stress it puts on the young students that it is given to.
Sometimes it’s hard to see how our beliefs confine us or funnel us in a certain direction, especially when those beliefs are widely shared. Like invisible tracks our unexamined beliefs about all kinds of things lead us inexorably to preconceived …
Despite all the work that you have done researching colleges, the best indicator of which college will be right for you will be your college visits. In addition to considering academic programming, the availability of support, and the other critical …
My graduate research and my teaching interests have focused primarily on the intersections of public writing and rhetorical theory. Specifically, I am interested in the disconnect between school writing and public writing and how our students and off-campus communities can …
I guess I’m not used to reading papers on education reform penned by business gurus. When a friend recently forwarded me this article from the guys at Innosight, I was at first struck by the notable absence of the …
Social networking is really making us less social. Being social and connected has become dangerous for both mind and body, because people are becoming less and less likely to go out of their way to create social situations where they …
As a student with a learning disability, confidence has always been half the battle. It has proven time and time again to be the difference between success and failure. I’ve seen my fair share of both. Most times, this confidence …
It goes without saying that social networking has redefined the ways in which we interact with each other and our socio-expectations regarding modern discourses surrounding the concept of communication. However, I have become curious lately about the ways in which online education can possibly surpass classroom learning, and furthermore, how the idea of anonymity can somehow enhance student-centered learning.
You have to understand, my dears, that the shortest distance between truth and a human being is a story.
-Anthony De Mello
There is something special about stories. They have been told and retold for as long as people …
For those of you who have been following our coverage of breakthroughs related to the significant connection between mind and body in posts like these; Brain and Body, Dr. Bob Brooks on Spark by Dr. John Ratey, you’ll …
One of the challenges I face as an English teacher is teaching critical thinking skills to my students, as opposed to merely assessing for comprehension. Ultimately, texts are understood through a reader’s interpretation of the larger organization structures signaled by …
Both learning disabilities and giftedness are socially constructed paradigms that fail to educate the student to his full potential while treating him or her as a holistic person with strengths and weaknesses. …
We’re still enraptured here at LearningDiversity.org by the Finnish school model, which emphasizes early interventions and individualized support as key components for academic success. …
Check out this fourteen minute video created by the Northwest eLearning Community for the purposes of using Twitter for teaching, learning and professional development in higher education.
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If you enjoyed this short video on attention and multi-tasking you should really check out this article from the Chronicle of Higher Education about the work of a number of researchers exploring the fascinating connections between attention, memory, and learning. …
Since many of LearningDiversity.org’s readers are independent school teachers I figured I’d follow up an earlier post, Teachers: Overpaid Public Servants, with a look at how private school salaries stack up. As you might’ve guessed, at first glance it’s …
It’s pretty telling that the phrase “don’t lecture me” is commonly invoked when one party feels that another is speaking in a condescending, one-sided way. Yet lectures have been the most common method of instruction since the days of the …
“The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when …
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