Learning DiversityThe Adolescent Brain (Video)
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
If your teenage students seem a bit intractable, impulsive, or otherwise incomprehensible biology could be to blame. Check out this TED talk from cognitive neuroscientist Sarah-Jayne Blakemore.
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More on the Finnish Education Model
Monday, April 2, 2012
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. …
Got Multitaskers?
Thursday, February 2, 2012
I’m sure none of our readers out there check their email while in the middle of reading an article or listen to NPR while grading a stack of papers, but those kids these days, with their iPods, YouTube videos, and …
Lesson Plans: Global Perspectives & Inuit Culture
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Editor’s Note: Occasionally, teachers offer us lesson plans that they are using within their classrooms to post and share with other educators. This lesson plan comes from Diana Mackiewicz, who has used it in her Global Perspectives class. Global …
Secretary Arne Duncan Responds to Questions About Teachers’ Salaries and Standardized Testing
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Not to perpetuate the whole teacher pay uproar, but here we have Arne Duncan saying that teachers should be paid like other professionals, doctors, lawyers, engineers. Those comments sparked some vehement disagreement on the Department of Ed. blog page.…
One Family’s Experience with “Extreme Schooling” in Russia
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
What happens when you take elementary-age school children from Brooklyn and thrust them into an experimental Russian school? Find out by watching this video. The approach may not seem progressive in the sense that most Americans would think of. Rigor …
Resource Round-Up: Links You Can Use!
Monday, October 17, 2011
It’s been a while since we’ve posted a Resource Round-Up here on Learning Diversity, so we figured what better time than now to present you with the best links on the web to help your student, child, or yourself!…
Daniel Pink’s Drive: The RSA Animate Video
Friday, October 14, 2011
Here’s another great RSA Animate video, this time explaining the main ideas of Daniel Pink’s recent book Drive.
Enjoy!
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Race to Nowhere: A Film Worth Hosting?
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Since we’ve been talking about the trouble with homework I thought you might be interested in this recent documentary and the grass-roots campaign it has spawned, Race to Nowhere depicts the destructive pressures thrust upon American students by a competitive …
Alfie Kohn on The Homework Myth
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Author and outspoken education critic Alfie Kohn makes his case against homework while talking about his recent book The Homework Myth.
Some teachers may be surprised to hear that there is very little research that shows any academic benefit to …
From “Data” to “Capta”: Johanna Drucker Talks about the shift to data taken rather than given
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
If you’ve been following LearningDiversity.org at all then you’ve seen all the recent discussion sparked by Dr. Michael Ben-Chaim’s post entitled “Reading is a Cultural Activity”.
Well Johanna Drucker, author, visual artist, and cultural critic, seems to agree, …
Education, Games, and Motivation
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Speaking of “flow,” motivation, gaming, and what educators can learn from them, check out this video entitled “Gamifying Education,” sent around to her colleagues by Tatyana.
Student Perspectives: Making Your Learning Style Work for You
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
12th grader Tim Bartolini has developed a self-awareness pertaining to his own individual learning styles, which has allowed him to identify areas of academic strengths and those in needs of further development so he can succeed in college. Accordingly, he …
The Listening Project
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Documentaries in the classroom have the power to enlighten, motivate, or induce sleep. Pay no attention to the seemingly endless list of independent film awards some documentaries have garnered. There are no guarantees that they have what it takes to …
Frederick Hess- “Why School Reformers Keep Getting Stuck”
Monday, March 28, 2011
In his latest book, The Same Thing Over and Over: How School Reformers Get Stuck in Yesterday’s Ideas, educator, political scientist, and author Frederick Hess explains why it’s imperative that we thoroughly rethink schooling in light of current goals …
Understanding the Creative Process
Friday, March 18, 2011
The website 99% has just posted a fantastic compendium of videos describing various aspects of the creative process. Entitled “10 Awesome Videos On Idea Execution & The Creative Process”, the post lets you view lectures and animations from Harry …
Diane Ravitch: The Problem is Poverty not Bad Teachers
Friday, March 4, 2011
In the never-ending discussion of how to fix the broken American public school system we are repeatedly pelted with the now familiar litany of “fixes”; better teacher training, more funding, more accountability, and so on. Many people naturally look to …
Video Games More Effective than Classroom Instruction?
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Dr. James Paul Gee is a leading expert on literacy with a special interest in the potential of educational games. In the following video he talks about a revolutionary approach to learning that would seem to have significant advantages over …
An Organization with a Mission: Khan Academy
Monday, February 28, 2011
The Kahn Academy website provides a free online library of over 2100 educational videos in the fields of mathematics, physics, biology, chemistry, finance, economics, astronomy, and history as well as 100 automated self-paced exercises (mostly in math) with continuous assessment.…
Educational Pop Videos: Your Friday Fun
Friday, February 11, 2011
Alright, it might not be the most in-depth presentation of scholarly material, but it sure is catchy. Check out these info-packed music videos created by talented teachers Amy Burvall and Herb Mahelona spoofing popular hits. You’ll find spin-offs of everything …
