Asking, “What is a moral imperative in education?” Dig into two experiments that involve brain scanning meditators and imagining the Oregon Trail in April 1848.
Defining the purpose of schools can help us understand why conservatives are unnecessarily alarmed by SEL (which is presumed to be CRT in disguise.)
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Learn what it will take to transform the global school system to better educate our children.
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How a student engagement myth was perpetuated in the most recent issue of ASCD Educational Leadership Magazine.
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In their book Instructional Illusions Kirschner, Hendrick, and Heal are just shadow boxing when they try to attack Self-Determination Theory.
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Becoming an effective teacher requires more than mastering instructional skills, it requires your school to support you to be a good person, too.
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Boost student motivation with education hygiene. This video series will focus on the most basic behaviors that teachers use to boost student motivation.
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The book How Learning Happens misrepresents the effects of motivation on learning. Discover the truth.
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Having a hidden curriculum definition that is ideological but impractical is a waste. The secret to success is measuring the effects of the hidden curriculum.
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Back to Basics was used to politically reinforce the mainstream K-12 paradigm of schools in the 1970s. Learn about the new basics from science of learning.
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The correspondence theory of truth is being falsified by science and a new, more realistic theory of truth is replacing it.
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The Marshmallow Test is about delayed gratification in kids, but some schools use it to pass the buck to kids instead of taking responsibility like they should.
Behaviorism in education can be controversial, but it does not need to be. Learn how both critics and champions are getting the science wrong.
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In loco parentis is the legal foundation educators build upon, but too many schools undermine it by neglecting the psychological well-being of their students.
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