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Using Technology to Enhance Learning Experiences | Edutopia
Mar 4, 2024 · Engaged learners are more likely to develop their critical thinking skills and have a deeper understanding of the material, which will lead to academic success. When we create learning experiences that shift students from consumers of content to creators, it helps to increase their engagement in and, hopefully, excitement for learning.
4 Core Purposes of Education, According to Sir Ken Robinson
Mar 2, 2022 · Personal. Education should enable young people to engage with the world within them as well as the world around them. In Western cultures, there is a firm distinction between the two worlds, between thinking and feeling, objectivity and subjectivity. This distinction is misguided.
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Our Foundation is dedicated to transforming pre-K-12 education so that all students can acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to thrive in their studies, careers, and adult lives. Founded by innovative and award-winning filmmaker George Lucas in 1991, we take a strategic approach to improving education.
The Key to Effective Classroom Management | Edutopia
Feb 27, 2019 · The Key to Effective Classroom Management. A three-phase process helps build strong teacher-student bonds, which can reduce disruptive behavior. It’s a daunting but all-too-common sight for many teachers: A classroom full of rowdy students who are unable to focus on the lesson. Classroom management techniques may get things back on track, but ...
To Increase Student Engagement, Focus on Motivation
Nov 17, 2022 · Engagement and motivation are separate, related, but often confused. Motivation is the driving force that causes a student to take action. Engagement is the observable behavior or evidence of that motivation. Motivation is necessary for engagement, but successful engagement could also help students to feel motivated in the future.
The Importance of Student Choice Across All Grade Levels
Sep 16, 2021 · Compulsory, free public education is one of America’s greatest innovations—perhaps its most egalitarian principle—and it isn’t going anywhere. But in schools and classrooms across the country, there’s a powerful argument to provide more student choice across every grade level: to shake up inflexible social and academic schedules ...
Utilizing Evidence-Based Instructional Practices | Edutopia
Jan 16, 2024 · Successful educators constantly refine how they teach by utilizing evidence-based instructional practices and scientific discoveries about learning. Learning is complex. It depends on a myriad of cognitive skills, emotions, and behaviors alongside prior knowledge. Fortunately, the field of cognitive science has accumulated a rich body of ...
A Powerful Strategy for Fostering Student Motivation - Edutopia
Dec 18, 2020 · A Powerful Strategy for Fostering Student Motivation. A look at how to adapt a well-established technique for boosting student motivation in distance learning or hybrid classrooms. New! Whether in person, virtually, or in some blended or hybrid model, many teachers are finding it more difficult than ever to keep their students motivated to learn.