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Look to the Science: Understanding how Mind, Brain and Education Science can Inform Educational Practices

k12 Digest

Her career spans roles as an elementary teacher, instructional coach, mentor, special education administrator, and elementary school principal. She currently serves as the principal of Austin Steward Elementary School #46 in Rochester, New York. Lecture is a common passive learning practice.

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Look to the Science: Understanding how Mind, Brain and Education Science can Inform Educational Practices

k12 Digest

Her career spans roles as an elementary teacher, instructional coach, mentor, special education administrator, and elementary school principal. She currently serves as the principal of Austin Steward Elementary School #46 in Rochester, New York. Lecture is a common passive learning practice.

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Why I Stopped Starting Class with Content—and What Happened Instead

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Jeff DeGraff is Clinical Professor of Management and Organizations at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, and co-author of The Art of Change: Transforming Paradoxes into Breakthroughs. Because the moment we stop starting with certainty is the moment students start showing up with possibility.

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Why I Stopped Starting Class with Content—and What Happened Instead

Faculty Focus

Jeff DeGraff is Clinical Professor of Management and Organizations at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, and co-author of The Art of Change: Transforming Paradoxes into Breakthroughs. Because the moment we stop starting with certainty is the moment students start showing up with possibility.

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MiEN Company Releases White Paper on How Flexible Furniture Creates Active Learning Environments

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Districts and schools are increasingly adopting active learning practices in order to address businesses’ demand for employees capable of creative and collaborative work. However, research shows that the physical space that supports active learning is quite different from one designed for lecture-focused teaching.

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From pencils to pixels: Tech is shaping the future of education

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Now think about how far the classroom has come since then–schools stocked with iPads and tablets, interactive touchscreens, and even virtual reality headsets. Now think about how far the classroom has come since then–schools stocked with iPads and tablets, interactive touchscreens, and even virtual reality headsets.

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Can Space Activate Learning? UC Irvine Seeks to Find Out With $67M Teaching Facility

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For starters, the space is dedicated to “active learning,” a term that often refers to teaching styles that go beyond a one-way lecture format. To find out what that really looks like—and more importantly, if it works—the campus is also conducting a major study over the next year to assess active learning in the new building.