eSchool News

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

It will culturally enrich students Culture influences us all, and the mediums we participate in, but much of it is neglected in the traditional curriculum–particularly in Western countries. A globalized curriculum would support their activism and role as global citizens.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Our goal is to shift pedagogy toward a “culture of thinking” that supports more student agency and more effective use of the learning space itself. Now, we know it’s not all butterflies and unicorns, but we feel really optimistic and hold a strong belief that change has to start somewhere. Create spaces specific to grade levels.

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eSchool News

JUNE 6, 2024

A recent report found that this wanes somewhat throughout middle school, and, by the time students reach high school, many schools subscribe to the belief that the need for school-to-home communication diminishes. In elementary school, there’s frequent outreach. When they see a clear path from classroom to career, attendance improves.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Additionally, both hard and soft skills are learned and cultivated outside the classroom in experiential settings, such as: community service projects, extracurricular activities, job shadowing, career mentorship, informational interviews, internships, practicums, and afterschool programs.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2023

We do that by ditching the lectures and embracing experiments, multimedia, discussions, and hands-on activities that resonate with most learners. This leads to a culture of experimentation, creation, and inquiry. Inquiry-based learning encourages students to ask questions, seek answers, and explore the world around them.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 21, 2017

He was motivated, in part, by the September opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture on the Washington Mall, just 30 minutes away from Dominion High. But if you search for designs related to identity, history, or culture,” he says, you find nothing. That was something that made this pretty powerful.”.

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Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2021

However, as books like “ Brotopia ” by Emily Chang and “ Race after Technology ” by Ruha Benjamin indicate, the culture of tech companies can be misogynistic and racist and therefore unwelcoming to many people. I am actively learning about people across the globe who have different religious and cultural ways of life than I do.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 16, 2024

At this age, preschoolers are curious, adventurous, and active, always seeking ways to engage their bodies and minds. It allows me to share my morning message, where each student comes up to the board to write their name, circle the letter of the day, and engage in drawing and coloring activities.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

In addition, the company takes the Engineering and Design class of science teacher Dr. Eric Wong on a tour of its assembly lines and hands-on activities in its training facility and metrology lab. Similarly, pre-calculus students do a forensics activity in which they use Newton’s law to figure out how long a body has been cooling.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Hoffman & Zhang (2022) explain that many people also avoid intercultural communication because they struggle to simultaneously maintain their culture and respect others’ cultures due to different cultural interpretations/meanings ascribed to verbal and nonverbal communication (e.g., eye contact as aggressive or respectful).

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 11, 2024

The hallmark symptom of schizophrenia is psychosis, such as experiencing auditory hallucinations (voices) and delusions (fixed false beliefs)” (Frankenburg 2024, para. Auditory Hallucination Simulation To help my students, I thus took part in a cultural immersion exercise to learn more about what it is like to live with schizophrenia.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Hoffman & Zhang (2022) explain that many people also avoid intercultural communication because they struggle to simultaneously maintain their culture and respect others’ cultures due to different cultural interpretations/meanings ascribed to verbal and nonverbal communication (e.g., eye contact as aggressive or respectful).

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 11, 2024

The hallmark symptom of schizophrenia is psychosis, such as experiencing auditory hallucinations (voices) and delusions (fixed false beliefs)” (Frankenburg 2024, para. Auditory Hallucination Simulation To help my students, I thus took part in a cultural immersion exercise to learn more about what it is like to live with schizophrenia.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

The question is: How do I empower our white teachers to be their most authentic selves while creating culturally responsive experiences for our students of color? What beliefs or values do you hold that may show up in unproductive ways during instruction? What came up for you as you read about the character’s experience or feelings?

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Edsurge

AUGUST 18, 2021

Not surprisingly, it’s hard to be a really warm, actively engaged parent if you are struggling yourself.” It’s hard to be a really warm, actively engaged parent if you are struggling yourself. And pandemic realities seem to be softening some people’s stances on the issue.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

AUGUST 24, 2019

One of our activities with Zac was using the Question Formulation Technique to unpack teachers’ and students’ beliefs about school culture and climate. As Zac said, “ [Your school] culture will tell you what it needs, but only if you ask it.” Zac was amazing, which is no surprise to anyone who knows him.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2023

Everett Collection/Shutterstock At the same time, I also recognize that my privileged experience in Hawaiʻi was forged by settler culture , the effects of which still persist in the state educational system. Conversely, I also have settler students who push back and say “it is not their culture.”

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eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2024

Our student body is predominantly Black, but we are quite diverse and have many cultures represented among our students. One thing I appreciate about the headsets is that they really highlight the belief that technology does not have to exist in its own standalone class, or even be the main point of any activity it’s used in.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Let Data Inform (Not Drive) Many educators urge their fellow professionals to move away from the concept of “data-driven,” and instead towards a culture of “data-informed.” But Firman expresses a firm belief that the scores from these types of testing are far from the only types of data schools and/or teachers should be collecting.

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Edsurge

JULY 13, 2022

Two current efforts designed by academics for use in teaching draw on extended reality tools that invite users to actively participate in scenes from works like “Romeo and Juliet.” The creators of both systems also share the belief that acting out a scene from a play is a natural form of active learning.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 12, 2021

At GoGuardian , our philosophical belief is that students are inherently curious, and it’s a matter of supporting teachers and schools to enable the right set of educational experiences. Research has shown that tools like Pear Deck that support active learning can improve equity, reduce achievement gaps and help improve school culture.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The truth is, when it comes to navigating the interpersonal conflicts that tend to arise in schools—shaped by trauma, cultural and racial tensions, and broken trust—there is no quick fix or 1-2-3 protocol to follow. These beliefs determine the mindsets that prepare us for the critical moments of conflict that teach us the most.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

She harnesses the power of many platforms, devices, and peripherals to offer her students personalized instruction, inclusivity, data-driven feedback, cross-cultural exchanges, and the support of other educators at their school.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2019

While it’s the role of a parent or caregiver to communicate the family’s beliefs about gender expectations, teachers are key role models in kids’ lives and have an enormous impact on how kids regard themselves and their capabilities. more tolerant views of sexual harassment. riskier behavior in boys. career choices limited by gender norms.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 18, 2023

of students in grades 6-12 actively seek external support for their homework and study needs. The roundtable participants collectively conveyed the belief that AI, when used thoughtfully and in conjunction with teacher expertise, can be a powerful tool to enhance learning outcomes for students.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Additionally, a series of Classroom Activities resources further support educators’ efforts to integrate STEM teaching and learning into instruction with ready-made activities featuring step-by-step guides designed for wherever learning takes place. Discovery Education Experience users can visit the STEM Careers Channel here.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Constructivism is a student-centered philosophy that emphasizes hands-on learning and active participation in lessons. Constructivists believe that learning is an active process so the most effective way to learn is through discovery. It is an active response to the receipt of new information.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Students were encouraged to actively listen to their peers and share openly or respectfully pass when it came their turn to speak. Within my own culture, circles are often used symbolically and literally for their ability to promote equity, interconnection and holism.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Whether a feature film or an instructional video, the ‘80s and ‘90s were a ‘press-play’ culture that expected students to sit still, absorb and retain, while the educator sat in the back grading. What kind of introductory text, video or activity might lead everyone into the assigned video without overwhelming them?

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

A couple of weeks ago during a coaching session, a middle school teacher I work with described a fun math activity. Seen through this lens, it isn’t that surprising that they ordinarily are not active participants in their learning these days. She asked her students who were learning remotely to build blanket forts.

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Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2022

A teacher that does not have a firm belief in every student’s ability to achieve success cultivates a classroom culture that actively prevents learning—whether that is their conscious intention or not. It means taking the standards-aligned curriculum and shaping it to be culturally relevant for each of your students.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 3, 2023

It is incumbent upon instructors to approach these types of discussions with care by creating a classroom atmosphere based on respect, open dialogue, and active engagement. From the very beginning of the course, it is essential to establish a civil classroom culture by setting clear ground rules.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 23, 2024

Intrinsic Motivation Intrinsic motivation represents a desire to participate in an activity for its very essence, which is ignited by internal rewards such as curiosity, interest, and satisfaction resulting from the achieved mastery. Educators should create a caring and healthy atmosphere.

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Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2023

There has also been an outlash of criticism on curriculum , coursework and materials, with efforts to restrict what educators teach, that has put racial, cultural and historical identities under attack. This suggests that students are better able to engage socially when they have a foundation in their own emotions, attitudes and beliefs.

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k12 Digest

APRIL 3, 2025

That belief fuels my passion for driving change in education. Educators must also challenge unconscious biases and actively encourage girls in areas where they are often underrepresented, such as STEM, leadership, and entrepreneurship. Representation matters, and our words and encouragement shape a child’s belief in themselves.

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Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2023

Sometimes, there is a belief that creative projects should be saved for the end of the week or even the end of the semester. Creativity needs to be embedded in everything we do with students; it needs to be part of the school culture. Why aren’t more schools pushing a creative mindset if we know it is powerful for learning?

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

It’s an instructional approach where students learn by actively engaging in real-world, meaningful problems. It fosters critical thinking, problem-solving skills and a deeper understanding of mathematical principles by placing students as active learners rather than passive recipients of information.

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