eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2015

Some packages simply did not have much to offer, while others talked down to teachers, as the oft-used phrase “teacher-proof curriculum” suggests. The perception that good teachers reject textbooks and design their own curriculum has been a persistent belief of educators over the years. This myth has great appeal.

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Curriculum Teachers Textbooks Knowledge 259

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In doing so, we should design assessments as an engaging, ongoing process for students, helping them learn and achieve their learning outcomes rather than considering it as a one-shot test or quiz and focusing merely on the score. This requires them to do research so that they can demonstrate their skills.

Authentic Assessment 133

Authentic Assessment Counselling Learning Outcomes Faculty Development 133

Edsurge

AUGUST 3, 2016

use tech-empowered learning tools and computational environments, take active roles of designers and builders; and do it in a social setting, with helpful mentors and coaches, or over networks. What is worst about school curriculum is the fragmentation of knowledge into little pieces. In his view, there was hope for every child.

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Knowledge Curriculum Design Intelligence Math 129

Faculty Focus

APRIL 1, 2025

Therefore, if an institution aims at improving the teaching practices of its faculty members and wants them to engage in professional development activities that they welcome and accept, it should incorporate a formative-developmental type of observation.

Evaluation 98

Evaluation Teaching Teaching Methods Faculty Development 98

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In doing so, we should design assessments as an engaging, ongoing process for students, helping them learn and achieve their learning outcomes rather than considering it as a one-shot test or quiz and focusing merely on the score. This requires them to do research so that they can demonstrate their skills.

Authentic Assessment 111

Authentic Assessment Counselling Learning Outcomes Faculty Development 111

Faculty Focus

APRIL 1, 2025

Therefore, if an institution aims at improving the teaching practices of its faculty members and wants them to engage in professional development activities that they welcome and accept, it should incorporate a formative-developmental type of observation.

Evaluation 93

Evaluation Teaching Teaching Methods Faculty Development 93

Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2017

Valor’s “Compass Developmental Pathway” is a competency-based framework that guides curriculum design at both schools. It breaks each of the ten habits into seven phases of learning, and provides a collection of activities and projects to help students develop mastery of the habits over time.

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Testing Beliefs Curriculum Achievement 108