Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

The first activity I tried in class was a pre-writing workshop, speed-dating-style. For the next few years, I researched as much as I could about this new way of teaching, eventually finding the name for it: playful pedagogy. Journal of Teaching and Learning. It was something I could aspire to. Dare I say it? I was hooked.

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Edsurge

JULY 31, 2020

In an ordinary year, when schools let out for the summer, many students experience learning loss —also known as “summer slide”—where their knowledge retention and cognitive development slows or recedes. It’s not enough money, Simmons acknowledges, to attract college students who have no interest in teaching or working with children.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

should prioritize early childhood education , a key component of that agenda is getting more people trained to offer high-quality care and teaching to young kids. As consensus builds among many researchers, policy experts and elected officials that the U.S. Pima purposely does not offer IBEST courses in early childhood education.

Education 162

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Dangerously Irrelevant

APRIL 9, 2018

about half the teachers who responded said their [Massachusetts] districts had adopted scripted programs in math and writing – and 60 percent in phonics and spelling – which reduce a teacher’s autonomy in instruction. Strauss noted in her article that researcher R. Clarke Fowler found that . Dreaming big at Iowa BIG.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 3, 2016

I always envied how he could talk, tell stories, and write about big ideas in simple, jargon-free terms. Any of his speeches or writings make you think for hours, days, years! But his aren’t run-of-the-mill ideas. Constructionism. In his view, there was hope for every child.

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Knowledge Curriculum Design Intelligence Math 129

Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2021

On one hand, I really want to respect cognitive development, and on the other hand, I also dream to be a proud mom,” Hu says. “I The Rise of Private Tutoring In China, millions of families participate in “ shadow education ,” or private tutoring that supplements the teaching students receive in schools. Jiao asks. “I

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

According to state records, since becoming licensed in February 2017, Bolden-Kramer has had four visits from state inspectors to the house where she and her assistants typically teach 12 children. Credit: Wade Tyler Millward / EdSurge Part Teacher, Part Executive Home-based preschool operators straddle the business side and the teaching side.

Cognitive Development 118

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Teach Hub

MAY 24, 2024

Cognitive Skills Art classes play a critical role in developing a student’s cognitive skills. They encourage creativity, allowing students to express themselves in a different way other than writing. It also helps to develop students’ critical thinking skills. This freedom promotes innovative thinking.

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