eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Composed of education leaders with firsthand experience in K-12 districts and schools around the county, this board will play a pivotal role in shaping the company’s strategic direction and product roadmap, building on SchoolStatus’ long history of collaboration with educators.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2019

But he says the conversations often fell off once he suggested adding subjects like history of science, philosophy or communication. Very few of them had any interest in interdisciplinary programs,” is how he remembers it. A handful of programs are emerging from the ground-up with interdisciplinary approaches embedded.

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Ethics Science Interdisciplinary Research Methods 163

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

We spoke with ninth-grade History Teacher Nick Pant, from Dayton Regional STEM School, about successfully implementing Unreal Engine in the classroom. I am a social studies teacher who got introduced to game design as a result of trying to motivate students to study history. I am by no means a game designer.

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Teachers History Social Studies Learning 186

Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2022

Autumn Rivera, 2022 Colorado Teacher of the Year, at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in April. One strategy she used to sustain connection and communication was posting short science lessons to TikTok. They taught Welch that history is made up of “little moments” in people’s lives. Photo by Rebeccca Koenig.

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Teachers Education History Science 212

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Are a lot of the problems that you present interdisciplinary by nature? Math is this general-purpose subject at school, but if it isn’t interdisciplinary, well, why not? If it isn’t serving history, English, geography and all the other subjects, why not? Absolutely. It might be looking at the linguistics of a novel.

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Math Curriculum Interdisciplinary English 168

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2016

That year, my students would learn how to listen actively, communicate clearly, and control outbursts. You’re communicating, collaborating, managing yourself, the list goes on. Life is interdisciplinary, and while our education system has finally started to acknowledge this (e.g. You’re never just solving a math problem.

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Teaching Interdisciplinary Math Essay 168

Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2016

Construct a Hypothesis Through our school model, students experience hands-on interdisciplinary learning through projects, or expeditions, as we call them, that each last 10 to 12 weeks and require students to tackle real world problems that don’t have easy paths to solutions or one right answer.

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History Critical Thinking Learning Interdisciplinary 138

Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2022

The best solution is a combination of those two, as outlined in an action plan from an interdisciplinary group of scholars who have studied school safety and gun violence for decades. Most had a history of school disciplinary infactionsactions. Most communicated their intent to attack. So what does softening a school mean?

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Schools Interdisciplinary Counselling Study 168

Edsurge

JULY 6, 2016

We are in the midst of one of the most disruptive, yet exciting times in history: The Information Age. Students are also creating more content than any generation in history, thus they learn in fundamentally different ways than we are used to. Life is irregular—thus, learning is irregular.

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Interdisciplinary Learning Schools History 113

eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

Approaches to handle bullying: Enforcing rules around behavior in schools, establishing communications between families and schools, and having open conversations about bullying with children have been shown to decrease bullying. The COVID effect has impacted students’ communication, critical thinking, and motivation.

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Schools Coaching STEM Evaluation 338

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 2, 2025

What is your favorite way to communicate with friends? Is history an important class for todays teenagers, or is it a waste of time? Social Studies: Encourage high schoolers to write creatively about a time in history from a famous persons point of view, or to imagine what life would be like if a historical event had never taken place.

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High School High School Writing Essay 52

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 14, 2023

The History of Citizen Science Science before the nineteenth and twentieth centuries was carried out by interested individuals whose curiosities in the natural world were self-funded. Practical Learning Scientific research involves several ground realities and interdisciplinary aspects that students and the general public are not exposed to.

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Science Participation Laboratory Interdisciplinary 144

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Librarians should plan programming and provide tools that encourage creativity, collaboration and communication, i.e. STEAM and makerspace activities like code.org courses and digital citizenship curricula like Common Sense Education. Evolve your programming. An achievable roadmap for success This road map is very achievable. As the U.S.

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Schools Languages Language Reading 246

Faculty Focus

JUNE 11, 2023

Choose an interdisciplinary topic for broader appeal Freshmen often have not yet decided what their major would be, nor should they! Our class, “Banned Books and School Policy,” related to education, of course, but also touched on sociology, political science, history, English literature, religion, and public policy.

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Critical Thinking Interdisciplinary History Syllabus 78

Edsurge

JULY 7, 2022

They’re all adults enrolled in the university’s online Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies program. That they devote days, years, lifetimes to understanding a sliver of biology, physics, history. They’re all communicating with each other. Todd has focused his own research on art history.

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Students Art Essay Interdisciplinary 178

Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Communication skills play a pivotal rolе too, as individuals proficiеnt in critical thinking can articulatе their thoughts effectively and еngagе in constructivе dialogue. Morеovеr, critical thinking involvеs mеtacognition – thе awarеnеss and control of onе’s thought procеssеs.

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Critical Thinking Middle School Middle School Education 88

Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 13, 2025

These are assessed with rubrics used in every class, rubrics that focus on durable, transferable skills like collaboration, effective communication, and critical thinking. Those are identified typically by your school community in your portrait of a graduate. ” In MTC schools, this information is recorded on a Mastery Transcript.

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Learning Knowledge Grades Feedback 74

Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2023

As data from the 2020 election show, faculty frequently served as the most significant communicators of everything from voter registration materials to discussions about critical political issues. Students in history courses can compare and contrast elements of past and current insurrections. These and other strategies are working.

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Curriculum Multidisciplinary Learning Outcomes Critical Thinking 145

Faculty Focus

MARCH 6, 2025

For instance, in a history course, an informal writing prompt might ask students to select the most significant event in a unit on the Civil Rights Movement and justify their choice. This step not only reinforces comprehension but also prepares students to communicate ideas effectively to diverse audiences.

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Writing Reading Assignments Disciplinary Thinking 122

Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2023

As data from the 2020 election show, faculty frequently served as the most significant communicators of everything from voter registration materials to discussions about critical political issues. Students in history courses can compare and contrast elements of past and current insurrections. These and other strategies are working.

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Curriculum Multidisciplinary Learning Outcomes Critical Thinking 95

Faculty Focus

MARCH 6, 2025

For instance, in a history course, an informal writing prompt might ask students to select the most significant event in a unit on the Civil Rights Movement and justify their choice. This step not only reinforces comprehension but also prepares students to communicate ideas effectively to diverse audiences.

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Writing Reading Assignments Disciplinary Thinking 105

Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2023

In the meantime, the checkered history of school reform did not seem top of mind for students from Coolidge. He suggested that it might help to change the schedule of the school day, so that it offers more opportunities for students to move around, and, he explained, to “actually communicate with somebody about how the day is going.”

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High School High School Schools Assignments 186