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7 ways to rethink school/family partnerships

eSchool News

Acknowledge that old mental models exist. Schools need to acknowledge that there are a variety of old mental models of learning and traditional schooling that parents bring to the table. Both of these mental models can make it difficult for parents to understand the modern classroom and the complexity of today’s schools.

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What If We Stopped Calling Them Classrooms?

Edsurge

The mental model of the traditional classroom is obsolete,” he told the crowd of college technology leaders. “It She agreed that change must be cultural as well as architectural. “I Of course coming up with new language is tough. There need to be shifts in pedagogy.”

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