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SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Millie González and her colleagues aren’t here to argue about whether open educational resources are on par with traditional textbooks?she culturally relevant textbooks? Usually when you hear any discussion about free textbooks, it really talks about just the cost, and what we’re saying is, it goes way beyond that.”

Textbooks 190

Textbooks Culture Students Participation 190

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FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Plus, the available content was designed around how much time I’d spend teaching it versus what I actually needed to get students adept at learning the topic at hand. But writing curriculum wasn’t just labor-intensive, it was emotionally exhausting. If that sounds like a lot of work, it was.

Curriculum Design 157

Curriculum Design Curriculum Teachers Textbooks 157

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NOVEMBER 23, 2020

I want teachers and tutors and curriculum designers to be free to do the things that we think are good and right for kids. While Reconstruction targets the informal K-12 education, do you think some of tactics will rub off on more formal spaces? I don’t want to be “school.” And there just are not enough providers.

Culture 208

Culture Instructors History Education 208

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AUGUST 3, 2016

Upon graduation I joined him to lead educational technology research and Constructionist theory development. What is worst about school curriculum is the fragmentation of knowledge into little pieces. This innovative research work continued through the ‘90s, as he served as MIT’s LEGO Professor of Learning Research.

Knowledge 129

Knowledge Curriculum Design Intelligence Math 129

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AUGUST 15, 2019

Instructors who recorded the lectures came from institutions including Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yale University, New York University and Davidson College.

Lecturing 118

Lecturing Textbooks Course Design Instructors 118

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APRIL 15, 2022

Aiming to improve Kenyan students’ base math skills, it had distributed over 3 million textbooks, appraised nearly 30,000 teachers, and its national student information system had registered 96 percent of all students nationwide. By 2019, the World Bank’s PRIEDE project had exceeded several of its goals. hours to 10 minutes.

Technology 189

Technology Teachers Quizzes Textbooks 189

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MAY 6, 2018

This conviction is born out of my 30 years in and around classrooms, first as a social studies teacher at Milpitas High, and then as co-founder of Teachers’ Curriculum Institute (TCI). I wish you wouldn’t pin all hope on OER or content marketplaces or playlists as curriculum solutions. TCI created the History Alive!

Social Studies 136

Social Studies History Curriculum Textbooks 136