Educational Technologies, Mental Models and Middle School

The One-Teacher, One-Classroom Model Needs an Upgrade. Here’s What’s Next.

Edsurge

MAY 24, 2018

But new ways of teaching like station rotation and fluid-schedule flex models can hit a snag when they run up against the familiar one-teacher-one-classroom setup. According to the authors of a new report, it’s not schools that need a “rethink” as much as school staffing.

Teachers

Teachers Coaching Mental Models Culture

Its 2019. So Why Do 21st-Century Skills Still Matter?

Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2019

It’s hard to measure, but leaders at the forefront of the 21st century learning movement tell me they still see too many students sitting passively while teachers deliver instruction; too much technology is still used to replace routine tasks rather than turbo-charge the experience of learning. Heather Wolpert-Gawron offers a good role-model.

Skills

Skills Critical Thinking Communication Gamification

Why Education Is a ‘Wicked Problem’ for Learning Engineers to Solve

Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2020

What kind of mental models do humans build of AI agents? You can build an agent and introduce it, but humans will immediately build a mental model of that AI agent. And the mental model is not going to be the one that you, as a designer, has.

Mental Models

Mental Models Education Ethics Learning

Teaching Vanguard

The One-Teacher, One-Classroom Model Needs an Upgrade. Here’s What’s Next.

Its 2019. So Why Do 21st-Century Skills Still Matter?

Why Education Is a ‘Wicked Problem’ for Learning Engineers to Solve

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