Interesting Summer Reading-Listening for 2024
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Interesting Summer Reading-Listening for 2024

Often during the school year it is hard to find the time and quiet to do professional close-reading, especially when you need to focus and concentrate. I would offer these recent articles and podcasts are deep but rich. Set aside time to dig in and enjoy: Articles: How mastery-based learning helps every student succeed https://www.greatschools.org/gk/articles/how-mastery-based-learning-helps-every-student-succeed/…

Interesting Summer Reading-Listening Part2
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Interesting Summer Reading-Listening Part2

Here are three thought provoking podcasts worth checking out. The ThoughtStretchers Education Podcast: Helping Inquiring Minds Learn podcast I particularly enjoyed his quick breakdown of different types of inquiry and his points about efficiency vs. depth of understanding: Inquiry might seem less efficient but leads to deeper learning. "I really believe the true measure of…

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Series: Why Motivation Theory is Absolutely Crucial for Educators

Schools Find It Difficult to Change Without Compelling Reasons (and Even With Compelling Reasons) … When discussing the need for change in schools, educators can get in a rut of justifying current practice even when it does not deserve to be defended. That perpetuates status quo with little or no justification because it is the…