Teaching

Journaling for Learning

To write is to think. Writing a journal at the end of a class session offers an opportunity for students to reflect and express their…

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A Makerspace in Your Classroom

“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Design is knowing which ones to keep.” – Scott Adams A makerspace, an area dedicated to creation and…

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Activating Student Engagement

“Cindy Engel studies zoopharmacognosy, or ________________.” I paused the video on the caption so the students in my Speaking and Listening Intermediate ESL class could…

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Benefits of Outdoor Education, Part 3: Spiritual Development

While we appreciate as educators the benefits that outdoor education has for the mental development and skills development of our students, there is another benefit…

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Benefits of Outdoor Education, Part 2: Emotional and Social Skills

In addition to helping students strengthen their brain function and ability in the classroom, outdoor learning helps improve our students’ mental health and social and emotional…

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Benefits of Outdoor Education, Part 1: Brain Function

Many people today believe that education needs to take place inside a specific structure during a set number of hours. Before there were formally structured…

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Committed to Teaching

I’d been teaching in the English Language Institute for 6 years and thoroughly enjoyed the last 3 or 4 classes. They had been a delight…

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Holistic Teaching in Higher Education

We often think of elementary classrooms when talking about holistic education, but holistic education is just as important in college as it is in elementary…

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A palavra oral e escrita

Na filosofia adventista, a Bíblia é uma fonte de conhecimento que envolveu oralidade e escrita, por isso ela está integrada ao nosso currículo.

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Competency Based Education Part 6: College and Career Readiness

CBE may be the foundation employees need to onboard rapidly and develop quickly into competent professionals.

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Competency Based Education Part 5: Assessment and Progression

“If everyone in the learning process knows what the goal is, students will take more ownership of their own learning and teachers will be better…

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Competency-Based Education Part 4: Design and Differentiation

“When considering the elements of design, student empowerment, measurability, and transferability to multiple contexts should drive learning outcomes.”

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