The big problem isn’t hard skills. What young people lack are very basic skills, which in turn affect their ability to improve all other skills.
Education and Learning
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Calculating expressions with Excel – My Shop
This is the first unit in a project-based lesson around the idea of creating a virtual shop. As I am teaching in Germany, I introduced this project in grade 7 as part of working with algebra, specifically calculating expressions, and solving equations. In this unit, the students will learn the…
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Maths Songs Are Powerful Tools for Learning
I have discovered, that maths songs can be a great tool to support the learning process. There seems to be some research, that backs up this claim.
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There Is a Good Reason We Don’t Use Corporal Punishment Anymore
Corporal punishment is in direct opposition to freedom and democracy. If you have a democracy, you recognize that children are human beings. Human beings have rights. Those rights are universal. That is why we drafted the declaration of human rights some 70 years ago. Because we recognize children as humans…
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The Forces That Shape Our Education System – Course Materials
What are the forces that determine how our education system looks and functions? Why does our education system look like it does? Has it always been this way? Will it be like this for eternity?
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What Are the Forces That Shape Our Education System?
We, teachers, need to understand which are the forces that shape our education system. Both in a positive and negative way. And we also need to understand which role we as current or future teachers play.
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A Geocaching Route about Sustainability
I am a big advocate for project-based learning. To combine these two, I let my students do a sustainability project. To plan the project, I used the existing materials about Man and Nature.
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Project-Based Lessons Are Important in Developing Reading Competencies
How good of a reader are you? And how well-developed are the reading competencies of your students? Today I had an epiphany about reading competencies at work. I was doing a creative project with a bunch of 8-graders. The project was not my invention, so I will not take credit…
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We Need to Talk More Honest About Accommodations
Accommodations are for students with neurological disorders. This assumption could not be more wrong. It is high time we start to clear up some misconceptions about accommodations in our schools. Everyone needs accommodations. Everyone is different. And everyone has different needs and challenges. I have now been teaching for well…
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Our World Is in Crisis. Let Us Teach Our Children to Grow Food
They Need a Shot at Emancipation From Capitalist Production and Consumption School gardens are not a new concept. When I was a kid in primary school about 30 years ago, we had a school garden in my public school. We were offered voluntary classes where we could learn to grow…
