Student reflection can be THE thing to really change the way we understand student learning. As we empower students to share their ideas about how and what they have taken away from different learning ...
When everyone came down from HIKI NŌ and we started learning everything from them and they started mentoring us in how to, you know, make certain shots, how to scope out an area for a shot, it was all ...
Descendant Kate Willis talks about why exploring family stories is important. Descendant Kate Willis talks about learning of John S. Williams and why exploring the story was important, even when the ...
Over the course of Lau’s teaching career at CU, which spans an MA in Spanish Literature and now a doctoral degree in Ethnic Studies, they have taught a range of courses including Contemporary African ...
This week’s question is: How can we incorporate reflection in the classroom? I always feel so guilty when my students are quietly reflecting. As if the mere act of having students think to themselves ...
When it comes to grading, less is more. So say a number of scholars who have shared their recent experiments with “ungrading” in blog posts and on other social media, sparking renewed discussions ...
A little over 50 years ago, a student teacher in Minneapolis hit upon a novel idea to engage his eighth grade American history class in a unit on westward expansion. Don Rawitsch, with the help of two ...
Did the pandemic cause widespread learning loss? Or did students and educators learn new lessons and skills in creative ways? These questions dominated much of the discourse about education in 2022.
I was born in 1969. As a fetus, I attended Woodstock. A few days ago, I turned 50. This seems like a good time to do some reflecting. At some point, all of us pass through the three career stages -- ...