Educational Links 6/20/17

6 Common Misunderstandings About Assessment

http://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/assessment/6-common-misunderstandings-about-assessment-of-learning/?utm_content=buffer3fc3c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Why Are Schools Still Peddling the Self-Esteem Hoax?

Social-emotional learning is rooted in ‘faux psychology’ (opinion)

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2017/06/21/why-are-schools-still-peddling-the-self-esteem.html?cmp=soc-edit-fb

Community Voices: How one school relies on restorative justice to improve school climate

https://www.tcdailyplanet.net/community-voices-how-one-school-relies-on-restorative-justice-to-improve-school-climate/

The Brain on the Bard: How Shakespeare Impacts Children With Autism

http://www.americantheatre.org/2017/06/16/the-brain-on-the-bard-how-shakespeare-impacts-children-with-autism/

The Criminalization of Disabled Students

https://ollibean.com/the-criminalization-of-disabled-students/?utm_content=buffer0c69f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

The Purposes of High-Quality PBL

http://www.gettingsmart.com/2017/06/purposes-of-high-quality-pbl/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=facebook_page&utm_medium=Getting%20Smart&utm_content=The%20Purposes%20of%20High-Quality%20PBL

Educators have taken note, and there is a corresponding movement in schools to shift to PBL. At the core of this shift should be clear purposes for implementing PBL. The changing demand in the workforce and economy certainly are causes to do projects, but what are other driving goals behind striving for the implementation of high-quality PBL?