Educational Links 9/23/18

The teacher’s quest for progress: 

How school leaders can motivate instructional innovation

https://www.christenseninstitute.org/publications/teachers-jobs-to-be-done/

'Floating Schools' Make Sure Kids Get To Class When The Water Rises

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/09/12/646378073/floating-schools-make-sure-kids-get-to-class-when-the-water-rises?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialWHAT YOUR CHILD SHOULD BE LEARNING IN 7TH GRADE

https://www.theedadvocate.org/child-learning-7th-grade/

Please, students, take that ‘impractical’ humanities course. We will all benefit.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/please-students-take-that-impractical-humanities-course-we-will-all-benefit/2018/09/14/f50b4f3e-b761-11e8-a2c5-3187f427e253_story.html3

In Defense of Active Learning: Teaching Children the Way They Learn

http://www.raepica.com/2018/09/in-defense-of-active-learning/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+RaePica+%28Rae+Pica%29

Simple Ways To Check For Understanding

https://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/2018/09/22/check-for-understanding/

The STEM Zombie Apocalypse

https://www.edutopia.org/article/stem-zombie-apocalypse

So many adults, including teachers, joke about not being able to do simple math or not being a “science person” that many students enter STEM classrooms with negative views. This creates a fixed mindset as students believe they need certain natural abilities to be successful in math and science. As educators, we need to create opportunities for students to overcome these deeply planted negative views.