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This this is quite the imagination and an amazing video production!
Thanks to Matt Bardwell for sending this my way!
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Professor Daniel Willingham describes research showing that learning styles are a myth in this video. I unfortunately cannot remember how I came to learn about and view this video but I can report that this video influenced me to look further into the work of Dr. Willingham and as a result I am currently reading Willingham’s book Why Don’t Students Like School: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom
I am simply amazed when I learn that Youtube is filtered from most K-12 schools. What are we afraid of–our students learning.
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Boys are out of sync with the our educational culture today. We have a looming crisis on the horizon. While we need to continue to address the issues for girls in science and mathematics we need to start addressing the literacy issues in boys in a similar fashion.
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We can learn a lot about education and learning by looking at the “real” world. Education in these settings work on pull not push.
Imagine an education system that starts from a question…
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The first follower is what transform a lone nut into a leader….
