The Pedagogy Of John Dewey: A Summary
by TeachThought Staff What did John Dewey believe about education? What were his views on experiential and interactive learning and their role in teaching and learning? As always, there’s a lot to understand. John Dewey (1859–1952) developed extraordinarily influential educational…
What Role Does Empathy Play In Learning?
by Terry Heick So much talk about empathy in education recently. Why? What’s the big idea? The role of empathy in learning has to do with the flow of both information and creativity. A dialogic interaction with the world around…
Project-Based Learning In The 21st Century: 8 Needs
by Terry Heick We recently offered a definition of project-based learning and looked at keys to designing Project-Based Learning. We also have looked at the difference between ‘doing projects’ and project-based learning, various project-based learning resources, project-based learning apps, and offered…
Resources For Teaching With Bloom’s Taxonomy
6k Views FacebookTwitterSubscribe Bloom’s Taxonomy was a remarkable attempt to create a system of learning that focuses on how people learn and organize content around those natural aptitudes. Created by Benjamin Bloom in 1956, Bloom’s Taxonomy offered a method and structure…
18 Inconvenient Truths About Assessment Of Learning
by Terry Heick I. In terms of pedagogy, the primary purpose of an assessment is to provide data to revise planned instruction. It should provide an obvious answer to the question, “So? So what? What now?“ II. It’s an extraordinary…
Is French Common in Dubai? –
Is French Common in Dubai? contributed by Lindsey Mayfield In Dubai, a cosmopolitan city known for its cultural diversity and economic dynamism, the French language has a distinct but relatively modest presence, overshadowed by the predominance of Arabic and English. …
Levels Of Integration For Critical Thinking –
A Basic Framework For Teaching Critical Thinking In School by Terrell Heick In What Does Critical Thinking Mean?, we offered that ‘(c)ritical thinking is the suspension of judgment while identifying biases and underlying assumptions to draw accurate conclusions.’ Of course,…
How To Transcribe Interviews (With Examples) –
by TeachThought Staff It’s difficult to remember every key detail during an interview without writing it down—mainly if you’re conducting many interviews quickly. Which candidate had that impressive portfolio? What did that customer say about our product launch? That’s why…
What Are The Grade Levels By Age? –
by TeachThought Staff For a growing child, grade level seems to have very little use. For a child functioning as or in the role of a ‘student,’ it can be vaguely useful to schools to place students and stratify them…
The Best Educational Toys & Gifts
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Teaching Resources For Teaching Gifted And Talented Students
Resources For The Parents And Teachers Of Gifted And Talented Students by TeachThought Staff National Organizations and Advocacy National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC): Renowned organization offering resources, research, and advocacy for gifted education. They have a website with tip sheets,…
What Is Wondershare Presentory? –
Wonder Share Presentory Is A Simple Tool Create More Engaging Video Presentations For Students Wondershare Presentory: Smarter Presentation, Easier Connection. Cost Standard: Free Premium: $38.40 /year Supported Platforms: Wondershare Presentory is available for Windows; in October or November 2023, a…
20 Guiding Questions For Climate Change –
The classroom’s role in empowering the future climate workforce contributed by Bob Powell, founder and CEO, Brightmark The world is amid a climate crisis that demands urgent action. Around the globe, members of the United Nations are striving toward 17…
40 Of The Most Commonly Misspelled Words –
Common misspellings often arise due to a variety of linguistic and cognitive factors. There are, of course, a range of reasons for this. Like other languages, the English language suffers from/has irregularities and exceptions to its spelling rules. Having borrowed…
Why Education Needs Disruption
by Terry Heick On Collaboration As An Industry Hopefully, we can agree that education–as it exists–isn’t good enough. For students or teachers or communities. It just isn’t. This is a tired argument, but it’s an underlying assumption of this concept: education…
25 Questions To Guide Teaching With Project-Based Learning
by Terry Heick I’ve been thinking of the kinds of questions I consider when planning a project–or planning a unit when students plan a project on their own. There’s a lot to consider here–so much so that 12 isn’t even…
14 Effective Teaching Strategies For Inquiry-Based Learning
by TeachThought Staff Inquiry-based learning is an approach to learning guided by students through questions, research, and/or curiosity. An inquiry-based learning strategy is simply a way to facilitate inquiry during the learning process. It might be useful to think of…
30 Of The Most Popular Trends In Education
Note: The items below have been changed but the graphic itself still needs updating : ) What about the most popular trends in education heading into 2024 specifically? Well, that’s a tricky question. Deciding what’s ‘trending’ is an important part…
8 Steps To Flipped Teacher Professional Development
by Terrell Heick Traditional teacher professional development depends on external training handed down to teachers after having identified their weaknesses as a professional. If you’re not so great at teaching writing, or if assessment is becoming a bigger focus in…
Wendell Berry And ‘The Loss Of The University’ –
by Terry Heick There are a variety of questions that guide my work at TeachThought, each with their own available inferences and underlying assumptions, among them: What should a person know? What should a person do with what they know?…
CapCut Creative Suite for Urban Exploration: Tips for Adventurers –
by TeachThought Staff CapCut Creative Suite is a versatile and comprehensive solution, equipped with a wide array of tools to aid creators in crafting exceptional videos and images. CapCut goes beyond conventional video editing by offering a full-fledged package that…
Using Classroom Coding Lessons With Interactive Platforms –
Using Classroom Coding Lessons With Interactive Platforms by TeachThought Staff In today’s rapidly evolving educational landscape, integrating technology and pedagogy has enabled new learning approaches, including gamification of learning. Imagine a world where traditional classrooms give way to immersive educational…
Four Ways To Support Grieving Students Through Writing –
Four Ways to Support Grieving Students Through Writing contributed by Brittany R. Collins Approximately 700,000 young people in the United States lost a parent during 2020-21, with the COVID-19 pandemic boosting bereavement rates—not only due to the virus, but to…