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Bassett Blog 2013/05: On Great by Choice – Bassett Blog
In a recent talk at SAIS, I referred to Pat Bassett’s emphasis on being a school of the future or risk not being a school in the future. It seems clear that Bassett advises innovation and transformation. I wonder why more Indy schools don’t seem to be responding more deliberately.
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The Nature Cure: The Surprising Health Benefits of the Great Outdoors | Wellness | OutsideOnline.com
How might we structure school to integrate more of the essentials of nature and the outdoors? Do we mean what we say about health, wellness, balance, “what’s best for the children,” etc.?
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On Mutation in Education | Thomas Steele-Maley
In this blog post, the design conjures a “lab experiment” page from a manual. This experiment is one very much worth discussing in a school admin team, faculty R&D group, etc.
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What a Good Moonshot Is Really For – Scott D. Anthony and Mark Johnson – Harvard Business Review
What are our moonshots in education?
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Ramsey Musallam: 3 rules to spark learning | Video on TED.com
“It took a life-threatening condition to jolt chemistry teacher Ramsey Musallam out of ten years of “pseudo-teaching” to understand the true role of the educator: to cultivate curiosity. In a fun and personal talk, Musallam gives 3 rules to spark imagination and learning, and get students excited about how the world works.”
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“School Time” in New Zealand | Edutopia
“Can you explain how the school day is structured, and why?”
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5 Ways To Innovate By Cross-Pollinating Ideas | Co.Design: business + innovation + design
Ways to bust silos! Connect ideas.
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I can imagine a classroom full of this workstation gear. Students could use their kinetics to enhance learning rather than sitting in desks that try to minimize movement.
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The Unexpected Antidote to Procrastination – Peter Bregman – Harvard Business Review
Feeling our way into, and through, ed transformation.
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Students Ponder the Economics of Everyday Life – NYTimes.com
“grappling with questions that students care about appears to be a far more effective learning strategy”
Great piece about economics with large insights about engagement, intrinsic motivation, and learning.
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The assignment is my response to the distressing finding that six months after having completed a standard introductory economics course, students are no better able to answer questions about basic economic principles than others who have never even taken economics.
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grappling with questions that students care about appears to be a far more effective learning strategy
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Between midterm and term’s end, their brains have somehow become rewired to see the world differently.
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