Project/Problem-Based Learning

In recent years, there has been an increased interest in PBL, so I have included a new category. The Buck Institute for Education seems to offer at this point the gold-standard in PBL. They also offer incredible, in depth,  professional development opportunities.

4 stages of PBL

5 videos on PBL

Leadership

I really like this site which features articles written by adolescent girls. For a description of Live Girl's mission statement, click this link. Here is an interesting piece on the confidence paradox for girls.

Inspiring teachers to respond to change

Diversity and Inclusion

PD Opportunity: SPHERE event

In light of the Harvard trial, Fred Seebeck submitted an interesting article from The New Yorker on Anti-Asian bias.

Pedagogy

"The term refers to misjudging the depth of what one knows (Carey 2015). Further, it describes the belief that a mastery over something has been achieved, when actually it has not (Lang 2016). The final class minutes can be best spent constructively assessing levels of student learning and understanding of course material."

Disrupting Illusions of Fluency reinforces how to gauge our students' understanding of a topic.

Although this article from Faculty Focus, Focus your lectures with the one-sentence lesson plan, is written for the college professor, it resonates for any level of teaching

Innovation and Technology

Could this article about how a school in Missouri created a robot to collect eggs lead to future collaboration between the PHI and Agriculture program?

Read about this 2-year new online college founded by former Harvard dean, Stephen Kosslyn - they give no homework!

Characteristics of a 21st century classroom

Physical Health & Mental Wellbeing (for the community at large)

Does the Satisfaction of Teaching Balance out the Stress? Don't let the title totally mislead you and make sure to read until the end!

A bit gimmicky, but a nice reminder for teachers to take care of themselves.

Are we asking too much of our schools?

This TED talk on The Power of Vulnerability really helped me to embrace my own sense of vulnerability, especially as I invite colleagues into my classes.

Neuroscience of learning (Mind, Brain, Education Strategies)

Be real and consistent: "After surveying over 38,000 students in grades 6-12, the researchers found that only 58% of students feel like their teachers respect them, while 99% of the teachers surveyed reported that they respect their students. This statistic really forced me to ask "why"?"

"Science suggests that we're hardwired to delude ourselves. Can we do anything about it?" The Lying Mind: The cognitive biases tricking your brain; a fascinating article from The Atlantic focusing on decision-making.

Humanities/Curriculum

Latin is alive and well: How Latin got woke

(The Nation) 

Is Singapore leading the way? This article from the World Economic Forum explains this country's move to eliminate ranking by exam results. The author reports a compelling argument here for standards-based evaluation - is this similar to the goals of the Mastery Transcript Consortium?

Be real and consistent in order to engage kids effectively

Bloom's taxonomy revised with verbs