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Developing More Curious Minds
Inquiry is the beginning of meaningful learning and too many students sit passively in schools without being challenged to generate good questions about the content they are studying. But students are curious and can take more control of their own learning.
The Unprocessed Child: Living Without School
The Unprocessed Child is a work of nonfiction about a child raised with no coercion and no curriculum. Having never seen a textbook or taken a test, Laurie scored in the top 10% of the state of Louisiana on her college entrance exam.
A Guide to Effectively Integrating Technology in K-12 Education
Posted March 13th, 2008 by carrieannWhether technology should be used in schools is no longer the issue in education. Instead, the challenge is how to create a school curriculum that is deeply authentic to the ways in which knowledge is created outside conventional schooling. Students need to be able to work and create in ways that put them in touch with academically rigorous and authentic learning that is recognizable to those currently working in those disciplines.
Key Action Items for Initiating Educational Change
Posted March 13th, 2008 by carrieannThis document, developed in spring of 2007, was compiled from workshop sessions with education ministries and districts across Canada. After presentations with John Abbott and a review of relevant research, educators and administrators compiled lists of action items that needed to occur in order to re-align education with what we know about how kids learn.
The 21st Century Learning Initiative
Posted March 13th, 2008 by carrieann
The 21st Century Learning Initiative‘s essential purpose is to facilitate the emergence of new approaches to learning that draw upon a range of insights into the human brain, the functioning of human societies, and learning as a community-wide activity. We believe this will release human potential in ways that nurture and form local democratic communities worldwide, and will help reclaim and sustain a world supportive of human endeavor.
Classroom Connections
Posted March 17th, 2008 by carrieann
Classroom Connections is a non-profit organization dedicated to initiating positive societal change by producing progressive educational resources for Canada’s youth. In the past ten years, we have produced over 20 innovative, award winning and bilingual educational programs for schools, parents and community groups across Canada.
Building on Strengths Through Collaboration
Posted January 28th, 2008 by carrieannTeachers, administrators, students, parents and schools work together to identify strengths and improve learning in Vancouver schools.
Schools Take on Role as Heart of Community
Posted January 28th, 2008 by carrieannSchoolPLUS focusses on the school as the centre of the community and the hub of services and supports for the neighbourhood it serves. It proposes that the role of schools have changed and now serve two functions: one, to educate children and youth; and, two, to support service delivery for the greater community.
The School of Tomorrow, Today
Posted February 11th, 2008 by carrieannThis program charts the creation of the Hadley Learning Community, a school designed to provide 21st Century learning environments for a deprived area of Telford, in rural Shropshire, UK. The school includes education and programs for early years to adulthood and incorporates community programs and services.
Elementary Students Design Own Classroom
Posted February 11th, 2008 by carrieannIn the city of Reggio Emilia, Italy, (famous among educators for the constructivist approach in their preschools), children help to design their classrooms. The strategy is based on the idea that to take ownership of their learning, children must own their learning space.
Time to Play: The Heart of Early Years Learning
Posted February 11th, 2008 by carrieannMost Swedish children who leave pre-school at the age of six cannot read or write. Yet within three years of starting formal schooling at the age of seven, these children lead the literacy tables in Europe. Could the absence of testing, inspection and excessive paperwork, combined with a strong emphasis on play and relaxation, be the very secret of their success?
Time to play: early years education in Sweden
Posted February 6th, 2008 by carrieannOn the face of it, Sweden’s attitude to teaching nursery children is incredibly relaxed and informal. Could the absence of testing, inspection and excessive paperwork, combined with a strong emphasis on play and relaxation, be the very secret of their success?
Watch a fascinating video report on the British Teachers TV website: Early Years Education in Sweden
The Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and Tougher Standards
Are our schools in trouble because they have lowered their standards and strayed too far from the basics? Just the opposite: if American students are getting less than they deserve, it’s due to simplistic demands to “raise the bar” and an aggressive nostalgia for traditional teaching.
The End of Ignorance: Multiplying Our Human Potential
A passionate examination of our present education system, The End of Ignorance shows how we all can work together to reinvent the way that we are taught.
The Self-Directed Learning Handbook: Challenging Adolescent Students to Excel
This book offers teachers and principals an innovative program for customizing schooling to the learning needs of individual students— and for motivating them to take increasing responsibility for deciding what and how they should learn.
