We even know that adolescent brains are not wired to function well early in the day, but we continue to force teens to sit (or sleep) through regularly scheduled morning classes.
Eric Jenson, Teaching With the Brain in Mind

John Abbott and Heather MacTaggart Discuss Why Children Concern Us All

Thu, 01/31/2008 - 12:58 -- admin

John Abbott and Heather MacTaggart discuss why the education of children is a concern of the whole society.
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John Abbott is the President of the [[http://www.21learn.org/|21st Century Learning Initiative]], an initiative to to facilitate the emergence of new approaches to learning in the United Kingdom. Heather MacTaggart is the Executive Director of [[http://classroomconnections.ca/|Classroom Connections]], a Canadian non-profit educational organization dedicated to optimizing student learning.

The idea for the development of the changelearning website emerged from the collaboration of John Abbott and Heather MacTaggart and has been facilitated by the [[http://www.ccl-cca.ca/ccl|Canadian Council on Learning]], a national, independent, and non-profit corporation that is committed to improving learning across Canada.

Visit our [[http://changelearning.ca/about-us| About Us]] page for more information about the changelearning initiative.

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