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Types of Learners

• June 25, 2013 • 1 Comment

Posted in Authentic Education
Tags: connections, creativity, differentiated instruction, learning styles, life-long learning, multiple intelligence, nature, nature deficit disorder, personal skill-building, soulful education, student needs, teachers, teaching methodology

Failing to Realize

• June 25, 2013 • 2 Comments

Posted in Authentic Education, Gender-based education, Play-based Learning
Tags: ADHD, children, connections, creativity, expulsions, gender-based education, humanizing, movement education, nature, nature deficit disorder, play-based learning, preschool, student needs, teaching boys

A People’s History

• June 24, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Authentic Education, History of Education
Tags: boards of education, history, humanizing, life-long learning, lived realities, personal skill-building, professionalism, respect, responsibility, rewriting history, soulful education, teaching methodology, youth

Experiential Learning

• June 23, 2013 • 2 Comments

Posted in Teaching methodology
Tags: connections, effective teaching, Experiential Learning, instruction, life-long learning, Malcolm Gladwell, pedagogy, personal skill-building, play-based learning, soulful education, teacher training, teachers, teaching methodology

The Tipping Point of Educational Reform

• June 23, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Alternative Education, Authentic Education, Child-led learning
Tags: aims, children, community, conformity, connections, conventional education, courage of your convictions, democratic schools, dwd, education policy, education reform, homeschooling, Peter Gray, tipping point, unschooling

Oprah @ Harvard

• June 22, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Authentic Education, Spirituality
Tags: aims, citizenry, connections, dignity, empathy, Harvard, humanizing, life-long learning, making a difference, motivation, Oprah, respect, responsibility, soulful education, spirituality, visions

How to learn about life

• June 21, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Authentic Education, Educational Policy, School is not education
Tags: aims, children, control, curriculum, discipline, life-long learning, school, soulful education, standardized testing, teach to the test, teacher training, teaching methodology, visions, youth

Playground Duty

• June 21, 2013 • 2 Comments

Posted in Creativity, On the playground, Play-based Learning
Tags: connections, creativity, life-long learning, on the playground, personal skill-building, play-based learning, responsibility, science, teachers

Telling Time with a Broken Clock

• June 20, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Alternative Education, Education Reform, Testing
Tags: aims, education policy, education reform, effective teaching, Joe Bower, professionalism, responsibility, standardized testing, student needs, teach to the test, teaching methodology, visions

Dare to teach, Ready to learn

• June 19, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Authentic Education, Great Teachers, Homeschooling
Tags: connections, effective teaching, great teachers, homeschooling, life-long learning, making a difference, motivation, pedagogy, personal skill-building, professionalism, respect, responsibility, soulful education, spirituality, teaching methodology

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