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We Should Teach About Uncomfortable Ideas, Here’s How
We Should Teach About Uncomfortable Ideas, Here’s How by Drew Perkins, Director of TeachThought PD How can we identify a democratically ideal set of principles to help us grow a culture of conversation? In my 15 years as a K-12 teacher, I rarely found myself at risk...
12 Authentic Starting Points For Learning
12 Authentic Starting Points For Learning by Terry Heick Learning--real, informal, authentic, and lifelong learning--can 'begin' with just about anything. In that way, this is obviously not an exhaustive list. Nor am I implying that these are 'the best' starting...
20 Questions To Clarify Your Teaching For 2023
How Can You Improve As A Teacher This School Year? by Terry Heick Ed note: I wrote this in 2014 and have updated it several times since then, most recently in the summer of 2022. Who knows where education is going, but it’s not impossible to come up with some...
The Difference Between A Good Question And A Bad Question
The Difference Between A Good Question And A Bad Question What's the definition of a 'good question'? We often say to one another, 'That's a good question,' by which we usually mean, 'I don't know the answer' or 'I had not yet thought to ask that but it seems worth...
Blended PBL: 20 Digital Project Based Learning Teaching Strategies
What Are Effective Project Based Learning Teaching Strategies For The Blended Classroom? by Terry Heick While nothing is certain, more and more schools have returned to in-person learning after spending much of the last 24 months in remote teaching and learning...
Misunderstanding The Gradual Release Of Responsibility Framework
Ed note: On May 26, 2015, Grant Wiggins passed away. Grant was tremendously influential on TeachThought’s approach to education, and we were lucky enough for him to contribute his content to our site. Occasionally, we are going to go back and re-share his most...
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