What Is Critical Thinking And Why Is It So Important? In a world inundated with information, where the ability to discern truth from falsehood is paramount, the skill of critical thinking is an increasingly important skill. Critical thinking is not merely a set of...
How Teachers Can Help Overcome The Limits Of Meritocracy by Matthew Byars So as a middle school teacher for about 25 years, I’ve learned a few tricks. One of them is that if the kids aren’t engaged in what you’re working on, you’re wasting your time. Another is that...
Student Engagement: Both Cognitive And Behavioral by Drew Perkins, Director of ThoughtStretchers Education Engagement is a buzzword in education. While behavioral engagement and capturing student imagination, which involves visible actions and participation,...
Are You Pushing Or Pulling Students In Your Classroom? by Drew Perkins, Director of ThoughtStretchers Education At the risk of characterizing teaching and learning in a factory context let's face it, classrooms are a kind of marketplace system with an exchange of...
4 Key Takeaways From "What School Could Be" by Drew Perkins, Director of ThoughtStretchers Education I first met Ted Dintersmith a few years ago in a meeting in downtown Louisville, KY (ThoughtStretchers Education is located in Louisville) to which I was invited to...
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