Teaching Through Asking Rather Than Telling

 

Week of July 19, 2023 Your newsletter is personalized. We found 5 stories that match your interests this week. Teaching Through Asking Rather Than Telling High school teachers can promote active learning by strategically replacing some direct instruction with questions that produce thoughtful conversations. 9-12 High School Celebrating Student Interests to Create a Positive High School Culture Events that center students’ picks in art, music, and food can create powerful opportunities for them to increase their sense of belonging. 9-12 High School NEW What's Your Educational Role? Tell us your educational role and get game-changing insights from your peers across the country. Update your account Creating a Sense of Community in High School From Day 1 At the beginning of the year, using class time for team building can help ninth graders with the transition to high school. 9-12 High School Combining Career and Technical Education With World Language Instruction Tailoring world language instruction to the trades that students study in CTE programs can equip them for on-the-job conversations. 9-12 High School 3 Low-Tech Ways to Teach Computer Science If your school lacks the latest technology, your students can still learn computing through unplugged programming. 9-12 High School FROM THE ARCHIVE This is a popular article from January of 2021. Why Students Should Write in All Subjects Writing improves learning by consolidating information in long-term memory, researchers explain. Plus, five engaging writing activities to use in all subjects. Who Should Evaluate Teachers? Integrating peer review systems into teacher evaluations can lead to improved teacher effectiveness, academic achievement, and collaboration among colleagues.  Taking a Playful Approach to Assessment When teachers bring collaboration, creativity, and choice into assessment, anxiety and dread give way to confidence and joy as students show off what they have learned. Building an Identity as Assistant Principal By carefully developing key leadership skills, assistant principals can ensure that they accomplish their goals without burning out. A PBL Unit on Life as a Young Teen Project-based learning that’s student-designed and relevant to their lives can have a profound impact. Guiding Middle Schoolers to Make Good Choices Students who can tap into their values and think about the future are more likely to make choices driven by kindness. You can update your interests and email preferences any time by visiting your account dashboard at Edutopia.org [ LOVE EDUTOPIA? PASS THIS ON. ] FOLLOW US      MY ACCOUNT | EDUTOPIA.ORG | UNSUBSCRIBE George Lucas Educational Foundation P.O. Box 3494 San Rafael, CA 94912-3494