The Two Minds Of An Educator
by Terry Heick In his essay Two Minds, Wendell Berry, unsurprisingly enough, offers up two tones of thought produced by two kinds of ‘mind’—Rational, and Sympathetic. One is…
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Teaching Students To See Quality
by Terry Heick Quality—you know what it is, yet you don’t know what it is. But that’s self-contradictory. But some things are better than others, that is, they…
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by Terry Heick Humility is an interesting starting point for learning. In an era of media that is digital, social, chopped up, and endlessly recirculated, the challenge is…
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A New Definition For Equity In Education
by Terry Heick In a profession increasingly full of angst and positioning and corrective policy, there are few ideas as easy to get behind as equity. Equal. Equality.…
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Improving The Relationship Between Schools And Communities
by Terry Heick Education is a series of learning experiences informed by policy, and actuated by teachers. Policy, by its very nature, is sweeping and ambitious. It is…
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Teaching Students To See Quality
by Terry Heick Quality—you know what it is, yet you don’t know what it is. But that’s self-contradictory. But some things are better than others, that is, they…
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The Relationship Between Reading And Critical Literacy
by Terry Heick Phonemic awareness is knowing that certain letters make certain sounds. Phonemic awareness is knowing that sounds can blend together in predictable and unpredictable ways. Phonemic…
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An Innovative Learning Model: How To Sync Your Classroom
by TeachThought Staff In just the last decade, the image of technology in the classroom has shifted from rows of desktops in a dedicated computer lab (all facing…
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8 Things Students Need In Modern Project-Based Learning
by Terry Heick We recently offered a definition of project-based learning and looked at keys to designing Project-Based Learning. We also have looked at the difference between ‘doing…
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The Pedagogy Of John Dewey: A Summary
by TeachThought Staff What did John Dewey believe about education? What were his views on experiential and interactive learning and their role in teaching and learning? As always,…
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How To Help Teachers Create Their Own Professional Development
by Terrell Heick Traditional teacher professional development depends on external training handed down to teachers after having identified their weaknesses as a professional. If you’re not so great…
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25 Questions To Guide Teaching With Project-Based Learning
by Terry Heick I’ve been thinking of the kinds of questions I consider when planning a project–or planning a unit when students plan a project on their own.…
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by Terry Heick On Collaboration As An Industry Hopefully, we can agree that education–as it exists–isn’t good enough. For students or teachers or communities. It just isn’t. This is…
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The Inside-Out School: A 21st Century Learning Model
by Terry Heick This post has been updated from a 2012 version As a follow-up to our 9 Characteristics of 21st Century Learning we developed in 2009, we…
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