Teachers can have a bit of a difficult time finding the peace and quiet they deserve—especially at the start of the school year. So if you’re trying enjoy your favorite lesson planning playlist (or tune out the work day with...
Knowledge is limited. Knowledge deficits are unlimited. Knowing something–all of the things you don’t know collectively is a form of knowledge. There are many forms of knowledge–let’s think of knowledge in terms of physical weights, for now. Vague awareness is...
A critical thinking strategy is simply a ‘way’ to encourage or facilitate the cognitive act of thinking critically. Critical thinking is the ongoing application of unbiased, accurate, and ‘good-faith’ analysis, interpretation, contextualizing, and synthesizing multiple data sources and cognitive perspectives...
See also The Real You Is All Of Us In the last ten years, too many teachers have left the teaching profession altogether because they feel burned out, unsupported, or unsafe. Any reassurance provided by empty platitudes like, “We’re all...
Costa’s Levels of Questioning — designed by educational researcher Art Costa — feature three tiers of questioning designed to promote higher-level thinking and inquiry. Similar to Bloom’s taxonomy, Costa’s lower level prompts students to use more basic faculties; as students...
contributed by Angela Peery Picture a classroom full of youngsters. They could be darling, chubby-cheeked kindergartners or swaggering, confident high school seniors – or anything in between. Can you see them? Now, picture this class engrossed in reading. What does...
12 Articles About Critical Thinking In The Classroom by TeachThought Staff Critical thinking remains one of the most discussed—and least clearly defined—ideas in education. It’s often treated as a skill, a habit, or a process, depending on the context, but...
The disability community is diverse and full of talent, intellect, creativity, and innovation. Throughout history, disabled individuals have earned fame for innovations and inventions that not only benefit the disability community but also drive change and improve the lives of...
We’ve all lost precious hours of our planning time hunting for free classroom videos to fit our lessons. And sometimes we end up sharing something that’s less than ideal because we didn’t have time to sift through the options. That’s...
Every teacher has that year when nothing seems to click and classroom challenges feel bigger than solutions. For 5th grade teacher Amy Poland, that year turned into something unexpectedly wonderful with the Green Bronx Machine curriculum. What began as a...
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