Chapters
Includes podcasts
Two-thirds do not appreciate school, the
significance of well-articulated content areas. Nevertheless, students want
to be empowered as engaged agents in the classroom, validated as capable
thinkers, and relevant amidst their peers.....more
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Children differ in psychomotor and learning
readiness, but schools in my era were most secure using the one-size-fits-all
approach to keep the campus safe, at times lacking sensitivity to the diverse
socioeconomic and developmental thinking potentials within the school
community.
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The MIT group found that the most
productive and creative situations include:
Substantial number of ideas, Dense
interactions, and Diversity of ideas – everyone in the group contributing
ideas and reactions.
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Gaining trust is crucial since it
increases oxytocin production and motivates students to perform tasks.
Furthermore, classrooms that nurture trust between peers and teacher are
validating, and likely to be engaging and joyful.
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