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The Four Horsemen of the Learning Apocalypse
Outlined against a blue-gray fluorescent sky, the Four Horsemen ride again. In dramatic lore they’re known as Famine, Pestilence, Destruction and Death. These are only aliases. Their real names are Inauthenticity, Complexity, Comfort, and Sterility. They form the crest of the apocalypse, before which another classroom is swept over the precipice. Inauthenticity The teenage nose …
Treating Classes Like Gatherings, Part Three: Ending Well(If you haven’t read part one, on establishing purpose, or part two, on facilitating well, I’d [keep reading...]
Treating Classes Like Gatherings, Part Two: Teaching With Generous Authority(If you haven’t read part one, about establishing purpose, consider starting there.) After [keep reading...]
Why Teachers Should Consider Their Classes “Gatherings”Priya Parker’s The Art of Gathering, a book that, as the subtitle suggests, takes up the subject of [keep reading...]