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Links to Deeper Learning
Over the course of several days, fifty teachers established what makes deeper learning for students possible. Three themes emerged: connections, purpose, and intellectual depth. What existing practices and tactics, related to these themes, can we tap into to create a shared infrastructure on which to design and facilitate deeper learning experiences for students? A partial …
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...]