Tag: schools
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How can Students Learn Science Without Doing Science?
The experiment we are running in most science classes is whether students can learn science without doing science. And this experiment is failing our students. Yes, you can get students to memorize the periodic table and fill in the bubbles on biology tests by studying books and doing worksheets. If you push them hard, you…
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Experiment You
How Students Can Improve Their Health And Learning. Our schools constantly test our students to measure their achievement. But if we want to improve student achievement, it’s time for students to test their schools. Are classrooms too hot or too cold? Are pest and mold problems causing asthma attacks and absences? Are students…
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Natural Learning vs School Training
Peter Senge details the difference between natural learning and the assembly-line training done at schools. Senge advocates for reforms which would make student learning more self directed and collaborative.
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Industrial education in an era of innovation
Peter Senge talks about how schools built on an industrial model need to evolve to promote systems thinking, innovation and collaboration skills needed to solve our social and environmental problems.