If the purpose and goal of schooling is merely putting knowledge into the heads of people, then schools might actually become obsolete. They would have to redefine their role in society and become places where other skills and competencies are developped. Because knowledge is at our hands everywhere and does…
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The Good Teacher Dominant Discourses in Teacher Education
Check out “The Good Teacher Dominant Discourses in Teacher Education” available at these online stores. Product identified using image recognition technology by SnapTell application available on the AppStore. Bob Reuter Posted via email from the material mind
James J. Kaput Center for Research and Innovation in Mathematics Education
via kaputcenter.umassd.edu Sounds like a very interesting tech tool for learning… could be nice to use this as an example for our media2 seminars. Posted via web from the material mind
Interactive Lectures
via serc.carleton.edu This is a “technique” for giving lectures in a way that engages students more actively, yet can be applied to large classes. Posted via web from the material mind
From Questions to Concepts: Interactive Teaching in Physics
via youtube.com Wow! That’s a great quote by Professor Eric Mazur from Harvard University: “You can forget facts, but you cannot forget understanding!” Posted via web from the material mind
Teaching With WebQuests Course Outline
via teachereducation.com Highly recommended website for people interested in educational technology. Posted via web from the material mind
Promethean Learning US
via prometheanlearning.com Be a Super Teacher… 🙂 sounds nice… Posted via web from the material mind
Prezi – The zooming presentation editor
via prezi.com Going beyond the old-fashioned out-dated slide-projector metaphor behind powerpoint & co. — think different! Posted via web from the material mind
HippoCampus – Homework and Study Help – Free help with your algebra, biology, environmental science, American government, US history, physics and religion homework
via hippocampus.org Free online multimedia material for learning Posted via web from the material mind
Becoming a Teacher: A cognitively complex task
Shulman believed that teaching was no less cognitively complex than medicine, and that teachers, like doctors, engaged in acts of decision- making and professional judgment that informed their practice. via leeshulman.net I’m quite happy to see that I’m not the only one who thinks that there are certain analogies between…