The flipped instructional method gives teachers more time to reinvent what learning looks like in the classroom, write education consultant Aaron Sams and Justin Aglio, director of innovation at Montour School District in Pennsylvania. In this commentary, they share three ways flipped instruction can help students master material.

Students with a high need for cognition may be less physically active than peers with less need for cognition, according to a study published in the Journal of Health Psychology. Researchers divided a group of undergraduate students into two groups and tracked their activities for one week.

A little Wi-Fi-enabled robot with a spring-leg design was created to teach kids about their electronic futures and is currently soliciting funds on Kickstarter. The Marty robot specializes in programming, mechanical engineering and electronics and can be customized with 3D printing. (webb-tv)

UX innovator discusses what forward-thinking schools are doing now, and what AI in education will look like in the near future.

Min forskning viser at når barna forsøker å ta i bruk sine tidligere erfaringer i klasserommet, klarer ikke skolene å ivareta initiativene, skriver Hilde Dehnes Hogsnes, Høgskolen i Sørøst-Norge.

Att blogga är knappast något nytt. Men i klassrummen finns fortfarande mycket att göra.

Sir Ken Robinson said the current education system is designed to create conformist and compliant students, but this approach doesn't honor the diversity and creativity inherent in human life.

People who like to use their brains are a lot less physically active than people who don't, according to research published this month in the Journal of Health Psychology.

There are challenges and pitfalls to implementing project-based learning, but the advantages are great. In this Educational Leadership article, teacher Alison Zuniga and university educator Thomas M. Cooper share one high school's journey to effective PBL and describe why, when done right, teachers make the choice to relinquish a majority of learning into the hands…

Playgrounds with activity-specific zones could encourage more active play, according to a study by University of Missouri researchers. Data collected from accelerometers revealed that zoned recess periods led to more physical activity, compared with regular recess periods.

Många nyanlända i samhället och förskolan, många nya möten människor emellan. För att få till dessa på ett bra sätt talas det om vikten av interkulturellt förhållningssätt. Men vad menas med det? Vi tar hjälp av en professor och en förskollärare.  

Mechanics kill the joy of words. As a great teacher says, we need to “ask students questions, read their answers, and ask more questions.”