Inkluderas alla elever i undervisningen i idrott och hälsa och deltar alla på lika villkor? Så kan lärare kan arbeta för att alla elever ska ha samma möjligheter att delta, oavsett könstillhörighet, kulturell bakgrund eller funktionsnedsättningar (webb-tv).
A California school is working to balance screen time for students, limiting when students can bring smartphones to school and at what grade they can begin using classroom technology. Educators, while focused on the concept of "good screen time," also are working to educate students about digital citizenship.
Transitioning to blended learning can be challenging for experienced teachers, who may have been successful with other teaching methods, suggests Peter West, director of eLearning at Saint Stephen's College in Australia. In this commentary, West describes how blended learning offers flexibility of time, location, content and pace of learning centered on the student.
IPads will continue to be purchased for K-12 schools, but they may not be the most effective mobile devices on the market, according to Cathie Norris of the University of North Texas and Elliot Soloway of the University of Michigan. In this blog post, they suggest that iPads are a "detour," asserting that the device's…
Teachers can use video, leading questions and other tools to provide on-the-spot scaffolding to help struggling students, educator Rebecca Alber writes in this blog post. Alber gives examples of how to use scaffolding to break lessons into smaller pieces to help students understand a concept.
Investing in just one staff person to help students identify their aspirations and pave the way for them to reach those goals can have a big effect on a high school.
– Hej, jag heter Anton och min favoritpryl är trummor. Frågan går vidare. Det är dramalektion i särskolan i Laholm, där eleverna övar samarbete, lyhördhet och improvisation.
Att tjejer i genomsnitt får bättre betyg än killar konstateras nästan pliktskyldigt varje höst när skolresultaten analyseras. Skillnaderna har funnits länge och syns globalt. Vi ställer frågan om varför det ser ut så här? Och vad kan man göra åt det? Vi besöker en skola där betygsskillnaderna mellan killar och tjejer började jämna ut sig…
Students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder often begin struggling academically and socially by second grade, according to an Australian study. In a sample of nearly 400 children ages 6 to 8, researchers found that 33% of those with ADHD scored below average in reading, compared with 6% of their peers without ADHD, and 46% were below average…