Mar
28
University of Colorado college physics course. A persistent gender gap: the
girls get worse test scores than the boys, and end up with lower grades at
the end of the semester.
The teachers have tried various things to fix it extra tutorials, etc.
but none worked.
Until one surprising intervention made the difference.
From Discover Magazine, Click Here to Read More
Mar
23
Each second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe, a moment that will never be again. And what do we teach out children? We teach them that two and two make four, and that Paris is the capital of France. When will we also teach them what they are? We should say to each of them: Do you know what you are? You are a marvel. You are unique. In all the years that have passed, there has never been another child like you. Your legs, your arms, your clever fingers, the way you move. You may become a Shakespeare, a Michelangelo, a Beethoven. You have the capacity for anything. Yes, you are a marvel. And when you grow up, can you then harm another who is, like you, a marvel? You must work, we must all work, to make the world worthy of its children.
~Pablo Casals
Mar
14
Shamrock Arts and Crafts:
http://www.celebrations.com/article/shamrock-arts-crafts
Mar
4
Researchers say creativity should be taken out of the art room and put into homeroom. The argument that we can’t teach creativity because kids already have too much to learn is a false tradeoff. Creativity isn’t about freedom from concrete facts. Rather, fact-finding and deep research are vital stages in the creative process. Scholars argue that current curriculum standards can still be met, if taught in a different way.
What’s common about successful programs is they alternate maximum divergent thinking with bouts of intense convergent thinking, through several stages. When applied to the everyday process of work or school, brain function improves.
So what does this mean for America’s standards-obsessed schools? The key is in how kids work though the vast catalog of information and a progression of fact-finding, problem-finding, idea-finding, solution-finding, and plan of action.
Excerpt from “The Creativity Crisis”, by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman,Newsweek. July 19, 2010
For further Goggling: Donald Treffinger and Treffinger’s Creative Problem-Solving model
Question: What do you do to encourage creativity in your classroom?
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