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Tag: Curriculum

How To Implement The Science Of Learning When The Rest Of The School Isn’t

Posted on March 16, 2022October 10, 2022 by Brendan

More educators are wanting to implement the Science of Learning or Reading but hit a roadblock when trying to implement it across the school. This article explains how to move a Pre-Contemplator through the Stages of Change (Prochaska & DiClemente) and present them with a Theory of Action (Robinson).

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Zooming out to Zoom in on Elaboration Theory

Posted on September 14, 2021March 17, 2022 by Brendan

Elaboration Theory is an instructional design theory that is more than just zooming out and then zooming in. It requires teachers to follow a structure that assists schema development. This post looks at how teachers can best use Elaboration Theory to help the learner build connections in their knowledge base.

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How I am teaching with more purpose and meaning this year – Part 1: Curriculum design for the whole person

Posted on February 21, 2021August 9, 2021 by Brendan

In schools, we can fall into the trap of working in silos. That might be individually, only as Stage groups or in faculty teams. If this is the case, it is even more important that as a school, every teacher knows what the end goal is. What sort of person does our school want to have walking out the doors on their last day as a student? Importantly, do the school’s goals align with what the students want? Too often I have seen school leaders pushing for academic results when it is quite clear that the majority of the students are not that way inclined.

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How the Dunning-Kruger Effect continues to get me!

Posted on October 19, 2020March 17, 2022 by Brendan

Have you ever walked into a cafe and been disappointed with the service and overall experience? You look at the costs of their products/services and think, “How hard could it be?” That’s basically the Dunning-Kruger effect. It’s been described as “a cognitive bias in which people wrongly overestimate their knowledge or ability in a specific…

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