by edtosavetheworld | May 18, 2015 | News and Trends, Stage 4: Disciplinary Thinking
Due to my husband’s job, we move around a lot. Like to West Africa and South America. So I thought it would be a good idea to get to know the International Baccalaureate (IB) Program. I’ve been reading about the course called Theory of Knowledge and I went...
by edtosavetheworld | May 14, 2015 | Stage 4: Disciplinary Thinking
Imagine the following classroom assignment: Explain the causes and impacts of the Great Influenza outbreak of 1918 Photo credit:http://www.jhsph.edu/sebin/f/l/bluedeath1.jpg If we want to save the world, we need to learn to prevent (or at least very effectively treat)...
by edtosavetheworld | Dec 19, 2014 | Stage 4: Disciplinary Thinking
If you have been in education long enough I guarantee you have heard this phrase: But I have to teach that way – I need to prepare them for college. It’s a sentence we’re heard uttered middle through high school, about all types of teaching: lecturing, high stakes...
by edtosavetheworld | Dec 15, 2014 | News and Trends, Stage 4: Disciplinary Thinking
One way to look at the world is to divide it into adaptive and technical challenges and solutions. For example if I am a teacher using a math textbook that is outdated, I can solve that problem with a technical solution, a new textbook. If, however, my challenge is...
by edtosavetheworld | Oct 23, 2014 | Stage 4: Disciplinary Thinking
In my first years as a teacher, I spent hours and hours preparing for each lesson plan…and we should make sure they are very carefully thought out! But I’ve changed the questions that I ask myself when planning. I used to think… What information or...
by edtosavetheworld | Oct 21, 2014 | Stage 4: Disciplinary Thinking
Currently, K-12 science education in the United States…does not provide students with engaging opportunities to experience how science is actually done. -National Research Council Stage 4 of our framework emphasizes disciplinary thinking, which includes the ways...
