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Thinking Errors Adolescents Can Bring to School

July 6, 2015 in Best Practices Tagged: Approaches, Educators, teaching

Thinking Errors Adolescents Can Bring to School

Many of our older students who can make choices yet are unwilling to always make good ones, use thinking errors regularly to cope with stress and avoid taking responsibility. These are the students who have some frustration tolerance and ability to control their actions as opposed to little of either. This group is more the "Won't" than the "Can't" students (who have reactive patterns they are unable to stop; "can'ts" often have mood disorders, pronounced ADHD, or serious trauma symptoms.) Of … [Read more...]

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Outdoor Education

May 5, 2015 in Best Practices, Blog Tagged: Approaches, Education, Engagement, Project Based Learning

Outdoor Education

With the longer days and warm weather approaching look for ways to incorporate outdoor education into your classroom.   Below Penny offers some insight into outdoor education, the benefits of it, and how you might want to incorporate it into your classroom, with multiple resources for further investigation. I recently found a new outdoor education site in the United Kingdom, Learning Through Landscapes, and read the following:"A quarter of a million children are persistently … [Read more...]

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Does the Seating Arrangement Matter

April 28, 2015 in Best Practices, default, Features Tagged: Approaches, Behavior, Engagement, School Design

Does the Seating Arrangement Matter

As I share new evidence-based tools for increasing calm, focus and achievement in school, I also look for any research on more traditional approaches. Recently, I focused on the traditional practice of sitting in rows. Here is what I turned up: "Seating Arrangements That Promote Positive Academic and Behavioral Outcomes: A Review of Empirical Research," by Rachel Wannarka & Kathy Ruhl. Support For Learning, 2008 "There is no single classroom seating arrangement that promotes positive … [Read more...]

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Do You Have a Laughing, Playful Classroom

March 3, 2015 in Best Practices

Do You Have a Laughing, Playful Classroom

Do you make sure there is play and laughter throughout the day in your classroom? Are you comfortable with an enlivened and active class of fellow learners? If so, you are building relationships, increasing focus and attention to task, building community, relieving physical and mental stress, promoting divergent thinking, lowering the stress hormone cortisol, focusing on student strengths, and increasing motivation to learn new things and take risks.Take this quiz to see if you have a … [Read more...]

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The Boy Education Crisis

January 14, 2015 in Best Practices, Blog, default, INSPIRE 2014 Tagged: Approaches, Behavior, Boys, Educators

The Boy Education Crisis

All educators can attest to the behavioral and learning challenges that many, many boys in their classrooms exhibit. These challenges are leading boys to fall behind educationally, and leading teachers to grapple with productive ways in which to bolster their self-confidence and allow them to focus in class.At INSPIRE 2014, Anthony Rao, Ph.D., a psychologist and noted author, led a session on “The Boy Education Crisis” that helped attendees understand how boys think, develop and learn. After … [Read more...]

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School Practices that Downshift Students

December 2, 2014 in Best Practices, Blog Tagged: Approaches, Behavior, Educators, Engagement

School Practices that Downshift Students

A well-known term in the brain-based world is "downshifting." According to Renate and Geoffrey Caine who first coined the term, downshifting is "the psychophysiological response to threat, accompanied by a sense of helplessness or fatigue. The downshifted person experiences a sense of fear or anxiety, not the excitement of a challenge. Downshifting is accompanied by a feeling that you cannot access your own ability to deal with the situation. Downshifting can result from very drastic conditions … [Read more...]

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