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Are we disguising bad teaching with nice clothes??? #teaching

Children all over the world organize these “special places.” #dens #forts #nature #outside #play

Rae shares with us the three things she's been hearing all across the country in regard to children and their development. Sadly, they probably won't surprise you.  #play #DAP #movement 

Part I in a series by Peter Gray.   He says his goal for the series is to examine teaching from the ground up. He starts here by defining teaching and presents evidence that teaching occurs in at least some non-human animals. An examination of teaching in other species may lead to insights that will be useful for understanding teaching in our species. #teaching #learning #DAP #play

Tension without intention. #teaching #learning #play #technology #resilience #pushdown

From the New York Times archives! A deep look at Jean Piaget!  #learning #teaching #theorists #parenting

Couple things here - this is an old link and the form to fill out to access the interview is no longer secure - do what you will with that.  Zipes' thoughts down towards the bottom of the page though are still very much worth the read.  Then, if you are so inclined, search his name JACK ZIPES on YouTube... better carve out a couple days!  It's a rabbit hole of amazingness that is worth falling into and you might just be a little sad when you decide to climb back out!  #fairytales #stories #books #reading

Unit blocks have been around for over 100 years!  Why is their potential still so often underestimated?? #math #play #blocks #DAP #learning #teaching

Even juries get recess!!!!!  #recess #movement #play #DAP #outside #teaching #learning

Here's the backstory: The author, John Taylor, is a retired superintendent of schools in Lancaster, S.C., he offered this history about the essay he wrote while leading that district:  

The parody was originally titled "Absolutely the Best Dentists."  It was written and sent to every newspaper and legislator in South Carolina a number of years ago in an attempt to point out the absurdities inherent in South Carolina's then new accountability act which was focused on absolute performance and threatened retention for every child who couldn't meet very challenging grade level standards. (Not to mention severe penalties for "poorly performing" schools, teachers and administrators.) Since then it has traveled widely to the point that I have not been able to keep up with the uses; but I know it has appeared in teacher association publications in at least three Canadian Provinces and in Australia, as well as dozens in the USA. The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) seems to have given the story a new life.  Thus: No Dentist Left Behind.

#pushdown #DAP #play #teaching #learning

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The school we are talking about is not the school you are familiar with in the past, but it is something that you can hope for.  #teaching #learning #theorists