Design thinking, with its focus on problem-solving in a structured way, can help ready students for the workplace – and doesn’t require a curriculum overhaul, writes Asrif Yusoff ...
When educators first consider redesigning learning spaces, they might immediately conjure up mental images of free-flowing Starbucks lounges or something out of the Cult of Pedagogy blog’s Classroom ...
Pioneered by the Stanford d.school, Innovation by Design is a process that is extremely useful in tackling complex problems that are ill-defined or unknown, by understanding the human needs involved, ...
Love it or hate it, many teachers have seen just how much technology has changed the landscape of education. Within this rapidly changing landscape, teachers have taken on a role much different from ...
Imagine going to school in a museum, studying real artifacts, engaging in project-based learning, and designing solutions to new problems. Christopher Hanks, the Museum School’s principal and a former ...
Higher education has entered into an era of transition. Changing student demographics, rapidly evolving stakeholder demands, and new technologies are requiring universities to reconsider abiding ...
Do you want to integrate creative methods in your classroom and research? Design and hands-on making can be valuable to academic pursuits in all disciplines. We’re here to partner with faculty to ...
Last year, we ran a blog series on Reimagining Learning in which our team defined six learning behaviors—acquire, experience, collaborate, and reflect, master, and convey—and identified how physical ...
In his 2009 book, Catching Up or Leading the Way, author Yong Zhao argues that students need to engage in creative problem solving across the curriculum to develop the skills required for success in a ...
Your child's classroom design is vital in improving their learning experience. It not only affects their drive and engagement, but also their performance. Reports from eSchool News show that 92% of ...
The SchoolWide Lab middle school curriculum units are anchored in phenomena, aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards(NGSS), and purposefully integrate Computational Thinking (CT). To date, ...