Tag: Pedagogy

The Littoral Zones of Learning

By Ian TymmsTeaching and LearningALL Posts, Best Practices, Co-create, Education for Future, Experiential Learning, Pedagogy, Self Awareness, SilverPi-DYSE-Issue-013, Student Agency, Teaching and Me

Learning is a remarkably subtle, intricate and an intriguing process. For someone who is excep… MORE

Forget Google; sometimes you’ve just got to know a lot of stuff

By Nicholas AlchinEducation for FutureALL Posts, Best Practices, Classroom Voices, Education for Future, Knowledge, Pedagogy, SilverPi-DYSE-Issue-012

The debate between knowing facts vs knowing how to get to the facts is a hallmark of the discussio… MORE

Books that matter – Creating the Schools Our Children Need

By Ian TymmsBooks that matterALL Posts, Assessments, Best Practices, Pedagogy, SilverPi-DYSE-Issue-011, Teachers, Teaching and Me

“The overarching theme that came out of the first two thirds of the book was a reminder tha… MORE

Stop giving grades wherever you can

By Nicholas AlchinBest PracticesALL Posts, Assessments, Classroom Voices, Pedagogy, Self Awareness, SilverPi-DYSE-Issue-009, Teachers, Teaching and Me

Students’ reactions to grading are measured against their own expectations for themse… MORE

Ambiguity begets Clarity

By Charanya KumarEducation for FutureALL Posts, Best Practices, Character, Co-create, Experiential Learning, Holistic Education, Pedagogy, SilverPi-DYSE-Issue-009

The students grow up to become young adults who are comfortable in predictable situations, but … MORE

DIY Learning

By Ajit Ashutosh KalleEducation for FutureALL Posts, Best Practices, Co-create, Creativity, Curriculum, Education Challenges, Pedagogy, SilverPi-DYSE-Issue-008

“The ‘A for Apple’ framework in which our education system is entrenched in (even in high… MORE

Can Creative Writing be Taught?

By Susheela MenonBest PracticesALL Posts, Creativity, Learning Languages, Pedagogy, SilverPi-DYSE-Issue-007, Teachers, Teaching and Me

“Creativity is what happens when the analytical mind pauses. How do you teach a child tha… MORE

EdTech – Solution or the Problem?

By Charanya KumarEducation ChallengesALL Posts, Best Practices, Education for Future, Education Technology, Learning and me, Pedagogy, SilverPi-DYSE-Issue-007, Teachers

With increasing use of technology, are we killing our children’s ability to imagine and come up … MORE

Decoding Jugaad? – A research at MIT on innovative tool usage by humans

By Silver PiNews and ReportsALL Posts, Creativity, Education Research, Education Technology, Innovation, Pedagogy, SilverPi-DYSE-Issue-006

“It would also be interesting to consider the possibility of directly leveraging these … MORE

Understanding understanding

By Ian TymmsBest PracticesALL Posts, Classroom Voices, Experiential Learning, Learning Languages, Pedagogy, SilverPi-DYSE-Issue-005, Teaching and Me

The art of teaching is often about finding the sweet spot between knowledge and understanding w

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Gestures and Pictures in Language Learning

By Silver PiNews and ReportsALL Posts, Best Practices, Learning Languages, Pedagogy, SilverPi-DYSE-Issue-004

A recent paper published by the Springer Education Psychology Review illustrates a study cond

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