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NYC_SKP

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5. True. And, arguably, it's the very opposite of what might make these learners successful.

Reply to LWolf (Reply #4)

Tue May 7, 2013, 10:57 AM

May 2013

IMHO, schools under threat of takeover throw out hands-on and inquiry-based lessons and hit the teacher/textbook centered drill and kill techniques much to their own demise and to the irreversible detriment of the students.

argh.

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Teachers Embrace 'Deep Learning,' Translating Lessons Into Practical Skills. [View all] elleng May 2013 OP

Place-based, project-based, applications-based learning: It works! NYC_SKP May 2013 #1

I can't IMAGINE resistance! elleng May 2013 #2

Reasons for resistance are manifold. NYC_SKP May 2013 #3

From the very beginning LWolf May 2013 #4

True. And, arguably, it's the very opposite of what might make these learners successful. NYC_SKP May 2013 #5

They do, LWolf May 2013 #6