20 04, 2020

4 Reasons Why We Need to Listen to Our Teachers

2023-08-25T21:59:19+00:00

In this article you will learn...

  • To improve student achievement, teachers must be heard.
  • Listening is an active process and a key aspect of learnership.
  • When we listen, we discover things, build trust, and make better decisions.
4 Reasons Why We Need to Listen to Our Teachers2023-08-25T21:59:19+00:00
13 04, 2020

Why Is Learnership the Skill for the 21st Century?

2023-09-21T03:04:45+00:00

In this article you will learn...

  • To be successful in a chosen career or any working environment our students need learnership.
  • Learnership is exemplified by someone who self-directs, self-evaluates, self-reflects, and self-controls their own learning.
  • Employers are looking for qualified candidates who can think critically, persevere, and communicate effectively—in other words, the qualities of true learnership.
Why Is Learnership the Skill for the 21st Century?2023-09-21T03:04:45+00:00
6 04, 2020

How to Shift Students from Managed to the Managers

2023-08-17T19:59:32+00:00

In this article you will learn...

  • We as teachers need to change the traditional approach to classroom management to one that focuses less on the teacher’s rules and more on student’s role in the class.
  • It is critical for students to understand that, first and foremost, their role is to actively pursue their own learning while respectfully, cooperatively, and collaboratively helping others actively pursue theirs.
  • Three strategic learning practices can greatly help students achieve ownership of the academic climate and thereby elevate their academic achievement.
How to Shift Students from Managed to the Managers2023-08-17T19:59:32+00:00
30 03, 2020

How to Transform Classroom Assessment

2023-07-27T22:31:53+00:00

In this article, you will learn...

  • We as teachers can change our approach to assessment to one in which assessment becomes a tool for learning and our students become the best judge of their own knowledge and skills.
  • Learning is about change, and we cannot assess what has changed in students’ minds, skills, or attitudes unless the students are an active part of the process.
  • Three strategic learning practices can greatly help students achieve ownership of assessment and thereby elevate their academic achievement.
How to Transform Classroom Assessment2023-07-27T22:31:53+00:00
23 03, 2020

How to Help Students Own How They Are Learning

2023-07-25T15:09:40+00:00

In this article, you will learn...

  • We as teachers need to focus less on what we need to do to teach the curriculum and more on how students need to learn the required content and skills.
  • Like student ownership in general, student ownership of instruction occurs along a predictable continuum and eventually leads to deep individual metacognition.
  • Three strategic learning practices can greatly help students achieve ownership of their instruction and thereby elevate their academic achievement.
How to Help Students Own How They Are Learning2023-07-25T15:09:40+00:00