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The falling enrollment of education majors
Teacher Pipeline Still Drying Up But for the education world, the most striking data comes from the survey question asking in what field the freshmen plan to major. The percentage of probable education majors stands at 4.2%, the lowest percentage ever since the question was first asked in 1971. And that 4.1% comes at the…
Extrinsic rewards are not the best way to motivate students
“Rewards are constellations of attributes, and firms should focus more on the motivational effects of the attributes associated with a reward rather than the reward type itself,” Presslee said. “Results confirmed that each of these attributes – individually and in combination – increases employee effort and performance.” Source: Cash may not be the most effective…
Sharing: Checklist or Art Form? (via @gcouros)
Checklist or Art Form? What we teach is not really as important as how we teach. In my first years of education, those suggested activities were my lifeline. I needed them because I thought of teaching as more of a checklist, than an art form. “If I do this, then I will be able to say that…
Sharing: Settling in education
Are We Settling? During this year’s March Madness tournament, I could not help but notice an ad campaign by DirecTV called, The Settlers, which plays on the word, presenting a frontier-era family in a suburban neighborhood who stick to antiquated ways such as a horse-and-buggy, making their own clothes, faceless dolls, and…cable TV. Although I…
Sharing: Should I Download That App? A Ten Question Checklist for Choosing Tools Worth Your—and Your Students’—Time
Should I Download That App? A Ten Question Checklist for Choosing Tools Worth Your—and Your Students’—Time | EdSurge News Whether you are a classroom teacher, instructional coach, or administrator, ask yourself these ten questions before tapping GET, INSTALL, or BUY. I totally concur with number one.
The Five Hour Rule
This article first appeared in the Eduk8me newsletter. Be sure to subscribe to be the first to get articles such as this. Several successful people, such as Oprah Winfrey, William Buffet, and Bill Gates, follow the five hour rule. The five hour rule is setting aside an hour every work day for deliberate learning. How…