From forest campuses to community gardens, educators are swapping screens for project-based learning experiences that build creativity and collaboration.
As part of my Simply Explained series, I’ve been covering a range of student-centered instructional approaches, from project-based learning to experiential and inquiry-based learning. Today, I cover ...
Even if the most dire predictions about AI fail to materialize, there’s no doubt that its arrival raises big questions about the purpose of K–12 education. Most existentially: What skills do students ...
Pre-med students in a Biology course measure urban air quality in collaboration with citizen-scientists from the local community; students in a 300-level Business seminar design improvements to a ...
Play-based learning in kindergarten is not new, but it has not been common in public schools. This fall Tumwater School District, in line with its newly adopted Strategic Plan, begins to incorporate ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. CEO & Co-author of Mastery - Why Deeper Learning is Essential... For all the talk about the importance of lifelong learning for ...
ABSTRACT: Education in the STEM fields science, technology, engineering, and mathematics—is becoming increasingly acknowledged as the cornerstone of socioeconomic growth, economic competitiveness, and ...
When educators panic about artificial intelligence in the classroom, they often fall back on a familiar definition of learning: a change in long-term memory. It sounds scientific. It gives the ...
With the rapid change in society and advancements in technology, higher education needs to focus on cultivating students’ generic skills to foster adaptability in this ever-evolving society.
In the context of mass higher education, Chinese application-oriented undergraduate institutions face significant teaching challenges stemming from the increasingly diverse student population. This ...
Challenge-based learning is a form of collaborative and project-based learning in which students band together to help solve a local or national problem in a way that furthers their learning.