Level 1 – Teaching by telling The teachers at Level 1 can only tell students the important basic ideas of mathematics such as facts, concepts, and procedures. These teachers are more
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The Four Freedoms in the Classroom
You will find that by providing the following freedoms in your classroom an improved learning environment will be created. The Freedom to Make Mistakes Help your students to approach the
What is cognitive conflict approach to teaching?
According to Piaget, knowledge is constructed when a learner encounters input from the environment and incorporates the new experiences to his/her existing schemes and mental structures (assimilation). When this new
Schools kill creativity
In this video, Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity. He argues that creativity is as