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Tuesday, January 7, 2014

1-7-14 THE WHOLE CHILD BLOG - ED Pulse Poll Results - Whole Child Education

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ED Pulse Poll Results: What Is the Most Important Task That Could Be Accomplished by Teaching Using Essential Questions?
ASCD continually seeks to provide solutions to the challenges that face educators of all levels. Recently, the ASCD SmartBrief ED Pulse poll asked readers about tasks that can be achieved by employing essential questions. In their recent ASCD book, Essential Questions: Opening Doors to Student Understanding, authors Jay McTighe and Grant Wiggins explain the usefulness of essential questions in K–
Different Ways to Personalize Learning
The classical way of teaching is very industrialized. Students file in, receive education in one format, and then leave being considered educated. Educators around the world like Ken Robinson have felt this way for a long time and in the past years we have seen some major changes that have allowed students to learn in different ways and in different formats. It all started with multiple detailed

1-6-14 THE WHOLE CHILD BLOG ASCD's Whole Child Initiative Switches to a New Twitter Handle — Whole Child Education
ASCD's Whole Child Initiative Switches to a New Twitter Handle — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGASCD’s Whole Child Initiative Switches to a New Twitter HandleJanuary 6, 2014 by ASCD Whole Child BloggersToday ASCD's Whole Child Initiative switched its official Twitter handle to @WholeChildASCD. The 15,000+ followers of the old @WholeChildAdv do not have to take any action to continue to