Mandating The Posting Of Learning Targets & Other Mindless Policies Read More
The bottom line test of the effect of any school policy about goal posting is whether or not students learn better because of it.
Great Teaching Means Letting Go Read More
Why Great Teaching Means Letting Go by Grant Wiggins, Ed.D, Authentic Education Ed note: On May 26, 2015, Grant Wiggins passed away.
Using Homework As Formative Assessment Read More
Homework is only formative if it recurs as a task in which I can learn from feedback to improve at the ‘same’ task. This is easily accessible.
On Measuring Creativity & Other Abstractions Read More
6 Questions On Measuring Creativity & Other Abstractions by Grant Wiggins, Ed.D, Authentic Education Oh, you can’t measure that… I hear this in
Boring Teachers & How We All Can Respond Read More
If we ever asked a large amount of students to give one word to describe school, I think that about 90% of them would simply say: boring.
Why You Teach: Developing A Teacher Mission Statement Read More
Why You Teach: Developing A Teacher Mission Statement by Grant Wiggins, Ed.D, Authentic Education Why do you teach? I am not asking
The Shift From Teaching Content To Teaching Learning Read More
It is the continual addressing of essential questions that moves us from naïve and okay teachers to skilled professionals teaching learning.
Curriculum Is More Important Than Learning Technology Read More
The overwhelming amount of information will surely impede learning for many students in the absence of teaching grounded in good curriculum.