Tag Archives: learning

Do the Math!

By David McKay Wilson 01/18/2013 04:49 pm | 2 Comments

Reforming how education is taught and learned is once again taking center stage in he United States due to the common Core Standards. (From “Ed.” magazine.) Read More…

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Why Do Kids Believe in God but Not Harry Potter?

By Lory Hough 05/22/2012 11:49 am | Add a Comment

Professor Paul Harris’ new book looks at how children learn, whom they trust, and why even a beloved wizard seems too magical to be real. (From “Ed.” magazine.) Read More…

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Everyday Heroes: Brence Pernell, Ed.M.’09

By Jazmin Brooks 11/18/2009 12:57 pm | 11 Comments

Brence Pernell, Ed.M.’09, approached his first assignment as a teacher with the same balance of passion, humility, and determination that graced him during his academic career. Read More…

Profiles Of Impact

Harvard University to Offer Groundbreaking Doctoral Program for Education Leaders

By admin 09/15/2009 05:00 am | 100 Comments

Harvard University today announced the launch of a new, tuition-free, practice-based doctoral program to prepare graduates for senior leadership roles in school districts, government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and the private sector. Read More…

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Beginning in the Brain: Pioneering the Field of Educational Neuroscience

By Eva Chen 03/01/2009 11:33 am | Add a Comment

Visiting Lecturer Bruno della Chiesa conducts educational neuroscience research to give us insight of why educational neuroscience is important to the future of learning, and where future directions might lie for the field. Read More…

Usable Knowledge

If You Can’t See It, Feel It, or Taste It, How Can You Learn About It?

By Maria Fusaro 05/29/2008 04:41 pm | 1 Comment

This feature highlights work by Professor Paul Harris and his colleagues examining how children learn about non-observable entities based on how other people talk about them. Read More…

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What’s the Brain Got to Do with It?

By Maria Fusaro 05/29/2008 04:12 pm | Add a Comment

What does the brain have to do with learning? Professor Kurt Fischer offers a powerful explanation: behavior and the brain change in a repeating pattern that appears to involve common growth cycles. Read More…

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Learning in China

By Rebecca Pollard Pierik 10/01/2003 10:24 am | Add a Comment

Spurred by rapid globalization and a shift toward an increasingly information-driven economy, nations throughout the world are reforming their schools in an effort to educate greater numbers of students to a higher skill level. China, too, has joined the reformers. … Read More…

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Opening Sesame

By Ben Welch 11/15/2002 11:48 am | Add a Comment

TV That Inspires Learning around the World Khokha, the star of Alam Simsim, the Egyptian version of Sesame Street, is tenacious. Visiting a library, the inquisitive, pink Muppet with a cheery, chatty voice, asks the librarian for books that will help her chose a … Read More…

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Making Citizens of Students

By Rebecca Pollard 05/01/2002 10:27 am | Add a Comment

What History Can Teach Us About Democracy, Tragedy, and Ourselves In the weeks just after September 11, Ed. magazine travelled to New York and New Hampshire to observe a group of educators searching for lessons in the wake of the catastrophe; this … Read More…

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