Two recent stories heard on NPR Morning Edition caught the ear of Aaron Meacham and Catherine Trinkle. The first is about the performance aspect of teaching: Click here - Channeling Springsteen: Teachers As Performers.
The second features cognitive psychologist Daniel Willingham, whose book, Why Our Students Don’t Like School and What We Can Do About It, is being read by one of our PD Cohorts, is about the need for students to have to struggle on their own in order to learn: Click here - Common Core Reading: The Struggle Over Struggle
Each audio is 6 minutes long.
The second features cognitive psychologist Daniel Willingham, whose book, Why Our Students Don’t Like School and What We Can Do About It, is being read by one of our PD Cohorts, is about the need for students to have to struggle on their own in order to learn: Click here - Common Core Reading: The Struggle Over Struggle
Each audio is 6 minutes long.