Bringing the Science of Learning Into Classrooms
(Edutopia)
Years of research prompt a group of scientists to ask whether we should rethink the way we do school.
Students Learn From People They Love
(New York Times)
Putting relationship quality at the center of education.
200 Students, Parents & Educators Spent Two Years Thinking About How to Support the Whole Child. Here Are 6 Things They Found
(The 74)
De Souza is one of nearly 200 students, educators, parents, scientists, and policymakers who have been considering these ideas for the past two years — and shared their expertise on social-emotional learning with the Aspen Institute’s National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development, which today published its findings.
What Should Funders Fund?
(Daniel Willingham–Science & Education)
Student thought ← Teacher ← Admin ← District ← State ← Feds
Solving Problems and Being Creative
(Filling the Pail)
In the last couple of posts, I have fallen down a rabbit hole burrowed by the Education Endowment Foundation and others. I don’t think a knowledge-rich curriculum is something that can easily be tested and found to work or not to work, because it relies on the slow accumulation of knowledge across a variety of domains.
Forget Screen Time Rules — Lean In To Parenting Your Wired Child, Author Says
(NPR)
The overuse of technology has overtaken drugs, sex and bullying as the biggest parental worry, according to the annual Brigham Young and Deseret News American Family Survey. But what are we actually supposed to be doing about it?
‘Statistics Anxiety’ Is Real, and New Research Suggests Targeted Ways to Handle It
(Science Daily)
A new study uses an analytical technique called ‘network science’ to determine factors contributing to statistics anxiety among psychology majors.
Neurofeedback Helps to Control Learning Success
(Science Daily)
Those who regulate their brain rhythm themselves can release capacities to learn new things.
Set Social-Emotional Learning Benchmarks to Guide Efforts, Commission Recommends
(Education Week’s Rules for Engagement – Subscription Required; Free Trial)
Districts and policy makers should work with their communities to set a vision for social-emotional learning that helps focus efforts to improve children’s well-being, a national commission recommends.
How Self-Compassion Supports Academic Motivation and Emotional Wellness
(KQED – Mind/Shift)
When a student develops self-compassion, the seat of motivation shifts. Since internal value doesn’t depend on external achievement, it frees students up to experiment, take risks and try new paths.
APA Introductory Psychology Initiative (IPI)
(Psych Sessions)
Here at PsychSessions we are excited to be supportive of the American Psychological Association (APA) Board of Educational Affairs working group — the Introductory Psychology Initiative (IPI). At www.apa.org/ipi, you can sign up for updates, provide feedback about the introductory course, take the introductory course/IPI census, and more.
An Evidence-Based Roadmap For Success: Part 1–The Bumpy Road Of Graduate School
(APA’s PsycNET)
Guidance for graduate students about the challenging transition from graduate school to landing their first faculty position is essential in today’s changing higher education landscape. Several authors from a variety of institutions (i.e., community colleges through universities) at many stages of their careers (i.e., from new faculty through retirement) incorporated their wisdom into this review of evidence-based best practices for graduate student success.
