Yearly Archives: 2019

Educator competencies for personalized, learner-centered teaching

2019-12-30T09:21:51+01:00December 30th, 2019|Tags: , , |

The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and Jobs for the Future (JFF) publish Leadership Competencies for Learner-Centered, Personalized Education, a resource that serves as a first step in identifying the knowledge, skills, and dispositions leaders must master in order to build and sustain learner-centered, personalized schools and learning environments. This set of competencies describes and defines what leaders need to know and be able to do in order to create transformative, student centered-learning communities. Learner-centered refers to four specific practices that together show strong evidence of success in preparing students for college, careers and civic life: Personalized learning Competency-based [...]

Supercharging the Classroom: Using Technology to Support Personalized Learning

2019-12-27T09:17:41+01:00December 27th, 2019|Tags: , , , |

Sal Khan famously got his start in education by tutoring his cousin in math over the internet. Eventually he began creating YouTube videos, which turned into Khan Academy, a personalized learning nonprofit with thousands of videos, articles, and interactive exercises accessible from all over the world. At Khan Lab School, an innovative private school for kids ages 5 to 15+ founded in 2014—it doesn’t use traditional grades—education is designed around scalable models of personalization, mastery-based learning, and project-based learning. Khan’s virtual platform is one tool used to get students working at their own pace. And teachers act as “experts” who provide [...]

Continued Progress: Promising Evidence on Personalized Learning

2019-12-25T09:06:46+01:00December 25th, 2019|Tags: , , , , |

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has engaged RAND to carry out an ongoing study of foundation-funded schools that are employing promising approaches to personalized learning. This research is part of a public commitment the foundation has made to spread effective practices across districts and charter networks, develop innovative roles for teachers, and support implementation of college-ready standards. This is the second report in a series focused on the achievement data, school design characteristics, and teacher and student perceptions of schools implementing personalized learning The concept of personalized learning has been around for some time, but the adoption of personalized learning [...]

Los intereses como estado psicológico y variable motivacional

2019-12-23T10:34:40+01:00December 23rd, 2019|

“As a psychological state, interest is characterized by increased attention, effort, concentration, and affect during engagement. As a motivational variable, the term makes a distinction between shorter-term or situational interest and longer-term or individual interest, which is characterized by reengagement over time”. Renninger, A., & Hidi, S. E. (2016). The power of interest for motivation and engagement. New York and London: Taylor & Francis Group.

Educació 360º

2019-12-23T09:03:34+01:00December 23rd, 2019|Tags: , , , , |

Educació 360 és una aliança per a promoure més oportunitats educatives amb equitat i connectar temps i espais educatius. La proposta ha sorgit des de la Fundació Jaume Bofill, la Federació de Moviments de Renovació Pedagògica i la Diputació de Barcelona, qui han decidit sumar esforços i han convocat en ajuntaments, centres educatius, entitats, recursos i iniciatives de tot tipus. Aquestes organitzacions s'han plantejat el repte que tothom tingui més i millors oportunitats educatives en tots els temps i espais de la seva vida i connectar l'educació i els aprenentatges entre el temps lectiu i el no lectiu, i que cada [...]

50th Annual Conference of the Jean Piaget Society

2019-12-20T11:55:13+01:00December 20th, 2019|Tags: , |

The occasion of our 50th anniversary provides a unique and timely opportunity to both celebrate the birth and history of the Jean Piaget Society, and critically examine Piaget’s enduring contributions to contemporary developmental scholarship and practice. The50th Annual Conference of the Jean Piaget Society, focuses on constructivism, a foundational tenet of Piaget’s theory and the School of Geneva. Where: Philadelphia, United States When: May 28-30, 2020 Call for papers The program will explore both science and culture as active, transformative, historical processes and practices, with deep and far-reaching implications for understanding human development and knowledge: the processes and practices of science are woven [...]

L’Institut Cardener i la personalització de l’aprenentatge

2019-12-20T09:05:13+01:00December 20th, 2019|Tags: , , , , |

David Atzet, director de l’Institut Cardener (Sant Joan de Vilatorrada, Barcelona), explica en aquest vídeo com l’organització i el funcionament del centre es vertebra al voltant dels reptes que planteja la creixent necessitat d’una major personalització de l’aprenentatge escolar. El vídeo està gravat en el marc de la III Jornada de Treball sobre Currículum i Instituts Escola organitzada per la Federació de Moviments de Renovació Pedagògica de Catalunya amb la col·laboració de l'Associació de mestres Alexandre Galí de Terrassa.  

Los “mapas de intereses” una práctica educativa orientada a reforzar el sentido de los aprendizajes escolares

2019-12-18T09:08:04+01:00December 18th, 2019|Tags: , , , , , , |

Los “mapas de intereses”, una práctica educativa orientada a reforzar el sentido de los aprendizajes escolares es un texto publicado en el portal www.EDUforics.com, en el que se describe la práctica de innovación que se ha diseñado y llevado a cabo en las clases de 5º de educación primaria del CEIP Alba Plata. Esta publicación tiene dos objetivos principales. En primer lugar, se presenta la identificación, valoración, reflexión, construcción y re-construcción de los intereses y objetivos de aprendizaje del alumnado como una estrategia de personalización orientada a favorecer la realización de aprendizajes con sentido. En segundo lugar, se ilustra esta estrategia de [...]

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