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The spiral of inquiry: a tool for educational transformation

Judy Halbert and Linda Kaser
2017

SynopsisThe spiral of inquiry is an innovative movement aimed at changing people's way of learning, and has been proven to improve academic results. The programme has been run in...

Cities as connected learning networks - The Pittsburgh Remake Learning model

Sunanna Chand
2017

Summary of ideasIn 2007, a group of teachers in Pittsburgh started to meet up to consider how to approach student learning in a changing world, in which technology played a major...

How to ensure that technological innovation improves academic performance? The case of New York's iZone

Steven Hodas
2017

Síntesi d'ideesBackgroundIn 2010, the New York City Education Department set up iZone, a project aimed at providing support to publicly funded schools in the use of innovation and...

Building a school for the digital natives generation

Kirsti Lonka
2017

How do you create engaging learning environments? Recent attempts to reform Finnish schoolsSummary of ideas Some thoughts on education in FinlandIt is a system where the...

The Edcamp movement: a peer-to-peer learning initiative for educators

Kristen Swanson
2016

Summary of ideasWhat are the key elements that make adult learning meaningful?Learning that is self-led and autonomous. We choose what and how we want to learn. Social. To learn,...

The Problem Solvers: from teaching students to follow instructions to preparing students to identify and solve problems

Charles Leadbeater
2016

SummaryThe aim of education has to be to achieve success in life, considering success in its broadest sense. But we live in times where the future is uncertain, where past trends...

Revolutionize schools with design thinking and play. How a New York public school is transforming learning.

Ross Flatt
2016

SummaryWhat are the elements of games that are useful in the learning process?The creation of experiences that make the learning process irresistible.It is a question of applying...

How should we build resilient schools to foster all students' learning?

Boris Cyrulnik
2016

SummaryWhat is resilience?Neuroscience has shown that after suffering a situation that has caused extreme emotional pain, brain functions are disrupted and the brain does not work...

Cooperative learning in action: strategies that work in the classroom

Nancy A. Madden
2015

 SummaryNancy Madden developed a line of research in the 1980s at John Hopkins University aimed at finding practical actions to increase educational success for students from...

Neuroscience and education: How can we play, learn and be more creative?

Paul Howard-Jones
2015

SummaryA dialogue needs to take place between neuroscientists and educators particularly with regard to breaking neuromyths - theories that have become deep-rooted among teachers...

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