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Instead, powerful learning depends on the quality of the conversation that develops around the content being studied together.  That means teachers must systematically introduce students to a set of collaborative dialogue behaviors that can be easily implemented online.

While these early interactions are simplistic processes that by themselves aren't enough to drive meaningful change in teaching and learning, they are essential because they provide team members with low risk opportunities to interact with one another around the topics, materials and instructional practices that should form the foundation of classroom learning experiences.

Dr. Mason, who teaches economics at the University of North Florida, believes his students are just as intelligent as they’ve always been. But many of them don’t read their textbooks, or do much of anything else that their parents would have called studying. “We used to complain that K-12 schools didn’t hold students to high standards,” he says with a sigh. “And here we are doing the same thing ourselves.”

all evidence suggests that student disengagement is at its worst in Dr. Mason’s domain: undergraduate business education.

“Business education has come to be defined in the minds of students as a place for developing elite social networks and getting access to corporate recruiters,”

En estos ensayos, mostraré que la institucionalización de los valores conduce inevitablemente a la contaminación física, a la polarización social y a la impotencia psicológica: tres dimensiones en un proceso de degradación global y de miseria modernizada. Explicaré cómo este proceso de degradación se acelera cuando unas necesidades no materiales son transformadas en demanda de bienes; cuando a la salud, a la educación, a la movilidad personal, al bienestar o a la cura psicológica se las define como el resultado de servicios o de "tratamientos". Hago esto porque creo que la mayoría de las investigaciones actualmente en curso acerca del futuro tienden aabogar por incrementos aún mayores en la institucionalización de valores y que debemos definir algunas condiciones que permitieran que ocurriese precisamente lo contrario. Precisamos investigaciones sobre el posible uso de la tecnología para crear instituciones que atiendan a la acción recíproca, creativa y autónoma entre personas y a la emergencia de valores que los tecnócratas no puedan controlar sustancialmente. Necesitamos investigación en líneas generales para la futurología actual.La sociedad desescolarizada. Ivan Illich

Kids with attention deficit disorder respond best to specific goals and daily positive reinforcement—as well as worthwhile rewards. Yes, you may have to hang a carrot on a stick to get your child to behave better in class. Create a plan that incorporates small rewards for small victories and larger rewards for bigger accomplishments.

Seat the child with ADD/ADHD away from doors and windows.

Alternate seated activities with those that allow the child to move his or her body around the room. Whenever possible, incorporate physical movement into lessons.

Home › Parenting ADHD Children More Classroom Tips for Teachers of ADD ADHD Students in Parenting ADHD Children ADHD Checklist for Classroom Teachers Physical Arrangement of Room: Use rows for seating arrangements. Avoid tables with groups of students, for this maximizes interpersonal distractions for the ADHD child. Where possible, it may be ideal to provide several tables for group projects and traditional rows for independent work. Some teachers report that arranging desks in a horseshoe shape promotes appropriate discussion while permitting independent work.

seated near the teacher, as close as possible without being punitive.

away from both the hallway and windows to minimize auditory and visual distractions