Great professional development read. Several topics: Assessment, Evaluation, & Curriculum Redesign, Constructivism as a Paradigm for Teaching and Learning, Cooperative and Collaborative Learning, Inquiry-based Learning, and more!
Challenge 20/20 is an Internet-based program that pairs classes at any grade level (K-12) from schools in the U.S. with their counterpart classes in schools in other countries; together, the teams (of two or three schools) find local solutions to one of 20 global problems.
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As we guide our students through project based learning our roles of leader turns to facilitator. Therefore the art of questioning needs to be refined. This paper is written from a cognitive therapist but aligns with what we need to do with our students to guide them through their learning, discovery, and mastery.