Regeringen og de danske lærere er langt fra enige om, hvordan fremtidens folkeskole skal se ud. Men lærerne er klar til at drøfte nye aktivitetstimer med politikerne.
Tacoma chemistry teacher Ken Richardson has turned instruction on its head. He gives his lessons to students outside the classroom and brings assignments that might otherwise be done as homework into class.
Concerned that students are relying too much on calculators, rather than learning basic but important math skills, a Virginia lawmaker has proposed legislation that would prohibit some students from using the devices on their end-of-year math exams. The proposal comes in light of a teacher saying his ninth-grade students struggled to complete basic operations on…
Field trips to museums, historic sites and other traditional landmarks are occurring virtually these days, as schools rely more on online broadcasts and interactive programs because of budgets cuts and tight testing schedules.
A high-school teacher in Iowa has adopted a hands-on teaching technique in her biology and human physiology classes in which students complete "quests," rather than homework assignments. Instead of setting deadlines for assignments, students are given quests that they must work on until they get 100%, with papers containing errors returned for corrections.