Defined Learning

MARCH 28, 2023

connect to project-based learning. You may have seen some recent headlines about a survey of teenagers in the U.S. The most common takeaway was that "the chance to redo assignments" was the number one pick for what would motivate teens to work harder in school. But if you look at the rest of the top ten picks, eight of them (!!)

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Defined Learning

JUNE 23, 2022

However, is this really what is happening nationwide, and are Career and Technical Education (CTE) teachers included in the “trickle-down” process of PD? Districts across the country revise and rewrite their academic visions, goals, and strategic plans every year.

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Defined Learning

APRIL 14, 2022

In many schools across the country, we are starting to see an increased focus on the importance of financial literacy. April is Financial Literacy Month, a time to focus on helping students to develop essential skills that will be an important part of their everyday life, not just in the future , but now.

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Defined Learning

OCTOBER 7, 2022

October 11 th is International Day of the Girl Child and it provides a good opportunity to make sure your female students are engaging in STEM and being exposed to STEM careers. Now that students are back in the school routine, it is the perfect time to ramp up the energy in your classroom with PBL.

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Defined Learning

JANUARY 9, 2023

For almost a decade I’ve started the school year by asking my urban elementary students to draw a picture of what they think a scientist does at work all day. When I walk around the room, I often see pictures of white-haired men dressed in lab coats working at a lab bench mixing chemicals.

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Defined Learning

MAY 12, 2022

There, he got a taste for Project-Based Learning (PBL) and curriculum development with an Understanding by Design (UbD) focus and began to feel a shift in his instructional journey. Frustrated with the educational system, Tupper resigned and took a job teaching at Korea International School on Jeju, Island, South Korea.

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