The Curse of Knowledge. It can be a killer. The Heath brothers talk about the Curse in their book, Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die. Apparently first used in a 1989 paper in The Journal of Political Economy, the Curse means that once you’ve become an expert in a particular subject, [...]
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Thinking about teaching – Something new?
Posted in 21st century skills, books, instruction, learning, prior knowledge, teacher, teaching, tagged curse of knowledge, glenn wiebe, heath brothers, history tech, ideas that stick, learning, teaching, wiebe on July 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Are you an under-taker or a risk-taker?
Posted in 21st century skills, learning, students, teacher, teaching, tagged erin gruwell, freedom writers, glenn wiebe, history tech, risks, teachers, teaching, wiebe on July 5, 2011 | 8 Comments »
I heard a presentation several months ago about different types of organizations and how the culture of those organizations can impact their success. It seemed to me that these descriptions might be applied to teachers as well. The Under-taking Teacher – Always Looking Back The under-taking teacher is someone who is always looking backwards. All [...]
History humbles and affirms
Posted in history, TAH, teaching, tagged glenn wiebe, history, history tech, TAH, teaching, teaching american history, wiebe on June 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been a great week so far with our Century of Progress summer session. We’re deep into Tim Bailey and Dr. Stephen Aron today. Yesterday, Dr. Matthew Booker finished up his time with an incredibly interesting discussion of the impact of the bison on the American West. But before he left, Dr. Booker shared his [...]
Great teachers make a difference. So do bad ones.
Posted in education, pre-service, professional development, school reform, teacher, teaching, tagged glenn wiebe, history tech, malcolm gladwell, school change, school reform, teachers, teaching, wiebe on March 31, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Manning, good. Leaf, bad. Two great college quarterbacks. One makes it in the NFL, one doesn’t. Yesterday’s post discussed a short essay by Malcolm Gladwell that highlights what some call the quarterback problem. A simple question with a difficult answer. What college quarterbacks will succeed in the NFL? Gladwell uses the problem faced by NFL [...]
K-12 Education has a quarterback problem
Posted in education, instruction, learning, professional development, school reform, teacher, teaching, tagged educational research, glenn wiebe, history tech, malcolm gladwell, marzano, school change, school reform, teachers, teaching, wiebe on March 30, 2011 | 6 Comments »
It was not an easy decision. Both players came to the 1998 draft with impressive college numbers, high expectations and tons of buzz among NFL scouts. Both were All-Americans and finalists for the Heisman Trophy. In fact, both were seen by many NFL experts to be equal in ability and potential. One NFL general manager [...]
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