As Common Core State Standards are incorporated from school to school across the country, educators are discussing their value. It may seem that educators are arguing over whether the CCSS will roll ...

A grave miscalculation exists in the minds of many educators: That inquiry-based learning, project based learning, and 21 st century competencies can flourish in industrial model schools. Under this ...

High-quality instructional materials (HQIMs) are educational resources designed to effectively support student learning. They can include textbooks, lesson plans, digital resources and other materials ...

This week’s question is: What are the differences between Project-Based, Problem-Based and Inquiry Learning? In Part One, guest responses came from educators Suzie Boss, Jeffrey Wilhelm, Steven ...

Inquiry-Based Learning (IBL) is an effective pedagogical style that puts the emphasis not on the provision of answers but on the establishment of ques ...

University of NSW Emeritus Professor John Sweller wrote a paper for the Centre for Independent Studies ­entitled Why Inquiry-based Approaches Harm Students’ Learning. If you are a parent with ...

One of the joys of being an educator is embracing all the differences every student brings to the classroom, while teaching them to celebrate those unique traits in themselves and each other. Yet, ...

This week’s question is: What are the differences between Project-Based, Problem-Based and Inquiry Learning? Thinker, educator, writer John Dewey suggested that we learned best by doing. Educators ...

Education is expensive. Some 16.5 per cent of the gross current Irish budget is spent on education, the third-biggest spend after social protection (39.7 per cent) and health (26.6 per cent). It is ...