Tag: instructionism

• From Passive to Innovative: A Final Version of a Long-Evolving Diagram

  I have been working and re-working a diagram for the last ten years. It was one of the few true insights I’ve gained as a 33-year classroom teacher. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, it was popular in STEM education circles to speak of good science activities as being “hands-on” instead of passive. But…

  davidvblack

  November 4, 2024

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  active learning, agents of change, constructionism, constructivism, consumers of content, cookbook lab, creating content, creative learning, education, entrepreneurship, hands-on learning, innovation learning, inquiry lab, instructionism, interacting with content, learning, passive learning, pbbl, pjbl, problem-based learning, project-based learning, social-reconstructionism, students as coders, students as creators, students as innovators, students as makers, teachers, teaching

• Education as Engineering

  As we approach our second iteration of the Cosmic Creator Challenge, I think it is important to explain one of the fundamental principles of our contest and of my proposed dissertation research. This is the idea of student learning as a form of engineering design with continual revision. For the Cosmic Creator Challenge, this will…

  davidvblack

  August 14, 2024

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  80-20 rule, bell-shaped curve, cosmic creator challenge, customized learning, education as engineering, engineering design, growth mindset, instructionism, mastery learning, normal distribution, perfectionism, quality curve, quality versus effort, revision in education, scientific management, student resilience