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NISCE Workshop: Stand Up To Bullying

April 25, 2012 in NISCE Events, Parenting, Research Tagged: Bullying, Curricula, Educators, Engagement, Parents, Project Based Learning, Student-Centered Education

NISCE Workshop: Stand Up To Bullying

On April 13, following the premiere of the movie Bully, NISCE did a feature on What Can We Really Do to Fight Bullying, and provided a toolbox of resources from The Bully Project for readers from a variety of backgrounds to use. Included in the resources was a Toolkit for Parents, Toolkit for Students, Toolkit for Educators, and a Toolkit for Advocates.However, the conversation did not and should not stop there.On Wednesday, April 25th educators, parents, and concerned community members … [Read more...]

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Can a Military School Be Student-Centered?

March 5, 2012 in Features, Policy Issues, Research Tagged: Approaches, Curricula, Student-Centered Education

Can a Military School Be Student-Centered?

As an institution, military education would seem to be something other than student-centered. Individuality may seem to be discouraged, with “service before self” being seen as the highest value. In other places along the continuum we have explored the role of the teacher and his or her capacity to be student-centered even in contexts that do not appear to have the individual learner as a central focus. Is it possible for an individual instructor or officer in a military school or for an entire … [Read more...]

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Student-Centered Education and Faith-Based Schools

March 2, 2012 in Policy Issues Tagged: Approaches, Curricula, Educators, Relationships, Student-Centered Education

Student-Centered Education and Faith-Based Schools

The following core value statement of a Catholic high school in Massachusetts: “Preserving a strong Catholic identity by providing a faith-based education aiding students to see themselves as stewards of the life they live and promoting the values of community and service.”A thorough exploration of religious schools would certainly reveal a wide range of educational philosophy, with some programs being far more immersed in doctrine than others. As a whole though, religious education would … [Read more...]

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The Value of Religious Schools

March 2, 2012 in Features Tagged: Approaches, Curricula, Relationships, School Design, Student-Centered Education

In religious schools, we may expect to encounter a very different conception of the role of education in a student’s life. Because there is often an essential and openly professed drive towards uniformity and the cultivation of religious values, the individual may appear to be secondary to the mission.However, a statement of purpose for one such school, the Covenant School in Arlington, MA, reflects the synergy between values formation and acquisition of knowledge (or wisdom): "We believe … [Read more...]

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Finding the Resources to Create a Healthy Student-Centered Environment

March 1, 2012 in Best Practices, Resources Tagged: Curricula, Parents

There is a range of alternative schools within schools, substantially separate schools,therapeutic day schools, residential schools, specialized private schools, and schools with intense behavior modification programs that may be of immeasurable value for appropriately identified students. In most such settings, the level of adult supervision and adult decision-making will be great when compared with the mainstream. Creating a healthy student-centered perspective will take on broader … [Read more...]

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Lady Gaga’s Foundation – Preventing Bullying Begins With Us

March 1, 2012 in Best Practices, Features Tagged: Bullying, Curricula, Mental Health, Resources, Student-Centered Education

Lady Gaga’s Foundation – Preventing Bullying Begins With Us

Dr. Richard Weissbourd, a member of the Dearborn Academy Professional Advisory Board, was featured in yesterday's Huff Post commenting on the importance of constructively addressing the problem of bullying.The article's focus moves from simply blaming the bully or inoculating our own children to withstand bullying or harassment. Weissbourd  recommends teaching our children to go outside of themselves by finding ways to care for and about each other.Dearborn Academy's Human Dignity Program … [Read more...]

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Cognitive, Emotional and Developmental Differences in the Classroom

February 28, 2012 in Features Tagged: Approaches, Curricula, Mental Health, School Design

There is variety among students, including those that are outside the mainstream student population, and we know that each learner is unique in his or her manner of learning and of expressing what he knows. However, there are reasonable limits to the degree and types of variance that any teacher can be expected to manage effectively. There are cognitive, emotional, and developmental differences that stretch beyond the capacities of any single classroom.Consider developmental differences. These … [Read more...]

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How The Political Climate Is Not Promoting Student-Centered Education

February 25, 2012 in Features, Policy Issues Tagged: Assessment, Curricula, NCLB, Student-Centered Education

Demonstrated dramatically in the case of an Atlanta school scandal, in which teachers admitted to changing test scores in order to meet the demands of the school superintendent, No Child Left Behind puts the focus in the wrong place. In the words of Dianne Ravitch, former Assistant Secretary of Education under President George H. W. Bush, the “simple minded and singular focus on test scores distorts and degrades the meaning and practice of education.”Well-formulated standards are of great use … [Read more...]

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Architecture of a Traditional Classroom – An Opportunity for Change

February 21, 2012 in Features Tagged: Approaches, Curricula, School Design

We entera medium sized, architecturally uninteresting space. At the front of this roomthere is a black, white, or smart board. The person standing near the board isthe teacher. Somewhere to the side is the teacher’s desk. It is small to mediumsized, industrial, no frills, except whatever has been added by the teacher. Inmost of the rest of the room, students sit in rows in smaller desks, in chairsof a type that are rarely found anywhere outside of schools. The teacher’sdesk, though not large, is … [Read more...]

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Can A Child In India Teach You Something About Learning And Education?

February 17, 2012 in Best Practices, Features Tagged: Approaches, Curricula, Literacy, Relationships, Resources, School Design, Student-Centered Education, Technology

Can A Child In India Teach You Something About Learning And Education?

When most of us think about education we assume the presence of at least one teacher and one student. More often, we imagine a teacher and a room full of students, the classic and ubiquitous model with which we are all familiar. Who of us imagines a room with no teacher?One answer to that would be Sugata Mitra, an education researcher from India who has done remarkable work in an unusual line of thinking. Mitra has made it his business to investigate a very difficult question: What can be done … [Read more...]

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