(S6,Ep20) Good vs. Bad Learning (teacher's eternal dilemma) (re-post)
(Originally posted Nov 20, 2021) Nikolai Veresov highlights one of the hardest challenges of teaching. Excerpted from http://tiny.cc/da2muz
27 Apr 20223min
(S4,Ep75) Some ideas for revising classroom lessons (re-post)
(Initially posted December 17, 2020) Huw Lloyd helps me to rethink a lesson that I like but also know is flawed. The suggestions are adaptable to many types of lesson revision. The lesson, influenc...
27 Apr 20222min
(S4,Ep73) Can group problem-solving address individual shortcomings? (re-post)
(Initially posted December 17, 2020) Huw Lloyd discusses some cognitive benefits of synthesizing different perspectives, invoking an interesting metaphor from Michael Cole. Full chat here: http://t...
27 Apr 20222min
(S4,Ep60) Building Semantic Memory (re-post)
(Originally posted September 10, 2020) David Kellogg cites language as the interface between individual and environment, and the development of word meaning as the prime builder of memory. Full ch...
27 Apr 20222min
(S4,Ep43) A bridge (Vygotskian research and classroom teaching) (re-post)
(Originally posted Apr 25, 2020) These three clips have captured my attention. Clip 1 - Vygotsky's "Law of 4 Stages" Clip 2 - How this law can help teachers and students Clip 3 - A memory game (biol...
27 Apr 20227min
(S6,Ep7) Cultivating 'crisis' in the classroom (the good kind) (re-post)
(Originally posted Jan 30, 2020) Interesting clip from a 2010 Natalia Gajdamaschko talk ". . . development comes out of resolving some sort of contradiction . . . some type of crisis . . . a good cris...
27 Apr 20222min
(S6,Ep12) How the ZPD is a Research Tool (re-post)
(Originally posted September 14, 2020) Nikolai Veresov argues that Vygotsky's zone of proximal development (ZPD) was created as a research tool, specifically as a means of helping researchers "find ...
27 Apr 20223min
(S5,Ep7) Environments for Active Learning: a Vygotskian perspective (Hillocks, 1995) (re-post)
(Originally posted September 1, 2020) Excerpts from George Hillocks, Jr.'s (1995) book, Teaching Writing as Reflective Practice 0:23 - Three Modes of Teaching: Environmental, Presentational, and Natu...
27 Apr 202216min
