In this introduction to the ISTE podcast series Course of Mind (@courseofmind), hosts Zac Chase (@MrChase) and Shana White (@ShanaVWhite) talk to ISTE Chief Learning Officer Joseph South (@southjoseph) about what the learning sciences are and why educators should care. South acknowledges that teaching is a tall order. Educators are often dealing with 25-30 students in one class who come from different backgrounds, different cultural contexts, and have different beliefs and abilities. The learning sciences look at the whole child and offer an expanded toolbox to deal with a wider range of situations. This podcast series will cover the basic principles — or the big ideas — of the learning sciences and address key findings that have practical applications in the classroom.
This podcast is produced by NarayanKripa Sundararajan (@KripaSundar) as part of the Course of Mind project, an ISTE initiative made possible in part by a grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative DAF, an advised fund of Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
05/14/19 • 9 min
Course of Mind - Why care about the learning sciences?
Transcript
If you're an educator and you went through a teacher preparation program like we did, you probably heard about the art of teaching, the craft of teaching or the science of teaching. Maybe, if you're lucky, your program talked to you about a blend of those ideas, art and science or craft and science. Maybe it was practice and science or you know those two magic words, "research based". Or you're on the lookout for the ultimate key to learning - "r
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