Research+and+Big+Ideas

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The Brain and Development & Learning
[|Optimizing Instruction for Learning and Long-term Performance (Dr. Robert Bjork)]

[|Interleaved and Interdisciplinary Learning versus block learning]

2010 UBC Brain Development and Learning Conference - Online resources

[|A Fresh Approach to Brain-Based Education (P. Jensen)]

Self Regulation
Stuart Shanker presentation on Self-Regulation http://www.bcssa.org/powerpoints/Fall2010/Shanker-BCSSA.ppt

Literacy research and general resources
PALS (Parents as Literacy Supporters)

[|Fast ForWord Program and Reading Learning]

Numeracy research
[|The Mathematical Mind] (C. Ferreira)

Creativity research
[|Sir Ken Robinson on TED Talks] Sir Ken Robinson is author of //Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative//, and a leading expert on innovation and human resources. In this talk, he makes an entertaining (and profoundly moving) case for creating an education system that nurtures creativity rather than undermining it.

Digital Technology and Media Literacy
[|UBC: Your Digital Tatoo] In short, a digital tattoo it is your digital identity. Just like a tattoo, your digital reputation is an expression of yourself. it is formed and added to by you and others over time. Want to learn more about yours?

Social Constructivism
[|Social Constructivism in Learning]

Personalized, Place-based, and Situated Learning
Mindshift - School of the Future There will be challenge. There will be high expectations. And there will be tons of variation. With all of its possibility, the school day of the future will be one thing: it will be //designed//.

This slideshow is the one James Thiebault (former Gulf Islands student), Abbie Sherwood (current Gulf Islands student), and I made to the staff of the Ministry of Education in April 2010. It outlines the thoughts that have been expressed by our students, teachers, parents,a nd community stakeholders concerning the creation of a system and its structures that better support personalized (i.e. best) learning.

This article/interview outlines the first two years of the School District's executive coaching initiative. The initiative embodies many of the elements of personalized learning, while also providing a means for formal district leaders to hone their practice to better address personalized learning needs within the system.

This has a link on the final slide to the Innovations Unit and gives an idea of some of the work they do.

The Centre For Strategic Education This is the home site for the Melbourne based CSE

This is a collection of resources from a BC educator referring to 21st century learning